Raphael Lindner

Right Forward - Gloria Bistrița U18
6 May 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Raphael Lindner

129 Edition

The Gloria Bistrița Chronicle

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Vlad Oargă keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gloria Bistrița may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

The dugout

Mehdi Lehaire frozen out at Gloria Bistrița

This is not rotation. Mehdi Lehaire has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Gloria Bistrița is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets

Ahmed Said will not be coming to Gloria Bistrița

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Unirea Slobozia is saying, and nobody at Gloria Bistrița is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Words exchanged at Gloria Bistrița

Levan Osikmashvili 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.

Transfer targets

Gloria Bistrița bid $44.0K for Raul Băilă

The offer went to Concordia Chiajna this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Thierry Moura 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. Thierry Moura has, at Gloria Bistrița, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets

Gloria Bistrița rebuffed over Ionuţ Cojocaru

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

Squad

A row about effort at Gloria Bistrița

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

Loan watch

David Andraş counts the days

“I watch every Gloria Bistrița game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at CS Tunari runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

Back issues
66 Edition

The Admira Wacker Chronicle

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Luca Unbehaun stands alone

10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match

Justin Forst leads the rout of Austria Salzburg

4‑0, and Justin Forst took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Admira Wacker tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Match

Admira Wacker out of the cup

WSG Tirol ended it 1‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

A brace, and Justin Forst takes the afternoon — 8.59

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Justin Forst provided it, and the 8.59 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match

Admira Wacker are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 22 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

The dugout

Raphael Lindner: 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.” Admira Wacker have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Admira Wacker

Anrie Chase 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.

The terraces

Admira Wacker supporters have found a favourite in Aaron Sky Schwarz

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Aaron Sky Schwarz has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

Words at Admira Wacker training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vesel Demaku is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief