The Kuban Holding Courier
Match15 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Kuban Holding's wait for a win
20 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Kuban Holding has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces17 Jul 2028
The mood at Kuban Holding has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market17 Jul 2028
Temirlan Kadagazov 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 Kuban Holding can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Sergey Kopylov is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Kuban Holding
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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Semyon Rogov steps up from the Kuban Holding academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Semyon Rogov 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
One of our own: Gleb Sergeev joins the Kuban Holding first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gleb Sergeev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Jul 2028
One of our own: Mikhail Skvortsov joins the Kuban Holding first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikhail Skvortsov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Gonzalo Santacruz has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Matvey Papulin
- Squad Words at Kuban Holding training over how hard people work
- Match Kuban Holding and Druzhba take a point apiece