The Siauliai Gazette
Match20 Mar 2027
Nobody wants to play Siauliai right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Arvydas Mikoliunas 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 Siauliai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Modestas Vaitkunas is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
Siauliai supporters have found a favourite in Ignas Eliosius
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ignas Eliosius has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Martin Torp 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.
Match20 Mar 2027
Siauliai get the job done against Kauno Zalgiris
A 1‑0 win over Kauno Zalgiris, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
The afternoon belonged to Ignas Eliosius
A mark of 7.74, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Ignas Simkus signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ignas Simkus and Siauliai agree another 3 years.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Arnas Dapkus never got going
5.67 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Arnas Sernas
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Modestas Vaitkunas