The Naxxar Lions Post
Player ratings18 Sep 2028
Yeangel Montero runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match16 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Naxxar Lions's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Naxxar Lions has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Words exchanged at Naxxar Lions
Cedric 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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
A row about effort at Naxxar Lions
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vitinho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match16 Sep 2028
Honours even between Naxxar Lions and Floriana
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
When it matters, Yeangel Montero 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.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Emanuel Farrugia chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The form table has caught Shaun Bugeja
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Tristan Pace
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market The Yeangel Montero talk will not go away
- Squad The shirt belongs to Rosiel now
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Zabbar St. Patrick