The Probiy Gazette
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tom Carroll damages knee ligaments — 112 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 112 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.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
No sign of nerves from James Bailey at 20 — 9.09
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. James Bailey did not need any: 9.09, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A one-man rearguard from Bohdan Khoma
There were 6 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Dominik Klíma is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Probiy
Danylo Honcharuk 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Probiy counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Probiy now.
Match19 Aug 2028
James Bailey sends Probiy past Epicentr
It finished 2‑1, and it was James Bailey’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Probiy.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Probiy supporters have found a favourite in Dominik Klíma
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Dominik Klíma has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market21 Aug 2028
A long bet from Probiy on Caden Tanti
He is 19, and nobody at Probiy signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Probiy buy the years ahead of Andrei Burca
- Player ratings Volodymyr Ivanychuk runs at them all day
- Market Thiago Henrique leaves for nothing