The Arsenal Tula Herald
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Arsenal Tula's wait for a win
15 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Arsenal Tula has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the Arsenal Tula board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The knee: Aleksandr Dovgal' out for 100 days
100 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Arsenal Tula lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Timur Zhamaletdinov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Arsenal Tula may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Artur Koloskov is a medical away from Arsenal Tula
The deal with Veles 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.
Match17 Jul 2027
Arsenal Tula cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Arsenal Tula
Robin Schouten 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Arsenal Tula
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.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Igor Gorbunov was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Transfer targets Yenisey tell Arsenal Tula: Rodion Pechura is not for sale
- Market One of our own: Ivan Polivanov joins the Arsenal Tula first team
- Market Yakov Zinchenko steps up from the Arsenal Tula academy