The Fgura United Post
Squad22 Apr 2030
A falling-out at Fgura United
Nikolay Zhelyazkov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Apr 2030
Cliques at Fgura United
It is the quietest kind of dressing-room problem and the one that lasts longest, because nobody has done anything anyone can be disciplined for. 2 players sit outside all 3 groups entirely, which is the detail that tends to matter.
Squad22 Apr 2030
John Ndirangu out for 18 days
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for John Ndirangu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout22 Apr 2030
Nikolay Zhelyazkov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Fgura United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout22 Apr 2030
Nikolay Zhelyazkov 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 Apr 2030
Fyodor Rybakov is still paying for one afternoon at Fgura United
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market22 Apr 2030
Marcus Uberaba linked with a move away
The name of Marcus Uberaba keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Fgura United say nothing, which says plenty.
Market22 Apr 2030
Still no signature from Avtandil Ghvaghvishvili
3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Fgura United could get for him.
The dugout22 Apr 2030
The manager plants his flag on Katia Kouyaté
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Katia Kouyaté’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
In brief
- Boardroom The Fgura United academy earns its keep
- Boardroom The Fgura United board choose calm
- Squad Isaac Cilia back in training