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Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Dmitry Stotskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Siauliai
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nemanja Subotić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Siauliai are still strangers to each other
7 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Kacper Jureczko arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Kacper Jureczko has, at Siauliai, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Siauliai
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Martin Šindelář was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Odah Marshall and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nemanja Subotić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market14 Dec 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Siauliai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Martin Šindelář and Siauliai agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Siauliai
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nemanja Ilić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Mihajlo Savanović falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market30 Nov 2026
A stepping stone, not a home, for Martin Šindelář
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Siauliai were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Siauliai
Dāvis Ikaunieks 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Killyan Arragain commits to Siauliai for another 3 years.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sigitas Olberkis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
A move Killyan Arragain would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Killyan Arragain is living that version at Siauliai, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Miloš Ostojić 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Killyan Arragain and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Siauliai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mihajlo Savanović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market9 Nov 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Donatas Kazlauskas 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.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
Enzo Monchatre arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Enzo Monchatre has, at Siauliai, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Enzo Monchatre and Siauliai agree another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
Karolis Lasickas 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sigitas Olberkis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
Miloš Ostojić 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Siauliai is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mihajlo Savanović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Siauliai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sèbastien De Maio and Siauliai agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Dušan Brković
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Siauliai
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mihajlo Savanović was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Dušan Brković knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Dušan Brković trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
Dmitry Stotskiy 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Siauliai
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sigitas Olberkis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad21 Sep 2026
24 new faces, and Siauliai are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Karolis Lasickas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sigitas Olberkis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Dušan Brković's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 32 signed and 0 gone
That is the business done at Siauliai until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Siauliai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Trakai have kept their man, and Siauliai go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
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Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Siauliai asked and Stumbras said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Serif Berbic, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sigitas Olberkis falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Aug 2026
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Siauliai know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Siauliai would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
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Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Dmitry Stotskiy for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Siauliai will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Odah Marshall and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sigitas Olberkis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put Siauliai out
Out, 1‑2 to Trakai, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Luka Bubanja beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Siauliai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Siauliai asked and Tammeka said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mihajlo Savanović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Miloš Ostojić
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luka Bubanja commits to Siauliai for another 4 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Aleksandar Janković has, at Siauliai, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Everything agreed with Stumbras, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Siauliai
Miloš Ostojić 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Aleksandar Janković and Siauliai agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Miljan Ljubenović falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dāvis Ikaunieks and Siauliai agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Sigitas Olberkis is a Siauliai player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Siauliai
Dmitry Stotskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market3 Aug 2026
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Siauliai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sigitas Olberkis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad3 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Dániel Farkas
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Siauliai will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Kauno Zalgiris have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.