The Leiknir Post
Squad23 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Leiknir
Ólafur Íshólm Ólafsson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Leiknir
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hólmar Kári Tryggvason was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Arnór Daði Aðalsteinsson gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Arnór Daði Aðalsteinsson is on it.
Market23 Apr 2029
The Đorđe Vladisavljević story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Đorđe Vladisavljević signs something — a contract at Leiknir or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad23 Apr 2029
The training reports on Óskar Jónsson are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
Boardroom23 Apr 2029
The Leiknir academy earns its keep
26 graduates, from a department now rated 7 out of 20. Nothing about the academy appears in a result, and nothing about the club’s future exists without it.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Árni Elvar Árnason
- Squad Welcome back, Rurik Halldorsson