The Mainz 05 Chronicle
Match2 Feb 2030
No end in sight to Mainz 05's wait for a win
14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mainz 05 has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces4 Feb 2030
Anger at Mainz 05 spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mainz 05
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Interim Coach has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Mainz 05 can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market4 Feb 2030
Phillip Tietz puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mainz 05, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings4 Feb 2030
Paul Nebel runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market4 Feb 2030
Only the photograph left for Oscar Kabwit
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Oscar Kabwit will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Mainz 05 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Tempers go at Mainz 05
Nadiem Amiri 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.
Market4 Feb 2030
Albian Ajeti moves on
Hamburger SV pay $910.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
In brief
- Squad Words at Mainz 05 training over how hard people work
- Squad Robin Zentner gets it from the manager
- Squad Marcel Bergmann out for 36 days