The Stumbras Herald
Squad8 Mar 2027
A fracture rules William Kaastrup out for 50 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Stumbras will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match6 Mar 2027
Chastening afternoon for Stumbras
A 1‑5 beating by Zalgiris was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A one-man rearguard from Saulius Mikoliunas
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Juan Pablo Ramírez
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Saulius Mikoliunas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Saulius Mikoliunas and Stumbras agree another 3 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Stumbras
William Kaastrup 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Stumbras and Zalgiris in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Stumbras
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market8 Mar 2027
Stumbras promote Darius Simkus from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darius Simkus has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Stumbras promote Linas Klimavicius from within
- Market Arnas Slavickas steps up from the Stumbras academy
- Market One of our own: Vikintas Simkus joins the Stumbras first team