Marked for Alexandr Nesterov
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market16 Aug 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. KDV Tomsk have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market16 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match14 Aug 2027
5 matches without a win for KDV Tomsk
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around KDV Tomsk are no longer polite ones.
Market16 Aug 2027
Anton Novikov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KDV Tomsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match14 Aug 2027
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 8 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at KDV Tomsk
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Match14 Aug 2027
Rubin 2 left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
“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.
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Steady
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KDV Tomsk can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at KDV Tomsk
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Anton Kilin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market19 Jul 2027
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexey Bragin has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Foma Ragulin has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vladlen Alexandrov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
“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.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.04 on the card, and the KDV Tomsk support went home talking about one name.
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Market5 Jul 2027
“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 KDV Tomsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Znamya Truda have kept their man, and KDV Tomsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Ilja Volnov 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 KDV Tomsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
KDV Tomsk sign 3 boys into the academy
None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The numbers do not look good at KDV Tomsk
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.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market5 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at KDV Tomsk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vladislav Kolmogorov 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at KDV Tomsk than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
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Market21 Jun 2027
KDV Tomsk say no — this time
The offer from Orenburg for Maxim Palienko was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A row about effort at KDV Tomsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikita Simdyankin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at KDV Tomsk
Ilja Volnov 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 dugout21 Jun 2027
“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.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
A loan enquiry to Alania: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Boardroom21 Jun 2027
The window is open, and with it the only month of the year when a supporter’s hopes are limited by nothing but arithmetic. The board know the arithmetic; the supporters know the hopes.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and KDV Tomsk will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
Market21 Jun 2027
KDV Tomsk have made Artem Nagaitsev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Konstantin Antipov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. KDV Tomsk say nothing, which says plenty.
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Squad7 Jun 2027
A row about effort at KDV Tomsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikita Simdyankin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Anton Kilin 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.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maxim Palienko, and the manager let it.
Market7 Jun 2027
He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market7 Jun 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at KDV Tomsk, another week without a signature from Alexandr Nesterov.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at KDV Tomsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market7 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. KDV Tomsk know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market7 Jun 2027
Nobody sells a season ticket on a signing like this. Every manager who has been through a bad October wants one anyway, and KDV Tomsk have gone and got theirs early.
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Market17 May 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KDV Tomsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad17 May 2027
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Squad17 May 2027
Ilja Volnov 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.
The dugout17 May 2027
“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.
Market17 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. KDV Tomsk know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout17 May 2027
Boris Lopatin 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 KDV Tomsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Boardroom3 May 2027
An order from above at KDV Tomsk: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Squad3 May 2027
Nikita Simdyankin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market3 May 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at KDV Tomsk, another week without a signature from Ilja Volnov.
Squad3 May 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Alexandr Nesterov. KDV Tomsk will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
The dugout3 May 2027
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
A decision that decides nothing on the pitch and everything in the room. The manager has said, without saying it, whose voice he wants heard when his own is not there.
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Squad12 Apr 2027
Nikita Simdyankin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“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 dugout12 Apr 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Maxim Palienko 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Daniil Kondrakov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Match12 Apr 2027
KDV Tomsk have something to play for
Position 6 on 32 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
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Squad15 Mar 2027
33 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. KDV Tomsk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words at KDV Tomsk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Ilja Volnov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Daniil Kondrakov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at KDV Tomsk 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 dugout15 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Danil Pshenichnikov, and the manager let it.
Market15 Mar 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Daniil Kondrakov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Squad22 Feb 2027
55 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. KDV Tomsk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market22 Feb 2027
“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 KDV Tomsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market22 Feb 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KDV Tomsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KDV Tomsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at KDV Tomsk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikita Simdyankin 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
“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.
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Squad8 Feb 2027
69 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. KDV Tomsk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
The KDV Tomsk board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Squad8 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KDV Tomsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Daniil Kondrakov is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Boris Lopatin, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at KDV Tomsk would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
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Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A brace, and Nikita Simdyankin takes the afternoon — 8.17
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Nikita Simdyankin provided it, and the 8.17 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
No sign of nerves from Arseny Yurtaev at 21 — 7.99
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Arseny Yurtaev did not need any: 7.99, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Nikita Simdyankin. 3‑1 against Chelyabinsk 2, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“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.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Nobody's fault and entirely his: a goal that goes into the book with his name against it and nothing about it intended. KDV Tomsk deserved better, and so did he.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Fedor Davydov on a 3‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Squad4 Jan 2027
German Parfenov 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.
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Steady
Market28 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KDV Tomsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” KDV Tomsk may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at KDV Tomsk
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages swallow 138% of the KDV Tomsk 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.
Match26 Dec 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Daniil Kondrakov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to KDV Tomsk.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Korotaev, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Fedor Davydov on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Crisis
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 34. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market16 Nov 2026
Roman Denisov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KDV Tomsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KDV Tomsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match14 Nov 2026
Orenburg 2 left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Maxim Palienko
“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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Fedor Davydov after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. KDV Tomsk lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.
Market16 Nov 2026
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs KDV Tomsk money.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Krylya Sovetov 2 in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
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Crisis
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at KDV Tomsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikita Simdyankin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match7 Nov 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Anton Kilin 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 KDV Tomsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniil Bolshunov, and the manager let it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“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.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Maxim Palienko 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.
Looking ahead9 Nov 2026
A test against the best for KDV Tomsk
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Orenburg 2.
Squad9 Nov 2026
At 19 he was the best of everybody his age in the division for one weekend. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
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Crisis
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 47. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market26 Oct 2026
Ilja Volnov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KDV Tomsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match24 Oct 2026
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 8 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Nikita Simdyankin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match24 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for KDV Tomsk against Nosta
0‑1 to Nosta, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
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 Daniil Kondrakov is on it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
At 14 years old, Nikolai Kerzhakov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Uneasy
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 43. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market5 Oct 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Denis Nikonorov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around KDV Tomsk the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for KDV Tomsk
4 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at KDV Tomsk
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Oleg Leonov pulls a muscle — 16 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 16 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Match3 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, KDV Tomsk do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages swallow 175% of the KDV Tomsk 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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Artem Meshalkin
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
KDV Tomsk are still strangers to each other
8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
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Steady
Market21 Sep 2026
Roman Denisov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KDV Tomsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KDV Tomsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Nesterov, and the manager let it.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Maxim Palienko 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 Maxim Palienko trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad21 Sep 2026
German Parfenov 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 dugout21 Sep 2026
The plan did not have a place for Yegor Skichko
Nobody at KDV Tomsk is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
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Crisis
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nikita Simdyankin and KDV Tomsk agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at KDV Tomsk
Nikita Simdyankin 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Denis Nikonorov has come up in conversations KDV Tomsk were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match1 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at KDV Tomsk, another week without a signature from Roman Denisov.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.