Ivica Srna

Striker - Sibenik U20
3 Jan 2030
Thursday
Process

Marked for Ivica Srna

134 Edition

The Sibenik Post

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Sibenik

Šime Gržan 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.

Squad

Words at Sibenik training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marko Mikulić 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.

Squad

Ivica Srna stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivica Srna and Sibenik agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

When it matters, Nikolas Šimić 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.

Market

The Nikola Krajinović question follows Sibenik around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nikola Krajinović’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Match

Sibenik have something to play for

Position 5 on 26 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

In brief

Back issues
133 Edition

The Sibenik Post

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Toni Španja is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sibenik is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

A falling-out at Sibenik

Šime Gržan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Marko Mikulić 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Ricardo Moreno

Sibenik asked and Boca Juniors said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Ivica Srna signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ivica Srna and Sibenik agree another 3 years.

The dugout

Marko Mikulić has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Sibenik 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.

Market

The clock does Owen Hampson’s negotiating for him

7 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Sibenik could ask drops and the wages Owen Hampson can ask rise.

The dugout

Frane Nekić knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Frane Nekić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The shop window has Harry Waldock in it

Sibenik have let the market know Harry Waldock can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

100 Edition

The Sibenik Post

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Marko Mikulić out for 77 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sibenik will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Only the photograph left for Joe Lewis

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joe Lewis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sibenik the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market

Owen Hampson asks to leave Sibenik

“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.

Transfer targets

$280.0K settles it between the clubs for Marino Bulat

HNK Vukovar 1991 have accepted the money. What Sibenik do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Boardroom

Sibenik to lose Joe Lewis for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Joe Lewis has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

A falling-out at Sibenik

Šime Gržan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

90 Edition

The Sibenik Post

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Faton Krasnići out for 38 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sibenik will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Sibenik

Šime Gržan 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.

Squad

Ivica Srna out for 32 days

The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Ivica Srna, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

A row about effort at Sibenik

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Antonio Imširović was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Dominik Glavina 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.

Market

The Nikola Krajinović talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sibenik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

86 Edition

The Sibenik Post

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Faton Krasnići breaks a bone — 70 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 70 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Sibenik

Šime Gržan 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.

Squad

Ivica Srna out for 62 days

The medical room confirms 62 days on the sidelines for Ivica Srna, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Words at Sibenik training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Imširović 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.

Market

The Nikola Krajinović talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sibenik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Antonio Imširović runs his contract down

3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Sibenik money.

In brief