The Temperley Courier
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
A brace, and Alejandro Melo takes the afternoon — 8.48
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alejandro Melo provided it, and the 8.48 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match7 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Temperley
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Gonzalo Vallejos has agreed to leave Temperley for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Luciano Nieto signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luciano Nieto and Temperley agree another 1 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Temperley
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro Melo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Ezequiel Mastrolía
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Temperley count the cost of losing Hernán Blanco
20 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
Lucas Gaona keeps scoring at Portuguesa
22 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Match7 Aug 2027
Honours even between Temperley and Sarmiento
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Temperley
- The dugout Julián Carrasco knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Valentín Quiroga on the point