The PSM Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Sheriddin Boboev runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at PSM
Hilman Syah and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Matías Escobar
PSM asked and San Miguel said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Agung Putra steps up from the PSM academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Agung Putra has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andi Darmawan joins the PSM first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andi Darmawan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
PSM promote Dimas Pratama from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dimas Pratama has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andi Maulana steps up from the PSM academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andi Maulana has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at PSM
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Witan Hardiyanto was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the PSM dressing room was either.
In brief
- Looking ahead A test against the best for PSM
- Match PSM draw a blank against Bhayangkara Presisi
- Squad Luka Čumić remains an outsider