Dean Manyama

Goalkeeper - Lautoka
9 Dec 2029
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Marked for Dean Manyama

170 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

29 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad29 Oct 2029

A falling-out at Lautoka

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

Squad29 Oct 2029

A row about effort at Lautoka

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Monty Cacace was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom29 Oct 2029

Wages swallow 113% of the Lautoka income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Market29 Oct 2029

The Joe Waine question follows Lautoka around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Joe Waine’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout29 Oct 2029

Nirav Kumar asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market29 Oct 2029

The shop window has Ruel Grayven in it

Lautoka have let the market know Ruel Grayven can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

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165 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Sep 2029

Words exchanged at Lautoka

Zachary Hambury and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom24 Sep 2029

Embargo at Lautoka

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Nirav Kumar 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.

Market24 Sep 2029

Still no ink between Lautoka and Jai Curran-Nicholls

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Lautoka, another week without a signature from Jai Curran-Nicholls.

The dugout24 Sep 2029

Marin France asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout24 Sep 2029

Samuela Sorovi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market24 Sep 2029

The Marin France question follows Lautoka around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Marin France’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Market24 Sep 2029

Steward Toata runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Lautoka money.

Boardroom24 Sep 2029

Lautoka keep producing them

33 graduates from an academy now rated 7 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

In brief

153 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market2 Jul 2029

Alen Harbas 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 Lautoka, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout2 Jul 2029

Dean Manyama says Lautoka went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings2 Jul 2029

Marin France beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

The owner puts $13.0K into Lautoka

This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Tempers go at Lautoka

Saula Waqa 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.

Match30 Jun 2029

A bad afternoon for Lautoka against Ba

0‑1 to Ba, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

Lautoka cannot sign anybody

The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Joela Biuvanua lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

The dugout2 Jul 2029

Rusiate Waqa answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

140 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Apr 2029

Joela Biuvanua breaks a bone — 19 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad2 Apr 2029

A falling-out at Lautoka

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

Squad2 Apr 2029

Words at Lautoka training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Charles Hill 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.

Boardroom2 Apr 2029

The Lautoka debt reaches $5.3M

Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Reagan Ogle is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Reagan Ogle has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

Market2 Apr 2029

No place for Usaia Tilivarua in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Usaia Tilivarua has his answer from Lautoka; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

No hiding place for Dean Manyama

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

Looking ahead2 Apr 2029

A reunion for Steward Toata

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Nadroga in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

Jale Krishna asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief