The São José Sentinel
Squad9 Feb 2032
Words exchanged at São José
Lorenzo Couture and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad9 Feb 2032
A row about effort at São José
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mascarenhas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market9 Feb 2032
Marcelo Assis steps up from the São José academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcelo Assis 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.
Market9 Feb 2032
Roberto Farias steps up from the São José academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Farias 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.
Market9 Feb 2032
One of our own: Danilo Souza joins the São José first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danilo Souza is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market9 Feb 2032
São José promote Mateus Peixoto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateus Peixoto has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout9 Feb 2032
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Couture
“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.
Squad9 Feb 2032
São José are still strangers to each other
6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout9 Feb 2032
Dedé 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
- The dugout Raí Soares gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Alex Cavalcante knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Lucas Daros finally belongs at São José