Marked for Dmitriy Rogov
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Crisis
Market24 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.
Match24 Sep 2029
Every point is an argument now for Kvant
Position 14 and 3 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.
Match22 Sep 2029
No end in sight to Kvant's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Kvant has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout24 Sep 2029
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Squad24 Sep 2029
Words exchanged at Kvant
Alexandr Goryachkin 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.
Match22 Sep 2029
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Sep 2029
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luka Polunin and Kvant agree another 3 years.
The dugout24 Sep 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 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Viktor Golovin to a room that had heard them before.
Boardroom24 Sep 2029
Kvant can only buy what they sell
Nobody has barred the club from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every incoming name comes with an outgoing one attached.
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Match15 Sep 2029
Chastening afternoon for Kvant
A 0‑4 beating by Dinamo Bryansk was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad17 Sep 2029
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.
Match15 Sep 2029
5 matches without a win for Kvant
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Kvant are no longer polite ones.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
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Match15 Sep 2029
4 matches without a goal for Kvant
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Kvant
Alexandr Goryachkin 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 targets17 Sep 2029
Kvant asked and Metallurg 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
Maxim Avdeev 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.
Boardroom17 Sep 2029
Doors closed at Kvant
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
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Crisis
Squad13 Aug 2029
A fracture rules Suleiman Kirki out for 37 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kvant will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
Nazar Novikov, 17, steals the show — 8.04
Marked 8.04 at 17, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market13 Aug 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 Kvant, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
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Squad13 Aug 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vadim Cheryshev commits to Kvant for another 3 years.
Match11 Aug 2029
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad13 Aug 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 Kvant this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout13 Aug 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.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Viktor Golovin after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
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Uneasy
The dugout25 Jun 2029
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Squad25 Jun 2029
Tempers go at Kvant
Alexandr Goryachkin 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 targets25 Jun 2029
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pobeda have kept their man, and Kvant go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad25 Jun 2029
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dmitriy Rogov and Kvant agree another 3 years.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Maxim Avdeev 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 Kvant, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market25 Jun 2029
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daniil Lobanov leaves Kvant the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Squad25 Dec 2028
78 days out for Ahmed Abubakarov after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Kvant will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Words exchanged at Kvant
Alexandr Goryachkin 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.
Match23 Dec 2028
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout25 Dec 2028
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The dugout25 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Ivan Osipov
“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 dugout25 Dec 2028
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 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Viktor Golovin to a room that had heard them before.
Squad25 Dec 2028
A row about effort at Kvant
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tikhon Ryazantsev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout25 Dec 2028
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Kvant told Dmitriy Rogov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Market25 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kvant know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Market16 Oct 2028
“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 Kvant, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings16 Oct 2028
No sign of nerves from Yefrem Borovikov at 17 — 7.65
The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Yefrem Borovikov did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
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Squad16 Oct 2028
24 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad16 Oct 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kvant this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Words at Kvant training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Osipov 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 dugout16 Oct 2028
“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.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
Kvant counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Kvant now.
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Uneasy
Market8 May 2028
“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 Kvant, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout8 May 2028
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Squad8 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Drăgoi commits to Kvant for another 2 years.
Squad8 May 2028
A row about effort at Kvant
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dawid Kiedrowicz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad8 May 2028
Tempers go at Kvant
Maxim Sofin 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.
The dugout8 May 2028
Maxim Avdeev 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.
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Uneasy
The dugout13 Mar 2028
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Squad13 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Kvant
Victor Drăgoi 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.
The dugout13 Mar 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.
Market13 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kvant know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Savely Afanasyev is on it.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Nikita Gorunkov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.