Michael McSorley

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Dinamo Makhachkala 2
19 Sep 2038
Sunday
Process

Marked for Michael McSorley

633 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

13 Sep 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Dmitry Shevchenko

75 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Dinamo Makhachkala 2 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aimar Jiménez 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.

Squad

Mikhail Yermakov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mikhail Yermakov and Dinamo Makhachkala 2 agree another 2 years.

In brief

Back issues
632 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

6 Sep 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

The mood at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Dmitry Shevchenko

82 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Dinamo Makhachkala 2 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Aimar Jiménez 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.

In brief

627 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

2 Aug 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Dmitry Shevchenko

117 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Dinamo Makhachkala 2 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Aimar Jiménez 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aimar Jiménez 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.

In brief

624 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

12 Jul 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

The mood at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Market

Alessio Fortunato puts it in writing

“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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tomas Schick signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomas Schick commits to Dinamo Makhachkala 2 for another 4 years.

In brief

620 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

14 Jun 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

Anger at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Market

Daniel Reyes 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Ivan Bahrii 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.

In brief

618 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

31 May 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gennady Maslov asks to leave Dinamo Makhachkala 2

“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.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephen Howard 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Makhachkala 2

Michael McSorley 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.

In brief

617 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

24 May 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Nicholas Hawkins puts it in writing

“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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Michael McSorley 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Luca Napolitano 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.

In brief

615 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

10 May 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Stephen Howard 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.

Squad

Scott Jr. Calderwood 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Dinamo Makhachkala 2 keep their word to Scott Jr. Calderwood

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

613 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

26 Apr 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Georgy Samsonov puts it in writing

“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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Only the photograph left for Alexey Lavrik

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexey Lavrik will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Dinamo Makhachkala 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Michael McSorley 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.

Market

The Razhab Magomedov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Makhachkala 2 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Filippo Tartaglia knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Filippo Tartaglia trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Gleb Dzyuba placed on the list

Dinamo Makhachkala 2 have made Gleb Dzyuba available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

612 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

19 Apr 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

Anger at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Market

Vladislav Polivanov puts it in writing

“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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael McSorley 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.

In brief

611 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

12 Apr 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luca Napolitano asks to leave Dinamo Makhachkala 2

“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.

Squad

Michael McSorley 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Alexey Lavrik 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.

In brief

610 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

5 Apr 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael McSorley 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.

Squad

Stephen Howard signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stephen Howard commits to Dinamo Makhachkala 2 for another 4 years.

Squad

Stephen Howard loses the manager who believed in him

A change in the dugout is not one story, it is twenty-five of them. This is Stephen Howard's: he was somebody's player, and now he has to be somebody else's, starting from nothing.

In brief

609 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

29 Mar 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Only the photograph left for Alexey Lavrik

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexey Lavrik will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Dinamo Makhachkala 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Michael McSorley 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Evgeniy Dzyuba 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.

In brief

607 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

15 Mar 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Michael McSorley 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Makhachkala 2

Semyon Chkalov 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.

Squad

Nicholas Hawkins has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Dinamo Makhachkala 2 will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

606 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

8 Mar 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Mark Kudryavtsev out for 15 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Makhachkala 2 will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Makhachkala 2

Michael McSorley 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.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Makhachkala 2 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Scott Jr. Calderwood 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.

In brief

603 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

15 Feb 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Mark Kudryavtsev out for 36 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Makhachkala 2 will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Daniel Reyes 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.

Squad

Michael McSorley 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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

602 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

8 Feb 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Mark Kudryavtsev out for 43 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Makhachkala 2 will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Makhachkala 2

Michael McSorley 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.

Squad

Viktor Laptev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Viktor Laptev and Dinamo Makhachkala 2 agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

601 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala 2 Herald

1 Feb 2038
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Mark Kudryavtsev out for 50 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Makhachkala 2 will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Scott Jr. Calderwood puts it in writing

“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 Dinamo Makhachkala 2, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Alexey Lavrik has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Dinamo Makhachkala 2 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Daniel Reyes 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.

Squad

Viktor Laptev signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Viktor Laptev commits to Dinamo Makhachkala 2 for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Makhachkala 2

Pasquale Rosi 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.

In brief

593 Edition

The Dinamo Makhachkala Gazette

7 Dec 2037
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Dinamo Makhachkala part company with Interim Coach

The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.

Match

Chastening afternoon for Dinamo Makhachkala

A 0‑4 beating by Rostov was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Timur Magomedov

There were 9 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.

Boardroom

A stranger takes charge at Dinamo Makhachkala

The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.

Match

Dinamo Makhachkala sink to position 14

14 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Boardroom

Interim Coach takes charge at Dinamo Makhachkala

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

Player ratings

Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad, 34, rolls back the years — 7.98

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.98 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

Kabelo Nkgwesa says Dinamo Makhachkala went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Michael McSorley asks to leave Dinamo Makhachkala

“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.

In brief