The Labasa Post
Market21 Aug 2028
Netani Suluka asks to leave Labasa
“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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Labasa
Milai Perrot and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Labasa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aporosa Yada was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Sailose Tawake
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sailose Tawake, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Labasa try to borrow Mosese Naba
Ba have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
A loan move for Daniel Duvnjak is in the works
Labasa have made the call to Rewa. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Milai Perrot 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 Labasa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Akeimi Ralulu has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Labasa 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
The Iowane Matanisiga talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Labasa know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Netani Suluka
- Squad Christopher Naranayanan back in training