The offer from Tailevu Naitasiri for Yash Kumar was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sakaraia Cama will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nadi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tailevu Naitasiri can pretend not to have heard.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 1 of them made by a Labasa player marked 7.41, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Marked 7.68 across it, 1 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Navua have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.88 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Nasinu U18 player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Lautoka player marked 7.49, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Navua they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2028
Uzayr Buksh is the division's best-marked player — 7.68
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.68 across 3 matches for Suva.
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 2 goals in 4 appearances for Nadroga.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2028
Tevita Koroi is the division's player of the month — 8.00
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Ba man on 8.00 with 0 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Navua
Mohammed Ledua was marked 7.01 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lautoka can pretend not to have heard.
3 assists, 7.04, and a Nadi player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2028
Tevita Koroi is the division's best-marked player — 8.00
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.00 across 4 matches for Ba.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nickel Kaumaitotoya will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Navua the goodbyes have quietly begun.
1 in 4 for Navua. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
The month closes with Frank Chileshe out in front — 3 goals in 5 games, and Nadroga have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 May 2028
Frank Chileshe is the division's player of the month — 7.92
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Nadroga man on 7.92 with 4 goal contributions.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.80 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Rewa player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nadi can pretend not to have heard.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Nadi player marked 7.34, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Rewa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 May 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Nadroga man
Frank Chileshe averaged 7.92 over 5 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Suva man on 7.60 with 0 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Navua U18
Malakai Drudru was marked 7.91 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nadroga can pretend not to have heard.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ichsas Baihaqi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Tailevu Naitasiri the goodbyes have quietly begun.
2 assists, 7.47, and a Ba player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2028
Malakai Drudru is the division's best-marked player — 7.91
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.91 across 2 matches for Navua U18.
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ilimotama Jese has his answer from Lautoka; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Labasa can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Still no offer on the table, and Alex Cacace’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sakaraia Cama will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nadi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“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 Lautoka, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdurahmon Sulaymonov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Rewa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“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 Labasa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ichsas Baihaqi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Tailevu Naitasiri the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“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 Labasa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Navua they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“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 Tailevu Naitasiri, and it is not being withdrawn.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Navua they have already started talking about him in the past tense.