Ukraine + Football

Adam, Rey, Andrew & Michael reconvene to close out a memorable 24/25 domestic campaign! There's lots to discuss ahead of what is expected to be a very busy summer!

RELEGATION

Obolon survive - Is Shyshchenko one of the managers of the season?

Inhulets down but with a fight

Vorskla have serious problems

LNZ... reboot in the summer

MID TABLE

Renaissance under Kostyshyn 

 

Veres on the beach for the past month

Zorya and Bartulovic impressive

Rukh... what does the future hold?

MANAGERIAL MERRY GO ROUND

Rotan at Polissya

Vernydub leaves Kryvbas

Karpaty buckle Europe but look good value 

HISTORIC MEDALS

Turan in at bronze Shakhtar

Oleksandriya sweep home silver for the first time

Dynamo and their third star

A busy summer ahead for ingoings and outgoings

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER 

O’ Canada – upcoming friendlies

Lots of fresh names in the squad

Just one CF?

U21 Euros in Slovakia too

Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!

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Adam, Rey, Andrew & Michael are here to chat about the return of Spring football in Ukraine. 4 and a bit matchday's into the second half of the season and so much has gone down so far. The transfer window has just closed too. Topics to chat about aplenty.

THE LEAGUE:

The Relegation race – the most exciting part of the table at this stage

LNZ – disappointment of the season?

Kryvbas and the problems of playing and living in Kryvyi Rih

Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko gate

THE CUP:

Bukovyna through to semi finals

However… they will NOT be able to play their match in Chernivtsi

Is this fair?

Proposed Ukrainian Cup changes 

INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS:

The less said about Belgium the better...

A fallow summer ahead of our national teams despite U21 Euros and Canadian Shield 

New Stepanov controversy has turned into Wars of the Bloggers?

Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!

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Adam, Rey, Andrew & Michael are here to chat about the return of Spring football in Ukraine. 4 and a bit matchday's into the second half of the season and so much has gone down so far. The transfer window has just closed too. Topics to chat about aplenty.

THE UPL IS BACK:

Veres rebirth – revelation of 2025 thus far!

Polissya - is Ashur the right guy?

Will Mr Kolos save Kolos?

LNZ under Hryhorchuk – Jewison and Makouna in – other wingers struggling

Kryvbas fall off 

Liviy Bereh are the  succesful Kolos of old?! 

Is the UPL TOO big? Do we need 16 teams?

Or do we need to return to a 12 / 10 team league? 

Persha / Druha liha format need changing to accommodate this?

*Here's the explainer vid on Argentina's football system*

THE TWO HORSE RACE?

Dynamo contract extensions - Deja vu?

Is their title charge falling at the way side?

Shakhtar have fallen off despite over €30M spent

Nazaryna renaissance 

Oleksandriya are the most consistent side in the UPL this season

Can they somehow take gold? Surely not 

INTERNATIONAL BREAK COMING UP

Ukraine v Belgium – build up

Notable omissions

Is there a GK dilemma? 

Yarmolenko recalled

5 at the back the likely setup?

NO Brazhko-ish

U21 to train with senior side before foreign players arrive

Expectations for these two games? Prepare for WCQ or aim for League A?

Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!

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Adam, Rey, Andrew & Michael sit down to analyse the transfer window thus far. It's closed in Western Europe but remains open in Ukraine, Turkey, MLS and elsewhere. All the moves that have occurred and the ones that didn't materialise are all on the agenda this episode!

The 'BIG TWO' windows:

Brazhko to Wolves... full dissection 

Deja Vu all over again?

Nazar Voloshyn interest

Dyachuk's Real Zaragoza loan derailed late on

Shaparenko stays again...

Turkey get their Shakhtar targets

Kaua Elias from Fluminense IN

Diego Arroyo from Bolivia too

Have Ukrainian clubs accepted the new realities yet???

Is rejecting these moves a la Brazhko wise?

THE OTHERS:

Kalyuzhnyi off to Metalist 1925 in the summer 

Kryvbas making sales to Libya?

Karpaty with big incomings

Polissya sack their Vice President

Smolyakov leaves, Nazarenko stays put

Inhulets' stadium update

THE BOYS OUT WEST:

Synchuk to Montreal - for 4.5M?!

Zinchenko stays put for now

Maxi Talovyerov in Devon - The Plymouth Alure

Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!

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Adam, Rey, Andrew & Michael start off 2025 with a new episode rounding off recent transfer news and expectations for the upcoming year!

The full group reconvene to discuss:

THE EUROPEAN HOPEFULS

The Krupskyi saga has come to an end (sort of)

Power shift change for Shakhtar - have they lost their pull?

How do Metalist 1925 have the power to do this?

New CF needed

Kelsy and Sikan on way out

Dynamo's trialists and exits – Shep and Andriyevskyi

Winter training camps 

Any expectations from either in Europe?

 

THE LVIV MERGER, POLISSYA SURGE & LNZ RENAISSANCE

Rukh & Karpaty - What is going on?

4 big signings for Kapraty from Rukh

Polissya & the Makouana passport scandal 

Fun window so far though - Batista looks exciting

 

Kalyuzhnyi has Plymouth interest?

Hryhorchuk in LNZ hot seat - Can he succeed now he has 'perfect' conditions as manager?

What's with the UPL's new Balkan transfer vector?

Are new agencies entering the Ukrainian market? Have ProStar got competition?

COWS AND COMEBACKS

What have Cow Cells got to do with Mudryk?

Tsyhankov back from injury

Dovbyk back scoring

Even Yaremchuk amongst it

Spain for Ukraine's home game?

Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!

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