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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Grodig training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valentin Guillaume 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gastón Pérez, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grodig this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Match31 Oct 2026
15 matches without a win for Grodig
The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Grodig are no longer polite ones.
Match2 Nov 2026
Grodig are in real trouble now
Position 10, 2 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Grodig, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Grodig training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Valentin Guillaume 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.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.