The Ruch Courier
Match1 Aug 2026
Ruch taken apart
1‑4 to Jagiellonia, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Michał Chrapek stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Michał Chrapek and Ruch agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ruch
Martin Konczkowski 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Ruch
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Michał Chrapek was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ruch rebuffed over Ethan Laidlaw
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brentford have kept their man, and Ruch go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Denis Ventúra 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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Ruch dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Ruch and Michał Chrapek
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Ruch, another week without a signature from Michał Chrapek.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months and counting on Szymon Szymański
Still no offer on the table, and Szymon Szymański’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Squad 8 new faces, and Ruch are still learning each other
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Transfer targets A loan move for Luca Meirelles is in the works