The Stripfing Post
Squad17 Apr 2034
The knee: David Lainer out for 35 days
35 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Stripfing lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad17 Apr 2034
29 days out for Martín Távara after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Stripfing will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market17 Apr 2034
Kaion Lisbie 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 The request is on a desk at Stripfing, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market17 Apr 2034
Vladislav Ignatjev is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stripfing is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 Apr 2034
Words exchanged at Stripfing
Julian Lazaro 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.
Squad17 Apr 2034
A row about effort at Stripfing
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mickaël Nadé was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout17 Apr 2034
No hiding place for Wisdom Treffers
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Wisdom Treffers, and the manager let it.
Boardroom17 Apr 2034
Stripfing counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Stripfing now.
The dugout17 Apr 2034
Filip Rózga knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stripfing, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The Julian Lazaro question follows Stripfing around
- Market The clock does Omar Traoré’s negotiating for him
- Match Continental football is in reach for Stripfing