From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom28 Feb 2028
Pressure builds in the Siauliai boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market28 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Siauliai is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad28 Feb 2028
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.
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Squad21 Feb 2028
Edgaras Jankauskas 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 Feb 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Feb 2028
The name of Fiodor Slavickas keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Siauliai say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match14 Feb 2028
Siauliai sink to position 8
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Savely Dzyuba commits to Siauliai for another 3 years.
Market14 Feb 2028
The deal that would have taken Tadas Girdvainis to Utenis has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Siauliai with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad14 Feb 2028
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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bence Pintér, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Arnas Girdvainis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Crisis
Market7 Feb 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tadas Klimavicius 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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Edgaras Satkus, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market7 Feb 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Siauliai will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jakub Burkowski, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom31 Jan 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Siauliai
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market31 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market31 Jan 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market31 Jan 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Siauliai they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Marius 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.
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Crisis
Market24 Jan 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market24 Jan 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Tadas Girdvainis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Siauliai the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Edgaras Jankauskas 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match17 Jan 2028
Siauliai sink to position 8
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market17 Jan 2028
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Jan 2028
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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Siauliai know it.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Bence Pintér gets it from the manager
“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.
Market17 Jan 2028
Utenis are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Siauliai will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Crisis
Squad10 Jan 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Siauliai may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market10 Jan 2028
Siauliai say no — this time
The offer from Suduva for Bence Pintér was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Jan 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market10 Jan 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Siauliai is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 Jan 2028
34 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Edgaras Jankauskas 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
Paulius Lasickas has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Siauliai can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
Pressure builds in the Siauliai boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Edgaras Jankauskas 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Add another name to the list: Suduva have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bence Pintér. The answer from Siauliai has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Jakub Burkowski is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Siauliai has been clear about where Jakub Burkowski stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad27 Dec 2027
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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Ignas Eliosius, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad27 Dec 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jakub Burkowski, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match20 Dec 2027
Every point is an argument now for Siauliai
Position 8 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad20 Dec 2027
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.
Squad20 Dec 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Paulius Jankauskas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Dec 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market13 Dec 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Siauliai is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Paulius Jankauskas, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad6 Dec 2027
Edgaras Jankauskas 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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Savely Dzyuba and Siauliai agree another 3 years.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Edgaras Jankauskas, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad29 Nov 2027
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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Jakub Burkowski
“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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Marius Lasickas asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match22 Nov 2027
Every point is an argument now for Siauliai
Position 8 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Edgaras Jankauskas 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Arnas Girdvainis’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market15 Nov 2027
Only the photograph left for Salem Nader
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Salem Nader will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Siauliai the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
20 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Siauliai are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dariuš Stankevičius, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match25 Oct 2027
Every point is an argument now for Siauliai
Position 8 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
Salem Nader hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Market18 Oct 2027
Salem Nader has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Siauliai they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Bence Pintér gets it from the manager
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Marius Lasickas asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad4 Oct 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tadas Klimavicius and Siauliai agree another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match27 Sep 2027
Every point is an argument now for Siauliai
Position 8 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Karolis Eliosius commits to Siauliai for another 3 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market20 Sep 2027
Salem Nader hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Market20 Sep 2027
Salem Nader has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Siauliai they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Jakub Burkowski
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Arnas Girdvainis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market20 Sep 2027
Siauliai have let the market know Lukas Kazlauskas can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Siauliai says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Edvinas Kuklys asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market13 Sep 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Paulius Dapkus leaves Siauliai the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market13 Sep 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Tomas Kuklys leaves Siauliai the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market6 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market6 Sep 2027
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Utenis moved on, Fiodor Lasickas reports back to Siauliai, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Siauliai know it.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market6 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Siauliai know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match30 Aug 2027
Siauliai sink to position 8
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Market30 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Siauliai have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market30 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Saulius Mikoliunas leaves Siauliai the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market23 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market23 Aug 2027
Only the photograph left for Salem Nader
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Salem Nader will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Siauliai the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jakub Burkowski, and the manager let it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marius Lasickas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market23 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Justas Mikoliunas leaves Siauliai the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market16 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Edgaras Jankauskas 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 Aug 2027
Bence Pintér asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market9 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Siauliai know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Siauliai says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.
Market9 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Donatas Kazlauskas leaves Siauliai the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match2 Aug 2027
Siauliai sink to position 8
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market2 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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 Jul 2027
Tadas Satkus knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
Tadas Kuklys hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Market19 Jul 2027
Stumbras come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Siauliai did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Siauliai are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Market12 Jul 2027
The name of Vykintas Mikoliunas has come up in conversations Siauliai were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Darius Girdvainis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Justas Satkus, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match5 Jul 2027
Siauliai sink to position 8
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market5 Jul 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Jun 2027
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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Jakub Burkowski asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Siauliai have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Marius Lasickas may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dariuš Stankevičius, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match7 Jun 2027
Every point is an argument now for Siauliai
Position 8 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Match5 Jun 2027
The wait goes on for Siauliai
9 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.
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Siauliai have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Savely Dzyuba and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match5 Jun 2027
Trakai left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Andrius Mikoliunas, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings7 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Uneasy
Match29 May 2027
8 matches without a win for Siauliai
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Siauliai are no longer polite ones.
Market31 May 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 May 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Siauliai may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings31 May 2027
A defender's afternoon for Savely Dzyuba
Defensive actions: 25. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad31 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Player ratings31 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 May 2027
“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.
Player ratings31 May 2027
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match29 May 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Stumbras defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Crisis
Market24 May 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 May 2027
No end in sight to Siauliai's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Siauliai has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Match22 May 2027
A bad afternoon for Siauliai against Suduva
0‑1 to Suduva, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marius Lasickas, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings24 May 2027
A mark of 5.23 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
Squad24 May 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Player ratings24 May 2027
A mark of 5.67 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Crisis
Match15 May 2027
The wait goes on for Siauliai
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.
Market17 May 2027
Tadas Kuklys hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad17 May 2027
“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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Marked 8.32 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad17 May 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Siauliai pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Player ratings17 May 2027
4.04 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Squad17 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match10 May 2027
Siauliai sink to position 7
8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market10 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match8 May 2027
No end in sight to Siauliai's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Siauliai has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad10 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad10 May 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Siauliai know it.
Squad10 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus gets it from the manager
“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.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Marked 8.14 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad10 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Match8 May 2027
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Crisis
Market3 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Match1 May 2027
The wait goes on for Siauliai
4 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad3 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Karolis Paulauskas and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match1 May 2027
Utenis left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad3 May 2027
“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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Crisis
Market26 Apr 2027
Bence Pintér hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Match24 Apr 2027
1‑2 to Atlantas, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Karolis Eliosius and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Aidas Dapkus lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Crisis
Market19 Apr 2027
Tadas Satkus hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Arnas Girdvainis commits to Siauliai for another 3 years.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
A performance of 8.24 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Crisis
Match12 Apr 2027
Siauliai sink to position 6
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market12 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Match10 Apr 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marius Lasickas, and the manager let it.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Match31 Mar 2027
The cup run ends for Siauliai
1‑1 against Trakai, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market5 Apr 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Aidas Dapkus in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
He will be fined, he will apologise, and he will play on Saturday. The order of those three tells you everything about what a football club actually values.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match3 Apr 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Karolis Paulauskas’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Siauliai.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Aidas Dapkus gets it from the manager
“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.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Marked 8.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
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Uneasy
Market29 Mar 2027
Bence Pintér hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Bence Pintér 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.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jakub Burkowski, and the manager let it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Justas Paulauskas and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Aidas Dapkus asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Market22 Mar 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Match20 Mar 2027
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.73, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fiodor Slavickas, and the manager let it.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Marked 8.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Bence Pintér asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Crisis
Squad15 Mar 2027
Aidas Dapkus 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Siauliai know it.
Match13 Mar 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tadas Klimavicius and Siauliai agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Atlantas made Siauliai work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bence Pintér, and the manager let it.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Marked 8.45 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
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Uneasy
Market1 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Siauliai are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Bence Pintér 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.
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Uneasy
Market22 Feb 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Feb 2027
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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Paulius Jankauskas and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
Bence Pintér 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Paulius Dapkus, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
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
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Darius Girdvainis and Siauliai agree another 3 years.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Edgaras Jankauskas and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad1 Feb 2027
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.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jan 2027
$620.0K — a new record at Siauliai
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Bence Pintér: 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.” Siauliai have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market25 Jan 2027
Tadas Satkus hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
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Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
The fee is $29.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Atlantas drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market18 Jan 2027
The fee is $11.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Utenis drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Bence Pintér 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Stumbras are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Siauliai will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market18 Jan 2027
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Bence Pintér has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Bence Pintér keeps the shirt for now, at Siauliai's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tomas Kuklys: 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.” Siauliai have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tadas Klimavicius 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Siauliai has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jan 2027
Stumbras come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Siauliai did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Bence Pintér 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Paulius Dapkus
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Voices raised on the Siauliai training ground
Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Bence Pintér gets it from the manager
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad21 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Darius Jankauskas has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Tadas Klimavicius’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Siauliai will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
Bence Pintér 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Savely Dzyuba and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Another 5 days, and a comeback that has now been promised more than once. Nobody in the medical room is putting a fresh date in writing.
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Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad30 Nov 2026
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tadas Klimavicius 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.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Bence Pintér 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Paulius Dapkus plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tadas Satkus is out on the grass again
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Siauliai will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tomas Kuklys asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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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
Tomas Kuklys asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Justas Novikovas plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Market2 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad2 Nov 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.
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Squad26 Oct 2026
Bence Pintér 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
Tomas Kuklys 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 Tomas Kuklys trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market26 Oct 2026
Siauliai have made Tadas Satkus available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Squad19 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Darius Girdvainis commits to Siauliai for another 3 years.
Market19 Oct 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Karolis Paulauskas signs something — a contract at Siauliai or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Squad12 Oct 2026
Bence Pintér 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The penny has dropped for Bence Pintér
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Siauliai the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
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Market5 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Justas Novikovas, and the manager let it.
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Squad28 Sep 2026
Paulius Dapkus 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tomas Kuklys, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lukas Novikovas and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Squad21 Sep 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Paulius Dapkus
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tomas Kuklys 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 Tomas Kuklys trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Market14 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bence Pintér 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
Siauliai spent the window trying to move Tomas Kuklys on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tomas Kuklys 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 Tomas Kuklys trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Market7 Sep 2026
Tadas Satkus hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Add another name to the list: Stumbras have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Darius Girdvainis. The answer from Siauliai has not changed — yet.
Market7 Sep 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Siauliai will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Tomas Kuklys. Siauliai will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad7 Sep 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.
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Market31 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Bence Pintér 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tomas Jankauskas and Siauliai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Siauliai
0‑0 against Zalgiris, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Tomas Kuklys
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Siauliai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Bence Pintér in a row with a teammate
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Bence Pintér
“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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Savely Dzyuba
Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Squad17 Aug 2026
Tomas Kuklys decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Siauliai
A 1‑1 win over Trakai, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Paulius Dapkus
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Squad17 Aug 2026
21 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
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Market10 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bence Pintér and Siauliai agree another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bence Pintér 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.
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Market3 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Siauliai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tadas Kuklys 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Siauliai, and both men came out saying it was fine.