Viktor Lapin

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461 Edition

The Murom Sentinel

28 May 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad28 May 2035

A knee injury of the worst kind for Mukhammad Khalibegov

27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Murom lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The terraces28 May 2035

Supporters organise against the Murom board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Squad28 May 2035

72 days out for Pyotr Polivanov after a fracture

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

Market28 May 2035

Danil Barinov puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Murom, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 May 2035

Words at Murom training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mark Shelton 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.

Squad28 May 2035

Words exchanged at Murom

Sergey Sharapov 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 dugout28 May 2035

Maxim Azarenkov 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 Maxim Azarenkov is on it.

The dugout28 May 2035

No hiding place for Victor Augo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Victor Augo, and the manager let it.

Market28 May 2035

The Abu-Muslim Khamkhoev question follows Murom around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Abu-Muslim Khamkhoev’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

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The Murom Sentinel

19 Mar 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad19 Mar 2035

A knee injury of the worst kind for Mukhammad Khalibegov

97 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Murom lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom19 Mar 2035

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Murom

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Boardroom19 Mar 2035

Wages swallow 504% of the Murom income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Boardroom19 Mar 2035

No signings allowed at Murom

The manager may talk to whoever he likes and may pay nobody. A squad survives a window like this by borrowing, by promoting, and by hoping the injuries land somewhere else.

The dugout19 Mar 2035

The manager makes an example of Viktor Lapin

“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.

Market19 Mar 2035

The shop window has Maxim Azarenkov in it

Murom have let the market know Maxim Azarenkov can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Market19 Mar 2035

The Nikita Zheimo question follows Murom around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nikita Zheimo’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout19 Mar 2035

Victor Augo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Murom 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.

Market19 Mar 2035

Danila Molodnyakov runs his contract down

6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Murom money.

In brief

437 Edition

The Murom Sentinel

11 Dec 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces11 Dec 2034

The mood at Murom 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.

Match9 Dec 2034

Murom find a way past Saturn

Saturn made Murom work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad11 Dec 2034

Mark Shelton 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.

Player ratings11 Dec 2034

Mukhammad Khalibegov stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.74 on the card, and the Murom support went home talking about one name.

The dugout11 Dec 2034

Interim Coach: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

The dugout11 Dec 2034

Stefan Kalinov has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Murom 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.

Player ratings11 Dec 2034

Thomas Henriksen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad11 Dec 2034

A ban for Mukhammad Khalibegov

One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Murom lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.

The dugout11 Dec 2034

No place in the plan for Fedor Semenov

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief