The Hasaacas Gazette
Squad17 Apr 2028
Gladson Afful signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gladson Afful and Hasaacas agree another 3 years.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Hasaacas
Albert Inusah 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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Christian Nuhu 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 dugout17 Apr 2028
David Atiemo is still paying for one afternoon at Hasaacas
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Gladson Afful 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 Gladson Afful trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Francis Asamoah 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 Francis Asamoah is on it.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Ahmed Hijazi
- Market The shop window has Kamaldeen Schlupp in it
- Market Edmund Kudus runs his contract down
- Squad Welcome back, Ernest Asante