The Rudes Chronicle
Match7 Sep 2026
Rudes refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 13 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ivor Ribar 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Rudes close the window on a squad of their own making
12 in and 8 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Rudes
Vedran Celjak was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Amor Layouni
Rudes asked and AEK said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Rudes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felipe Curcio is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A month that belonged to Adiele Eriugo
The young player of the month award goes to a 20-year-old at Rudes who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Felipe Curcio
“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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Jurica Poldrugač beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Squad Stefan Vukić named player of the month
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Filip Taraba
- Market Rudes buy the years ahead of Edoardo Cavaliere