The Nomme Kalju Courier
Market8 Mar 2027
Aleksandr Nikolajev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nomme Kalju can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Matyáš Šilhavý says Nomme Kalju went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Home is on Modou Tambedou's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Nomme Kalju are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Nomme Kalju
Matyáš Šilhavý and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Nomme Kalju
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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Nomme Kalju
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Modou Tambedou was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Mohamed Touré
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Sander Kallaste joins the Nomme Kalju first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sander Kallaste is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Markus Pikk joins the Nomme Kalju first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Markus Pikk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Marek Ojamaa joins the Nomme Kalju first team
- Squad Nomme Kalju are still strangers to each other
- The dugout The view from the dugout