The Jelgava Sentinel
Squad10 May 2027
Arturs Ikaunieks keeps Jelgava in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market10 May 2027
Only the photograph left for Davis Vanins
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Davis Vanins will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Jelgava the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad10 May 2027
Vladimirs Jagodinskis out for 37 days
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Vladimirs Jagodinskis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 May 2027
Words exchanged at Jelgava
Arturs Ikaunieks 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.
Match8 May 2027
A bad afternoon for Jelgava against Ventspils
1‑3 to Ventspils, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 May 2027
Gatis Laizans stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gatis Laizans and Jelgava agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout10 May 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Raivis Fertovs to a room that had heard them before.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Nobody could get near Davis Vanins
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout10 May 2027
Gatis Laizans 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 Jelgava, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Nikita Gabovs plays
- Match Jelgava in the hunt for Europe
- The dugout A door opens for Aidas Klimavicius