The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Hapoel Haifa
Dario Župarić 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 dugout16 Apr 2029
Or Hasin back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Hapoel Haifa has worked with Or Hasin before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Hapoel Haifa are still strangers to each other
9 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.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Yoav Gerafi knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Yoav Gerafi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Mustapha Salisu falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
No hiding place for Rotem Keller
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rotem Keller, and the manager let it.
Market16 Apr 2029
The Shai Elias story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Shai Elias signs something — a contract at Hapoel Haifa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market16 Apr 2029
Hapoel Haifa put Willy Agada up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Willy Agada may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Match16 Apr 2029
Hapoel Haifa in the hunt for Europe
Position 6, 34 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.
In brief
- The dugout Willy Agada keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Adi Melikson back in training