Mihai Man

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Marked for Mihai Man

146 Edition

The Metalul Buzău Chronicle

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces14 May 2029

Supporters organise against the Metalul Buzău board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Squad14 May 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Mihai Man

78 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalul Buzău lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match12 May 2029

No end in sight to Metalul Buzău's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Metalul Buzău has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad14 May 2029

A one-man rearguard from Relu Stoian

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad14 May 2029

Tempers go at Metalul Buzău

Deian Boldor 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.

Squad14 May 2029

Mihail Angelos Marinescu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings14 May 2029

Diogo Ramalho in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Looking ahead14 May 2029

Everything rides on FC Bacău

Both clubs in the mire, one fixture between them, and a ground that will be louder and more frightened than at any point in the season. Metalul Buzău know what is at stake and so does everybody in the away end.

Match12 May 2029

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 91 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Metalul Buzău had all but put away. Botosani will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

In brief

Back issues
145 Edition

The Metalul Buzău Chronicle

7 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 May 2029

The knee: Mihai Man out for 85 days

85 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Metalul Buzău lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match7 May 2029

Metalul Buzău sink to position 22

22 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Boardroom7 May 2029

Pressure builds in the Metalul Buzău boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Boardroom7 May 2029

Andrei Nedelcearu has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Metalul Buzău can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Match5 May 2029

6 matches without a win for Metalul Buzău

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Metalul Buzău are no longer polite ones.

Market7 May 2029

Darius Băncilă asks to leave Metalul Buzău

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match5 May 2029

6 matches without a goal for Metalul Buzău

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 6 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Market7 May 2029

Davide Jozić is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Metalul Buzău is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad7 May 2029

Deian Boldor 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 Metalul Buzău this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

78 Edition

The Metalul Buzău Chronicle

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom24 Jan 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Metalul Buzău

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Metalul Buzău is running low.

Squad24 Jan 2028

Valentin Robu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets24 Jan 2028

FCSB tell Metalul Buzău: Ricardo Pădurariu is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad24 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Metalul Buzău

Alberto Olaru 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.

Match22 Jan 2028

A bad afternoon for Metalul Buzău against Steaua Bucharest

0‑1 to Steaua Bucharest, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad24 Jan 2028

Metalul Buzău count the cost of losing Mihai Man

40 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Boardroom24 Jan 2028

Wages swallow 105% of the Metalul Buzău income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Loan watch24 Jan 2028

Florin Opaiţ wants to come home

“I did not go to Voluntari to sit and watch. I want to come back to Metalul Buzău and fight for my place.” 9 appearances in 32 matches say the rest.

The dugout24 Jan 2028

Daniel Chiriches: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief