The Stumbras Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Rokas Simkus puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Stumbras, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Stumbras
Marius Klimavicius and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market31 Aug 2026
Darius Klimavicius attracts admirers
The name of Darius Klimavicius has come up in conversations Stumbras were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Fiodor Cernych 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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
When it matters, Darius Klimavicius plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Arnas Vaitkunas 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.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Mantas Vaitkunas on the training pitch
- The dugout The manager comes out for Vikintas Dubickas
- Squad Donatas Lasickas back in training