The Ruch Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Ruch say no — this time
The offer from Piast for Aleksander Komor was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Michał Chrapek yet — 7.90
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.90 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Martin Konczkowski 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 Ruch this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mateusz Szwoch 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Ruch against Korona
1‑2 to Korona, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ruch promote Damian Glik from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Damian Glik 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcin Bednarek steps up from the Ruch academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcin Bednarek 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ruch promote Sebastian Piatek from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sebastian Piatek 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jakub Bielecki 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.
In brief
- Squad Bartłomiej Gradecki dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings Patryk Sikora spends the afternoon fouling
- Player ratings Marko Kolar runs at them all day