It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at RoPS this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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SquadJuuso Polvi falls out with a teammate over standards
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at RoPS, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jonne Koistinen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around RoPS the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Đorđe Glišović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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SquadWords at RoPS training over how hard people work
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at RoPS this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ivan Perez has just signed for RoPS, and for once the answer mattered.
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Manuel Herrera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Santa Fe? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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SquadFelipe Uribe has seen what the next man earns