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228 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

9 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad9 Dec 2030

A knee injury of the worst kind for Seydou Diallo

60 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. AS Police lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad9 Dec 2030

A fracture rules Alieson Kamara out for 123 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AS Police will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match7 Dec 2030

A hiding for AS Police

Beaten 0‑3 by Djoliba, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad9 Dec 2030

A falling-out at AS Police

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

Squad9 Dec 2030

a squad player stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” a squad player and AS Police agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout9 Dec 2030

Malick Berthé 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.

Boardroom9 Dec 2030

Nobody left the AS Police dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout9 Dec 2030

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.

Player ratings9 Dec 2030

Boua Kane beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief

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227 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

2 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Dec 2030

Alieson Kamara breaks a bone — 130 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 130 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad2 Dec 2030

8 saves: Divane Tchameni was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad2 Dec 2030

Words exchanged at AS Police

Malick Berthé 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.

Squad2 Dec 2030

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 AS Police agree another 2 years.

The dugout2 Dec 2030

No hiding place for Kelechi Obafemi

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

Player ratings2 Dec 2030

Ninety minutes of Yvan Zaddy at his very best

Marked 8.20. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at AS Police.

Match30 Nov 2030

US Forces Armees snatch it back from AS Police

A goal on 92 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.

Market2 Dec 2030

Still no ink between AS Police and Kelechi Obafemi

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at AS Police, another week without a signature from Kelechi Obafemi.

Match30 Nov 2030

AS Police share the spoils with US Forces Armees

A 2‑2 draw with US Forces Armees leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

  • The dugout Kelechi Obafemi dropped after a run of poor form
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Malick Berthé knocks on the manager's door
213 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

26 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom26 Aug 2030

Pressure builds in the AS Police boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market26 Aug 2030

Alieson Kamara asks to leave AS Police

“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.

Squad26 Aug 2030

Robert Adokwe 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.

Market26 Aug 2030

Alganam Doubay has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around AS Police they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad26 Aug 2030

Tempers go at AS Police

Malick Berthé 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.

Squad26 Aug 2030

A late step up for Hesham Fouad

At 25 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.

Transfer targets26 Aug 2030

AS Police rebuffed over Mamadou Fofana

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Etoiles du Mande have kept their man, and AS Police go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout26 Aug 2030

The manager makes an example of a squad player

“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.

The dugout26 Aug 2030

Moses Anthony 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 Moses Anthony trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

179 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

31 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad31 Dec 2029

Divane Tchameni stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad31 Dec 2029

Malick Berthé 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 AS Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout31 Dec 2029

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Squad31 Dec 2029

Oumar Koné 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.

Match29 Dec 2029

AS Police come up short against Etoiles du Mande

Etoiles du Mande left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout31 Dec 2029

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Adama Djenepo left the room before anybody could ask which.

Player ratings31 Dec 2029

Yvan Zaddy runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout31 Dec 2029

No hiding place for Souleymane Tambadou

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

The dugout31 Dec 2029

Mamadou Sidibé gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mamadou Sidibé is on it.

In brief

174 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

26 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Nov 2029

The knee: Seydou Diallo out for 45 days

45 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. AS Police lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match24 Nov 2029

A hiding for AS Police

Beaten 2‑5 by AS Korofina, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

The dugout26 Nov 2029

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Match24 Nov 2029

Boua Kane among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Boua Kane on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of AS Police and AS Korofina.

Squad26 Nov 2029

Divane Tchameni 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 AS Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Nov 2029

Words at AS Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oumar Koné 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 ratings26 Nov 2029

Yvan Zaddy was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.12. 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.

Boardroom26 Nov 2029

Nobody left the AS Police dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout26 Nov 2029

Adama Djenepo faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Adama Djenepo after 2‑5, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

171 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

5 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Nov 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Seydou Diallo

67 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. AS Police lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match31 Oct 2029

Cup progress for AS Police

A 3‑1 win over AS Bakaridjan, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match3 Nov 2029

Nowhere to hide for AS Police

0‑4 against Afrique Foot Elite, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Match31 Oct 2029

AS Police win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 98th minute. AS Bakaridjan will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Squad5 Nov 2029

Malick Berthé 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 AS Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout5 Nov 2029

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Squad5 Nov 2029

Words at AS Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oumar Koné 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 terraces5 Nov 2029

AS Police supporters have found a favourite in Yvan Zaddy

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Yvan Zaddy 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.

Player ratings5 Nov 2029

A masterclass from Boua Kane

Marked 8.28 — 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.

In brief