Boris Mihaylov

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Marked for Boris Mihaylov

116 Edition

The Avangard Courier

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad16 Oct 2028

Words exchanged at Avangard

Danila Knyazev 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.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

No hiding place for Grigory Komovnikov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Grigory Komovnikov, and the manager let it.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Dmitry Polukhin gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Dmitry Polukhin is on it.

Looking ahead16 Oct 2028

A reunion for Nikita Yeremenko

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Rodina 2 in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Savely Borisov 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 Savely Borisov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market16 Oct 2028

Dan Kohout linked with a move away

The name of Dan Kohout keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Avangard say nothing, which says plenty.

Market16 Oct 2028

The shop window has Grigory Komovnikov in it

Avangard have let the market know Grigory Komovnikov can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Boris Mihaylov still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Avangard would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Squad16 Oct 2028

The training reports on Savely Borisov are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief

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113 Edition

The Avangard Courier

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market25 Sep 2028

Denis Cheremisin puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Avangard, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad25 Sep 2028

Danila Knyazev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Danila Knyazev and Avangard agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad25 Sep 2028

A falling-out at Avangard

Demjan Iljev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match23 Sep 2028

PSK Pervorechenskoe take the points off Avangard

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings25 Sep 2028

Danila Knyazev runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout25 Sep 2028

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Radomir Markov to a room that had heard them before.

Market25 Sep 2028

Avangard buy the years ahead of Boris Mihaylov

He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Market25 Sep 2028

Avangard sign Gabor Sallai, one for the future

Gabor Sallai is 18, and Avangard have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad25 Sep 2028

5 new faces, and Avangard are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief