The Slask Herald
Squad18 Jan 2027
Michał Szromnik keeps Slask in it on his own
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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Michał Bierzało 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 The request is on a desk at Slask, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Michał Gurgul due for a Slask medical
Everything agreed with Lech, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Match16 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Slask
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Przemysław Banaszak 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.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Door shut on Jamal Thiaré
Slask asked and Columbus Crew said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Mariusz Malec 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 Slask this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match16 Jan 2027
Slask come up short against Legia
Legia left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market18 Jan 2027
Jan Piatek steps up from the Slask academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jan Piatek 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.
In brief
- Market Jan Grosicki steps up from the Slask academy
- Market One of our own: Grzegorz Frankowski joins the Slask first team
- The dugout The view from the dugout