Climbing Jacob's Ladder (formerly Magnifying Glacis)

Think I need a lie down after this game. Dominated the game but our 'keeper had an absolute mare, so much so he managed to score an own goal! Game balance definitely shifted in spells but apart from that, extremely impressive performance from us.

Took the previous champions, Suduva down a peg. Vanegas is filling the void of Zakharov so far.



Steady start with no scratches, but the most surprising thing is seeing Zalgiris lying bottom of the league.

First defeat of the season, thoroughly deserved win for Trakai. Failed to take care of danger men Róbson & Juniór and were duly punished.

Through to the Lithuanian cup final. End to end stuff, but clocking up the away goals meant we were always in control of the tie. Siauliai in the final.

If they play like this in the cup final, should be easy pickings. Stankevicius been in scintillating form of late.

A headline that only tells half of the story. Ilievski had a day to remember for all the wrong reasons; finally scores a goal for us, fifteen minutes later he misses a penalty for us and the pièce de résistance ends up with a potential career ending injury. Not to mention two other injuries for a total of three during the game. Aleksandravicius scoring an unintentional cross-cum-shot before Stesko popped the cherry on top. Mad, mad game.







Physios have their hands full.

You are doing fine with Atlantas for now.I don't know much about that club but they played with the Bulgarian Beroe Stara Zagora in the Europa League qualifications this year watched the 2 games then.Good luck Lithuania !

IT ONLY BLOODY WELL HAPPENED AGAIN. Three more injuries adding to the three we already have, turning our physio room into a hospital ward. On top of all that, we didn't even get the three points.

Mantas Stankevicius to the rescue after a hard fought second half display gets us back to winning ways.

Zu-taut-them a lesson. Thunderbastard from the arc of the D.



Cushioning ourselves nicely as we reach the halfway point of the regular season. Zalgiris are nowhere to be seen.

I just loathe Róbson.

First piece of silverware with Atlantas. Jurgelevicius and Zakharov with the decisive goals.

Dropping points as we head into the summer break is not ideal.

Carrying over from the league position from last year, we're entered into the 2030/31 edition of the Europa League. Our opposition in the First Qualifying Phase is Azerbaijani side, Neftçi.

TRANSFERS IN:

With the summer transfer window in full swing, I decided to strengthen key areas with some fresh talent.

Marius Popa - unattached


The Romanian right back will fill in as a backup for Aleksandravicius who is getting jaded, plus not having another option. His pace is what we need for being a decent wing back, however his technicals need a lot of work.

Kirill Rybin - £29k from Krasnodar (fee rising to £75k)


Had my eye on this guy for a bit, but didn't have sufficient funds to match an asking price at the time. This guy may be our answer to a defensive mid: brave, good tackling, excellent passing and maintains his fitness extremely well. The addition of Rybin could complement Suslov's midfield movement perfectly.

Róbson - £20k from Trakai (fee rising to £100k)


Well...if you can't beat 'em, sign their best player. A risky payment to part with, but spread out over 4 years, Róbson is now an Atlantas player. Physically, strong attributes all across the board. Technically lacks, but competent at crossing and dribbling for penetrating that right flank. Miles better than Stesko, Gvildys and Zutautas, hopefully a worthwhile investment.

Well done on getting your first piece of silverware at Atlantas @DNZY.

@Shedender Thanks matey! Hopefully I can tie in the league title too.
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Bitter blow as our only trustworthy striker falls victim to another injury.

Echo Shedenders comments, good to see a trophy won at Atlantis

@Dan What? The underwater city? or Atlantas?
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Don't think we'll have many problems in Azerbaijan. Solid start for newcomers Rybin, Popa plus a debut goal for Róbson.

Strolling to the Second Qualifying Phase.



And it's going to get a whole lot tougher.

Looks like we're out of luck, two away goals for Malmö. Gedgaudas may still have given us a glimmer of hope.

The repercussions of playing Europa League matches. Róbson with his first league goal.

We were obliterated here despite only conceding one. Not a sniff of goal. Notice also how Borislav Valev changed his hair from the first leg.



Zlatan in charge of Sweden too.

Tripping over ourselves a little bit, but Venegas gets an important winner.

Somewhat fortunate as Nevezis kept us on our toes. Kloniunas returning to the scoresheet.

This could be problematic..

Terrible game regardless of the result, which wasn't ideal either.

Foiled by our rivals, good to see Zakharov back in the goals though.

A huge three points, our first win over Trakai that could be a season defying result.

Thought we would get by here with a narrow victory, but Simovic decides to hit us hard, point blank into the bollocks in injury time.



Zakharov, the man made of paper skin. Yet another injury.