The Mosta Post
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Mosta close the window on a squad of their own making
6 in and 3 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Dunstan Vella
Mosta asked and Floriana said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Mosta training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Simon Zibo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Mosta
Emmanuel Ugwu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Geoffrey Acheampong was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad7 Sep 2026
William Mercieca signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” William Mercieca commits to Mosta for another 3 years.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at Mosta
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Pierre Xerri: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Michael Bajada 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.
In brief
- Match Mosta draw a blank against Hamrun Spartans
- Looking ahead Thiago Espíndola goes back to face Gzira United
- The dugout No place in the plan for Emmanuel Ugwu