“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, 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 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Niva defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sergey Sazonchik plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He is 19, and nobody at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ori Shnaper and Arsenal Dzerzhinsk agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Arsenal Dzerzhinsk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Arsenal Dzerzhinsk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sergey Sazonchik plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nikolay Sotnikov and Arsenal Dzerzhinsk agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, 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 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sergey Sazonchik plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk has to find a result from somewhere.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Yuriy Lovets has let it be known that he does not like the way Arsenal Dzerzhinsk are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Maxim Autko has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk know, and have known for weeks.
“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.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 22 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.