The Rudes Chronicle
Match21 Nov 2026
The wait goes on for Rudes
5 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.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Allyson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Rudes
Dominik Mulac and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Rudes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kristijan Lovrić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Half-satisfied: Bojan Rebic on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Grzegorz Piatek 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 Grzegorz Piatek trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Adiele Eriugo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adiele Eriugo, and the manager let it.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The plan did not have a place for Stefan Vukić
Nobody at Rudes is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Match21 Nov 2026
Rudes and Lucko cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Lucko came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for Grzegorz Piatek
- Squad A wage question at Rudes
- Match Continental football is in reach for Rudes