The St. Andrews Sentinel
Squad22 Feb 2027
33 days out for Jurgen Pisani after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. St. Andrews will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at St. Andrews
Monwabisi Mwondla 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.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Wages eat 136% of everything St. Andrews earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match20 Feb 2027
Mtarfa take the points off St. Andrews
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
No hiding place for David Krasniqi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Krasniqi, and the manager let it.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
No place for Hugo Sacco on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at St. Andrews pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Ian Zammit answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at St. Andrews
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cauã was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Sammy El Farsi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sammy El Farsi commits to St. Andrews for another 2 years.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Hugo Sacco
- Looking ahead A reunion for Michael Johnson
- Market The Hugo Sacco talk will not go away