The Atyrau Sentinel
The terraces28 Aug 2028
Anger at Atyrau spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
The scrutiny sharpens at Atyrau
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Atyrau is running low.
Market28 Aug 2028
Merei Zhambyl puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Atyrau, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
No deal for Gevork Sarkisyan at that price
Atyrau offered $340.0K; Zhetysu said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Abylaikhan Zhūmabek in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atyrau this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Atyrau
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mario Rabiu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
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Squad28 Aug 2028
Atyrau lose Andre Dimech
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market28 Aug 2028
The ambition of Andre Dimech outgrows Atyrau early
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Atyrau on Sanchez Phillips
- Market Atyrau buy the years ahead of Reza Rezaeian
- Squad Andre Dimech has stopped getting better