The KR Chronicle
Squad3 May 2027
A fracture rules Michael Akoto out for 36 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KR will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match1 May 2027
Nowhere to hide for KR
0‑4 against Stjarnan, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match1 May 2027
The wait goes on for KR
6 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 dugout3 May 2027
Alexander Helgi Sigurðarson: 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.” KR have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 May 2027
Words exchanged at KR
Arnór Ingvi Traustason 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.
Boardroom3 May 2027
4 academy graduates step up at KR
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market3 May 2027
Aron Gunnarsson steps up from the KR academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aron Gunnarsson 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.
Market3 May 2027
Rurik Gudmundsson steps up from the KR academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rurik Gudmundsson 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.
Market3 May 2027
KR promote Stefan Halldorsson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Halldorsson 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 Vidar Fridjonsson steps up from the KR academy
- Squad A row about effort at KR
- The dugout Finnur Tómas Pálmason gets it from the manager