The Free State Stars Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Khama Erasmus out for 74 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Free State Stars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Edward Maova
There were 10 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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Gomolemo Kekana
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Tebogo Mlangeni at Free State Stars
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Tebogo Mlangeni is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Bryn Deeley
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Match21 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Free State Stars against Kaizer Chiefs
0‑1 to Kaizer Chiefs, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
The one thing Siyabonga Grobler could not do
Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Market23 Aug 2027
Teboho Zungu linked with a move away
The name of Teboho Zungu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Free State Stars say nothing, which says plenty.
Market23 Aug 2027
Percy Furman leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Percy Furman leaves Free State Stars the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Percy Mphela leaves for nothing
- Market Evidence Zungu placed on the list