The Breidablik Courier
Squad29 Jan 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Omar Sowe
33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Breidablik lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market29 Jan 2029
Lionel Dahlkvist hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Breidablik can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Breidablik
Anton Logi Lúðvíksson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad29 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Breidablik
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kristinn Jónsson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Anton Logi Lúðvíksson gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Anton Logi Lúðvíksson is on it.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Viggo Andersson gets it from the manager
“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.
Market29 Jan 2029
Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson linked with a move away
The name of Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Breidablik say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Leon Oroz asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
Breidablik keep producing them
31 graduates from an academy now rated 11 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Viktor Karl Einarsson
- Squad Jens Munk takes up the language
- Boardroom The Breidablik board put their names to it