The Rudes Chronicle
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A brace, and Stefan Vukić takes the afternoon — 8.84
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Stefan Vukić provided it, and the 8.84 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Lenny Ilečić says Rudes 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.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Rudes
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Rudes rebuffed over Gabriel Rukavina
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. HNK Rijeka have kept their man, and Rudes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match24 Jul 2027
Stefan Vukić sends Rudes past Dugopolje
It finished 2‑1, and it was Stefan Vukić’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Rudes.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Rudes
Ammeer Auwal 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Mislav Majer joins the Rudes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mislav Majer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Bojan Pasalic joins the Rudes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bojan Pasalic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Duje Kovac steps up from the Rudes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Duje Kovac 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.
In brief
- Market Hrvoje Vrsaljko steps up from the Rudes academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Ivan Žutić
- Squad Kristijan Lovrić falls out with a teammate over standards