The Austria Wien Post
Squad30 Jul 2029
Jonas Mayer keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Austria Wien may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom30 Jul 2029
Christoph Prass signs on for the long haul
Austria Wien moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Christoph Prass, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Austria Wien lose Samuel Sahin-Radlinger
42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Abubakr Barry in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Austria Wien this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market30 Jul 2029
Michael Ulmer is a Austria Wien player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market30 Jul 2029
Lukas Weimann comes home
The shirt still fits. Lukas Weimann is back at Austria Wien, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market30 Jul 2029
Alexander Junuzovic comes home
The shirt still fits. Alexander Junuzovic is back at Austria Wien, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market30 Jul 2029
Dominik Dragovic is a Austria Wien player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Player ratings30 Jul 2029
Abubakr Barry shuts the door
Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Noah Botic
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Sanel Šaljić