Darius Simkus

Striker - Atlantas
3 Apr 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Darius Simkus

20 Edition

The Atlantas Herald

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Esin Hakaj in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlantas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Questions about Mantas Eliosius on the training pitch

The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.

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Darius Simkus keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Darius Simkus plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Atlantas Herald

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lukas Jankauskas is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Atlantas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Atlantas

Esin Hakaj 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.

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Darius Simkus 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 Atlantas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

1 Edition

The Atlantas Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Modestas Eliosius asks to leave Atlantas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Donatas Vaitkunas in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlantas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Saulius Vaitkunas 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.

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Donatas Vaitkunas 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 Atlantas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Vykintas Dapkus is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Atlantas has been clear about where Vykintas Dapkus stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Talks stall between Atlantas and Lukas Jankauskas

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief