The Aduana Stars Gazette
Match25 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Aduana Stars
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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Aduana Stars
Hamza Bahaj 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.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Nothing got past Hamza Bahaj
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Nobody could get near Daouda Sidibé
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Mezack Afriyie
“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.
Loan watch27 Sep 2027
Thamsanqa Ndelu counts the days
“I watch every Aduana Stars game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Smouha runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
A defender's afternoon for Stephen Badu
Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match25 Sep 2027
Point won or two lost for Aduana Stars?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against WAFA? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Mohammed Baba never got going
5.73 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
- Squad Peace Dewan asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Daouda Sidibé says his piece
- Loan watch Bechem United cannot leave Stephen Kwakye out