The Wa All Stars Courier
Market15 Feb 2027
Eyong Ofem 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 Wa All Stars can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Eyong Ofem: 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.” Wa All Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Solomon Nsoh, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.65
A mark of 7.65 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Wa All Stars — 7.49
1 for Salim Uzair Baafada, marked 7.49, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Wa All Stars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and a squad player was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Wa All Stars
Oarabile Booysen 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Wa All Stars refuse to lose to Medeama
A point taken on 92 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Nana Djiku signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nana Djiku and Wa All Stars agree another 3 years.
Match13 Feb 2027
Solomon Nsoh rescues a point for Wa All Stars
It needed Solomon Nsoh to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Medeama, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- The dugout Gladson Kudus: “We have to be better”
- The dugout No hiding place for Andre Baba
- Squad Young player of the week: Oarabile Booysen