The Jelgava Sentinel
Squad3 May 2027
Roberts Bulvitis breaks a bone — 81 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 81 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings3 May 2027
No sign of nerves from Eduards Laizans at 21 — 7.99
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Eduards Laizans did not need any: 7.99, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad3 May 2027
Tempers go at Jelgava
Roberts Bulvitis 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.
Match1 May 2027
Timi Ogunniyi sends Jelgava past Metta/LU
It finished 3‑1, and it was Timi Ogunniyi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Jelgava.
Squad3 May 2027
Words at Jelgava training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Raivis Gabovs 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.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Nobody could get near Eduards Stolcers
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Timi Ogunniyi in the eights
A performance of 8.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad3 May 2027
Eduards Laizans named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Eduards Laizans is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Market3 May 2027
Still no ink between Jelgava and Guilherme Queda
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Jelgava, another week without a signature from Guilherme Queda.
In brief
- Loan watch Marcis Vanins keeps scoring at Skonto
- Market The shop window has Nikita Jurkovskis in it
- Player ratings Igors Bulvitis ran the game