The Pogon Gazette
Match16 Jan 2027
A hiding for Pogon
Beaten 0‑3 by Lech, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Kacper Berkowski breaks a bone — 21 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market18 Jan 2027
Pogon say no — this time
The offer from NK Osijek for Filip Čuić was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Pogon
Patryk Dziczek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Pogon rebuffed over Timur Suleimanov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rostov have kept their man, and Pogon go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Valentin Cojocaru
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Valentin Cojocaru, and the manager let it.
Boardroom18 Jan 2027
Inquest at Pogon
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Pogon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lukas Willen 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.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Filip Zielinski left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- Transfer targets Pogon try to borrow Ali Gholizadeh
- Transfer targets A loan move for Matvii Ponomarenko is in the works
- Player ratings One moment undoes Nikodem Niski