The Shabana Post
Squad3 Jul 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Victor Omondi
44 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Shabana lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market3 Jul 2028
Wycliffe Omondi asks to leave Shabana
“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 ratings3 Jul 2028
Ezekiah Omuri was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad3 Jul 2028
George Onyango 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 Shabana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout3 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Bryan Michira
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Price Omenda is the month’s best young player
At 21 he was better than everybody his age in the division for four weeks running, which is harder than one good afternoon. Shabana will try not to make too much of it.
Match1 Jul 2028
Shabana refuse to lose to Ulinzi Stars
A point taken on 91 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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
a squad player signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” a squad player and Shabana agree another 3 years.
Market3 Jul 2028
Shabana and David Odoyo are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Boardroom Intake day at the Shabana academy
- Match Honours even between Shabana and Ulinzi Stars
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Elvis Omurwa on the draw