Rostyslav Plotko

Attacking Midfielder (R) - UCSA
2 Jul 2028
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98 Edition

The UCSA Post

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Jun 2028

Words exchanged at UCSA

Antonii Emere 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 Jun 2028

A row about effort at UCSA

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

Squad12 Jun 2028

Rostyslav Plotko stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rostyslav Plotko and UCSA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout12 Jun 2028

The manager makes an example of Thanasis Zapatinas

“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.

The dugout12 Jun 2028

Icaro Mendes 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 Icaro Mendes trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad12 Jun 2028

The formation has left Rostyslav Plotko behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. UCSA will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

In brief

Back issues
97 Edition

The UCSA Post

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets5 Jun 2028

Oleksandr Abramchuk due for a UCSA medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2028

Maksym Kalinkin turns down UCSA

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad5 Jun 2028

A falling-out at UCSA

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

Squad5 Jun 2028

Words at UCSA training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oleksandr Osman 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.

Squad5 Jun 2028

Thanasis Zapatinas wants to go home

“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 UCSA know it.

The dugout5 Jun 2028

No hiding place for Serhii Lebediev

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

In brief