Patrick Onisiwo

Striker - Grodig
24 Dec 2029
Monday
Process

Marked for Patrick Onisiwo

162 Edition

The Grodig Courier

3 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

18 matches without a win for Grodig

The run now stands at 18, and the questions being asked around Grodig are no longer polite ones.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Woody Williamson

There were 14 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.

Match

Grodig are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 11 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Match

Grodig are in real trouble now

Position 10, 0 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Match

Grodig bow out of the cup

SV Ried go through and Grodig go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Match

Nowhere to hide for Grodig

0‑3 against Wolfsberger AC, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Player ratings

Patrick Onisiwo could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.30

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.30, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Boardroom

Grodig close the window on a squad of their own making

14 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

The dugout

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In brief

Back issues
150 Edition

The Grodig Courier

11 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Grodig sink to position 10

4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Darren Robinson asks to leave Grodig

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets

Grodig agree $24.0K for Saliou Sané

The clubs have shaken hands with SV Ried; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Transfer targets

Filip Milojević due for a Grodig medical

Everything agreed with Altach, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets

Grodig rebuffed over Amīn-Elias Gröller

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rapid Wien have kept their man, and Grodig go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Grodig

Benjamin Leneis 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.

Squad

Alexandros Parras arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Alexandros Parras has, at Grodig, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Market

The Adrien Thibaut conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Altach will make the call about Adrien Thibaut this week. Grodig have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Boardroom

Gonçalo Faria will join Grodig for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Gonçalo Faria has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Grodig have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

In brief