The Nomme Kalju Courier
Squad21 Feb 2028
Words at Nomme Kalju training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Modou Tambedou 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Nomme Kalju
Rommi Siht 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.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
When it matters, Modou Tambedou plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Aleksandr Nikolajev knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Aleksandr Nikolajev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
The manager makes Egor Troyakov a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Nomme Kalju. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market21 Feb 2028
Maksim Podholjuzin runs his contract down
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nomme Kalju money.
In brief
- Squad Modou Tambedou is not doing himself any favours
- Market The Idalécio Dias talk will not go away
- Boardroom The Nomme Kalju board put their names to it
- Squad Welcome back, Silver Hein