The Persis Post
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Nobody could get near Dimitri
Successful dribbles: 59. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
The Persis board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Persis
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Dimitri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Ripal Wahyudi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Persis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Feb 2028
Persis promote Irfan Sulaeman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Irfan Sulaeman 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Persis promote Dedi Maulana from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dedi Maulana 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Stefano Lilipaly steps up from the Persis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefano Lilipaly 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Bimo Wibowo joins the Persis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bimo Wibowo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Persis get the job done against Persita
- Boardroom Persis board go back on their word
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Sho Yamamoto