The St. Andrews Sentinel
Market8 May 2034
Justin Caruana asks to leave St. Andrews
“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.
Squad8 May 2034
Words exchanged at St. Andrews
Nathan Roggen and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market8 May 2034
Talks stall between St. Andrews and Nathan Roggen
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad8 May 2034
Owen Mason named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Owen Mason is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout8 May 2034
Kenneth Brincat 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.
The dugout8 May 2034
When it matters, George Mallia plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout Linus Svensson asks for a word with the manager
- Market John Barbara linked with a move away
- Squad Kenneth Brincat is put on a programme of his own
- Squad Patrick Azzopardi is fit again