The Leiknir Post
Squad11 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ólafur Íshólm Ólafsson
38 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Leiknir lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Bright James wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Leiknir know it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Leiknir
Lucas Vankerkhoven 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Leiknir training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mario 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
A long bet from Leiknir on Jackson Shorrocks
He is 20, and nobody at Leiknir signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market11 Jan 2027
Leiknir sign Fraser Heard, one for the future
Fraser Heard is 19, and Leiknir have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Leiknir on Albert Blackie
- Market Leiknir sign Logan Williams, one for the future