The Siauliai Gazette
Squad13 Sep 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ignas Novikovas
36 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.
Squad13 Sep 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Vykintas Kazlauskas
“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.
Squad13 Sep 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Siauliai bring in Marius Jankauskas on loan
A season-long audition: Atlantas still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Siauliai's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Market13 Sep 2027
Window shut, Saulius Paulauskas still here
Siauliai spent the window trying to move Saulius Paulauskas on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
In brief
- Market Edgaras Cernych leaves for nothing
- Market Arnas Paulauskas leaves for nothing