The Rudes Chronicle
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Rudes
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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Dominik Čeko asks to leave Rudes
“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 Aug 2026
Vedran Celjak 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 Rudes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Aug 2026
Business is business: Lenny Ilečić goes
Slaven Belupo paid $360.0K and Rudes took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Rudes against Zadar
2‑3 to Zadar, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kristijan Lovrić falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Dominik Mulac
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Vedran Celjak dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Market31 Aug 2026
Frane Barbić is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Rudes has been clear about where Frane Barbić stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Player ratings The chances came and went for Adiele Eriugo
- Market Diego Farías joins Rudes to strengthen the squad
- Player ratings An afternoon Ivan Cvetko will want back