The Orenburg Courier
The dugout29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Ruslan Kul'
“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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Still no ink between Orenburg and Jordhy Thompson
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Orenburg, another week without a signature from Jordhy Thompson.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
When it matters, Ruslan Kul' 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 Alexandre Jesus talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Orenburg know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
A door opens for Jordhy Thompson
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
The manager comes out for Emil Tsenov
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Emil Tsenov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Loan watch Artem Kasimov has made KAMAZ’s shirt his own
- Squad Word from the training ground: Timofey Martynov
- Squad Leonid Ivanov is fit again