The Sturm Graz Sentinel
The dugout15 Nov 2027
Petar Petrović: 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.” Sturm Graz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Noah Botic wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Sturm Graz can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
Elias Lorenz has seen enough of Altach
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sturm Graz, and 0 appearances in 19 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Sturm Graz are still strangers to each other
5 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Sturm Graz
Raphael Schlager 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Kiyani Zeggen wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Sturm Graz will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Luis Balbo Vieira
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Balbo Vieira, and the manager let it.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
Albert Vallci 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 Sturm Graz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Looking ahead15 Nov 2027
A reunion for Alexander Schlager
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Grodig in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- Match Continental football is in reach for Sturm Graz
- Market Sturm Graz and Kelvin Boateng are talking past each other
- The dugout Roderick Miranda has been promised minutes