The Arsenal Tula 2 Post
Squad2 Aug 2027
Yegor Sidorov breaks a bone — 59 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market2 Aug 2027
Nikita Karmaev 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 The request is on a desk at Arsenal Tula 2, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match31 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for Arsenal Tula 2 against Znamya Truda
2‑3 to Znamya Truda, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Arsenal Tula 2
Denis Grigorjev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
One of those days for Roman Izotov
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.06, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Yaroslav Demchenko 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 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Artem Kuzin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artem Kuzin, and the manager let it.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Mark Guryev faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Mark Guryev after 2‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Mikhail Kozin named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Mikhail Kozin is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
In brief
- The dugout Alexey Kolyshev dropped after a run of poor form
- Market The Roman Izotov conversation is coming
- The dugout Nikita Razdorskikh knocks on the manager’s door