The Rubin Post
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Rubin training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Igor Vujačić 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
Rubin promote Arseniy Myasnikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arseniy Myasnikov 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: Evgeni Korsakov joins the Rubin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Evgeni Korsakov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Apr 2027
Egor Kalinovsky steps up from the Rubin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Egor Kalinovsky 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
Alexei Belkin steps up from the Rubin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexei Belkin 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 dugout26 Apr 2027
Edvinas Gertmonas knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Edvinas Gertmonas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Alexey Gritsaenko has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rubin will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager makes Igor Vujačić a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Rubin. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager comes out for Bogdan Jočić
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Bogdan Jočić has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Emil Galimullin is not doing himself any favours
- Squad Good reports on Bogdan Jočić
- Squad Welcome back, Dardan Shabanhaxhaj