The Dugopolje Post
Squad13 Mar 2028
Tomislav Adolf Tomić 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Dugopolje
Stipe Mušura 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Robert Cop out for 25 days
The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Robert Cop, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch13 Mar 2028
Mateo Smodlaka wants to come home
“I did not go to Kustosija to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dugopolje and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 35 matches say the rest.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Dominik Balić is still paying for one afternoon at Dugopolje
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Mohamed Touré gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Niko Mandić: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Dugopolje will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Market13 Mar 2028
The Bruno Zdunić story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Bruno Zdunić signs something — a contract at Dugopolje or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market13 Mar 2028
Dugopolje put Stipe Mušura up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Stipe Mušura may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- The dugout Stipe Mušura knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Brent Leerdam keeps his manager's vote