The CF Montreal Gazette
Squad29 Jan 2029
Aleksa Cvetković damages knee ligaments — 36 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 36 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.
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the CF Montreal boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Jalen Neal 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.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Nathan Crockford 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 CF Montreal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Words at CF Montreal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Alvarado 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 dugout29 Jan 2029
Dylan Adams is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- Match CF Montreal in the hunt for Europe
- The dugout A door opens for Nathan Crockford
- Squad Lessons booked for Aleksa Cvetković at CF Montreal
- The dugout The manager comes out for Jack Aaronson