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Uneasy
Squad29 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Jakub Szymański out for 125 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ruch will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The terraces29 Mar 2027
The mood at Ruch has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market29 Mar 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 Ruch can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
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Squad29 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Ruch
Martin Konczkowski 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at Ruch training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mateusz Szwoch 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 dugout29 Mar 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Ruch. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout29 Mar 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 Ruch, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Match19 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Ruch
12 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.
Match21 Dec 2026
Ruch sink to position 13
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match19 Dec 2026
The goals have deserted Ruch
8 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Ruch can tell you which week it ends in.
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ruch can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Ruch
Daniel Szczepan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Ruch training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrej Lukić 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.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Grzegorz Blaszczykowski chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
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Crisis
Squad14 Dec 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Ruch
11 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
“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 Ruch, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Dec 2026
The goals have deserted Ruch
7 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Ruch can tell you which week it ends in.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Ruch
Martin Konczkowski and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Mateusz Szwoch 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
Ruch come up short against Lech
Lech left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jakub Jendryka commits to Ruch for another 5 years.