The Arsenal Dzerzhinsk Chronicle
Squad8 Mar 2027
The knee: Oleg Tyulkov out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Vladislav Vasiljev: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Arsenal Dzerzhinsk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Daniil Marugin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniil Marugin and Arsenal Dzerzhinsk agree another 4 years.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Whatever happens, Arsenal Dzerzhinsk do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Artem Gurenko 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.
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
Arda tell Arsenal Dzerzhinsk: Preslav Bachev is not for sale
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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
Andrey Zaleskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market8 Mar 2027
Uladzislau Ihnatovich steps up from the Arsenal Dzerzhinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Uladzislau Ihnatovich 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 Pavel Volodko steps up from the Arsenal Dzerzhinsk academy
- Market Still no ink between Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Artem Gurenko
- Squad Nikolay Sotnikov falls out with a teammate over standards