Tomas Provod

Striker - Viktoria Plzen
3 Jul 2029
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Marked for Tomas Provod

122 Edition

The Viktoria Plzen Courier

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad27 Nov 2028

6 saves: Florian Wiegele was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

Tomas Provod says Viktoria Plzen went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

Patrik Hrošovský frozen out at Viktoria Plzen

This is not rotation. Patrik Hrošovský has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Viktoria Plzen is pretending otherwise.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Viktoria Plzen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Denis Višinský falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match25 Nov 2028

Viktoria Plzen see off Slavia Prague

Three points for Viktoria Plzen, 2‑0 the final word against Slavia Prague in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings27 Nov 2028

Nobody could get near Denis Višinský

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

The manager makes an example of Matěj Valenta

“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.

Match27 Nov 2028

Viktoria Plzen at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 4, 31 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

In brief

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110 Edition

The Viktoria Plzen Courier

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market4 Sep 2028

Adam Gabriel 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 Viktoria Plzen can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom4 Sep 2028

Deadline passes with 18 signed and 16 gone

That is the business done at Viktoria Plzen until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Transfer targets4 Sep 2028

No deal for Veljko Vukojević at that price

Viktoria Plzen offered $1.7M; Hradec Králové said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market4 Sep 2028

Sampson Dweh raises the bar for Viktoria Plzen

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Viktoria Plzen heard it as anything else.

Transfer targets4 Sep 2028

Door shut on Patrik Hellebrand

Viktoria Plzen asked and Slavia Prague 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 dugout4 Sep 2028

Patrik Hrošovský frozen out at Viktoria Plzen

This is not rotation. Patrik Hrošovský has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Viktoria Plzen is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets4 Sep 2028

Muhammadyusuf Sobirov stays at Bunyodkor as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Viktoria Plzen will try again when the window opens; Bunyodkor may not be selling by then.

Squad4 Sep 2028

A falling-out at Viktoria Plzen

Matyáš Vojta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Denis Višinský falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

94 Edition

The Viktoria Plzen Courier

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad15 May 2028

18 days out for Tomas Provod after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Viktoria Plzen will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout15 May 2028

Patrik Hrošovský frozen out at Viktoria Plzen

This is not rotation. Patrik Hrošovský has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Viktoria Plzen is pretending otherwise.

Squad15 May 2028

A falling-out at Viktoria Plzen

Christophe Kabongo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad15 May 2028

Baboucarr Faal wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Viktoria Plzen can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Squad15 May 2028

Words at Viktoria Plzen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Denis Višinský 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.

Loan watch15 May 2028

James Bello counts the days

“I watch every Viktoria Plzen game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Szeged-Csanád GA runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout15 May 2028

Václav Jemelka has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Viktoria Plzen will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market15 May 2028

The Karel Spáčil story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Karel Spáčil signs something — a contract at Viktoria Plzen or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout15 May 2028

Baboucarr Faal knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Baboucarr Faal trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

93 Edition

The Viktoria Plzen Courier

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 May 2028

27 days out for Tomas Provod after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Viktoria Plzen will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad8 May 2028

Words exchanged at Viktoria Plzen

Viktor Baier 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.

Squad8 May 2028

Matěj Vydra signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matěj Vydra and Viktoria Plzen agree another 2 years.

Squad8 May 2028

A row about effort at Viktoria Plzen

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adam Gabriel was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout8 May 2028

Karel Spáčil has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Viktoria Plzen will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout8 May 2028

Viktor Baier 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 Viktoria Plzen, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout8 May 2028

The manager makes an example of Jiří Míček

“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.

Market8 May 2028

The Sampson Dweh talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Viktoria Plzen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market8 May 2028

Viktoria Plzen and Matúš Malý are talking past each other

“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.

In brief

92 Edition

The Viktoria Plzen Courier

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad1 May 2028

Tomas Provod breaks a bone — 36 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 36 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad1 May 2028

Tempers go at Viktoria Plzen

Christophe Kabongo 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.

Squad1 May 2028

Denis Višinský falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout1 May 2028

Denis Višinský 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.

Market1 May 2028

Talks stall between Viktoria Plzen and Denis Višinský

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Loan watch1 May 2028

Adam Novák wants to come home

“I did not go to Prostějov to sit and watch. I want to come back to Viktoria Plzen and fight for my place.” 17 appearances in 46 matches say the rest.

The dugout1 May 2028

Sampson Dweh gets picked when it counts

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 Sampson Dweh is on it.

The dugout1 May 2028

Viktor Baier 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.

Squad1 May 2028

Sampson Dweh remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Viktoria Plzen would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

In brief