The Siauliai Gazette
Squad16 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Marius Mikoliunas
28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Siauliai lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market16 Aug 2027
Saulius Paulauskas hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Siauliai
Fiodor Dubickas 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ntokozo Dlamini 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
When it matters, Marko Capan 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Arnas Paulauskas placed on the list
Siauliai have made Arnas Paulauskas available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- Market Marius Kazlauskas leaves for nothing
- Market Edgaras Simkus leaves for nothing