The Balzan Post
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Kano Pillars tell Balzan: Nasiru Lawan is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Balzan
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Herick was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market14 Sep 2026
Angelo Grech steps up from the Balzan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Angelo Grech 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Zebbug Rangers take the points off Balzan
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Bjarki Arnaldarson 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No place for Dean Forbes in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Balzan are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Noel Attard answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The form table has caught Lennon Thompson
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The plan did not have a place for Bjarki Arnaldarson
Nobody at Balzan is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- Looking ahead Sean Cipriott goes back to face Gudja United
- Squad Yousuf Toure makes his debut at 20
- Squad Herick remains an outsider