The Madura United Post
Squad5 Feb 2029
Mustafa Sheikh Yousef damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Ido David keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Madura United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Window shuts: 8 in, 6 out at Madura United
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 8 arrived, 6 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
The Madura United 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Ricky Fajrin is a Madura United player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market5 Feb 2029
As if he never left: Paarveen Waran returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Paarveen Waran is a Madura United player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Júnior Brandão 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 Madura United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Madura United
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.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Andi Darmawan joins the Madura United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andi Darmawan 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 Madura United promote Dimas Pato from within
- Match PSM take the points off Madura United
- Squad Jajá falls out with a teammate over standards