From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Sep 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Netani Suluka 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“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
Market9 Aug 2027
Tushal 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 Labasa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Mervin Chand: 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.” Labasa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Josua Raqamu 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 Labasa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market26 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Labasa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Mosese Naba
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Netani Suluka 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 Labasa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Jul 2027
Tushal 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 Labasa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Akeimi Ralulu 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Mervin Chand
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market8 Feb 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Labasa have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andhika Setiawan and Labasa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market11 Jan 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The name of Rajiv Sharma has come up in conversations Labasa were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market11 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Labasa will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market11 Jan 2027
The name of Jimson Abana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Labasa say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A new face in his position, and Christopher Wasasala suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Labasa have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Simione Seru 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 Labasa, and both men came out saying it was fine.