Taniela Krishna

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
17 Sep 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Taniela Krishna

44 Edition

The Labasa Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Sailose Tawake 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.

Squad

Aiyush Kumar says Labasa went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Labasa

Ashnil Raju 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Labasa against Lautoka

1‑2 to Lautoka, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Taniela Krishna out for 42 days

The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Taniela Krishna, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Christopher Wasasala 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.

Player ratings

Ashnil Raju runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Penisoni Tirau

Marked 5.40, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Player ratings

An afternoon Ramzan Khan will want back

Marked 5.56. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.

In brief

Back issues
32 Edition

The Labasa Post

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Iliesa Lino breaks a bone — 47 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 47 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Labasa

Akeimi Ralulu 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.

Boardroom

4 academy players handed senior numbers at Labasa

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad

Iliesa Lino stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Iliesa Lino and Labasa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Taniela Krishna steps up from the Labasa academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Taniela Krishna 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.

Market

One of our own: Tito Tuyaga joins the Labasa first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tito Tuyaga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Labasa promote Simione Qaraniqio from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simione Qaraniqio has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Malakai Nawalu steps up from the Labasa academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Malakai Nawalu 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Sitiveni Rakai

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

In brief