The Veles Post
Match29 Mar 2027
Veles are in real trouble now
Position 9, 14 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
Veles counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Veles now.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Yury Zavezen 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Veles
Jakub Jakimiuk 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Yegor Sysoev gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Yegor Sysoev is on it.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Karim Giraev asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market29 Mar 2027
The Vladislav Galkin story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Vladislav Galkin signs something — a contract at Veles or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market29 Mar 2027
Karim Giraev placed on the list
Veles have made Karim Giraev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Robert Navoyan remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Veles would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Ionafan Sapozhnikov a promise
- Squad The training reports on Robert Navoyan are not good
- The dugout The manager comes out for Yury Zavezen