The Rodina M Courier
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Arkhip Kazantsev runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market19 Jul 2027
Andhika Setiawan 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 The request is on a desk at Rodina M, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Kirill Krol keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rodina M may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Timur Pazylov is a medical away from Rodina M
The deal with Dinamo Vladivostok 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Rodina M
Timur Sharapov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Rodina M baulk at the price for Aslanbek Kumykov
Spartak Nalchik wanted more than $87.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Rodina M
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Daniil Antsiperov
Rodina M asked and Orenburg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Pavel Kudryavtsev joins the Rodina M first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pavel Kudryavtsev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Viktor Nesterov steps up from the Rodina M academy
- Market Rodina M promote Alexandr Sharapov from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Rodina M against Arsenal Tula 2