The Rotherham United Courier
Match6 Apr 2030
Rotherham United taken apart
0‑3 to Reading, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad8 Apr 2030
Marc Ploner breaks a bone — 40 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout8 Apr 2030
Bernabé Guzmán keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rotherham United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad8 Apr 2030
A falling-out at Rotherham United
Kian Spence and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad8 Apr 2030
Fran Vieites 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 dugout8 Apr 2030
The manager makes an example of Ciaran McGuckin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad8 Apr 2030
Rotherham United count the cost of losing John Davis
26 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Market8 Apr 2030
Talks stall between Rotherham United and Fran Vieites
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Boardroom8 Apr 2030
Inquest at Rotherham United
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Fran Vieites has become a man the manager trusts
- Market A year gone for Harry Tchekwa