The Spartaks Post
Squad11 Oct 2027
Deividas Kuklys signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Deividas Kuklys and Spartaks agree another 3 years.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Spartaks
Deividas Kuklys 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.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
Pavels Rugins back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Spartaks has worked with Pavels Rugins before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Spartaks count the cost of losing Kaspars Oss
26 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Home is on Kossi Comlan's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Spartaks are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
No hiding place for Raivis Ciganovs
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raivis Ciganovs, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Eduards Savalnieks has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Raivis Ciganovs is still being punished for one mistake
- Match Spartaks have something to play for