Brian Grech

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125 Edition

The Zebbug Rangers Gazette

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad18 Dec 2028

A fracture rules Brian Grech out for 18 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zebbug Rangers will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match18 Dec 2028

Zebbug Rangers up to position 3

27 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market18 Dec 2028

Ayrton Attard puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zebbug Rangers, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Tempers go at Zebbug Rangers

Neil Micallef was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Words at Zebbug Rangers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Denis Ssorin 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.

Match16 Dec 2028

Zebbug Rangers come up short against Birzebbuga St. Peter's

Birzebbuga St. Peter's left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

The manager makes an example of Aikins Kwabena Antiedu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Nikita Sednev gifts one

A goalkeeper’s error has no defender behind it to tidy it away. He knew before the ball crossed the line, the crowd knew a second later, and there is nothing anybody can say tonight.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Nicholas Micallef left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief

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124 Edition

The Zebbug Rangers Gazette

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Dec 2028

Brian Grech breaks a bone — 25 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 25 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout11 Dec 2028

Joshua Gaku keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zebbug Rangers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Abubakar Nasir 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 Zebbug Rangers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Words at Zebbug Rangers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Neil Micallef 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 terraces11 Dec 2028

The crowd has taken to Gabriel

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match9 Dec 2028

Zebbug Rangers get the job done against Fgura United

A 2‑0 win over Fgura United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout11 Dec 2028

No hiding place for Denis Ssorin

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Ssorin, and the manager let it.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Keyon Ewurum stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Keyon Ewurum and Zebbug Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings11 Dec 2028

Nobody on the pitch touched Luciano Junior

7.96, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Zebbug Rangers had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

In brief

123 Edition

The Zebbug Rangers Gazette

4 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad4 Dec 2028

Brian Grech breaks a bone — 32 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match4 Dec 2028

Nobody above Zebbug Rangers

First, on 24 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.

The dugout4 Dec 2028

Nathan Sultana says Zebbug Rangers 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.

Squad4 Dec 2028

Nikita Sednev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nikita Sednev and Zebbug Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad4 Dec 2028

A row about effort at Zebbug Rangers

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Neil Micallef was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad4 Dec 2028

Sam Schiffer 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 Zebbug Rangers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match2 Dec 2028

Santa Lucia take the points off Zebbug Rangers

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout4 Dec 2028

Abubakar Nasir 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.

Market4 Dec 2028

Still no ink between Zebbug Rangers and Denis Ssorin

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Zebbug Rangers, another week without a signature from Denis Ssorin.

In brief

122 Edition

The Zebbug Rangers Gazette

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad27 Nov 2028

A fracture rules Brian Grech out for 39 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zebbug Rangers will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad27 Nov 2028

A falling-out at Zebbug Rangers

Luciano Junior and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Words at Zebbug Rangers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Denis Ssorin 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.

Looking ahead27 Nov 2028

The big one: Santa Lucia come into view

Two sides from the top of the table, one afternoon, and a month of talk decided in ninety minutes. Zebbug Rangers will not use the word title this week and will not stop thinking it.

Match25 Nov 2028

Late, late show earns Zebbug Rangers a point

Minute 86, against Mtarfa, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

Player ratings27 Nov 2028

The pass was always on for Luciano Junior

Chances created: 11. Somebody has to open a door before anybody can walk through it, and he spent the afternoon opening doors.

Match25 Nov 2028

Abubakar Nasir rescues a point for Zebbug Rangers

It needed Abubakar Nasir to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Mtarfa, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

Joshua Gaku 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 dugout27 Nov 2028

Half-satisfied: Nicholas Micallef on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

In brief

121 Edition

The Zebbug Rangers Gazette

20 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad20 Nov 2028

46 days out for Brian Grech after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Zebbug Rangers will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Tempers go at Zebbug Rangers

Denis Ssorin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad20 Nov 2028

Neil Micallef falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market20 Nov 2028

Talks stall between Zebbug Rangers and Kleart Grazhdani

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout20 Nov 2028

Kleart Grazhdani asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market20 Nov 2028

The Luciano Junior question follows Zebbug Rangers around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Luciano Junior’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Market20 Nov 2028

Still no signature from Denis Ssorin

6 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Zebbug Rangers could get for him.

The dugout20 Nov 2028

A door opens for Ayrton Attard

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market20 Nov 2028

The shop window has Isaac Chetcuti in it

Zebbug Rangers have let the market know Isaac Chetcuti can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief