Adam Ciućka

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Slask U20
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Marked for Adam Ciućka

93 Edition

The Slask Herald

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 May 2028

A falling-out at Slask

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

Squad8 May 2028

Maciej Kuziemka 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.

Market8 May 2028

Talks stall between Slask and Michał Szromnik

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad8 May 2028

A place in the month's best eleven for John Mellberg

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. John Mellberg has come out of that comparison in the side, and Slask have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout8 May 2028

No hiding place for Bartosz Tomaszewski

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

The dugout8 May 2028

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

In brief

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The Slask Herald

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match8 Dec 2027

Slask through in the cup

A 3‑1 win over Piast, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad13 Dec 2027

3 goals for Adam Ciućka

The match ball belongs to Adam Ciućka, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market13 Dec 2027

Marko Dijakovic is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Slask is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Slask

Vladislavs Gutkovskis 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.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Words at Slask training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Przemysław Banaszak 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.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Delé Thomas was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match11 Dec 2027

Vladislavs Gutkovskis’s goal not enough for Slask

Vladislavs Gutkovskis scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Gornik Zabrze, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The terraces13 Dec 2027

The crowd has taken to Wiktor Kamiński

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout13 Dec 2027

The manager makes an example of Przemysław Banaszak

“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.

In brief

59 Edition

The Slask Herald

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market13 Sep 2027

Lamine Bâ 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 Slask can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings13 Sep 2027

No sign of nerves from Delé Thomas at 20 — 7.63

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Delé Thomas did not need any: 7.63, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Slask

Mariusz Malec 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.

Market13 Sep 2027

Slask promote Grzegorz Kaminski from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Grzegorz Kaminski has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market13 Sep 2027

One of our own: Grzegorz Lewandowski joins the Slask first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Grzegorz Lewandowski is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market13 Sep 2027

Dawid Blaszczykowski steps up from the Slask academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dawid Blaszczykowski has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Patryk Sokołowski 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.

Match11 Sep 2027

Slask rescue it on 87 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 87. Widzew Łódź had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Adam Ciućka stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adam Ciućka and Slask agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

55 Edition

The Slask Herald

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Delé Thomas: 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.” Slask have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings16 Aug 2027

Delé Thomas, 20, steals the show — 7.94

Marked 7.94 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings16 Aug 2027

A defender's goal wins it for Slask — 7.65

1 for Patryk Sokołowski, marked 7.65, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Vladislavs Gutkovskis 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 Slask this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match14 Aug 2027

Slask see off Jagiellonia

Three points for Slask, 3‑1 the final word against Jagiellonia in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Words at Slask training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Przemysław Banaszak 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.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Slask rebuffed over Mariusz Stępiński

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Korona have kept their man, and Slask go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces16 Aug 2027

Slask supporters have found a favourite in Maciej Kuziemka

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Maciej Kuziemka 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.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Dawid Moder kept it short after the 3‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief