The Haka Gazette
Squad24 Sep 2035
A row about effort at Haka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jaakko Moisio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Sep 2035
A falling-out at Haka
Afeez Bankole and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Sep 2035
Eero Lod stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eero Lod and Haka agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad24 Sep 2035
Too much change too quickly at Haka
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout24 Sep 2035
Elion Imeri knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Elion Imeri trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market24 Sep 2035
No place for Alessio Ferrari in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Alessio Ferrari has his answer from Haka; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout24 Sep 2035
Verneri Vainikainen 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.
The dugout24 Sep 2035
Olle Leonardsson has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Haka 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.
Market24 Sep 2035
Still no signature from Emil Leveälahti
6 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Haka could get for him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes David Hubocan a promise
- Boardroom The Haka production line keeps running
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Niccolò Fontana