The Austria Wien Post
Market31 Jul 2028
Alexander Lindner hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Austria Wien can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Nothing got past Patrick Touray
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Austria Wien tie Christoph Prass down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad31 Jul 2028
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.
Market31 Jul 2028
Valentino Laimer 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.
Market31 Jul 2028
Kevin 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.
Market31 Jul 2028
As if he never left: Thomas Wimmer returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Thomas Wimmer is a Austria Wien player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Nobody could get near Manfred Fischer
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Noah Botic 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
- Player ratings Nothing got past Abubakr Barry
- Player ratings Noah Botic keeps on missing
- Match Point won or two lost for Austria Wien?