Shoes Are Flying!

Life is not so rosy in the Fortress Hiiu anymore. Fans have turned their heads, club has fallen into crisis.

A drop had to come soon, but it came from the first time possible and it has turned into quite a fiasco as the dressing room is boiling.

Two days ago, a player named Oscar Cardozo came to Squadra Di Hiiumaa. He was set to be a back-up for David Villa, should he get injured in these important final hours of the season, and that is exactly what happened... however, things haven't turned out well during Cardozo's time upfront.

It all started days ago actually, the performances showed sign of dropping, but we still managed to go on a club record 37-match unbeatten run, but then we ended up losing a game 0:3.

At first glance, it was an accident, but it did scar the team and made the performances drop even more. The players managed to find steam in then to go another 8 games unbeatten after that slip-up, but during the final game of this short run, the downfall started.

It was a Gold Cup game, a big target for the first-ranked Squadra di Hiiumaa - in the 8th minute of match vs Atletico Villaes, Villa went out injured. Cardozo hadn't really settled into our style of game well and in the end, we had to be content with the 0:0 home draw in the end.

However, then I made a huge mistake, deciding to play the second leg right after, despite hearing that the Spanish striker will be out for 2-3 days. The game started off well, but we couldn't hit our chances and soon Ruben de la Red screamer put Villaes ahead. A lead which they managed to keep till the end - we were out of the Gold Cup.

Returning home, we were greeted by disappointed fans and anti-Cardozo banners were rolled out and the tensions in the dressing room rose.

Me too was extremely disappointed, but for the time being, I put faith in my lads. But when next day, they started off with two league draws, including throwing away a 2:0 lead in final 10 minutes, I gave the players a nice bashing.

However, that wasn't enough. Even if it was followed by two consecutive wins, the damage had been done, Valentin was 6 points ahead in the league and I've really lost the glimmer of hope I had in me.

Things however still didn't get better, another bunch of awful games and I was extremely angry at a couple of players who were truly underperforming and the boots started flying in the dressing room.


After winning just three games from ten after Villa's injury, I figured that it was finally a time to play tough manager and two players, who had done great during the season, but badly at these important times, had to be benched. Matias Fernandez and Zoro are now sitting on bench.

I'm really disappointed with Fernandez... he's got long way to go to become the heir of Lampard, these hard times show. I hope he'll get there however and my trust in him remains, but for the time being, he has to wait for his chance and work hard to get a place back in the team.

And might I say, playing hard may be working... first two games I've won and done so in quite comfortable style. Even Cardozo has finally started to look like a proper player, scoring quite a few goals lately.