The Nadroga Gazette
Match26 Aug 2030
Nadroga sink to position 8
17 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
The dugout26 Aug 2030
Viliame Kaumaitotoya: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Nadroga have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market26 Aug 2030
Only the photograph left for Sitiveni Jale
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sitiveni Jale will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nadroga the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Transfer targets26 Aug 2030
Nadroga rebuffed over Osea Nawalu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ba have kept their man, and Nadroga go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets26 Aug 2030
Nadroga ask about Kartik Sharma
A loan enquiry to Lautoka: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets26 Aug 2030
Nadroga try to borrow Tommy Nelson
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 targets26 Aug 2030
Nadroga try to borrow Peni Tuinakauvadra
Nadi 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.
The dugout26 Aug 2030
Steward Toata 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 Steward Toata is on it.
Market26 Aug 2030
The Barrie Limoki talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nadroga know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout Tito Begg asks for a word with the manager
- Market Ravinesh Reddy leaves for nothing
- Squad Christopher Kumar back in training