Marked for Vladislav Kuznetsov
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Steady
The dugout29 Mar 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Textilschik may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market29 Mar 2027
“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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
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Squad29 Mar 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wojciech Szafranek was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Squad25 Jan 2027
The knee: Makar Dulov out for 35 days
35 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Textilschik lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market25 Jan 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 The request is on a desk at Textilschik, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Evgeny Tatarinov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
131% of the income goes out in wages at Textilschik
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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Wojciech Szafranek 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Amir Khairulin, and the manager let it.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market25 Jan 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Evgeny Tatarinov signs something — a contract at Textilschik or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Textilschik, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
Andrey Yevdokimov 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Textilschik know it.
Market12 Oct 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maksim Cheryshev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nikolay Nekrasov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Wojciech Szafranek 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.
The dugout12 Oct 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Textilschik has been clear about where Vladislav Kuznetsov stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Arseniy Suslov was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Textilschik dressing room was either.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Alexandr Grin dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
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Steady
Match30 Sep 2026
Zenit go through and Textilschik go home, 2‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market5 Oct 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 Textilschik can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Evgeny Tatarinov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Andrey Yevdokimov 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
It finished 2‑1, and it was Evgeny Tatarinov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Textilschik.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages swallow 436% of the Textilschik income
Every club 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 it has been tried.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Roman Yermolin has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Textilschik are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Victor Demjanov named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Victor Demjanov is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.