“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
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.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Cayman Togashi has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Washington Silva plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oriental have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have supported clubs like this one. I know what a bad Saturday feels like here.” The new man starts with nothing behind him and everything in front of him.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oriental have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
12 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
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.
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Ignacio González has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Oriental know, and have known for weeks.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Rentistas defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
The fee is $110.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cerrito drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Uruguay Montevideo pay $95.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Oriental pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
A new face in his position, and Christian Franco suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Oriental have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Bruno Simone knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Ángelo Gabrielli is 34, with 8 appearances behind him, and Oriental will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Penarol ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
The terraces24 May 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 11 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Matías Rigoleto has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Oriental know, and have known for weeks.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oriental have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Oriental have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Oriental have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Montevideo City Torque are out and Oriental go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
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.
The shirt still fits. Joaquin De Arrascaeta is back at Oriental, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Felipe Diaz is back at Oriental, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Every debut is a small story about the future: David Stabile, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oriental, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Renato Alexandrino has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Christian Paiva plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Enzo Vlaeminch has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
A season-long audition: Boston River still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Oriental's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
The deal that would have taken Julio Caballero to Albion has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Oriental with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
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.
Cayman Togashi is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oriental can pretend not to have heard.
Facundo Coello is 20, and Oriental have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
A new face in his position, and Ignacio González suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Oriental have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
A season-long audition: Defensor Sporting still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Oriental's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Christian Paiva plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ángelo Gabrielli plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Nicolás Rodríguez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Kauê Silva has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ángelo Gabrielli plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Christian Paiva plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Lucero Álvarez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Oriental will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ángelo Gabrielli plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
The language is coming and there is somebody to talk to in the dressing room. A footballer who feels at home plays like one, and it never shows up in a scouting report.
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.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Claudio Innella plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Lucero Álvarez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Oriental have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Ignacio González arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.