The Podillia Courier
Match29 Jul 2028
The wait goes on for Podillia
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
Maksym Perekhodko: 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.” Podillia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
Rostyslav Bahlai due for a Podillia medical
Everything agreed with Veres, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad31 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Podillia
Giorgi Maisuradze and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Podillia
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.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Belts tighten at Podillia
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Nobody could get near Nazar Prykhodko
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
Metalist tell Podillia: Kyrylo Osypenko is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market31 Jul 2028
One of our own: Oleksandr Sydorchuk joins the Podillia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oleksandr Sydorchuk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Podillia promote Mykola Shaparenko from within
- Market Taras Mykhailychenko steps up from the Podillia academy
- Market One of our own: Anton Sudakov joins the Podillia first team