The Goiatuba Post
Squad17 Apr 2028
Recife damages knee ligaments — 21 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 21 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 dugout17 Apr 2028
David González says Goiatuba 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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Gerônimo 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 Goiatuba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Goiatuba
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Goiatuba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fernandinho 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.
Match15 Apr 2028
Gerônimo’s goal not enough for Goiatuba
Gerônimo scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Ypiranga, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Wages swallow 144% of the Goiatuba income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Sérgio Braga joins the Goiatuba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Braga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
Leonardo Viana steps up from the Goiatuba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Viana 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Igor Viana joins the Goiatuba first team
- Market One of our own: Vitão joins the Goiatuba first team
- Squad Home is on Glen Mifsud's mind