The Hasaacas Gazette
Market5 Apr 2027
Andrew Paintsil 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 The request is on a desk at Hasaacas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Apr 2027
David Appiah signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Appiah and Hasaacas agree another 3 years.
Squad5 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Hasaacas
Abraham Nuhu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words at Hasaacas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tshepang Makara 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.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
No hiding place for David Appiah
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Appiah, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Mohammed Paintsil slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Mohammed Paintsil is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Market5 Apr 2027
A year gone for Nana Paintsil
The loan was meant to give him football. 4 games and 2 goals later he is back at Hasaacas no further forward, and everybody involved will explain why it was not their doing.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Abeiku Gyan has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Hasaacas will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
The manager makes Tshepang Makara a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Hasaacas. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- The dugout Nana Paintsil asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom Hasaacas board back the manager