The Banik Ostrava Herald
Squad19 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Vlasiy Sinyavskiy out for 53 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Banik Ostrava will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Banik Ostrava
David Planka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Banik Ostrava
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Banik Ostrava
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Karel Pojezný was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Dominik Hollý
Banik Ostrava asked and Sparta Prague said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Jul 2027
Patrik Brabec steps up from the Banik Ostrava academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrik Brabec 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Banik Ostrava promote Daniel Coufal from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Coufal 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Ales Masopust steps up from the Banik Ostrava academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ales Masopust 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Jan Masopust steps up from the Banik Ostrava academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jan Masopust 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
- Squad Banik Ostrava are still strangers to each other
- Loan watch Matej Malenšek wants to come home
- The dugout David Planka knocks on the manager's door