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Upbeat
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Borneo, and 2 appearances in 24 say he has earned the hearing.
Match31 Jul 2027
Three points for Borneo, 2-0 the final word against Semen Padang in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad2 Aug 2027
7 goals and a season average of 7.42. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
Sihran Amarullah is tired of being somebody else's player
“Another season, another badge, another dressing room to win over. I would like one pre-season at Borneo where somebody actually looks at me.” He belongs to PSBS Biak until the spell ends; the argument is with the club that owns him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Bryn Deeley
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stefano Lilipaly commits to Borneo for another 2 years.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Juan Felipe Villa will call it something else in private.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Borneo counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Borneo now.
Market2 Aug 2027
The Kaio Nunes talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Borneo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Match21 Jul 2027
Borneo through in the cup
A 1-0 win over PSM, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market26 Jul 2027
Perth Glory come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Borneo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market26 Jul 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Borneo will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Match24 Jul 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Bryn Deeley asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Match3 Jul 2027
Still nobody has beaten Borneo
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match3 Jul 2027
Three points for Borneo, 1-0 the final word against Persib in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad5 Jul 2027
6 goals and a season average of 7.37. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Bryn Deeley
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Jul 2027
The name of Koldo Obieta keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Borneo say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Marcos Astina has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Marcos Astina keeps the shirt for now, at Borneo's convenience rather than his own.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Hokky Caraka asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market5 Jul 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Jack Onganya arrives at Borneo with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
Market5 Jul 2027
Borneo have made Leo Guntara available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Loan watch5 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Borneo, and 1 appearances in 7 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad5 Apr 2027
64 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Bryn Deeley
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.