The Rudes Chronicle
Squad15 Mar 2027
Dominik Mulac 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Vedran Celjak 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.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Ante Bjelica joins the Rudes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ante Bjelica is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Luka Sucic joins the Rudes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Sucic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Mar 2027
Vedran Grbic steps up from the Rudes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vedran Grbic 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 Mar 2027
One of our own: Mateo Knezevic joins the Rudes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateo Knezevic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Loan watch Ammeer Auwal has seen enough of HNK Vukovar 1991
- Squad Ivan Đorić gets it from the manager
- Squad A season on the outside for Benjamin Göschl