The Utenis Chronicle
Squad29 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Utenis
Andrius Girdvainis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Coby Ebere 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Dusan Simic 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 Mar 2027
The Deividas Eliosius story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Deividas Eliosius signs something — a contract at Utenis or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Filip Bakowski is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
Home comforts ahead for Utenis
Stumbras, position 7, come to town on Saturday. Nobody will call it a big game and nobody at the club will be treating it as anything else.
In brief
- Squad Andre Sousa is out on the grass again
- Loan watch Arnas Simkus is watching from the bench at Siauliai