Marked for Albert Ayew
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Uneasy
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 42. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A fracture rules Thomas Schlupp out for 98 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Age has not caught Osman Sulemana yet — 7.86
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.86 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Hasaacas know it.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nana Mohammed and Hasaacas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Crisis
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Hasaacas's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hasaacas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Oct 2027
A fracture rules Thomas Schlupp out for 105 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match6 Oct 2027
Berekum Chelsea ended it 0‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hasaacas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market11 Oct 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
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Crisis
Squad13 Sep 2027
A fracture rules Thomas Schlupp out for 133 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match11 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Hasaacas
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Abdul Acquah: 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.” Hasaacas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market13 Sep 2027
Jonathan Waris has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hasaacas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad13 Sep 2027
At 24 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
Aduana Stars left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Crisis
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nana Mohammed is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
At 33 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 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.
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Crisis
Squad9 Aug 2027
A move Emmanuel Kotei would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Emmanuel Kotei is living that version at Hasaacas, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nana Wakaso is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market9 Aug 2027
Bechem United pay $54.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Albert Ayew 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.
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Crisis
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Kwame Gyan has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Hasaacas
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Hasaacas is running low.
Market2 Aug 2027
Hasaacas say no — this time
The offer from Bechem United for Jonathan Waris was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market2 Aug 2027
Only the photograph left for Amos Ofori
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Amos Ofori will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hasaacas the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market2 Aug 2027
Business is business: Jeffrey Annan goes
Bechem United paid $84.0K and Hasaacas took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Albert Ayew 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager's exit leaves Barou Sanogo exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Barou Sanogo is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
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Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Albert Ayew 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.
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Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Albert Ayew 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.
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Uneasy
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Albert Ayew 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.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Mustafa Yahaya out for 18 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market21 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Mustafa Yahaya out for 32 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market7 Jun 2027
“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 Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
A fracture rules Mustafa Yahaya out for 39 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market31 May 2027
Mário Junior 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 Hasaacas can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 May 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
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Uneasy
Squad17 May 2027
A fracture rules Mustafa Yahaya out for 53 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hasaacas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market17 May 2027
Only the photograph left for Andrew Bukari
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Andrew Bukari will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hasaacas the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 May 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
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Crisis
Squad22 Mar 2027
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 25 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
A brace, and Albert Ayew takes the afternoon — 8.30
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Albert Ayew provided it, and the 8.30 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
Supporters turn on the $630.0K sale of Andre Wakaso
He is going to FC Dallas, the club has $630.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Match20 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Hasaacas's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hasaacas has to find a result from somewhere.
Market22 Mar 2027
The phone has started ringing about Kwame Partey again, and this time the name on the line is KR. Hasaacas are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market22 Mar 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hasaacas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Andrew Bukari has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market22 Mar 2027
Business is business: Andre Wakaso goes
FC Dallas paid $630.0K and Hasaacas took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
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Crisis
Squad22 Feb 2027
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 53 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 53 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andre Wakaso and Hasaacas agree another 5 years.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Mustafa Yahaya 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.
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Upbeat
Squad15 Feb 2027
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 60 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 60 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match13 Feb 2027
The 86th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Abraham Amoah decided nobody was going anywhere. New Edubiase United had no time left to answer.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Barou Sanogo 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
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Abraham Amoah. 1‑0 against New Edubiase United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Marked 8.19 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Mário Junior knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mário Junior trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kofi Asmah 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Chances created: 5. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 74 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 74 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match30 Jan 2027
4‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Two goals and a mark of 8.51 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Age has not caught Osman Sulemana yet — 8.29
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.29 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Barou Sanogo 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.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Albert Ayew was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.38. 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.
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Crisis
Squad25 Jan 2027
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 81 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 81 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from Andre Wakaso
There were 7 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
“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 Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 88 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 88 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market18 Jan 2027
“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 Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Barou Sanogo 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.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Marked 7.96. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Hasaacas, and it is a cruel one.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Osman Inusah 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.
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Crisis
Squad14 Dec 2026
Francis Inusah damages knee ligaments — 123 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 123 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
A brace, and Osman Sulemana takes the afternoon — 8.10
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Osman Sulemana provided it, and the 8.10 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for Hasaacas
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Hasaacas are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Barou Sanogo 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Dec 2026
Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Match12 Dec 2026
Osman Sulemana among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Osman Sulemana on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Hasaacas and Medeama.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andre Wakaso 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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Ninety minutes of Abraham Amoah at his very best
Marked 8.17. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Hasaacas.
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Upbeat
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match26 Sep 2026
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Hasaacas scored in the 96th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A brace, and Francis Inusah takes the afternoon — 8.40
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Francis Inusah provided it, and the 8.40 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Barou Sanogo 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Great Olympics made Hasaacas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 15-year-old it feels ownership of. Christian Ofori has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Kofi Asmah 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Kwame Partey knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.