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Uneasy
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what PSBS Biak can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Luquinhas runs at them all day
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at PSBS Biak
Raheem Nugraha 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 terraces24 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Yuda Editya
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at PSBS Biak
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raja Siregar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Sani Rizki 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Yuda Editya
7.54, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. PSBS Biak had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Match22 Aug 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Persebaya leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Firman Jaya: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put PSBS Biak out
Out, 1‑2 to Persijap, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Vitesse keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sani Rizki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match15 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Muhammad Isa for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. PSBS Biak will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Market17 Aug 2026
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Marked 8.06 — 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.
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Upbeat
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sani Rizki 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hanif Saddil has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Irfan Wibowo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Muhammad Pato has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bambang Maulana has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match8 Aug 2026
Three points for PSBS Biak, 1‑0 the final word against Arema in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Raheem Nugraha 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.
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mohcine Hassan and PSBS Biak agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match1 Aug 2026
Persita left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Raja Siregar 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at PSBS Biak
Kevin López 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Luquinhas runs at them all day
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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Heri Susanto, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Yuda Editya is in the works
PSBS Biak have made the call to Madura United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.