Noah Smith

Goalkeeper - Tailevu Naitasiri
5 Feb 2029
Monday
Process

Marked for Noah Smith

69 Edition

The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Facundo Sanchez asks to leave Tailevu Naitasiri

“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.

Market

Simione Bari is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tailevu Naitasiri is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Deklan Colvey 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 Tailevu Naitasiri this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Jason Dau counts the days

“I watch every Tailevu Naitasiri game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Navua runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Ushant Lal 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 Tailevu Naitasiri, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Ravikash Krishna question follows Tailevu Naitasiri around

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

In brief

Back issues
68 Edition

The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sikeli Tuiloma 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 Tailevu Naitasiri this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Altamish Khan has seen enough of Suva

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tailevu Naitasiri, and 14 appearances in 42 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Tailevu Naitasiri buy the years ahead of Noah Smith

He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Squad

Noah Smith stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Noah Smith and Tailevu Naitasiri agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

No hiding place for Simione Bari

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

Squad

Ravikash Krishna called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Tailevu Naitasiri that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

In brief