The Rudes Chronicle
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Fran Topić keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rudes may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market9 Aug 2027
Frane Barbić agrees terms with Sesvete
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Rudes people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
No sign of nerves from Adiele Eriugo at 21 — 7.65
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Adiele Eriugo did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
No thanks: Illia Kutia rejects the move
Rudes had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Hajduk Split, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Rudes
Adiele Eriugo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Xavi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Xavi commits to Rudes for another 4 years.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Rudes rebuffed over Anton Mitryushkin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Krasnodar have kept their man, and Rudes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces9 Aug 2027
The crowd has taken to Adiele Eriugo
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market9 Aug 2027
Rudes promote Milan Ivanovic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Milan Ivanovic 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.
In brief
- Market Rudes promote Mislav Sucic from within
- Market Rudes promote Filip Kramaric from within
- Match Adiele Eriugo the difference as Rudes beat HNK Vukovar 1991