Marked for Evander Nasova
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ravikash Krishna
43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tailevu Naitasiri lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Nadroga come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Tailevu Naitasiri did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Sikeli Tuiloma 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tailevu Naitasiri have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Suva to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tailevu Naitasiri and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ravikash Krishna
71 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tailevu Naitasiri lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tailevu Naitasiri may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market2 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings31 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 May 2027
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Tailevu Naitasiri are no longer polite ones.
Match31 May 2027
Position 9, 11 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market31 May 2027
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tailevu Naitasiri may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad31 May 2027
France Catarogo 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.
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Uneasy
Match22 May 2027
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Tailevu Naitasiri are no longer polite ones.
Market24 May 2027
“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.
Squad24 May 2027
“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.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 May 2027
Sikeli Tuiloma 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.
Squad24 May 2027
Dia Syayid 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.