The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald
The terraces19 Feb 2029
Supporters organise against the Lokomotiv Gomel board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market19 Feb 2029
Stanislau Hryshyn has said yes to Bumprom Gomel
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Lokomotiv Gomel have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Lokomotiv Gomel
Fedor Mironov 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.
Transfer targets19 Feb 2029
Door shut on Mikhail Klyakin
Lokomotiv Gomel asked and Dinamo Minsk said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Feb 2029
Aliaksandr Rios steps up from the Lokomotiv Gomel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aliaksandr Rios has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Feb 2029
One of our own: Sergei Volodko joins the Lokomotiv Gomel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergei Volodko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Feb 2029
Lokomotiv Gomel promote Vadzim Korzun from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vadzim Korzun has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Wages swallow 125% of the Lokomotiv Gomel income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
Mikita Gordeichuk 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.
In brief
- The dugout Aliaksandr Pavlov knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager comes out for Vitaliy Hleb
- Squad Uladzislau Makas is out on the grass again