The Stripfing Post
Squad26 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Marcel Posch out for 54 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Stripfing will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Stripfing tie Stefan Lienhart 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.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
7 academy graduates step up at Stripfing
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Thomas Arnautovic joins the Stripfing first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Arnautovic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Kevin Fuchs steps up from the Stripfing academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin Fuchs has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Alexander Lainer joins the Stripfing first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Lainer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Marco Sabitzer steps up from the Stripfing academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Sabitzer has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words at Stripfing training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastian Lienhart is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Stripfing board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- The dugout Florian Schlager gets it from the manager
- Looking ahead Osarenren Okungbowa goes back to face Rapid Wien II
- Squad A season on the outside for Louey Ben Farhat