The Minyor Pernik Sentinel
Match10 Nov 2035
The run at home goes on for Minyor Pernik
12 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Market12 Nov 2035
Hans Wagner is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Minyor Pernik is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout12 Nov 2035
Daniel Kjaer says Minyor Pernik went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad12 Nov 2035
A row about effort at Minyor Pernik
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Milko Paskov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad12 Nov 2035
A falling-out at Minyor Pernik
Kaloyan Simeonov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Nov 2035
The Minyor Pernik debt reaches $12.1M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
Squad12 Nov 2035
Valentin Grudev pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Match10 Nov 2035
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 85 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Minyor Pernik had all but put away. Slavia Sofia will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Market12 Nov 2035
Talks stall between Minyor Pernik and Godswill Kenu
“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.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Minyor Pernik
- The dugout A promise honoured at Minyor Pernik
- Player ratings Ivan Chmut beats them one at a time