Exert recorded from SRF Sports Radio Show, transcribed for this week’s release of Calanda magazine.

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HOST: Alright, let’s go back to the phones. Line three – we’ve got Marco in Chur. Marco, you’re on national radio. What’s eating you tonight?

CALLER (Marco): What’s eating me? I’ll tell you what’s eating me – watching Daniel Haas wander around the pitch like he’s just been dropped in from another sport. Five games. Five.No goals. five shots. Five! And I’m standing there in the rain thinking: is this really the striker we were told was a “project”?

HOST: You sound… irritated already, and we’re barely a month in.

CALLER: Because I’ve seen this club climb. Properly climb. I’ve watched us go from “happy to be here” to belonging. I watched Dion Cakolli bully defenders two divisions up. I watched Iker Huerte score goals that actually meant something. Those lads didn’t need six months to work out where the goal was.

HOST: But you’re comparing finished products to someone who was signed specifically to be rebuilt, no?

CALLER: That’s the line, yeah. That’s the brochure version. But when you’re in the stadium, when you’re actually watching him, he doesn’t look unfinished – he looks lost. He’s not linking play, he’s not dragging centre-backs around, he’s not even failing bravely. He’s just… there. And when he does get near someone, he’s flying in elbows-first like he’s trying to prove he belongs by being aggressive.

HOST: You say “aggressive”, others might say “trying too hard”.

CALLER: Trying too hard is missing chances. Trying too hard is snatching at a shot. This is stupid aggression. Cheap fouls. Little shoves when the ball’s gone. It kills momentum, it winds up the crowd – and not in a good way.

HOST: Let me push you a bit here, Marco. Because Arriola’s system – and you know this – asks a lot of that striker. He’s not there just to score tap-ins.

CALLER: I know the system. I’ve watched every step of it. I like the system. But here’s the thing: the system doesn’t absolve you from doing the one thing your position exists to do. I don’t need him to score ten in ten. I need him to look like a striker. To smell danger. To take responsibility in the box.

HOST: So is this about goals… or is it about trust?

CALLER: It’s about fear. When the ball goes wide, nobody believes he’s getting on the end of it. When we break, nobody’s thinking, “Find Haas.” That’s a problem. Especially for a club that’s worked too hard to start hoping instead of expecting.

HOST: And yet – five games. New league. New pressure. National radio now talking about him.

CALLER: That pressure comes with the badge now. Chur isn’t anonymous anymore. And I’m not saying bin him. I’m saying right now, he looks like a theory rather than a footballer. And theories don’t win points in October.

HOST: Do you worry that the crowd is already turning?

CALLER: I worry that patience in Chur used to mean belief. Now it sounds like excuses. We’ve been patient for years – that’s why we’re here. But patience doesn’t mean pretending you’re not seeing what’s right in front of you.

HOST: And Arriola?

CALLER: Leave him out of it. He’s earned trust. This is on Haas to meet the level. The system’s there. The platform’s there. The history’s there. Now score. Or at least look like you might.

HOST: Alright. Marco in Chur – clearly not convinced, clearly watching closely. We’ll see what the next few weeks bring. That conversation… isn’t going away.