The Ulinzi Stars Courier
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Both of them Paul Odhiambo's — 8.74
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.74, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market21 Jun 2027
Denis Munyao 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 Ulinzi Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Shaka Zulu beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Both jobs done by Clinton Omondi — 6.90
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 13 actions, 6.90, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Ulinzi Stars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Boniface Muchiri was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match19 Jun 2027
Paul Odhiambo sends Ulinzi Stars past APS Bomet
It finished 2‑1, and it was Paul Odhiambo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ulinzi Stars.
The terraces21 Jun 2027
The crowd has taken to Paul Odhiambo
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The decline has begun for John Kago
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 36 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Ulinzi Stars is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Ulinzi Stars
Leonlevitt Osiago 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Carl Karuuombe
- Transfer targets A loan move for Paul Ochuoga is in the works
- Transfer targets Ulinzi Stars ask about Bernard Jairo