From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Aug 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Aug 2029
90 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market13 Aug 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market13 Aug 2029
Navua are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Nasinu will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market13 Aug 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Alvish Ram may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Boardroom30 Jul 2029
Pressure builds in the Nasinu boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market30 Jul 2029
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market30 Jul 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Shainal Lal 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.
Market30 Jul 2029
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
Market30 Jul 2029
Shainal Lal linked with a move away
The name of Shainal Lal keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Nasinu can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
Pressure builds in the Nasinu boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market2 Jul 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market2 Jul 2029
Navua come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nasinu did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market2 Jul 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Manasa Levaci and Nasinu agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market2 Jul 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Match30 Jun 2029
Nasinu and Suva take a point apiece
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jun 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match23 Jun 2029
A 2-1 win over Nadroga, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Nirav Kumar 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.
Market25 Jun 2029
Nasinu have made Isikeli Tovilo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market25 Jun 2029
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
Market25 Jun 2029
The Shainal Lal talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nasinu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Kitione Baleloa 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.
Boardroom25 Jun 2029
Nasinu keep producing them
18 graduates from an academy now rated 7 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Alvish Ram named in the team of the week
A rating of 6.82 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Nasinu
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match2 Jun 2029
5 matches without a win for Nasinu
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Nasinu are no longer polite ones.
Market4 Jun 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad4 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Manasa Levaci
“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.
Squad4 Jun 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lauren Bali and Nasinu agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match2 Jun 2029
Honours even between Nasinu and Ba
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
$650.00 taken back off the Nasinu table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Shainal Lal 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.
Market4 Jun 2029
6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
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Crisis
Market28 May 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.
Match26 May 2029
No end in sight to Nasinu's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nasinu has to find a result from somewhere.
Match26 May 2029
A bad afternoon for Nasinu against Rewa
0-1 to Rewa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Nirav Kumar
“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.
Squad28 May 2029
Mohammed Shaheer 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.
Market28 May 2029
Nasinu have made Shainal Lal available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market28 May 2029
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
Market28 May 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nasinu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Boardroom28 May 2029
The Nasinu production line keeps running
18 graduates out of an academy now rated 7 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
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Crisis
Match12 May 2029
Chastening afternoon for Nasinu
A 0-3 beating by Lautoka was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match14 May 2029
Nasinu sink to position 8
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market14 May 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.
Squad14 May 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.
Boardroom14 May 2029
Nobody left the Nasinu 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.
Squad14 May 2029
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market14 May 2029
7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
Market14 May 2029
Shainal Lal linked with a move away
The name of Shainal Lal keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad14 May 2029
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Tuimasi Nailatikau has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Nasinu know, and have known for weeks.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match21 Apr 2029
6 matches without a win for Nasinu
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Nasinu are no longer polite ones.
Market23 Apr 2029
Abraham Faruk 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market23 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nasinu is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Apr 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.
Match21 Apr 2029
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Shainal Lal 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Mar 2029
“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.
Market26 Mar 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nasinu is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Mar 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.
Match24 Mar 2029
Nasinu 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.
Squad26 Mar 2029
At 16 years old, Isikeli Drudru became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Nirav Kumar 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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Steady
Market19 Mar 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.
Match17 Mar 2029
Tailevu Naitasiri made Nasinu work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad19 Mar 2029
“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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tuimasi Nawalu commits to Nasinu for another 3 years.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market19 Mar 2029
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
Market19 Mar 2029
Shainal Lal linked with a move away
The name of Shainal Lal keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad19 Mar 2029
At 24 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Nasinu are won quietly and lost loudly.
Market19 Mar 2029
Nasinu have made Shainal Lal available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Match12 Feb 2029
Nasinu sink to position 8
18 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market12 Feb 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Abdul Sahil has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasinu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
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Uneasy
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Nasinu can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market5 Feb 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kitione Baleloa commits to Nasinu for another 1 years.
Market5 Feb 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
$2.1K taken back off the Nasinu table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 19 appearances behind him, and Nasinu have to plan for both answers.
Market5 Feb 2029
Shainal Lal linked with a move away
The name of Shainal Lal keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market29 Jan 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.
Market29 Jan 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market29 Jan 2029
Nasinu bring in an old head
Kitione Baleloa is 37 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
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Uneasy
Match18 Dec 2028
Nasinu sink to position 8
18 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market18 Dec 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.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Nirav Kumar 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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Uneasy
Market11 Dec 2028
Alvish Ram 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Dec 2028
Filipe Tiko has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasinu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad11 Dec 2028
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Dec 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Kelemedi Matou may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market11 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nasinu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market13 Nov 2028
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market13 Nov 2028
Filipe Tiko has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasinu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad13 Nov 2028
58 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Bright James 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad13 Nov 2028
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Nasinu that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Market13 Nov 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Kelemedi Matou may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom30 Oct 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Nasinu
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market30 Oct 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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match23 Oct 2028
Nasinu sink to position 8
18 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market23 Oct 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.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Nirav Kumar 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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Uneasy
Market11 Sep 2028
The name of Filipe Tiko has come up in conversations Nasinu were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Nirav Kumar 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 Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Sep 2028
The Bright James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nasinu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market4 Sep 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.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Nasinu
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The medical room confirms 74 days on the sidelines for Franco Cavalieri, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lauren Bali and Nasinu agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market4 Sep 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Nasinu pull $2.1K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
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Uneasy
Market24 Jul 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
Labasa are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Nasinu will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Nirav Kumar 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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Uneasy
Market17 Jul 2028
Bright James 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch17 Jul 2028
“I did not go to Ba to sit and watch. I want to come back to Nasinu and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Market17 Jul 2028
Jone Naraba runs his contract down
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
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Uneasy
Market12 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.
Market12 Jun 2028
Labasa come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nasinu did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match10 Jun 2028
Nasinu get the job done against Nadi
A 2-1 win over Nadi, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market12 Jun 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Nirav Kumar 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.
Market12 Jun 2028
He is 19, and nobody at Nasinu signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Francis Van Hattum and Nasinu agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Isikeli Tovilo joins up with his country. Nasinu lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A new face in his position, and Kelemedi Matou suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Nasinu have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Crisis
Match27 May 2028
No end in sight to Nasinu's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nasinu has to find a result from somewhere.
Market29 May 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.
Match27 May 2028
Rewa take the points off Nasinu
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad29 May 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.
Market29 May 2028
The name of Iliesa Rakuka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad29 May 2028
Nirav Kumar 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match15 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Nasinu's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nasinu has to find a result from somewhere.
Market17 Apr 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nasinu is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match15 Apr 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“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.
Market17 Apr 2028
The name of Isikeli Tovilo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Nirav Kumar 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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Uneasy
Market28 Feb 2028
Bright James 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Feb 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasinu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Feb 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nasinu is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Feb 2028
The medical room confirms 58 days on the sidelines for Lauren Bali, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market21 Feb 2028
The name of Isikeli Tovilo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
The name of Lauren Bali has come up in conversations Nasinu were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Market10 Jan 2028
Labasa are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Nasinu will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market10 Jan 2028
Still no signature from Jone Naraba
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Nasinu could get for him.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Nirav Kumar 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market3 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
The name of Filipe Tiko has come up in conversations Nasinu were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Shainal Lal and Nasinu agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Nov 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasinu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Nov 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.
Market1 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.
Loan watch1 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 Nasinu, and 5 appearances in 40 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market1 Nov 2027
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Nasinu could get for him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nasinu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad4 Oct 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.
Loan watch4 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 Nasinu, and 5 appearances in 36 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Samir Hussain 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nasinu money.
Market4 Oct 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nasinu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.