The Akron 2 Herald
Market6 Sep 2027
Fedor Pavlenko 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 The request is on a desk at Akron 2, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A falling-out at Akron 2
Konstantin Tarnolitskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout6 Sep 2027
Nikita Chelyshev gets it from the manager
“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.
Market6 Sep 2027
Maxim Nedomoratskov is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Akron 2 has been clear about where Maxim Nedomoratskov stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Artem Grigorjev
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Artem Grigorjev has come out of that comparison in the side, and Akron 2 have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Fedor Fenin wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Akron 2 will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Alexey Solovjov loses the armband
The captaincy has been taken off Alexey Solovjov. Akron 2 will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
The dugout6 Sep 2027
Maxim Nedomoratskov 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 Akron 2, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market6 Sep 2027
Akron 2 put Maxim Kiselev up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Maxim Kiselev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Ural 2
- The dugout The manager comes out for Alexey Solovjov