Robert Kelly

Defensive Midfielder - Paksi
21 Apr 2031
Monday
Process
238 Edition

The Paksi Gazette

17 Feb 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Robert Kelly out for 18 days

The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Robert Kelly, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Isaac Collins Isoa

“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.

Market

Paksi bring in an old head

Hörður Magnússon is 38 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

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Júlio Romão has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Júlio Romão keeps the shirt for now, at Paksi's convenience rather than his own.

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Kevin Kántor knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Paksi, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Mady Diouf leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Mady Diouf leaves Paksi the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

Back issues
234 Edition

The Paksi Gazette

20 Jan 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

József Windecker says Paksi 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.

Market

Mady Diouf hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Paksi can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Mady Diouf has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Paksi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Robert Kelly out for 46 days

The medical room confirms 46 days on the sidelines for Robert Kelly, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

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Péter Szappanos 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.

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Gergő Gyurkits loses a friend at Paksi

The move was somebody else's story. What it left behind was a dressing-room stall nobody has taken and a player who keeps looking at it.

In brief

209 Edition

The Paksi Gazette

29 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Kevin Kántor has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Paksi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Roland Kleinheisler is a Paksi player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Roland Bese comes home

The shirt still fits. Roland Bese is back at Paksi, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Roland Kleinheisler comes home

The shirt still fits. Roland Kleinheisler is back at Paksi, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Facundo Heredia

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Paksi against Debrecen

0-1 to Debrecen, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom

Paksi board go back on their word

Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.

Squad

Robert Kelly signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Robert Kelly commits to Paksi for another 4 years.

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A first senior shirt for Ignacio Coscio

Every debut is a small story about the future: Ignacio Coscio, 24 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief