Pichi

Left Forward - Temperley
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Marked for Pichi

496 Edition

The Temperley Courier

28 Jan 2036
From our football correspondent Steady

Market28 Jan 2036

Juan Pablo Bruno is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Temperley is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad28 Jan 2036

A falling-out at Temperley

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

Market28 Jan 2036

One of our own: Martín Gutiérrez joins the Temperley first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martín Gutiérrez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market28 Jan 2036

Mateo García steps up from the Temperley academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mateo García 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.

Market28 Jan 2036

Temperley promote Sergio Blanco from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Blanco 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 dugout28 Jan 2036

No hiding place for Hicham Mahrez

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

Squad28 Jan 2036

Carlos Alberto Alonso signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Carlos Alberto Alonso and Temperley agree another 3 years.

The dugout28 Jan 2036

The manager has not finished forgetting Araña's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Squad28 Jan 2036

Pichi has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Temperley will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

Back issues
479 Edition

The Temperley Courier

1 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match29 Sep 2035

A hiding for Temperley

Beaten 1‑4 by Barracas Central, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad1 Oct 2035

Defences have started doubling up on Lucas Gaona

24 goals and a season average of 7.22 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad1 Oct 2035

A one-man rearguard from Santiago de Gregorio

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

The dugout1 Oct 2035

Maximiliano Giménez: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Temperley have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad1 Oct 2035

A falling-out at Temperley

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

Match29 Sep 2035

Temperley are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Squad1 Oct 2035

A row about effort at Temperley

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

The dugout1 Oct 2035

The manager makes an example of Matías Reyna

“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.

Boardroom1 Oct 2035

Inquest at Temperley

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

478 Edition

The Temperley Courier

24 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings24 Sep 2035

Lucas Gaona scores twice — 9.05

Two goals and a mark of 9.05 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings24 Sep 2035

Pichi, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.02

A mark of 8.02 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad24 Sep 2035

Defences have started doubling up on Lucas Gaona

23 goals and a season average of 7.21 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Match22 Sep 2035

Temperley cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad24 Sep 2035

Tempers go at Temperley

Juan Martínez 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.

Match22 Sep 2035

Temperley find a way past Defensores Unidos

Defensores Unidos made Temperley work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Match22 Sep 2035

Temperley are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

The terraces24 Sep 2035

One of their own: Noah Colombo

He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout24 Sep 2035

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Interim Coach kept it short after the 3‑2 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief