The Ba Gazette
Market14 Sep 2026
Saula Waqa 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 The request is on a desk at Ba, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Setareki Bari will not be coming to Ba
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Rewa is saying, and nobody at Ba is enjoying the guessing.
Market14 Sep 2026
Tito Sauturaga steps up from the Ba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tito Sauturaga has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market14 Sep 2026
Dave Verevou steps up from the Ba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dave Verevou has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Raj Pillay 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Kishan Sami 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 Kishan Sami is on it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Malakai Rere
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Ba and Aiyush Kumar
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The training reports on Misiwani Nairube are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Abdul Sahil
- Squad Welcome back, Filipe Nailatikau