Marked for Leonid Polunin
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Match22 Dec 2029
No end in sight to Angusht's wait for a win
20 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Angusht has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces24 Dec 2029
The mood at Angusht has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom24 Dec 2029
The scrutiny sharpens at Angusht
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Angusht is running low.
Match24 Dec 2029
Every point is an argument now for Angusht
Position 13 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Player ratings24 Dec 2029
Marked 7.89 at 16, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
The dugout24 Dec 2029
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Squad24 Dec 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Dec 2029
Yaroslav Popov scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Astrakhan, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Match22 Dec 2029
No clean sheets in sight for Angusht
4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
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Match24 Nov 2029
16 matches without a win for Angusht
The run now stands at 16, and the questions being asked around Angusht are no longer polite ones.
The terraces26 Nov 2029
Anger at Angusht spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom26 Nov 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Angusht
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match26 Nov 2029
Every point is an argument now for Angusht
Position 13 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
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Squad26 Nov 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Dmitry Tashov 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.
Match24 Nov 2029
0‑1 to Spartak Nalchik, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
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Boardroom
No signings allowed at Angusht
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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The dugout
Vadim Obukhov gets it from the manager
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Match3 Nov 2029
13 matches without a win for Angusht
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Angusht are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom5 Nov 2029
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market5 Nov 2029
Dmitry Tashov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Angusht they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market5 Nov 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom5 Nov 2029
The owner puts $46.4K into Angusht
This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Words at Angusht training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Tashov 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.
Match3 Nov 2029
Dinamo Makhachkala 2 left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market5 Nov 2029
Leonid Polunin is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Angusht has been clear about where Leonid Polunin stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market5 Nov 2029
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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The terraces29 Oct 2029
Anger at Angusht spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Match27 Oct 2029
No end in sight to Angusht's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Angusht has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad29 Oct 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match29 Oct 2029
Angusht are in real trouble now
Position 12, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Boardroom29 Oct 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Angusht
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
The dugout29 Oct 2029
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Squad29 Oct 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Oct 2029
A row about effort at Angusht
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dmitry Tashov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom29 Oct 2029
No signings allowed at Angusht
The manager may talk to whoever he likes and may pay nobody. A squad survives a window like this by borrowing, by promoting, and by hoping the injuries land somewhere else.
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Match15 Sep 2029
0‑5 to Legion, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market17 Sep 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match15 Sep 2029
7 matches without a win for Angusht
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Angusht are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Sep 2029
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Dmitry Tashov 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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
“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.
Boardroom17 Sep 2029
Doors closed at Angusht
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
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 0‑5 defeat, delivered by Evgeny Ershov to a room that had heard them before.
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Market10 Sep 2029
Only the photograph left for Dmitry Tashov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Dmitry Tashov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Angusht the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market10 Sep 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match8 Sep 2029
6 matches without a win for Angusht
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Angusht are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom10 Sep 2029
Angusht close the window on a squad of their own making
9 in and 11 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad10 Sep 2029
A falling-out at Angusht
Rustam Vazitdinov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Sep 2029
Rubin Yalta left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Sep 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vitaly Khabarov, and the manager let it.
Market10 Sep 2029
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout10 Sep 2029
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
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Boardroom2 Jul 2029
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
The Angusht board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Market2 Jul 2029
“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 Angusht, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
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Squad2 Jul 2029
Rustam Vazitdinov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
The owner puts $30.8K into Angusht
This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Murad Amirbekov and Angusht agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Angusht asked and Dinamo Bryansk said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Maxim Shabaidakov 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.
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Squad4 Jun 2029
Savely Kolesnikov damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
Rodion Plotnikov has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Angusht can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
Emergency meeting at Angusht
The whole football department in one room on a weekday morning. Nothing was announced afterwards, which is what a board announces when it has run out of patience.
The dugout4 Jun 2029
“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.
The dugout4 Jun 2029
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Boardroom4 Jun 2029
$22.9K from the owner keeps Angusht afloat
The gap in the accounts was filled from upstairs again. Supporters are entitled to be grateful and to ask what happens the month it is not, and both feelings arrive together.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Maxim Shabaidakov 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.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
The borrowing at Angusht reaches $3.7M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $3.7M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Dmitry Safonov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Squad7 May 2029
Savely Kolesnikov damages knee ligaments — 54 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 54 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom7 May 2029
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Rodion Plotnikov has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom7 May 2029
The Angusht board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
The dugout7 May 2029
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Squad7 May 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 May 2029
The owner puts $15.4K into Angusht
This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.
Boardroom7 May 2029
Angusht are $3.6M in the red
The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.
Market7 May 2029
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout7 May 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Angusht, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Squad9 Apr 2029
31 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Angusht lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market9 Apr 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
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Squad9 Apr 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Maxim Shabaidakov 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 dugout9 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Dmitry Tashov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
The borrowing at Angusht reaches $3.6M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $3.6M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
Market9 Apr 2029
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market9 Apr 2029
The name of Rustam Vazitdinov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Angusht say nothing, which says plenty.
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Squad26 Mar 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Savely Kolesnikov
97 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Angusht lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Angusht may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at Angusht
Rustam Vazitdinov 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 dugout26 Mar 2029
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Market26 Mar 2029
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Angusht, another week without a signature from Vitaly Khabarov.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Vitaly Khabarov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market26 Mar 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Angusht know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market26 Mar 2029
The shop window has Petr Salasin in it
Angusht have let the market know Petr Salasin can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
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Squad12 Mar 2029
Savely Kolesnikov damages knee ligaments — 111 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 111 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout12 Mar 2029
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Squad12 Mar 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Maxim Shabaidakov 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.
Market12 Mar 2029
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Angusht, another week without a signature from Andrey Sorokin.
The dugout12 Mar 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Rustam Vazitdinov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
The deal with Volna is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
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Squad12 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Angusht asked and Irtysh said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Dmitry Tashov 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Petr Salasin, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Dmitry Tashov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Market15 Jan 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
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Squad15 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Angusht
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Maxim Shabaidakov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Artemy Ositsin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Petr Salasin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom15 Jan 2029
Nobody arrives at Angusht until somebody leaves
The club is not barred from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every name linked with Angusht this window arrives with a name leaving in the same sentence.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Andrey Sorokin asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market15 Jan 2029
The name of Rustam Vazitdinov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Angusht say nothing, which says plenty.
Market15 Jan 2029
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Match6 Jan 2029
10 matches without a win for Angusht
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Angusht are no longer polite ones.
Match6 Jan 2029
Beaten 1‑5 by Pobeda, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Match8 Jan 2029
Angusht finish in position 13
12 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.
Squad8 Jan 2029
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market8 Jan 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings8 Jan 2029
Maxim Shabaidakov, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.69
A mark of 7.69 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
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Squad8 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Angusht
Rustam Vazitdinov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Match30 Dec 2028
No end in sight to Angusht's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Angusht has to find a result from somewhere.
Market1 Jan 2029
“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 Angusht, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout1 Jan 2029
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Squad1 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Angusht
Rustam Vazitdinov 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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonid Polunin and Angusht agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad1 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Angusht
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dmitry Tashov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match30 Dec 2028
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout1 Jan 2029
“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.
The dugout1 Jan 2029
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
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Match16 Dec 2028
No end in sight to Angusht's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Angusht has to find a result from somewhere.
Market18 Dec 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout18 Dec 2028
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Squad18 Dec 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Angusht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Words at Angusht training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Tashov 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.
The dugout18 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Leonid Polunin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market18 Dec 2028
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad18 Dec 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vitaliy Bondarenko and Angusht agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom18 Dec 2028
Nobody arrives at Angusht until somebody leaves
The club is not barred from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every name linked with Angusht this window arrives with a name leaving in the same sentence.
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Boardroom4 Dec 2028
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Player ratings4 Dec 2028
No sign of nerves from Maxim Shabaidakov at 21 — 7.88
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Maxim Shabaidakov did not need any: 7.88, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match2 Dec 2028
No end in sight to Angusht's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Angusht has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout4 Dec 2028
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Squad4 Dec 2028
Words exchanged at Angusht
Rustam Vazitdinov 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.
Match2 Dec 2028
Kuban Holding left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Words at Angusht training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vitaly Khabarov 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.
Market4 Dec 2028
Leonid Polunin is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Angusht has been clear about where Leonid Polunin stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market4 Dec 2028
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Angusht, another week without a signature from Rustam Vazitdinov.
In brief
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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The dugout
Inal Dudaev gets it from the manager
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The dugout
Rustam Vazitdinov without the man who signed him