The Rentistas Herald
Squad18 Sep 2028
Hernán Menosse 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 Rentistas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Words at Rentistas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Pintado 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 dugout18 Sep 2028
Gonzalo Barreto gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
Simón Bentancur knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rentistas, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The manager makes Tomás Jakos a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Rentistas. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
The manager plants his flag on Agustín García
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Agustín García’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
In brief
- Boardroom The Rentistas board choose calm
- Squad Nicolas Ramirez is out on the grass again