Marked for Alexandr Bárta
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Steady
Squad12 Jul 2027
Jan Vokřínek breaks a bone — 84 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market12 Jul 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Pribram, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market12 Jul 2027
Roger Faye has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pribram they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Everything agreed with Dukla Prague, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Dušan Pavlović 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Words at Pribram training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Okechukwu Azubuike is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market12 Jul 2027
The Filip Ret conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Slavia Kroměříž will make the call about Filip Ret this week. Pribram have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The formation has left Šimon Drozd behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Pribram will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Back issues
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Uneasy
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Matouš Krulich: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pribram have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match26 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Pribram's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Pribram has to find a result from somewhere.
Match26 Dec 2026
8 unbeaten for Pribram
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Pribram did not have in the autumn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Pribram
Jakub Řezníček and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Pribram
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jan Knapík was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 128% of everything Pribram earn
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 dugout28 Dec 2026
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Market28 Dec 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Alexandr Bárta has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Pribram.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matyáš Coňk, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
Jan Knapík in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Pribram this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Dec 2026
6 unbeaten for Pribram
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Pribram did not have in the autumn.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Pribram training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Okechukwu Azubuike is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Jaroslav Málek ran the middle of the pitch — 6.81
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 10 combined actions and a mark of 6.81, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Pavel Masopust chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Match12 Dec 2026
Point won or two lost for Pribram?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Viktoria Žižkov? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Looking ahead14 Dec 2026
Slavia Prague B next, and one man in the Pribram dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Off the academy pitches and onto a senior team sheet at 18. The debut is the easy part; the second appearance is the one every young player has to earn.
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Crisis
Squad26 Oct 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Prince Ukachukwu 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Pribram
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jan Knapík was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match24 Oct 2026
České Budějovice left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Alexandr Bárta
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Looking ahead26 Oct 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Artis Brno in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market26 Oct 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pribram know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The plan did not have a place for Kryštof Karban
Nobody at Pribram is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
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Upbeat
Match3 Oct 2026
Nowhere to hide for Pribram
1‑5 against Zbrojovka Brno, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad5 Oct 2026
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Adam Čadek is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Pribram this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
Vojtěch Hora among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Vojtěch Hora on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Pribram and Zbrojovka Brno.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Pribram training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jan Knapík is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
153% of the income goes out in wages at Pribram
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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Nobody left the Pribram dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 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 Pribram can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 11 signed and 4 gone
That is the business done at Pribram until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The deal with Slovan Liberec is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Pribram this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Pribram training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomáš Svoboda is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Pribram will try again when the window opens; Jihlava may not be selling by then.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Kryštof Karban
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The award goes to Jakub Řezníček, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.