Marked for Junior Vargas
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Crisis
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Fabio Fehr beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Thun
Pascal Loretz 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Thun training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabio Fehr 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Thun come up short against Lugano
Lugano left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Looking ahead25 Oct 2027
Thun face Vaduz in the game that matters most
Two sides from the bottom of the table, three points, and an afternoon that will be described afterwards as a relegation decider by whoever loses it.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Genís Montolio, and the manager let it.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Thun and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Denis Fassnacht to a room that had heard them before.
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Uneasy
The dugout11 Oct 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Thun may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words at Thun training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabio Fehr 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Thun
Fabio Daprelà 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.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Mattias Käit
“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.
Match9 Oct 2027
At last: Thun win one
5 matches without a win, and then this, against Zurich. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Match9 Oct 2027
Thun get the job done against Zurich
A 1‑0 win over Zurich, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes of Armin Gigović at his very best
Marked 8.08. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Thun.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
109% of the income goes out in wages at Thun
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Thun are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
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Crisis
Match31 Jul 2027
Nowhere to hide for Thun
0‑3 against Young Boys, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
The terraces2 Aug 2027
Furkan Dursun has gone, the accounts have $2.6M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Market2 Aug 2027
Junior Vargas hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Thun can pretend not to have heard.
Market2 Aug 2027
Business is business: Furkan Dursun goes
Lugano paid $2.6M and Thun took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Everything agreed with Venezia, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Bologna keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Match31 Jul 2027
4 matches without a win for Thun
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Thun are no longer polite ones.
In brief
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The goals have deserted Thun
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Steady
Squad19 Apr 2027
Mattias Käit 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 Thun this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Fabio Fehr 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.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Mergim Qarri
“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.
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Steady
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Thun
Jan Bamert and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Thun training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mattias Käit 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.
Loan watch12 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 Thun, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Thun told Juan González something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Nerves in the Thun squad
Mattias Käit has been around long enough to know what the spring feels like when it goes wrong, and he can feel it. A dressing room that is frightened plays like one.
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Steady
Market8 Mar 2027
Gonzalo Rivas hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Thun can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Thun
Mattias Käit 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fabio Daprelà and Thun agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Thun
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fabio Fehr was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Thun know it.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
“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.
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Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Thun
Mattias Käit 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Thun
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fabio Fehr was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Quirin Moll 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Thun are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
A promise honoured at Thun
Something was said to Gabriele de Donno and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
David Nieland knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Thun, and both men came out saying it was fine.