Lucas Maina

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Marked for Lucas Maina

96 Edition

The Muranga Seal Chronicle

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market29 May 2028

Lucas Maina puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Muranga Seal, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad29 May 2028

Ethen Sampson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Muranga Seal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad29 May 2028

Dennis Munyovi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match27 May 2028

Muranga Seal find a way past APS Bomet

APS Bomet made Muranga Seal work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The dugout29 May 2028

No hiding place for Joseph Waithira

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joseph Waithira, and the manager let it.

Player ratings29 May 2028

Elly Saenyi was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.08. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings29 May 2028

Tumiso Mogakwe was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.02. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Match29 May 2028

Muranga Seal at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 12, 18 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

The dugout29 May 2028

A satisfied Brian Chemelil

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Brian Chemelil could afford to be generous.

In brief

Back issues
91 Edition

The Muranga Seal Chronicle

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Apr 2028

Lucas Maina asks to leave Muranga Seal

“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.

Squad24 Apr 2028

Words at Muranga Seal training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dennis Munyovi 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.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

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Squad24 Apr 2028

A falling-out at Muranga Seal

Thereso Chuene and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match22 Apr 2028

Muranga Seal and AFC Leopards 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.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

Christopher Ochieng has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Muranga Seal will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

The manager makes an example of Antony Naibei

“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.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

Brian Chemelil on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Brian Chemelil after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Player ratings24 Apr 2028

Tumiso Mogakwe beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief

87 Edition

The Muranga Seal Chronicle

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings27 Mar 2028

Age has not caught Christopher Ochieng yet — 8.56

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.56 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market27 Mar 2028

Lucas Maina asks to leave Muranga Seal

“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.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Tempers go at Muranga Seal

Christopher Ochieng 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.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Words at Muranga Seal training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dennis Munyovi 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.

Match25 Mar 2028

Muranga Seal get the job done against Mathare United

A 2‑0 win over Mathare United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

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The dugout27 Mar 2028

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Brian Chemelil, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

No hiding place for Stephen Okola

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stephen Okola, and the manager let it.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Christopher Ochieng gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Christopher Ochieng is on it.

In brief

82 Edition

The Muranga Seal Chronicle

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Feb 2028

A hiding for Muranga Seal

Beaten 0‑3 by Shabana, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Market21 Feb 2028

Lucas Maina asks to leave Muranga Seal

“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.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

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Squad21 Feb 2028

Ethen Sampson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Boardroom21 Feb 2028

Nobody left the Muranga Seal 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.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

Brian Chemelil: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad21 Feb 2028

Thereso Chuene in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Muranga Seal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

Ethen Sampson has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Muranga Seal will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout21 Feb 2028

The manager makes an example of Antony Naibei

“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.

In brief