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477 Edition

The HIFK Courier

17 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match17 Sep 2035

HIFK are in real trouble now

Position 12, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad17 Sep 2035

Hernán Taborda in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HIFK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Sep 2035

Stepan Oganesyan 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.

In brief

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476 Edition

The HIFK Courier

10 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match8 Sep 2035

The wait goes on for HIFK

11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad10 Sep 2035

Joel Taylor keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HIFK may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad10 Sep 2035

Tempers go at HIFK

Hernán Taborda 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.

Match8 Sep 2035

KTP take the points off HIFK

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad10 Sep 2035

Marcon 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.

Squad10 Sep 2035

Oliver Forss out for 42 days

The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Oliver Forss, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings10 Sep 2035

Haukur Gunnarsson 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.

Player ratings10 Sep 2035

Atte Lam changes it off the bench

He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and HIFK had a different afternoon.

Market10 Sep 2035

The clock does Arttu Auranen’s negotiating for him

6 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee HIFK could ask drops and the wages Arttu Auranen can ask rise.

In brief

  • Boardroom The HIFK production line keeps running
  • Market The shop window has Ilkka Sparv in it
448 Edition

The HIFK Courier

26 Feb 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Feb 2035

Tempers go at HIFK

Hernán Taborda 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.

Market26 Feb 2035

The Carlos Gómez conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: FF Jaro will make the call about Carlos Gómez this week. HIFK have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad26 Feb 2035

Words at HIFK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stepan Oganesyan 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.

In brief

407 Edition

The HIFK Courier

15 May 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Match10 May 2034

HIFK march on in the cup

RoPS are out and HIFK go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match13 May 2034

Nowhere to hide for HIFK

0‑3 against VPS, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Player ratings15 May 2034

Eero Forss could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.23

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.23, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Market15 May 2034

Sebastian Jansson asks to leave HIFK

“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.

Squad15 May 2034

Tempers go at HIFK

Hernán Taborda 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 terraces15 May 2034

The crowd has taken to Joni Lam

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad15 May 2034

Niko Hukka 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.

Squad15 May 2034

Yassin Adam 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.

Boardroom15 May 2034

Inquest at HIFK

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