Oleg Polyakov

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Retired
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Marked for Oleg Polyakov

92 Edition

The Chernihiv Courier

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom1 May 2028

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Chernihiv

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

Squad1 May 2028

Maksym Tatarenko 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 Chernihiv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom1 May 2028

Chernihiv counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chernihiv now.

Squad1 May 2028

Luis Lee 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.

Squad1 May 2028

A season on the outside for Oleg Polyakov

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Chernihiv has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Squad1 May 2028

Dmytro Kulyk 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.

In brief

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84 Edition

The Chernihiv Courier

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom6 Mar 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Chernihiv

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Chernihiv is running low.

Market6 Mar 2028

Talgat Shomko 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 Chernihiv can pretend not to have heard.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Oleg Polyakov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oleg Polyakov and Chernihiv agree another 2 years.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Maksym Tatarenko 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 Chernihiv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom6 Mar 2028

Chernihiv counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chernihiv now.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Joakim Loureiro 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.

In brief

72 Edition

The Chernihiv Courier

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match11 Dec 2027

No end in sight to Chernihiv's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chernihiv has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Maksym Tatarenko keeps Chernihiv in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Chernihiv

Maksym Tatarenko 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.

Squad13 Dec 2027

No hiding place for Maksym Tatarenko

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

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Oleg Polyakov in the eights

A performance of 8.58 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Nobody could get near Andrii Novikov

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match11 Dec 2027

Oleg Polyakov rescues a point for Chernihiv

It needed Oleg Polyakov to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Bukovyna, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Boardroom13 Dec 2027

The numbers do not look good at Chernihiv

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Oleg Polyakov is off the mark for Chernihiv

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief