The Metta/LU Gazette
Squad8 Mar 2027
Shaxzod Shaymanov breaks a bone — 97 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 97 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Reinis Reinholds keeps Metta/LU in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Reinis Reinholds stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Reinis Reinholds and Metta/LU agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Metta/LU
Rodrigo Mosqueda 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Metta/LU
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Fares Khlaed
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Igors Cauna joins the Metta/LU first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igors Cauna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Kaspars Cauna joins the Metta/LU first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kaspars Cauna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Alvis Gabovs joins the Metta/LU first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alvis Gabovs is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Metta/LU promote Aleksandrs Rugins from within
- Match Rodrigo Mosqueda the difference as Metta/LU beat Liepaja
- Player ratings Rodrigo Mosqueda in the eights