Benjamin Ward

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Uskok
9 Nov 2030
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176 Edition

The Uskok Herald

10 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Dec 2029

Harry Griffiths stands alone

6 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.

The dugout10 Dec 2029

Benjamin Ward says Uskok 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.

Squad10 Dec 2029

Words exchanged at Uskok

Harry Griffiths 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.

Squad10 Dec 2029

Cory Adjetey-Brew stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Cory Adjetey-Brew and Uskok agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match8 Dec 2029

Uskok come up short against Dugo Selo

Dugo Selo left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Boardroom10 Dec 2029

Uskok cannot sign anybody

The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.

The dugout10 Dec 2029

The manager makes an example of Dmytro Konovalov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad10 Dec 2029

Home is on Hesam Pourhashem's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Uskok are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Player ratings10 Dec 2029

Paizinho was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

Back issues
154 Edition

The Uskok Herald

9 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom9 Jul 2029

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Uskok

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market9 Jul 2029

Niko Mandić has said yes to Jadran Luka Ploce

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Uskok have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market9 Jul 2029

Niko Mandić hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Uskok can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets9 Jul 2029

David Kalem is a medical away from Uskok

The deal with Slaven Belupo is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad9 Jul 2029

A falling-out at Uskok

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

Transfer targets9 Jul 2029

Istra 1961 tell Uskok: Mislav Ćutuk 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.

Squad9 Jul 2029

A row about effort at Uskok

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mihael Bužić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom9 Jul 2029

102% of the income goes out in wages at Uskok

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout9 Jul 2029

Karlo Darojković gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Karlo Darojković is on it.

In brief