The Volga Sentinel
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Kirill Folmer
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Dmitry Rakhmanov 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 Volga can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Volga's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Volga has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kirill Folmer falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Volga
Vladislav Yakovlev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match22 Aug 2026
Volga refuse to lose to Chaika
A point taken on 91 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Match22 Aug 2026
Kirill Folmer rescues a point for Volga
It needed Kirill Folmer to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Chaika, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Devid Kokoev 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Half-satisfied: Leonid Fokin on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
In brief
- The dugout Yegor Sedov knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Kirill Folmer faces his old club
- Market Andrey Kostin placed on the list