Marked for Anton Finell
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Rudi Vikström, 20, steals the show — 7.87
Marked 7.87 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
The deal with VPS is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Linus Zetterström 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joonas Kekarainen 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
FF Jaro asked and Defensores Unidos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match24 Jul 2027
FF Jaro come up short against HJK
HJK left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Vidjeskog, and the manager let it.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Anton Finell, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Back issues
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Steady
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Kaius Hardén: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” FF Jaro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joonas Kekarainen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad28 Dec 2026
74 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Vidjeskog, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FF Jaro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
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Steady
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” FF Jaro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A falling-out at FF Jaro
Linus Zetterström and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joonas Kekarainen 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.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexander Milošević 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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Kaius Hardén 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.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
Adam Vidjeskog has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Linus Zetterström 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexander Milošević was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Adam Vidjeskog
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The manager makes Kaius Hardén a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FF Jaro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market28 Sep 2026
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what FF Jaro could get for him.
Market28 Sep 2026
The name of Michael Ogungbaro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. FF Jaro say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Johan Brunell knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FF Jaro, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.