The Okzhetpes Herald
Match10 Jul 2028
Okzhetpes sink to position 11
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match8 Jul 2028
The wait goes on for Okzhetpes
6 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.
Market10 Jul 2028
Vladislav Kravtsov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Okzhetpes can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets10 Jul 2028
Serikzhan Nurgaliev due for a Okzhetpes medical
Everything agreed with Akzhaiyk, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Player ratings10 Jul 2028
Mohammed Ensebaev beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Okzhetpes
Sherkhan Kalmurza 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.
Transfer targets10 Jul 2028
Astana tell Okzhetpes: Ivan Timoshenko 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.
Match8 Jul 2028
A bad afternoon for Okzhetpes against Taraz
1‑2 to Taraz, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings10 Jul 2028
Nūrğaini Böribaev was the difference for Okzhetpes
Marked 7.88. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
In brief
- Squad Askhat Abiken signs a new deal
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad A row about effort at Okzhetpes