The Dugopolje Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Dugopolje
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ante Utrobičić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Door shut on Maxim Kalabus
Dugopolje asked and Mlada Boleslav said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Niko Mandić
“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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Zoran Nižić is still paying for one afternoon at Dugopolje
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Ante Utrobičić makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Tomislav Adolf Tomić 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 Tomislav Adolf Tomić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Josip Bartulić’s loan is measured in nothing happening
8 clean sheets from 22 appearances at Lucko. That is the whole of a goalkeeper’s job done properly, and it is being done a long way from the club that owns him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A season on the outside for Jonan Tan
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Dugopolje has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
A door opens for Anđelo Kordić
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Market Lachlin Lambert leaves for nothing
- Market Marko Bogdan leaves for nothing
- Squad Karl Harry Leban is not doing himself any favours