The Orsha Chronicle
Market25 Jan 2027
Nikita Bobchenok hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Orsha can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Orsha
Nikita Volchenko 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Wages eat 127% of everything Orsha 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 dugout25 Jan 2027
Taysir Adamchik knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Orsha, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Roman Kravchenko 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
The Temerlan Salimov story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Temerlan Salimov signs something — a contract at Orsha or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Ivan Ageev on the training pitch
- The dugout The manager comes out for Maxim Makarov
- Squad Welcome back, Stanislav Bulakhov