The Narva Trans Sentinel
Market8 Jun 2037
Tammeka come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Narva Trans did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad8 Jun 2037
A one-man rearguard from Mark Zahharov
There were 7 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.
Player ratings8 Jun 2037
Daniel Bolívar, 34, rolls back the years — 9.19
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.19 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match6 Jun 2037
Still nobody has beaten Narva Trans
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad8 Jun 2037
Tempers go at Narva Trans
Mark Maksimkin 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.
Squad8 Jun 2037
Elia Piazza stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Elia Piazza and Narva Trans agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Jun 2037
Defences have started doubling up on Daniel Bolívar
5 goals and a season average of 7.43 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Boardroom8 Jun 2037
101% of the income goes out in wages at Narva Trans
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match6 Jun 2037
Daniel Bolívar rescues a point for Narva Trans
It needed Daniel Bolívar to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against FCI Tallinn, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- Market The Karl Baranov conversation is coming
- Player ratings Joel Sula could have had three
- Market Still no ink between Narva Trans and Sander Sorga