Predrag Matic

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Jedinstvo Ub
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Marked for Predrag Matic

454 Edition

The Jedinstvo Ub Gazette

9 Apr 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad9 Apr 2035

Alfie Whiteman breaks a bone — 71 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 71 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout9 Apr 2035

Victor Rocha says Jedinstvo Ub 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.

Squad9 Apr 2035

Words exchanged at Jedinstvo Ub

Aleksa Adamović 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.

Squad9 Apr 2035

A row about effort at Jedinstvo Ub

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

Squad9 Apr 2035

Jedinstvo Ub lose Ivan Lukic

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout9 Apr 2035

The manager makes an example of Predrag Matic

“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.

The dugout9 Apr 2035

Karol Cywiński asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout9 Apr 2035

Ayouba Kosiah has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Jedinstvo Ub will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market9 Apr 2035

Eric Voufack runs his contract down

2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Jedinstvo Ub money.

In brief

Back issues
453 Edition

The Jedinstvo Ub Gazette

2 Apr 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Apr 2035

A fracture rules Alfie Whiteman out for 78 days

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

Market2 Apr 2035

Aleksa Adamović 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 Jedinstvo Ub can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 Apr 2035

A falling-out at Jedinstvo Ub

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

The dugout2 Apr 2035

The manager makes an example of Milan Grujic

“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.

The dugout2 Apr 2035

When it matters, Saani Isshak Mohammed plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad2 Apr 2035

Predrag Matic: “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 Jedinstvo Ub will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

In brief

429 Edition

The Jedinstvo Ub Gazette

16 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad16 Oct 2034

Words exchanged at Jedinstvo Ub

Alfie Whiteman 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.

Market16 Oct 2034

Still no ink between Jedinstvo Ub and Saani Isshak Mohammed

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Jedinstvo Ub, another week without a signature from Saani Isshak Mohammed.

Squad16 Oct 2034

Jedinstvo Ub are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Squad16 Oct 2034

The formation has left Predrag Matic behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Jedinstvo Ub will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout16 Oct 2034

Aleksa Adamović 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 Jedinstvo Ub, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market16 Oct 2034

Luka Gegeshidze is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Jedinstvo Ub has been clear about where Luka Gegeshidze stands, which is more than many ever get.

Looking ahead16 Oct 2034

Karol Cywiński goes back to face Ušće

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Karol Cywiński’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Jedinstvo Ub needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market16 Oct 2034

Petar Ćirković linked with a move away

The name of Petar Ćirković keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Jedinstvo Ub say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad16 Oct 2034

Michy Chadli remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Jedinstvo Ub would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

In brief

428 Edition

The Jedinstvo Ub Gazette

9 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad9 Oct 2034

Predrag Matic gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Predrag Matic has just signed for Jedinstvo Ub, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad9 Oct 2034

Peter Okechukwu signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Peter Okechukwu and Jedinstvo Ub agree another 3 years.

Squad9 Oct 2034

Tempers go at Jedinstvo Ub

Alfie Whiteman 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.

Boardroom9 Oct 2034

Jedinstvo Ub agree a free transfer for Aron Lien

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Squad9 Oct 2034

A row about effort at Jedinstvo Ub

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

The dugout9 Oct 2034

No hiding place for Peter Okechukwu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Peter Okechukwu, and the manager let it.

Market9 Oct 2034

Talks stall between Jedinstvo Ub and Domen Žur

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout9 Oct 2034

Half-satisfied: Interim Coach on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout9 Oct 2034

Somebody else is better right now than Petar Ćirković

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

In brief