Thomas Lainer

Left Forward - Admira Wacker
18 Sep 2038
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Marked for Thomas Lainer

632 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

6 Sep 2038
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad6 Sep 2038

12 seasons of Mario Maroto

250 appearances across 12 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Admira Wacker know what they have.

Squad6 Sep 2038

A one-man rearguard from Alexander Lainer

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.

Market6 Sep 2038

So close: Dominik Stöger’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Mattersburg moved on, Dominik Stöger reports back to Admira Wacker, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad6 Sep 2038

Tempers go at Admira Wacker

Raphael Dragovic 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.

Squad6 Sep 2038

Anteo Fetahu gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings6 Sep 2038

Ninety minutes of Linus Larsen at his very best

Marked 8.73. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Admira Wacker.

Player ratings6 Sep 2038

Nobody could get near Mario Maroto

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match4 Sep 2038

Admira Wacker and Rapid Wien take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market6 Sep 2038

SV Ried expected to open talks for Sebastian Grillitsch

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Admira Wacker will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

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629 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

16 Aug 2038
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings16 Aug 2038

Age has not caught Raphael Dragovic yet — 8.63

At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.63 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market16 Aug 2038

Dominik Sabitzer 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 Admira Wacker can pretend not to have heard.

Squad16 Aug 2038

Tempers go at Admira Wacker

Mario Maroto 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.

Market16 Aug 2038

Sebastian Grillitsch is on his way

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

Squad16 Aug 2038

Words at Admira Wacker training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jacopo Landi 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.

Player ratings16 Aug 2038

Denys Tesliuk runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad16 Aug 2038

Raphael Dragovic has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Admira Wacker will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Match14 Aug 2038

Admira Wacker share the spoils with Austria Wien

A 1‑1 draw with Austria Wien leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad16 Aug 2038

Samuele Andreoli named player of the week

One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Samuele Andreoli has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.

In brief

624 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

12 Jul 2038
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market12 Jul 2038

Florian Onisiwo asks to leave Admira Wacker

“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.

Market12 Jul 2038

Admira Wacker turn down Mattersburg for Thomas Lainer

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad12 Jul 2038

Markus Weimann says Admira Wacker 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.

Squad12 Jul 2038

Tempers go at Admira Wacker

Raphael Dragovic 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.

Squad12 Jul 2038

Alexander Lainer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexander Lainer and Admira Wacker agree another 2 years.

Squad12 Jul 2038

Philipp Grillitsch is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

In brief