The HNK Gorica Herald
Squad26 Nov 2029
Words exchanged at HNK Gorica
Jurica Pršir 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.
Squad26 Nov 2029
A row about effort at HNK Gorica
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bruno Bogojević was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Bartol Kardum signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bartol Kardum commits to HNK Gorica for another 4 years.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
Medin Gashi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
Davor Matijaš gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Davor Matijaš is on it.
Market26 Nov 2029
Patrik Mijić linked with a move away
The name of Patrik Mijić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
Market26 Nov 2029
The clock does Alen Jurilj’s negotiating for him
1 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee HNK Gorica could ask drops and the wages Alen Jurilj can ask rise.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Medin Gashi wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and HNK Gorica will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
Kerr Smith 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 Kerr Smith trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout Josip Baturina has been promised minutes
- Market The shop window has Leon Špoljarić in it
- Boardroom HNK Gorica keep producing them