The Stumbras Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Stumbras
Vukašin Jelić 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Stumbras training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aliou Dembélé 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
Vukašin Jelić is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Andrius Satkus
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrius Satkus, and the manager let it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Tomas Satkus has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Stumbras will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Yefim Putin knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stumbras, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Lessons booked for Aliou Dembélé at Stumbras
- Squad Darius Simkus is fit again