The Zbrojovka Brno Herald
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Patrik Čavoš says Zbrojovka Brno went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Petr Ševčík signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Petr Ševčík and Zbrojovka Brno agree another 2 years.
Market2 Jul 2029
Filip Krejci has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zbrojovka Brno they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Words exchanged at Zbrojovka Brno
Jakub Pokorný 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.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Yehor Onishchuk is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Michal Bílek falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Michal Bílek 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.
Market2 Jul 2029
One of our own: Ondrej Provod joins the Zbrojovka Brno first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ondrej Provod is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Jul 2029
Patrik Holes steps up from the Zbrojovka Brno academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrik Holes 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.
In brief
- Market Zbrojovka Brno promote Jiri Coufal from within
- Boardroom Intake day at the Zbrojovka Brno academy
- The dugout Matěj Polidar knocks on the manager’s door