The Osipovichi Post
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Osipovichi
Evgeniy Elezarenko 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words at Osipovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ilya Tishurov 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Still no ink between Osipovichi and Egor Yuschenko
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Osipovichi, another week without a signature from Egor Yuschenko.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Maxim Samartsev 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.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Nicolai Spătar knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Osipovichi, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A promotion for Nicolai Spătar
Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Nicolai Spătar has moved up it.
In brief
- Market Evgeniy Elezarenko runs his contract down
- The dugout The manager comes out for Nikita Karpuk
- Squad Welcome back, Ivan Hleb