Sasa Babic

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Marked for Sasa Babic

110 Edition

The Dubočica Herald

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match2 Sep 2028

No end in sight to Dubočica's wait for a win

12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Dubočica has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad4 Sep 2028

52 days out for Ognjen Mudrinski after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Dubočica will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad4 Sep 2028

The knee: Sasa Babic out for 19 days

19 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Dubočica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout4 Sep 2028

Kasper Råket says Dubočica went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Boardroom4 Sep 2028

Dubočica close the window on a squad of their own making

12 in and 11 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Filip Pajović signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Filip Pajović commits to Dubočica for another 2 years.

Squad4 Sep 2028

A falling-out at Dubočica

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

Transfer targets4 Sep 2028

Cukaricki tell Dubočica: Milan Babic is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match2 Sep 2028

Smederevo 1924 take the points off Dubočica

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

Back issues
109 Edition

The Dubočica Herald

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Aug 2028

60 days out for Ognjen Mudrinski after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Dubočica will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match26 Aug 2028

The wait goes on for Dubočica

11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad28 Aug 2028

The knee: Sasa Babic out for 27 days

27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Dubočica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match23 Aug 2028

The small margins put Dubočica out

Out, 1‑1 to Spartak Subotica, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

A debut Tomás Sosa will not forget — 7.73

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.73 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Aleksa Milojević stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market28 Aug 2028

Miljan Ljubenović asks to leave Dubočica

“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.

Market28 Aug 2028

Terms done: Strahinja Petrovic is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Mačva Šabac waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Dubočica is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

The dugout28 Aug 2028

Diogo Teixeira frozen out at Dubočica

This is not rotation. Diogo Teixeira has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Dubočica is pretending otherwise.

In brief

108 Edition

The Dubočica Herald

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Aug 2028

A fracture rules Ognjen Mudrinski out for 67 days

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

Squad21 Aug 2028

The knee: Sasa Babic out for 34 days

34 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Dubočica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match19 Aug 2028

9 matches without a win for Dubočica

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Dubočica are no longer polite ones.

Squad21 Aug 2028

A one-man rearguard from Filip Pajović

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings21 Aug 2028

A defender's goal wins it for Dubočica — 7.86

1 for Luka Janković, marked 7.86, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

The dugout21 Aug 2028

Nikodem Superson: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dubočica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Ethan Ndiweni due for a Dubočica medical

Everything agreed with Trayal Kruševac, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Jovan Arsenijević will not be coming to Dubočica

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Tekstilac Odžaci is saying, and nobody at Dubočica is enjoying the guessing.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Tempers go at Dubočica

Ognjen Mudrinski 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.

In brief

107 Edition

The Dubočica Herald

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad14 Aug 2028

74 days out for Ognjen Mudrinski after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Dubočica will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad14 Aug 2028

Sasa Babic damages knee ligaments — 41 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 41 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match12 Aug 2028

No end in sight to Dubočica's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Dubočica has to find a result from somewhere.

Market14 Aug 2028

Radu Ghimbovschi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Dubočica, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout14 Aug 2028

Noam Ben Loucif frozen out at Dubočica

This is not rotation. Noam Ben Loucif has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Dubočica is pretending otherwise.

Squad14 Aug 2028

Words at Dubočica training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luka Janković 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.

Transfer targets14 Aug 2028

TSC tell Dubočica: Ivan Guteša is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad14 Aug 2028

Tempers go at Dubočica

Pedro Henrique 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.

Match12 Aug 2028

Dubočica rescue it on 90 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 90. Loznica had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

In brief