The Mladost Zdralovi Courier
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Dino Perić frozen out at Mladost Zdralovi
This is not rotation. Dino Perić has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Mladost Zdralovi is pretending otherwise.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at Mladost Zdralovi
Nikola Macolić 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 Apr 2028
Nikola Rodin 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.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Marin Budimir has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Marin Budimir has written the date down.
Market10 Apr 2028
Mladost Zdralovi put Baltazar Bogolin up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Baltazar Bogolin may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Baltazar Bogolin knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Mladost Zdralovi, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Apr 2028
Still no signature from David Skukan
4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Mladost Zdralovi could get for him.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The training reports on Nikola Macolić are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
The manager comes out for Dario Maričević
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Dario Maričević has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Boardroom The Mladost Zdralovi production line keeps running
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Mladost Zdralovi
- Squad Martin Simunovic is fit again