The Vorskla Post
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Vorskla
Marian Shved 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Vorskla
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ibrahima Dabo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market14 Jun 2027
Vorskla promote Eduard Yaremchuk from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduard Yaremchuk has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market14 Jun 2027
One of our own: Maksym Kocherhin joins the Vorskla first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maksym Kocherhin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Jun 2027
Ruslan Babenko steps up from the Vorskla academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruslan Babenko 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
One of our own: Danylo Malynovskyi joins the Vorskla first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danylo Malynovskyi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Cipriano Sampaio 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Home is on Santiago Palacios's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Vorskla are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Vladyslav Semotiuk 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.
In brief
- The dugout Matvii Burenko has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad International call for Marian Shved
- Boardroom Vorskla board back the manager