The KR Chronicle
Squad24 Apr 2028
A falling-out at KR
Eiður Gauti Sæbjörnsson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Apr 2028
A row about effort at KR
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabríel Hrannar Eyjólfsson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
No hiding place for Hjalti Sigurðsson
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hjalti Sigurðsson, and the manager let it.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Halldór Snær Georgsson has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at KR 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.
Market24 Apr 2028
The Eiður Gauti Sæbjörnsson story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Eiður Gauti Sæbjörnsson signs something — a contract at KR or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
The manager makes Orri Hrafn Kjartansson a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at KR. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Squad A wage question at KR
- Squad Gylfi Finnbogason is not doing himself any favours
- Boardroom The KR academy earns its keep
- The dugout The manager comes out for Jakob Gunnar Sigurðsson