Marked for Andriy Haiduchok
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Crisis
Match12 Jan 2030
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Tempers go at Probiy
Ruslan Kharuk 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.
Match12 Jan 2030
Probiy come up short against Nyva
Nyva left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout14 Jan 2030
“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.
Looking ahead14 Jan 2030
Two sides from the bottom of the table, three points, and an afternoon that will be described afterwards as a relegation decider by whoever loses it.
Market14 Jan 2030
“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 dugout14 Jan 2030
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 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Vitaliy Kryvtsov to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout14 Jan 2030
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Squad17 Dec 2029
23 days out for Volodymyr Shvets after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Probiy will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match15 Dec 2029
Danylo Kirichenko had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Podillia were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.
Squad17 Dec 2029
There were 7 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.
Match15 Dec 2029
The wait goes on for Probiy
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.
Squad17 Dec 2029
Words exchanged at Probiy
Oleh Manastyrnyi 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.
Player ratings17 Dec 2029
Marko Kytsun was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The dugout17 Dec 2029
The manager makes an example of Adam Cherkesov
“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.
Match15 Dec 2029
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout17 Dec 2029
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Vitaliy Kryvtsov chose the glass-half-full version of 2‑2; the supporters left with the other one.
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Uneasy
Match17 Nov 2029
At last: Probiy win one
15 matches without a win, and then this, against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Player ratings19 Nov 2029
At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.23, and nobody on the pitch better.
Squad19 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout19 Nov 2029
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Vitaliy Kryvtsov, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout19 Nov 2029
Ruslan Kharuk knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Probiy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings19 Nov 2029
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Nov 2029
One booking too many, and Ruslan Kharuk sits out. Probiy lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
The dugout19 Nov 2029
The manager has not finished forgetting Andriy Haiduchok's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
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Crisis
Match20 Oct 2029
The wait goes on for Probiy
12 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.
Match20 Oct 2029
Chastening afternoon for Probiy
A 1‑6 beating by Chernihiv was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad22 Oct 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.
Player ratings22 Oct 2029
A defender's goal wins it for Probiy — 7.71
1 for Maksym Radchenko, marked 7.71, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad22 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match20 Oct 2029
Maksym Radchenko among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Maksym Radchenko on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Probiy and Chernihiv.
The dugout22 Oct 2029
Mykyta Dzen 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.
Boardroom22 Oct 2029
Nobody left the Probiy dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout22 Oct 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 1‑6 defeat, delivered by Vitaliy Kryvtsov to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
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Squad
Too much change too quickly at Probiy
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The dugout
The manager has not finished forgetting Andriy Haiduchok's mistake
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Player ratings
The one thing Mykyta Dzen could not do
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Crisis
The terraces17 Sep 2029
The mood at Probiy 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.
Match15 Sep 2029
7 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
A falling-out at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match15 Sep 2029
A bad afternoon for Probiy against UCSA
1‑3 to UCSA, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Transfer targets17 Sep 2029
Probiy asked and Polissia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roman Serdiuk, and the manager let it.
Boardroom17 Sep 2029
The borrowing at Probiy reaches $9.9M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $9.9M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
The dugout17 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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Crisis
Market16 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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market16 Jul 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Probiy have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout16 Jul 2029
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Squad16 Jul 2029
Words exchanged at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko 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.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Denys Dolinskyi has improved at 31, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Probiy asked and Polissia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Jul 2029
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nazar Havryliuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
A loan move for Mykola Kyrychok is in the works
Probiy have made the call to Karpaty. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Shakhtar have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
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Crisis
The terraces25 Jun 2029
Anger at Probiy 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.
Boardroom25 Jun 2029
Pressure builds in the Probiy boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market25 Jun 2029
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Livyi Bereh waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Probiy is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
Everything agreed with Chornomorets, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad25 Jun 2029
A falling-out at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Metalist have kept their man, and Probiy go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad25 Jun 2029
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nazar Havryliuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
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Boardroom25 Jun 2029
Nobody arrives at Probiy 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 Probiy this window arrives with a name leaving in the same sentence.
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Crisis
Market18 Jun 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout18 Jun 2029
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Transfer targets18 Jun 2029
Probiy had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Shakhtar, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad18 Jun 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets18 Jun 2029
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Polissia have kept their man, and Probiy go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad18 Jun 2029
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nazar Havryliuk 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.
Transfer targets18 Jun 2029
A loan move for Maksym Korobov is in the works
Probiy have made the call to Obolon. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets18 Jun 2029
Kryvbas have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market18 Jun 2029
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Yehor Krasnikov has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Probiy.
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Crisis
The dugout11 Jun 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Probiy may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad11 Jun 2029
A falling-out at Probiy
Oleh Manastyrnyi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
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The dugout11 Jun 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Arsenii Kondratiev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Zakaria Rasouli
“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.
Market11 Jun 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Probiy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match4 Jun 2029
Every point is an argument now for Probiy
Position 16 and 6 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.
Market4 Jun 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Arsenii Kondratiev will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Probiy the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Arsenii Kondratiev has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
The dugout4 Jun 2029
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Squad4 Jun 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jun 2029
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nazar Havryliuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad4 Jun 2029
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Andriy Haiduchok
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Probiy will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The dugout4 Jun 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mykhailo Yaremchuk, and the manager let it.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Probiy will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
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Crisis
Market21 May 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 dugout21 May 2029
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Squad21 May 2029
Words exchanged at Probiy
Danila Kashtelyan 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 dugout21 May 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.
The dugout21 May 2029
Nazar Havryliuk 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.
The dugout21 May 2029
Andriy Haiduchok is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
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Crisis
The dugout23 Apr 2029
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Squad23 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Probiy
Volodymyr Shvets and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nazar Havryliuk 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 dugout23 Apr 2029
Andriy Haiduchok is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Market23 Apr 2029
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Roman Serdiuk signs something — a contract at Probiy or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market23 Apr 2029
The clock does Arsenii Kondratiev’s negotiating for him
5 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Probiy could ask drops and the wages Arsenii Kondratiev can ask rise.
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Crisis
The terraces2 Apr 2029
Anger at Probiy 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.
Market2 Apr 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
The scrutiny sharpens at Probiy
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Probiy is running low.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Words exchanged at Probiy
Roman Serdiuk 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.
Squad2 Apr 2029
30 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nazar Havryliuk 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 dugout2 Apr 2029
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The dugout2 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Nazar Havryliuk
“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.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
Probiy have to sell first
The manager has a list and the board has a condition attached to it. That is not a crisis — half of football works this way — but it decides which of the two of them gets his way in August.
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Crisis
The dugout26 Mar 2029
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Squad26 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at Probiy
Danila Kashtelyan 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.
Squad26 Mar 2029
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nazar Havryliuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nazar Havryliuk trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
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The dugout26 Feb 2029
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Boardroom26 Feb 2029
Window shuts: 0 in, 1 out at Probiy
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 0 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets26 Feb 2029
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Karpaty keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Probiy
Oleh Manastyrnyi 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.
Transfer targets26 Feb 2029
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout26 Feb 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.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
Andriy Haiduchok is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Market26 Feb 2029
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Roman Serdiuk signs something — a contract at Probiy or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market26 Feb 2029
7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Probiy money.
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Crisis
Match13 Jan 2029
30 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 30, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Match15 Jan 2029
Probiy sink to position 16
5 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad15 Jan 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.
Match13 Jan 2029
A hiding for Probiy
Beaten 0‑3 by Veres, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Probiy
Oleh Manastyrnyi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom15 Jan 2029
The numbers do not look good at Probiy
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
The dugout15 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.
Boardroom15 Jan 2029
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Vitaliy Kryvtsov left the room before anybody could ask which.
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Crisis
Match9 Dec 2028
The wait goes on for Probiy
25 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.
Squad11 Dec 2028
24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Probiy lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market11 Dec 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Words exchanged at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko 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.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Nazar Havryliuk 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.
Match9 Dec 2028
A bad afternoon for Probiy against Inhulets
0‑2 to Inhulets, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
“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.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Yehor Krasnikov
“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.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Andriy Haiduchok is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
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Crisis
Match11 Nov 2028
The wait goes on for Probiy
21 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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Words exchanged at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko 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.
Match11 Nov 2028
A bad afternoon for Probiy against UCSA
0‑2 to UCSA, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Probiy lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Looking ahead13 Nov 2028
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Livyi Bereh in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
“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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Crisis
Match7 Oct 2028
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Oct 2028
37 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Probiy lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match7 Oct 2028
Chastening afternoon for Probiy
A 0‑3 beating by Nyva was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market9 Oct 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Probiy
Oleh Manastyrnyi 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.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yehor Krasnikov and Probiy agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nazar Havryliuk 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 dugout9 Oct 2028
“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.
Boardroom9 Oct 2028
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.