The Rudes Chronicle
Squad19 Jul 2027
Mato Kramaric breaks a bone — 18 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Jurica Poldrugač 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Real improvement from Robert Srna at Rudes
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Robert Srna is 17, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad19 Jul 2027
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.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
Ivan Zaverukha has seen enough of Segesta
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Rudes, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Rudes counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Rudes now.
In brief
- Market The Bruno Unušić question follows Rudes around
- Market Robert Srna is free to find somewhere else