Comments on: Orange Clockwork: the steady rise of Shakhtar Donetsk http://backpagefootball.com/orange-clockwork-the-steady-rise-of-shakhtar-donetsk/14803/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sam http://backpagefootball.com/orange-clockwork-the-steady-rise-of-shakhtar-donetsk/14803/comment-page-1/#comment-28164 Sam Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:35:30 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=14803#comment-28164 My one probably with Ukrainian football is that the league generates no prize money meaning the only way to make profits over the course of a season is by doing well in Europe. However, past Shakhtar, Dnipro, Dynimo Kiev & Metalist it’s tough for another team to try and compete. Shakhtar are just a team who consistency did well in europe in order to spend.

]]> By: Chris Glover http://backpagefootball.com/orange-clockwork-the-steady-rise-of-shakhtar-donetsk/14803/comment-page-1/#comment-26963 Chris Glover Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:42:01 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=14803#comment-26963 I realised as I was writing it that Donetsk was one of the areas of strongest support for Yanukovych but I liked the loose metaphor and stuck with it. I may have to cross Donetsk off my list of holiday destinations for a while though ;)

Totally agree on lack of depth – the issue is attracting top players in their prime or holding onto youngsters for a couple more years.

]]> By: Michael http://backpagefootball.com/orange-clockwork-the-steady-rise-of-shakhtar-donetsk/14803/comment-page-1/#comment-26953 Michael Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:10:12 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=14803#comment-26953 Great stuff, though they wouldn’t like the comparison with Yushchenko in the Donbass ;)
I doubt the lack of depth in Ukrainian football will affect Donetsk (it isn’t, after all, much worse than in Spain) as much as the difficulty in attracting the kind of players you need to win a genuinely elite competition. They do well bringing through young players (five under 21s played in their side against Braga), but you can’t imagine the likes of Fabregas, Ronaldo or Villa turning up there at the peak of their careers.

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