From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
The numbers do not look good at Ba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad16 Jul 2029
The medical room confirms 130 days on the sidelines for Leandro Ruiz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Ryan Naresh: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Loan watch16 Jul 2029
“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 1 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
Market16 Jul 2029
The name of Lucas Abarca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Kalaveti Sivoi asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Market2 Jul 2029
“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.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tevita Koroi and Ba agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match30 Jun 2029
A bad afternoon for Ba against Labasa
0-1 to Labasa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“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.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
Nobody left the Ba dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
98% of the income goes out in wages at Ba
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jun 2029
The name of Ryan Naresh has come up in conversations Ba were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad25 Jun 2029
“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.
Match23 Jun 2029
Honours even between Ba and Lautoka
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Loan watch25 Jun 2029
16 appearances at Lautoka and the goals keep coming. Ba are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market25 Jun 2029
The name of Rahul Naresh keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Leandro Ruiz has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Leandro Ruiz keeps the shirt for now, at Ba's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Match9 Jun 2029
Still nobody has beaten Ba
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match9 Jun 2029
No end in sight to Ba's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ba has to find a result from somewhere.
Market11 Jun 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market11 Jun 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad11 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Mitieli Naiviro
“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.
Match9 Jun 2029
No goals between Ba and Navua
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Navua will be the happier side with the point.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Ardi Idrus asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market11 Jun 2029
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.
Loan watch11 Jun 2029
14 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jun 2029
“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.
Match2 Jun 2029
Still nobody has beaten Ba
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad4 Jun 2029
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match2 Jun 2029
No end in sight to Ba's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ba has to find a result from somewhere.
Market4 Jun 2029
The name of Ryan Naresh has come up in conversations Ba were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Raj Pillay 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.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
88% of the income goes out in wages at Ba
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match2 Jun 2029
Ba and Nasinu take a point apiece
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad4 Jun 2029
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Kalaveti Sivoi will call it something else in private.
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Steady
Boardroom21 May 2029
Ba counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.
Market21 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match19 May 2029
6 unbeaten for Ba
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Ba did not have in the autumn.
Squad21 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Leandro Ruiz
“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 watch21 May 2029
“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 0 appearances in 18 say he has earned the hearing.
Match19 May 2029
Ba and Rewa cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Rewa came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Steady
Market14 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad14 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Tevita Koroi
“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.
Match12 May 2029
Honours even between Ba and Nadroga
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market14 May 2029
The name of Etonia Dogalau keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch14 May 2029
10 appearances at Lautoka and the goals keep coming. Ba are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad14 May 2029
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Upbeat
Squad23 Apr 2029
A one-man rearguard from Tevita Koroi
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom23 Apr 2029
Ba counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.
Market23 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match21 Apr 2029
Lautoka made Ba work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Ardi Idrus 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.
Loan watch23 Apr 2029
“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 0 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom26 Mar 2029
Ba counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.
Market26 Mar 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match24 Mar 2029
Three points for Ba, 2-1 the final word against Suva in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Ardi Idrus 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.
Loan watch26 Mar 2029
“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 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Market26 Mar 2029
The Lucas Abarca 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.
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Steady
Boardroom26 Feb 2029
Ba counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.
Market26 Feb 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Loan watch26 Feb 2029
“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 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Match12 Feb 2029
Ba up to position 1
37 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market12 Feb 2029
The name of Ryan Naresh has come up in conversations Ba were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad12 Feb 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ardi Idrus and Ba agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market12 Feb 2029
Experience through the door at Ba
Ardi Idrus arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market12 Feb 2029
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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Ba have made Ryan Naresh available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
Ba counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.
Market29 Jan 2029
The bid was some way short and Ba did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad29 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Rosales and Ba agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market29 Jan 2029
The Lucas Abarca 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.
Market29 Jan 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ferdiansyah Surya may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad29 Jan 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ba, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
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Squad
The manager comes out for Tevita Koroi
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Boardroom
The Ba board put their names to it
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Squad
Faazil Ali back in training
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market22 Jan 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market22 Jan 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad22 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fernando Rosales commits to Ba for another 3 years.
Market22 Jan 2029
The Rahul Naresh 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.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Somebody is after Leandro Ruiz’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Leandro Ruiz suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Ba have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market22 Jan 2029
No fee and no drama: Fernando Rosales has signed at Ba, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Steady
Squad8 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Lucas Abarca, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market8 Jan 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ba have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market8 Jan 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Squad11 Dec 2028
The medical room confirms 68 days on the sidelines for Lucas Abarca, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad11 Dec 2028
The medical room confirms 38 days on the sidelines for Etonia Dogalau, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad11 Dec 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ryan Naresh commits to Ba for another 3 years.
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Steady
Boardroom4 Dec 2028
Ba counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ba now.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tevita Koroi commits to Ba for another 2 years.
Squad4 Dec 2028
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market4 Dec 2028
The Lucas Abarca 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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ba, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Lucas Abarca keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lucas Abarca plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Market27 Nov 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Loan watch27 Nov 2028
“I did not go to Nadi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ba and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 24 matches say the rest.
Squad27 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Sumeet Goundar
“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.
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Steady
Market30 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Sailasa Ratu 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.
Loan watch30 Oct 2028
“I did not go to Nadi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ba and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 20 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Market2 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Loan watch2 Oct 2028
“I did not go to Nadi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ba and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 16 matches say the rest.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“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.
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Steady
Match30 Aug 2028
Still nobody has beaten Ba
The unbeaten run reaches 14. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match30 Aug 2028
The cup run ends for Ba
1-1 against Navua, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Tevita Koroi decides it from twelve yards
1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Market4 Sep 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Leandro Ruiz
“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 watch4 Sep 2028
“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 12 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad4 Sep 2028
8 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Atunaisa Naucukidi has given nobody the chance.
Market4 Sep 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Lucas Abarca finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ba have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Upbeat
Match5 Jun 2028
Ba are in among the leaders
Position 1 and 29 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market5 Jun 2028
“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.
Match3 Jun 2028
Still nobody has beaten Ba
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market5 Jun 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Leandro Ruiz 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.
Market5 Jun 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad5 Jun 2028
8 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Atunaisa Naucukidi has given nobody the chance.
Squad5 Jun 2028
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Ba pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Match3 Jun 2028
Ba draw a blank against Nasinu
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Nasinu defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Triumph
Match20 May 2028
Ba cannot stop winning
6 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Market22 May 2028
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom22 May 2028
The numbers do not look good at Ba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Match20 May 2028
Ba get the job done against Rewa
A 1-0 win over Rewa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad22 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Mosese Nabose
“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.
Squad22 May 2028
7 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.
Market22 May 2028
The name of Lucas Abarca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad22 May 2028
Nabil Begg unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Nabil Begg has let it be known that he does not like the way Ba are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Squad22 May 2028
Kalaveti Sivoi asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Upbeat
Market24 Apr 2028
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom24 Apr 2028
The numbers do not look good at Ba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Match22 Apr 2028
Ba get the job done against Lautoka
A 1-0 win over Lautoka, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 Apr 2028
“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.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Darold Kakasi knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ba, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Apr 2028
The name of Lucas Abarca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Match25 Mar 2028
Still nobody has beaten Ba
The unbeaten run reaches 16. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market27 Mar 2028
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom27 Mar 2028
The numbers do not look good at Ba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Match25 Mar 2028
Ba find a way past Suva
Suva made Ba work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad27 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Ryan Naresh
“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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Andriano Lebib asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Upbeat
Market28 Feb 2028
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom28 Feb 2028
The numbers do not look good at Ba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Sailasa Ratu 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.
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Upbeat
Market21 Feb 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market21 Feb 2028
The name of Salesitino Caucau keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Ryan Naresh 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.
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Upbeat
Match14 Feb 2028
Ba are in among the leaders
Position 1 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market14 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad14 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Mosese Nabose
“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.
Market14 Feb 2028
The name of Leandro Ruiz keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Market14 Feb 2028
Ba have made Mitieli Naiviro available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Ryan Naresh knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ba, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Market31 Jan 2028
“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.
Market31 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom31 Jan 2028
The numbers do not look good at Ba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Market31 Jan 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ba will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market31 Jan 2028
The name of Lucas Abarca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ba say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Rendi Saepul is starting to look at home
The language is arriving, the jokes are landing, and there is somebody at the next peg to talk to. None of it appears in a scouting report and all of it shows up on the pitch.
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Upbeat
Market10 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Jan 2028
Nadi are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Ba will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Sailasa Ratu knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ba, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Mosese Naba 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
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.
Market10 Jan 2028
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Upbeat
Market13 Dec 2027
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market13 Dec 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market13 Dec 2027
The Rahul Naresh 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.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Boardroom15 Nov 2027
Ba have won it
This is the season the town will measure the next twenty against. The trophy travels home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.
Match10 Nov 2027
Ba march on in the cup
Labasa are out and Ba go through, 2-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market15 Nov 2027
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad15 Nov 2027
18 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match10 Nov 2027
Ba cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Nabil Begg 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
9 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Tevita Koroi has given nobody the chance.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
“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 6 appearances in 43 say he has earned the hearing.
Market15 Nov 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Upbeat
Market18 Oct 2027
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
“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 6 appearances in 39 say he has earned the hearing.
Market18 Oct 2027
The Rahul Naresh 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.
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Upbeat
Market20 Sep 2027
Ryan Naresh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ba they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
“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 6 appearances in 35 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Sailasa Ratu asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market20 Sep 2027
The Rahul Naresh 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.
Market20 Sep 2027
Ratu Dau placed on the list
Ba have made Ratu Dau available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.