The Arsenal Tula Herald
Market11 Jan 2027
Artur Sagitov 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 The request is on a desk at Arsenal Tula, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match11 Jan 2027
Arsenal Tula up to position 3
38 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tigran Avanesyan wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Arsenal Tula can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Match9 Jan 2027
Ural take the points off Arsenal Tula
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Looking ahead11 Jan 2027
The big one: Rodina come into view
Two sides from the top of the table, one afternoon, and a month of talk decided in ninety minutes. Arsenal Tula will not use the word title this week and will not stop thinking it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Arsenal Tula training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erving Botaka-Yoboma 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Arsenal Tula
Oleg Isaenko 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 dugout11 Jan 2027
Tigran Avanesyan 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.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Artyom Skvortsov: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings Nikita Saltykov runs at them all day
- The dugout Arsenal Tula keep their word to Alexandr Melikhov
- Market The Miloš Brnović question follows Arsenal Tula around