From our football correspondent
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Market1 Jan 2030
“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.
Market1 Jan 2030
Only the photograph left for Borna Cik
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Borna Cik will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sesvete the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Jan 2030
Sorin Ziane is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Cibalia has been clear about where Sorin Ziane stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
Tin Pasalic tops the scoring charts
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 3 appearances for Dugopolje.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
Player of the month: Antonio Kuš — 8.07
Everybody in the division was measured and a HNK Vukovar 1991 man came out on top: 8.07 across the month and 4 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Dugopolje
Andreas Llana was marked 6.91 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Dec 2029
“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 The request is on a desk at Sesvete, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Dec 2029
Only the photograph left for Tin Pasalic
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Tin Pasalic will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Dugopolje the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
Nobody made more than Josh Keyes this month
3 assists, 7.57, and a Lucko player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
Best marks in the division for Ivan Delić — 8.70
8.70 on average across 2 matches for Dugopolje. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
2 in 2 for Dugopolje. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
3 in 3 for Rudes. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
Sven Šunta keeps the pressure on
2 goals in 3 appearances for Lucko leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2029
3 goals in 3 appearances for HNK Vukovar 1991 leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Dec 2029
The Toni Španja story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Toni Španja signs something — a contract at Sibenik or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
Adiele Eriugo is the division’s leading scorer
7 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Rudes have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
Adiele Eriugo is the division's player of the month — 8.50
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Rudes man on 8.50 with 8 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
Sime Grbic is the month's best young player — 7.40
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.40 over the month and 7 goal contributions, from a Sibenik player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Nov 2029
Antonio Kuš 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
Sime Grbic leads the division for assists — 7.40
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 7 of them made by a Sibenik player marked 7.40, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Nov 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Segesta is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
Adiele Eriugo is the division's best-marked player — 8.50
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.50 across 4 matches for Rudes.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
6 goals in 4 appearances for Sibenik, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
A productive month at Hrvatski Dragovoljac — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
A productive month at Lucko — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
3 in 3 for Cibalia. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Market1 Nov 2029
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Domagoj Đurković has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Rudes.
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
6 goals in 5 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Segesta have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Marked 7.81 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Segesta have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Young player of the month: Tomislav Bilic — 7.63
7.63 across the month and 6 goal contributions from a Cibalia player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Oct 2029
“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.
Market1 Oct 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody made more than Ronnie Stutter this month
4 assists, 7.81, and a Segesta player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Oct 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HNK Vukovar 1991 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Vlatko Martinović is the division's best-marked player — 7.98
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.98 across 5 matches for Segesta.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
3 goals in 5 appearances for Segesta leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
4 in 3 for Cibalia. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
4 goals in 5 appearances for Sibenik leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
6 goals in 5 appearances for Lucko leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
From our football correspondent
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Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 6 goals in 4 appearances for Rudes.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Adiele Eriugo is the division's player of the month — 8.47
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Rudes man on 8.47 with 8 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Young player of the month: Patrik Horvat — 7.61
7.61 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a Segesta player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Sep 2029
“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 Segesta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Sep 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Sep 2029
Only the photograph left for Owen Hampson
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Owen Hampson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sibenik the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Sep 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Rudes people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Duje Korač leads the division for assists — 7.27
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Rudes player marked 7.27, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Adiele Eriugo is the division's best-marked player — 8.47
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.47 across 4 matches for Rudes.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Toni Kolega up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Sibenik — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
2 in 4 for Segesta. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Nobody scored more than Mateo Bačić
The month closes with Mateo Bačić out in front — 5 goals in 2 games, and Sibenik have the division's most feared finisher.
Market1 Aug 2029
Terms done: Sven Šunta is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and BATE waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Lucko is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Hrvoje Pjaca was marked 7.28 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Aug 2029
The bid was some way short and Sibenik did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Aug 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dugopolje is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
The division’s top provider is Jakov-Anton Vasilj — 7.71
2 assists across the month from a Hrvatski Dragovoljac player marked 7.71. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Aug 2029
“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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Best marks in the division for Mateo Bačić — 9.34
9.34 on average across 2 matches for Sibenik. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Ivan Delić keeps the pressure on
3 goals in 2 appearances for Dugopolje leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
2 in 2 for HNK Vukovar 1991. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Xavi is right behind him
2 goals in 2 appearances for Rudes, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Sime Vlasic up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Lucko — 2 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
From our football correspondent
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Market1 Jul 2029
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market1 Jul 2029
“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 Rudes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jul 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hrvatski Dragovoljac is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jun 2029
“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.
Market1 Jun 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rudes is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Jun 2029
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Matija Ruškovački has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sesvete.
From our football correspondent
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Market1 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sesvete is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 May 2029
Jan Adžić 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 Dugopolje can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 May 2029
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sibenik, another week without a signature from Mateo Bačić.
From our football correspondent
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Market1 Apr 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Slaven Belupo people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market1 Apr 2029
Patrik Horvat 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 Segesta can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sibenik is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Mar 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Slaven Belupo people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market1 Mar 2029
The offer from HNK Gorica for Marko Dabro 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.
Market1 Mar 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dugopolje is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
From our football correspondent
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Market1 Feb 2029
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Lokomotiva Zagreb waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Sesvete is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market1 Feb 2029
“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 Sibenik, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2029
The bid was some way short and Slaven Belupo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.