The Fgura United Post
Market19 Mar 2035
Moloko Nape 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 The request is on a desk at Fgura United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Mar 2035
Words at Fgura United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marco Antônio 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.
Market19 Mar 2035
Patrick Cutajar steps up from the Fgura United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Cutajar has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Mar 2035
One of our own: William Grech joins the Fgura United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. William Grech is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Mar 2035
James Borg steps up from the Fgura United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Borg has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings19 Mar 2035
Laurent Doku runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout19 Mar 2035
Louis Bonnieu 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.
Match17 Mar 2035
Moloko Nape rescues a point for Fgura United
It needed Moloko Nape to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Sirens, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout19 Mar 2035
The manager has not finished forgetting Angelo Dimech's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- The dugout Oliver Wähling asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Interim Coach: “We have to be better”
- Squad Laurent Doku is the weekend's best young player