The Rudes Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Allyson out for 89 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rudes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Rudes
Dominik Mulac 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Daniel Bilic steps up from the Rudes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Bilic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Feb 2027
Ivan Juranovic steps up from the Rudes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Juranovic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Feb 2027
Rudes promote Dino Kramaric from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dino Kramaric has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Daniel Kovac joins the Rudes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Kovac is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Rudes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kristijan Lovrić 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 dugout15 Feb 2027
Ante Sušak has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rudes 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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Aleks Bozhev
“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.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Stefan Vukić
- Loan watch 5 clean sheets on loan for Ivan Zaverukha
- Match Rudes have something to play for