The Naxxar Lions Post
Squad1 Mar 2027
Gabriel Costa damages knee ligaments — 115 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 115 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Jamie Azzopardi: 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.” Naxxar Lions have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Naxxar Lions
Yeangel Montero 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.
Market1 Mar 2027
The Yeangel Montero talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Naxxar Lions know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Etienne Mintoff still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Naxxar Lions would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Matthew Debattista asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Shaun Bugeja on the training pitch
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Naxxar Lions
- The dugout The manager comes out for Christian Gauci