The Bidco United Herald
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Lewis Shivachi due for a Bidco United medical
Everything agreed with Posta Rangers, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Simphiwe Dumisa turns down Bidco United
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Bidco United
Cailin Knock and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Door shut on Cleo Ssetuba
Bidco United asked and AFC Leopards said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Bidco United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Kakai is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Philani Sithebe stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Philani Sithebe and Bidco United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Meshack Karani 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
No place for Cailin Knock in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Bidco United are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market18 Jan 2027
Still no ink between Bidco United and Lindokuhle Mthimkulu
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Bidco United, another week without a signature from Lindokuhle Mthimkulu.
In brief
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting John Otieno's mistake
- The dugout When it matters, Brian Okeyo plays
- Market Bidco United borrow Lameck Omondi