The Rudes Chronicle
Match4 Aug 2029
Rudes end the wait against Hrvatski Dragovoljac
It had gone 21 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Player ratings6 Aug 2029
Both of them Adiele Eriugo's — 8.96
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.96, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market6 Aug 2029
Terms done: Frane Barbić is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Lucko waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Rudes is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
David Mejía is a medical away from Rudes
The deal with NK Osijek is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom6 Aug 2029
Mark Shpyra has agreed to leave Rudes for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Market6 Aug 2029
Mark Shpyra has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Rudes they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Karlo Kralj in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rudes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Words at Rudes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vedran Celjak 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.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
Rudes rebuffed over Aidan Harris
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sparta Prague have kept their man, and Rudes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Match Rudes see off Hrvatski Dragovoljac
- The dugout Boris Boric has his say
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Bruno Peinipil