The Slutsk Post
Squad8 Mar 2027
Oleg Nikiforenko damages knee ligaments — 28 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 28 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Oleg Nikiforenko in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Slutsk
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
Door shut on Yan Shumskiy
Slutsk asked and BATE said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market8 Mar 2027
Yauhen Kavalyou steps up from the Slutsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yauhen Kavalyou 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Mikalai Balanovich joins the Slutsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikalai Balanovich is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Artem Filipenko steps up from the Slutsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artem Filipenko 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Valery Stasevich steps up from the Slutsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valery Stasevich 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.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Andrey Rum
“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.
In brief
- Squad Nikita Kukhtik signs on for more
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Vladislav Kulchitskiy
- Match Vladislav Kulchitskiy rescues a point for Slutsk