The Chaika Courier
Match12 Sep 2026
Chaika taken apart
1‑4 to Torpedo Moscow, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Vitaly Dunay (Karpenko), 21, steals the show — 7.77
Marked 7.77 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Chaika close the window on a squad of their own making
23 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Chaika
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Chaika are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Olaf Kok 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 Chaika this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Chaika rebuffed over Asadbek Jo'raboyev
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bukhara have kept their man, and Chaika go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Oleksandr Rosputko
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Oleksandr Rosputko, and the manager let it.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Doors closed at Chaika
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Market14 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Chaika and Sam Long
“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.
In brief
- The dugout Gleb Kombarov: “No excuses”
- Squad A row about effort at Chaika
- Squad Emiel Koops signs a new deal