Marked for Ruslan Harmash
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom29 Apr 2030
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Prykarpattia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market29 Apr 2030
“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 The request is on a desk at Prykarpattia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad29 Apr 2030
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
The dugout29 Apr 2030
The manager makes an example of Danylo Zaiets
“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.
Squad29 Apr 2030
Words at Prykarpattia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Igor Tursunov 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 dugout29 Apr 2030
Ruslan Harmash 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.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Boardroom4 Mar 2030
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom4 Mar 2030
Pressure builds in the Prykarpattia boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market4 Mar 2030
“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 The request is on a desk at Prykarpattia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Mar 2030
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabriel Eskinja was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets4 Mar 2030
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kudrivka have kept their man, and Prykarpattia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout4 Mar 2030
The manager makes an example of Ruslan Harmash
“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.
Squad4 Mar 2030
Igor Tursunov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market4 Mar 2030
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad4 Mar 2030
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Vladyslav Chushenko is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
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Crisis
The dugout31 Dec 2029
Ruslan Harmash: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Prykarpattia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings31 Dec 2029
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad31 Dec 2029
Words at Prykarpattia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Match29 Dec 2029
Feniks left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 Dec 2029
Denys Holub 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.
The terraces31 Dec 2029
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings31 Dec 2029
Ninety minutes of Matvii Panchenko at his very best
Marked 8.26. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Prykarpattia.
Squad31 Dec 2029
Appearance number 100 for Denys Holub
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
The dugout31 Dec 2029
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.