The AC Oulu Sentinel
Squad2 Nov 2026
Alex Lietsa falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Sampo Ala-Iso signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sampo Ala-Iso and AC Oulu agree another 2 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Sampo Ala-Iso
“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 dugout2 Nov 2026
Mikko Pitkänen 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
The Rasmus Karjalainen talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AC Oulu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tuomas Kaukua takes the armband
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
In brief
- Squad Somebody is after Tuomas Kaukua’s shirt
- Market AC Oulu and Sampo Ala-Iso are talking past each other
- Market AC Oulu shop where it costs nothing
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Juuso Mäkeläinen