The Paradou Post
The dugout31 May 2032
Paul Agyei: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Paradou have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad31 May 2032
A row about effort at Paradou
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mustapha Soukkou was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout31 May 2032
Mustapha Soukkou gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mustapha Soukkou is on it.
The dugout31 May 2032
Sofiane Halliche gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market31 May 2032
The Abderrahmane Bacha question follows Paradou around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Abderrahmane Bacha’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout31 May 2032
Aissa Benayada knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Paradou, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match31 May 2032
Continental football is in reach for Paradou
49 points from position 6. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.
Squad31 May 2032
A season on the outside for Franck Etouga
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Paradou has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market31 May 2032
Still no signature from Adam Bellahcene
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Paradou could get for him.
In brief
- Squad Antoine Wenck finally belongs at Paradou
- Squad Franck Etouga is starting to belong