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39 Edition

The Ba Gazette

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings26 Apr 2027

Nobody could get near Nabil Begg

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Darold Kakasi 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.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Ba

Malakai Rere 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.

Squad26 Apr 2027

No hiding place for Peceli Sukabula

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

Boardroom26 Apr 2027

Ba counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.

Match24 Apr 2027

Point won or two lost for Ba?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Lautoka? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

Back issues
38 Edition

The Ba Gazette

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings19 Apr 2027

Nobody could get near Nabil Begg

Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match17 Apr 2027

Ba come up short against Nadi

Nadi left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad19 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Ba

Malakai Rere 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.

Squad19 Apr 2027

Samuel Navoce gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market19 Apr 2027

The Leandro Ruiz talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ba know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad19 Apr 2027

Misiwani Nairube left out for tactical reasons at Ba

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

37 Edition

The Ba Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match12 Apr 2027

Ba are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 15 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Match10 Apr 2027

Nobody wants to play Ba right now

4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Lucas Abarca in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match10 Apr 2027

Nabil Begg the difference as Ba beat Navua

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Nabil Begg. 1‑0 against Navua, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Words at Ba training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Darold Kakasi 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.

Squad12 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of Suliano Tawanakoro

“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.

Player ratings12 Apr 2027

The afternoon belonged to Nabil Begg

7.97, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Ba had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Loan watch12 Apr 2027

Hayyaan Khan has seen enough of Labasa

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ba, and 4 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Etonia Dogalau has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ba 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.

In brief