The Admira Wacker Chronicle
Squad17 Mar 2036
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.
Market17 Mar 2036
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 The request is on a desk at Admira Wacker, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Mar 2036
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 dugout17 Mar 2036
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.
Market17 Mar 2036
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.
Squad17 Mar 2036
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.
Market17 Mar 2036
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 dugout17 Mar 2036
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.
Market17 Mar 2036
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
- The dugout The manager makes Ollie Oldfield a promise
- Boardroom The Admira Wacker production line keeps running
- Squad The training reports on Thomas Hazard are not good