Marked for Vykintas Klimavicius
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Crisis
Squad28 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Max Metcalfe
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Kolomna
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a goal for Kolomna
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Mikhail Kanaev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mikhail Kanaev, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Market28 Sep 2026
Kolomna have made Rauf Novruzov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Crisis
Market21 Sep 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Kolomna, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Kolomna
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a goal for Kolomna
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Krystian Mucha falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Grigory Komovnikov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
0‑1 to Luki-Energiya, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Rauf Novruzov
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
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.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 Kolomna, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Kolomna spend $28.0K to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $28.0K has been paid because Vykintas Klimavicius is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Mikhail Kanaev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 Stumbras, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Darluis Paz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market31 Aug 2026
Kolomna paid $28.0K and Stumbras took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
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Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
17 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Stumbras lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market24 Aug 2026
Stumbras say no — this time
The offer from Suduva for Arnas Barauskas 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Justas Simkus hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stumbras can pretend not to have heard.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mantas Klimavicius damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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 Stumbras, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aidas Slavickas commits to Stumbras for another 3 years.