The Bylis Chronicle
The terraces10 Dec 2029
Supporters organise against the Bylis board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market10 Dec 2029
Odisea Gjati 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 The request is on a desk at Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Dec 2029
Fabjan Përndreca signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fabjan Përndreca and Bylis agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Dec 2029
A falling-out at Bylis
Dime Dimov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Dec 2029
A row about effort at Bylis
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Odisea Gjati was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Dec 2029
The manager makes an example of Manuel Hajrullaj
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout Aurel Pera has become a man the manager trusts
- Boardroom The Bylis academy earns its keep
- Squad Dionis Pera is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager comes out for Dime Dimov