Ofoin Jackson

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Etoiles du Mande
19 Sep 2038
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600 Edition

The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel

25 Jan 2038
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad25 Jan 2038

Boubacar Toure keeps Etoiles du Mande in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match20 Jan 2038

Etoiles du Mande through in the cup

A 3‑1 win over Real Bamako, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad25 Jan 2038

Laid Ayad keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Etoiles du Mande may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings25 Jan 2038

Ofoin Jackson scores twice — 8.99

Two goals and a mark of 8.99 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market25 Jan 2038

Daouda Kone 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 The request is on a desk at Etoiles du Mande, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match23 Jan 2038

8 unbeaten for Etoiles du Mande

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Etoiles du Mande did not have in the autumn.

Squad25 Jan 2038

Tempers go at Etoiles du Mande

Tiémoko Berthé 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.

Squad25 Jan 2038

Defences have started doubling up on Mxolisi Bhengu

11 goals and a season average of 7.43 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings25 Jan 2038

Ninety minutes of Yileng Augustine at his very best

Marked 8.84. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Etoiles du Mande.

In brief

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589 Edition

The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel

9 Nov 2037
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match4 Nov 2037

Etoiles du Mande march on in the cup

AS Bakaridjan are out and Etoiles du Mande go through, 3‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match7 Nov 2037

Etoiles du Mande tear Stade Malien apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Stade Malien, and it could have been more.

Squad9 Nov 2037

A one-man rearguard from Boubacar Toure

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad9 Nov 2037

Ofoin Jackson takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Player ratings9 Nov 2037

Pule Manya, 34, rolls back the years — 9.10

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.10 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Player ratings9 Nov 2037

Yannick Saleh goes up and wins it — 7.76

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.76 for the rest of it.

Squad9 Nov 2037

Sanele Sikhosana signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sanele Sikhosana and Etoiles du Mande agree another 2 years.

Squad9 Nov 2037

Tiémoko Berthé 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 Etoiles du Mande this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings9 Nov 2037

Ofoin Jackson was on a different afternoon to everybody else

10.00. 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.

In brief

559 Edition

The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel

13 Apr 2037
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match8 Apr 2037

The cup run ends for Etoiles du Mande

0‑2 against Real Bamako, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match13 Apr 2037

Etoiles du Mande up to position 2

59 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad13 Apr 2037

Sekou Diallo is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.47 with 24 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match8 Apr 2037

No clean sheets in sight for Etoiles du Mande

7 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Squad13 Apr 2037

Tempers go at Etoiles du Mande

Tiémoko Berthé 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.

Market13 Apr 2037

Only the photograph left for Abdoulaye Doumbia

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdoulaye Doumbia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Etoiles du Mande the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad13 Apr 2037

No hiding place for Bakary Cissé

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

Player ratings13 Apr 2037

Nobody could get near Momar Fall

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad13 Apr 2037

Ofoin Jackson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ofoin Jackson and Etoiles du Mande agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

548 Edition

The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel

26 Jan 2037
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match24 Jan 2037

The run at home goes on for Etoiles du Mande

20 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Match21 Jan 2037

Etoiles du Mande through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over US Forces Armees, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad26 Jan 2037

A one-man rearguard from Boubacar Toure

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match24 Jan 2037

Nobody wants to play Etoiles du Mande right now

6 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Player ratings26 Jan 2037

A debut Ibrahim Malle will not forget — 8.49

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 8.49 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Player ratings26 Jan 2037

No sign of nerves from Kalifa Malle at 20 — 8.85

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Kalifa Malle did not need any: 8.85, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market26 Jan 2037

Bakary Coulibaly 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 Etoiles du Mande, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad26 Jan 2037

Sanele Sikhosana is carrying Etoiles du Mande

14 goals and a season average of 7.57. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market26 Jan 2037

Only the photograph left for Bakary Coulibaly

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bakary Coulibaly will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Etoiles du Mande the goodbyes have quietly begun.

In brief