The Kariobangi Sharks Post
Match22 May 2028
Kariobangi Sharks refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 31 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
The dugout22 May 2028
Joseph Mwangi frozen out at Kariobangi Sharks
This is not rotation. Joseph Mwangi has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Kariobangi Sharks is pretending otherwise.
Squad22 May 2028
Words at Kariobangi Sharks training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Faiz Opande 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 terraces22 May 2028
One of their own: Ally Salum Omar
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match20 May 2028
Ally Salum Omar sends Kariobangi Sharks past APS Bomet
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ally Salum Omar’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kariobangi Sharks.
Squad22 May 2028
Time is catching up with Bernard Mootian
Everybody at Kariobangi Sharks saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 34 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Player ratings22 May 2028
Keegan Ndemi was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings22 May 2028
The afternoon belonged to Ally Salum Omar
A mark of 7.89, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad22 May 2028
A falling-out at Kariobangi Sharks
Monwabisi Mwondla and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Player ratings Nothing got past Bryn Deeley
- The dugout Kariobangi Sharks pick somebody else ahead of Stephen Mbulere Bwire