The Poltava Herald
Market29 Mar 2027
Mykyta Kononov 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 The request is on a desk at Poltava, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Poltava
Kristian Bilovar 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Poltava
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oleksandr Vivdych was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Daniil Yermolov 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
When it matters, Oleksandr Piatov plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market29 Mar 2027
The Maksym Marusych story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Maksym Marusych signs something — a contract at Poltava or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Illia Ukhan asks for a word with the manager
- Market Poltava put Arsentiy Doroshenko up for sale
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Mykyta Kononov
- Squad Robert Huk back in training