Marked for Bubacarr Trawally
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
Paide say no — this time
The offer from Flora for Ebrima Jarju was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Paide
Daniel Cabral 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Paide training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siim Luts 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.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Paide
Martin Miller 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bubacarr Trawally, and the manager let it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Gerdo Juhkam 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.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Paide, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Andrade has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Paide will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Paide
Daniel Cabral 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Gerdo Juhkam 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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Mattias Sapp has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad31 Aug 2026
José Cadenas 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 Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Andrade has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Paide will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bubacarr Trawally and Paide agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Paide
Daniel Cabral 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Tammeka have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Pa Modou Sohna. The answer from Paide has not changed — yet.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Paide has picked up the phone to Ebrima Jarju
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Paide training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siim Luts 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Victor Hugo is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Paide has been clear about where Victor Hugo stands, which is more than many ever get.