Thomas Hazard

Striker - Admira Wacker
18 Apr 2036
Friday
Process

Marked for Thomas Hazard

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The Admira Wacker Chronicle

17 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: David Kalajdzic out for 45 days

45 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Admira Wacker lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Ethan Gold puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Admira Wacker, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Justin Forst 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 Admira Wacker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Pavel Svatek

“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.

Market

Still no ink between Admira Wacker and Maxence Rivera

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Admira Wacker, another week without a signature from Maxence Rivera.

Squad

Jaydon Makhalira 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.

Market

Leon Liović is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Admira Wacker has been clear about where Leon Liović stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

Maxence Rivera 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 Maxence Rivera trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Justin Forst linked with a move away

The name of Justin Forst keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Admira Wacker say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
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The Admira Wacker Chronicle

18 Feb 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Georg Fuchs puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Admira Wacker, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Admira Wacker

Leandro Barreiro 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Quincy Berghuis

Admira Wacker asked and Rapid Wien said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout

Ignacio Riera 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 dugout

Viggo Jeppsson 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 Viggo Jeppsson trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Justin Forst linked with a move away

The name of Justin Forst keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Admira Wacker say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Admira Wacker and Uroš Drezgić are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

Ignacio Riera runs his contract down

7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Admira Wacker money.

Squad

Thomas Hazard wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Admira Wacker will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

In brief

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24 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

David Kalajdzic damages knee ligaments — 23 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 23 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Georg Fuchs puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Admira Wacker, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

8 matches without a win for Admira Wacker

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Admira Wacker are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Admira Wacker

Leandro Barreiro 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.

Squad

Words at Admira Wacker training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maxence Rivera 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.

The dugout

Elias Scherf 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.

Match

Admira Wacker come up short against Blau-Weiß Linz

Blau-Weiß Linz left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Looking ahead

Admira Wacker face Kapfenberg in the game that matters most

Two sides from the bottom of the table, three points, and an afternoon that will be described afterwards as a relegation decider by whoever loses it.

Squad

Thomas Hazard wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Admira Wacker know it.

In brief