The Grodig Courier
Match22 Mar 2027
Grodig are in real trouble now
Position 10, 1 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market22 Mar 2027
David Drljić 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 The request is on a desk at Grodig, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Grodig
Alexander Schwaighofer 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Grodig training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yannick Häringer 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.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Andrej Lazarevic 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.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
When it matters, Nino Lesjak 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Nick Scharkowski a promise
- Loan watch Adrien Thibaut keeps scoring at Ajax Cape Town
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Alexander Schwaighofer
- Squad David Junuzovic is out on the grass again