The Atlantas Herald
Match4 Mar 2028
The wait goes on for Atlantas
17 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Andrius Girdvainis: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Atlantas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Marius Vaitkunas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marius Vaitkunas and Atlantas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Atlantas
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market6 Mar 2028
Arnas Jankauskas steps up from the Atlantas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arnas Jankauskas has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Marius Cernych joins the Atlantas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marius Cernych is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Mar 2028
Mantas Klimavicius steps up from the Atlantas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mantas Klimavicius has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Arvydas Simkus joins the Atlantas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arvydas Simkus is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Atlantas board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- Squad Solal Moraga in a row with a teammate
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Evgeni Myasnikov
- Match Atlantas and Siauliai take a point apiece