The CS Afumați Herald
Squad10 Mar 2036
Toby Bower damages knee ligaments — 77 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 77 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.
Match8 Mar 2036
Rafael Carvalho leads the rout of Olimpia Satu Mare
4‑1, and Rafael Carvalho took the headlines on an afternoon when everything CS Afumați tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings10 Mar 2036
A brace, and Rafael Carvalho takes the afternoon — 8.89
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Rafael Carvalho provided it, and the 8.89 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout10 Mar 2036
Harry Sutherington: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” CS Afumați have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The dugout10 Mar 2036
Ianis Stanciu frozen out at CS Afumați
This is not rotation. Ianis Stanciu has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at CS Afumați is pretending otherwise.
The dugout10 Mar 2036
Atanas Chernev 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.
Market10 Mar 2036
CS Afumați promote Andrei Nita from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrei Nita has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Mar 2036
One of our own: Daniel Moldovan joins the CS Afumați first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Moldovan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Mar 2036
CS Afumați promote Cosmin Mitrita from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cosmin Mitrita has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ovidiu Man joins the CS Afumați first team
- Player ratings Alpár Gergely was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad Ianis Stanciu falls out with a teammate over standards