Denis Dragan

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The SKA Khabarovsk Gazette

19 Nov 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match19 Nov 2035

SKA Khabarovsk sink to position 16

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

The dugout19 Nov 2035

Sergey Starkov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” SKA Khabarovsk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad19 Nov 2035

Tempers go at SKA Khabarovsk

Danila Gaivoronskiy 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.

Squad19 Nov 2035

Aboubakary Koita signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Aboubakary Koita and SKA Khabarovsk agree another 2 years.

The dugout19 Nov 2035

Sarkis Tveritnev is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout19 Nov 2035

Zakhar Kravtsov 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 SKA Khabarovsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad19 Nov 2035

Aboubakary Koita is a square peg at SKA Khabarovsk

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market19 Nov 2035

Experience through the door at SKA Khabarovsk

Aboubakary Koita arrives at 37 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

The dugout19 Nov 2035

The manager makes an example of Vladlen Kostin

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

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The SKA Khabarovsk Gazette

21 May 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 May 2035

A fracture rules Alejo Montero out for 46 days

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

Market21 May 2035

Ruslan Kukushbaev 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 SKA Khabarovsk can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom21 May 2035

Carlos Castro has agreed to leave SKA Khabarovsk for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad21 May 2035

Tempers go at SKA Khabarovsk

Kirill Dudkin 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.

Squad21 May 2035

A row about effort at SKA Khabarovsk

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valentin Guillaume was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad21 May 2035

Alejo Montero is slowing down

At 37, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

The dugout21 May 2035

Vladislav Yatskevich 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 Vladislav Yatskevich trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market21 May 2035

The Valentin Guillaume talk will not go away

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

The dugout21 May 2035

A door opens for Maxim Kovzikov

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

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458 Edition

The SKA Khabarovsk Gazette

7 May 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 May 2035

60 days out for Alejo Montero after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. SKA Khabarovsk will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad7 May 2035

Semyon Semenov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Semyon Semenov commits to SKA Khabarovsk for another 3 years.

Squad7 May 2035

A falling-out at SKA Khabarovsk

Valentin Guillaume and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market7 May 2035

SKA Khabarovsk and Vladislav Yatskevich are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout7 May 2035

Ruslan Kukushbaev has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at SKA Khabarovsk will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout7 May 2035

Ruslan Kukushbaev 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.

Market7 May 2035

The Sarkis Tveritnev talk will not go away

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

The dugout7 May 2035

A door opens for Maxim Kovzikov

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market7 May 2035

Ilja Sokolov leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Ilja Sokolov leaves SKA Khabarovsk the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

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450 Edition

The SKA Khabarovsk Gazette

12 Mar 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Mar 2035

Alejo Montero breaks a bone — 116 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 116 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match10 Mar 2035

No end in sight to SKA Khabarovsk's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at SKA Khabarovsk has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad12 Mar 2035

A falling-out at SKA Khabarovsk

Kirill Dudkin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad12 Mar 2035

Denis Dragan arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Denis Dragan has, at SKA Khabarovsk, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad12 Mar 2035

A row about effort at SKA Khabarovsk

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valentin Guillaume was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match10 Mar 2035

SKA Khabarovsk come up short against Rodina

Rodina left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout12 Mar 2035

No hiding place for Valentin Guillaume

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Valentin Guillaume, and the manager let it.

Market12 Mar 2035

Still no ink between SKA Khabarovsk and Zakhar Kravtsov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at SKA Khabarovsk, another week without a signature from Zakhar Kravtsov.

The dugout12 Mar 2035

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.

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