The Skonto Gazette
The terraces14 Feb 2028
The mood at Skonto has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Abdelhakim Omrani
66 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Skonto lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Skonto
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market14 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Marcis Kamess
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marcis Kamess will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Skonto the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Skonto
Davis Vanins 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
The Spartaks deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Marcis Stolcers reports back to Skonto with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vitalijs Savalnieks 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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A muscle injury sidelines Kaspars Oss for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Skonto will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Loan watch14 Feb 2028
Vladimirs Ciganovs counts the days
“I watch every Skonto game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Daugavpils runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- The dugout Daniels Balodis is still paying for one afternoon at Skonto
- The dugout Davis Vanins has become a man the manager trusts
- Market Skonto and Agu Kenechukwu are talking past each other