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

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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?


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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?

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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

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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?


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Andrew & Michael Jaworskyj  were expecting to round off the year and the start of the winter break in slightly more low key fashion until this week's news came along...

The pair talk:

MUDRYK POSITIVE DOPING TEST
What we know
What is Meldonium?
Sabotage accusations
Lie detectors

Chelsea, Maresca and Mudryk on the case thus far
Unprecedented times?

Mudryk's timeline since joining Chelsea
UKRAINE IN 2025
Ukraine WCQ draw
France/Croatia + Iceland + Azerbaijan 
Without Mudryk potentially - how does Rebrov adapt?
LW options? 

Is a 5-3-2 permanent switch up viable?

Zabarnyi's sensational form
EUROPEAN DESPAIR & UPL DISCUSSION
UCL/UEL Disasters…
How can any big price tags really be justified right now if performances in Europe are so damn awful?
Pusic to stay because who else realistically is there?
Hryhorchuk - Carrasco's successor at LNZ

Chornomorets – transfer ban for outstanding debts
Vorskla clear out

Krupskyi to MLS latest…

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Adam, Andrew, Rey and Mike are here to chat away about the past month's developments in Ukrainian football as Shakhtar allow leads to slip, Dynamo going pointless and Rebrov's National Team making the Play Offs.

Michael Jaworskyj is a co-host of new football podcast Futbol Kultura which focuses on football culture in the wider Eastern European space.

The guys focus:

UKRAINE NT
Zbrina - the year that was 2024
Is it really one of the worst all round in recent memory?
Out with the old, in with the new 
Belgium again ole ole
Stepanov focus after Leverkusen UCL debut

DFB are lurking too
EUROPE
Is it time for Pusic out?
He himself was questioning his future in the Dutch press
Losing to PSV in such a manner...
Chances of KO rounds seem unlikely?
Dynamo in Europe - just not good enough
Do both sides need to drop into competition below?
Shaparenko giving Tsyhankov vibes of his last 18 months?
REST OF THE UPL
Polissya without a win in 7 UPL games
Kryvbas on the charge
LNZ 3 losses in a row - Carrasco exit imminent?
Inhulets no longer the last winless side after beating Vorskla.. what is going on there?
Krupskyi to MLS rumours – would that be a good move all round? - A big debate!

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Adam, Andrew and Rey reconvene to discuss the recent big fixtures in Ukrainian club football's busy calendar! The Klasychne, The Cup's Round of 16 and improved European performances are all on the agenda!

Michael Jaworskyj returns for a B2B appearance to add some analysis on the derby, some of the under represented UPL sides and the National Team. Mike is a co-host of new football podcast Futbol Kultura which focuses on football culture in the wider Eastern European space.

The guys chat:

Ballon D’or 
Dovbyk's achievement of making the top 30 shortlist
Klasychne
Was Dynamo's resting of players in Europe justified in hindsight post Clasico?
Dynamo's expanding injury list 

Bilovar linked with Cardiff and Viktoria Plzen?
Shakhtar - the better side but undone by a silly red 
Riznyk showing good signs in Europe
Brazilians – are any of them any good?
Sudakov - a move must happen ASAP
Upcoming UCL games must be won
Are Zabarnyi comparisons way too early for Mykhavko?
Five at the back and anti football is the way forward given new realities?
UPL
Oleksandriya still trundling on near the top
 
Big game this weekend v Polissya
Kryvbas on their way back?
Zorya doing not bad under Mladen

More player contract issues though... 

The 'Lviv' Derbies
Makysmov is back at Vorskla 
Ukrainian Cup run through 
National Team and Boys abroad
Georgia and Czechia review

Mudryk much improved this season all round
Does motivation improve for players knowing their positions are under threat?
Geo and Albania next

WCQ system outlined...

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Adam, Andrew and Rey return to mull over a very depressing month of Ukrainian football. Are such results and performances the new normal? What's the solution? Is it simply just acceptance?

This week, regular football travel companion Michael Jaworskyj joins the guys to offer his takes on some of the rather underwhelming performances he's seen on TV and live in the flesh. Mike has recently co-launched a new football podcast of his own called Futbol Kultura which focuses on football culture in the wider Eastern European space.

The guys chat:

EUROPE
Dynamo's poor start and defensive problems
What is being dead on their feet down to? 

The inability to adapt to differences between weakness of UPL and that of Europa
 
Predictability

Is Vanat the CF Dynamo truly need in European competition?
Shakhtar with their own issues at both sides of the pitch... 

Zero in attack, inconsistent in defence
Are Pusic’s days numbered?

Pusic's dislike of statistics

Bad recruitment? 
UPL
Oleksandriya continuing their unbeaten start
Hutsulyak, Nazarenko - the new wave Yarmolenko and Konoplyanka
Shakhtar way off Dynamo already…
Kryvbas - are they one season wonders?
Obolon and their new manager

Persha and Druha recap too 
THE NATIONAL TEAM
Ukraine…
Opponents are high flying Georgia and Czechia (both at home – Poznan and Wroclaw)
Sydorchuk and Yarmolenko left out
Is it the right decision?
Is Yarmo's influence in dressing room that essential?
So many injuries...

Will new leaders stand up and ask to be counted?
How will Rebrov approach these matches?

Preparing for WCQ or the NL at hand?


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Adam, Andrew and Rey mull over the recent happenings in Ukrainian football. They analyse the opening few match days of the new UPL season, look ahead to new UEFA competitions formats and try to gauge expectations going into Rebrov's first Nations League campaign in charge!

This week, legendary commentator Dmytro Dzhulai joins the trio to provide some positive insight on his beloved Dynamo and the national team structure from top to toe!

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The guys chat:

UCL/UEL

The UEFA competition draws!
How will both do in their respective "League phases"?

How will the annual winter break impact the January European fixtures?
UPL
Oleksandriya – TOP of the UPL after 4 games?! 

Nazarenko leading scoring charts with Polissya!
The future is - Rukh!
Obolon ROCK bottom!

Kolos not doing well at all under Pozdeyev... 
NATIONAL TEAM
Squad not much different from Euros
Why are Stepanenko, Sydorchuk, Yarmolenko still being called up?
Kabayev's first call up
How will Ukraine do v Albania and Czechia?
Adidas kit delays

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Adam, Andrew and Rey have rested up over the past month to bring you a packed new episode dedicated to the start of the new UPL season! Football never truly ends EVER so there's plenty to discuss from the U19 Euros, Olympics, clubs' demise, transfers and team breakdowns!

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The guys chat:

The Top

The end of Dnipro-1 and good riddance?

Waste of a European spot...
Dynamo on the rise?!

Was it just Partizan or is there a change in the air?
Rangers in the UCL
Shakhtar - All orange start to the season!
Kryvbas in UEL action against Viktoria Plzen
Repeat of a top 3?
Polissya already OUT of conference league and all new everything

Rukh and Krasnopir 
Mid Table
LNZ and their ex Barcelona manager

Kolos' defensive liabilities outweighing new signings upfield?
Zorya not making same mistakes after terrible start last season
Vorskla's kit controversy with Sporting 
Old dogs at Oleksandriya and Rotan's undivided attention
Relegation  
Veres - Stepanyuk's homecoming
Obolon - can they stay up again?
The New Boys:
Inhulets have Vasyl Kobin in charge
Karpaty and Rey's love in with Lupashko
Liviy Bereh's debut UPL promotion on short notice  
Miscellaneous in Europe
Dovbyk is a Giallorossi
Yaremchuk's move to Athens (Piraeus)
Batahov on verge of Trabzonspor
U19 squad have suitors in England and elsewhere 


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