The Dubočica Herald
Squad29 Mar 2027
Matt Macey 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Luka Janković 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Viktor Živojinović asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Srđan Kočić 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 Srđan Kočić is on it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Questions about Luka Janković on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The penny has dropped for Veljko Jocić
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Dubočica the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Filip Halabrin
- Squad Lessons booked for Harry Byrne at Dubočica