Marked for Gregor Medle
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Steady
Market18 Jan 2027
“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.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” NK Krka may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Everything agreed with Olimpija Ljubljana, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A falling-out at NK Krka
Gregor Medle and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at NK Krka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aleks Stojaković was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
When it matters, Luka Čadež plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Back issues
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at NK Krka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aleks Stojaković was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Dominik Iskrić is the division's best young player this month
At 21 he has spent a month being better than everybody his age in the league, which is a different and harder thing than one good afternoon. NK Krka will try very hard not to make too much of it.
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at NK Krka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Dominik Iskrić named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Dominik Iskrić is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kenan Hadžibegović, and the manager let it.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Dominik Iskrić has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at NK Krka will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at NK Krka
Gregor Medle 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at NK Krka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kostas Lampsias was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Marko Brkić 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 Marko Brkić is on it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Haris Kahvedžić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
Nowhere to hide for NK Krka
0‑3 against NK Domzale, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” NK Krka may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Andraž Lipec 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tom Žurga
“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.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the NK Krka dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at NK Krka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kostas Lampsias 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
No place for Mark Gliha on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at NK Krka pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Matej Tadič is the weekend's best young player
At 19 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
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Crisis
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Darko Marjanović: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” NK Krka have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Gregor Medle 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Aleks Stojaković 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A mistake Luka Čadež will not forget
Goalkeepers do not get to make mistakes; they get to make goals. He made one, he knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Luka Čadež's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market12 Oct 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at NK Krka has been clear about where Darko Marjanović stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Upbeat
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at NK Krka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aleks Stojaković was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Gregor Medle has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Andraž Lipec
“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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Rudar Velenje made NK Krka work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Gregor Medle at his very best
Marked 8.21. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at NK Krka.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market14 Sep 2026
Bruno Župan told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Bruno Župan has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at NK Krka.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and NK Krka will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Vid Ilicic could afford to be generous.