Marked for Danso Wiredu
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Dec 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at AS DGSSIE, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Danso Wiredu
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lehlohonolo Sepeng is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Crisis
Match5 Dec 2026
5 matches without a win for AS DGSSIE
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around AS DGSSIE are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Danso Wiredu commits to AS DGSSIE for another 2 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aditya Warman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS DGSSIE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS DGSSIE can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A defender's afternoon for Aditya Warman
Defensive actions: 32. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match21 Nov 2026
The goals have deserted AS DGSSIE
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at AS DGSSIE can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Danso Wiredu, and the manager let it.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lehlohonolo Sepeng is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
16 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A mark of 7.47, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Match21 Nov 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Galactik came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Crisis
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to AS DGSSIE's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AS DGSSIE has to find a result from somewhere.
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
The AS DGSSIE board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Match31 Oct 2026
1‑2 to Gazelle, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Abdulla Sultan
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Lehlohonolo Sepeng 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.
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Uneasy
Match24 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for AS DGSSIE
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match24 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted AS DGSSIE
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at AS DGSSIE can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Danso Wiredu, and the manager let it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aditya Warman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match24 Oct 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Elect Sport defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A season on the outside for Aditya Warman
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at AS DGSSIE has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
Djibrine Abba 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 AS DGSSIE can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrew Abalogu and AS DGSSIE agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market5 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Moussa Abba 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Narcisse Ngaradoumbe has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market5 Oct 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mahamat Moustapha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Moubarak Djibrine, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Aditya Warman 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adu Emmanuel commits to AS DGSSIE for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at AS DGSSIE would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Market10 Aug 2026
A season-long audition: AS Algoy still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are AS DGSSIE's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Moubarak Djibrine commits to AS DGSSIE for another 3 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
AS DGSSIE bring in an old head
Danso Wiredu is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Adu Emmanuel
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at AS DGSSIE has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Adu Emmanuel has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Adu Emmanuel keeps the shirt for now, at AS DGSSIE's convenience rather than his own.
Market3 Aug 2026
AS DGSSIE shop where it costs nothing
Adu Emmanuel signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.