Marked for Brian Beyer
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match9 Nov 2030
20 matches without a win for Vaduz
The run now stands at 20, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.
Squad11 Nov 2030
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
Match9 Nov 2030
A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Sion
0‑2 to Sion, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad11 Nov 2030
Brian Beyer 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.
Squad11 Nov 2030
29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings11 Nov 2030
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Back issues
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Crisis
Match21 Sep 2030
The wait goes on for Vaduz
13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad23 Sep 2030
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match23 Sep 2030
Every point is an argument now for Vaduz
Position 10 and 1 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Match21 Sep 2030
Nowhere to hide for Vaduz
0‑3 against Young Boys, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market23 Sep 2030
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market23 Sep 2030
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Antonio Verinac will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Vaduz the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings23 Sep 2030
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Sep 2030
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
Boardroom23 Sep 2030
Inquest at Vaduz
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Crisis
Match14 Sep 2030
12 matches without a win for Vaduz
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Sep 2030
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad16 Sep 2030
Uran Bislimi 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 Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match14 Sep 2030
A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Lugano
0‑1 to Lugano, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Sep 2030
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Niko Dockhorn, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Sep 2030
Brian Beyer 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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom15 Jul 2030
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad15 Jul 2030
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
Squad15 Jul 2030
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Brian Beyer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Boardroom17 Jun 2030
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad17 Jun 2030
69 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 Jun 2030
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom20 May 2030
The scrutiny sharpens at Vaduz
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Vaduz is running low.
Squad20 May 2030
101 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad20 May 2030
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
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Uneasy
Squad13 May 2030
Uran Bislimi 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 Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad13 May 2030
Roman Dixon 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.
Squad13 May 2030
A wage question at Vaduz
Altin Shala has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
In brief
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Boardroom
The Vaduz production line keeps running
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Squad
The penny has dropped for Brian Beyer
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Uneasy
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad22 Apr 2030
The medical room confirms 132 days on the sidelines for Brian Beyer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Apr 2030
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Mar 2030
Uran Bislimi 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 Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Mar 2030
Roman Dixon 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.
Boardroom18 Mar 2030
The Vaduz production line keeps running
20 graduates out of an academy now rated 7 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
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Uneasy
Match19 Nov 2029
Vaduz are in real trouble now
Position 9, 15 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad19 Nov 2029
Uran Bislimi 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 Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Nov 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match17 Nov 2029
Vaduz come up short against Lugano
Lugano left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings19 Nov 2029
Luca Mack's mistake decides it
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Vaduz needed to.
Squad19 Nov 2029
“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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Upbeat
Squad12 Nov 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match10 Nov 2029
Nobody wants to play Vaduz right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad12 Nov 2029
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
Player ratings12 Nov 2029
Marked 9.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match10 Nov 2029
Vaduz get the job done against Sion
A 2‑1 win over Sion, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings12 Nov 2029
Marked 8.86 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings12 Nov 2029
A performance of 8.52 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad12 Nov 2029
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Vaduz pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad12 Nov 2029
“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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Crisis
Squad15 Oct 2029
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match13 Oct 2029
5 matches without a win for Vaduz
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Oct 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vaduz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad15 Oct 2029
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
Match13 Oct 2029
Vaduz come up short against Luzern
Luzern left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings15 Oct 2029
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings15 Oct 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.57, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings15 Oct 2029
Marked 8.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad15 Oct 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brian Beyer, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Oct 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings8 Oct 2029
A defender's afternoon for Uran Bislimi
Defensive actions: 33. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings8 Oct 2029
Defensive actions: 31. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match6 Oct 2029
4 matches without a win for Vaduz
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Oct 2029
Uran Bislimi 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 Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Oct 2029
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dominik Schwizer and Vaduz agree another 2 years.
Player ratings8 Oct 2029
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Oct 2029
43 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings8 Oct 2029
A defender's afternoon for Luca Mack
Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
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Uneasy
Boardroom30 Apr 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Uran Bislimi 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 Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Noah Lahmadi 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.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Vaduz
Uran Bislimi 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Denis Simani 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Josh Dede 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.