The Orijent 1919 Sentinel
Match12 Feb 2029
Orijent 1919 are in real trouble now
Position 10, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Luka Tadic damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market12 Feb 2029
Marin Delić is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Orijent 1919 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Vyacheslav Yakimov 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 Orijent 1919 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Orijent 1919 rebuffed over Husein Sumbuljević
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. HNK Gorica have kept their man, and Orijent 1919 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Orijent 1919 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Filip Braut 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 dugout12 Feb 2029
Vice Baždarić 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Talks stall between Orijent 1919 and Dudu
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Somebody is after Vyacheslav Yakimov’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Vyacheslav Yakimov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Orijent 1919 have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
In brief
- Market The Mihael Rovis story refuses to die
- The dugout Dudu has been promised minutes
- Market Window shut, Emanuel Mađarić still here