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 rules permit it and it stings anyway. Riccardo Peroni has agreed terms with Prykarpattia for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Ahrobiznes will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ilja Kirsh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
29 games, 5 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Ahrobiznes now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.
“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 The request is on a desk at Ahrobiznes, and it is not being withdrawn.
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Diego Arroyo did not need any: 7.67, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
He is 21, he is averaging 7.04, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ilja Kirsh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
A 1‑0 win over Victoriia Sumy, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Andrii Riznyk scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Nyva, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
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Words at Ahrobiznes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Danylo Sydorenko 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 supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ahrobiznes has been clear about where Riccardo Peroni stands, which is more than many ever get.
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.
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Nazarii Nych’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Ahrobiznes needing him to play as if none of it matters.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ahrobiznes, and both men came out saying it was fine.