The Hapoel Raanana Post
Boardroom13 Aug 2029
The scrutiny sharpens at Hapoel Raanana
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Hapoel Raanana is running low.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Hapoel Raanana
Itay Hemi 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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A late step up for Miko Maman
At 34 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A row about effort at Hapoel Raanana
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yoav Hofmeister was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets13 Aug 2029
Door shut on Dor Hebron
Hapoel Raanana asked and Maccabi Petach Tikva said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market13 Aug 2029
Ben David steps up from the Hapoel Raanana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben David 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
One of our own: Lior Glazer joins the Hapoel Raanana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lior Glazer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Aug 2029
Manor Melikson steps up from the Hapoel Raanana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Manor Melikson 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
One of our own: Eitan Shechter joins the Hapoel Raanana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eitan Shechter is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets Hapoel Raanana try to borrow Yuval Kretzo
- The dugout No hiding place for Tom Rostovsky
- The dugout Nadav Markovich has been promised minutes