The Mjondalen Chronicle
The terraces14 Jan 2036
The mood at Mjondalen has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Match14 Jan 2036
Every point is an argument now for Mjondalen
Position 16 and 19 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market14 Jan 2036
Only the photograph left for Kristian Kongelf
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kristian Kongelf will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Mjondalen the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Words exchanged at Mjondalen
Adam Jágrik 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.
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
Mjondalen have asked about Ernesto Kubazi
The approach has gone in and the answer belongs to Bylis. Business like this is done quietly and reported loudly, and rarely in that order.
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
Still no name above the door at Mjondalen
Day 13 of the vacancy. Candidates have been priced, sounded out and quietly ruled out — and the caretaker’s win ratio is becoming an argument all by itself.
Squad14 Jan 2036
A row about effort at Mjondalen
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ware Peter Natana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
The borrowing at Mjondalen reaches $14.2M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $14.2M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
Wages eat 89% of everything Mjondalen earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
In brief
- The dugout Kristian Kongelf knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Patrick Lien
- Market Ware Peter Natana linked with a move away