The Tarxien Rainbows Courier
Market26 Mar 2029
Oratile Rantasi 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 Tarxien Rainbows can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
Erick Mkhize keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tarxien Rainbows may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market26 Mar 2029
Sfundo Shezi is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tarxien Rainbows is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at Tarxien Rainbows
Hamlet Aleksanyan 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.
Squad26 Mar 2029
A row about effort at Tarxien Rainbows
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erick Mkhize was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
Yilson Mosquera has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Tarxien Rainbows 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.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
Aaron Potter 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.
Market26 Mar 2029
Patrick Schmidt linked with a move away
The name of Patrick Schmidt keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tarxien Rainbows say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Lasse Egholm wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Tarxien Rainbows will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
In brief
- The dugout Edmund Puzdrowski knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Lessons booked for Nico Freuler at Tarxien Rainbows