Jake Busuttil

Striker - Hibernians U20
22 Mar 2029
Thursday
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The Hibernians Gazette

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Hibernians

Ryder Matos 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.

Squad

Words at Hibernians training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jamie Wähling 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Neil Micallef

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Neil Micallef, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Paul Mhlanga has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Hibernians will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

A door opens for Kevin Halabaku

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market

Bjorn Kristensen linked with a move away

The name of Bjorn Kristensen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Hibernians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
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The Hibernians Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Mailson Lima breaks a bone — 51 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 51 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout

Silas Alfred keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hibernians may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings

Ali Diakité goes up and wins it — 7.66

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.66 for the rest of it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Hibernians

Mailson Lima 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.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hibernians

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad

A row about effort at Hibernians

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kofi Schulz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Joseph Mbong beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

Hibernians promote Lawrence Cutajar from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lawrence Cutajar has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Hibernians promote Ivan Cauchi from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Cauchi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief