The Military Production Herald
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
Pressure builds in the Military Production boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
The dugout2 Apr 2029
El Limby keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Military Production may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Walid Tawfik stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Walid Tawfik and Military Production agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Military Production
El Sayed Abo Amna and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Tahah 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 terraces2 Apr 2029
One of their own: Collins Onovughe
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
Nobody could get near Mahmoud Daabasa
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match31 Mar 2029
Military Production get the job done against Aswan
A 1‑0 win over Aswan, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
Collins Onovughe was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.24. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Military Production and Mohamed El Shami
- Squad Abdallah Soliman makes the team of the month
- The dugout The view from the dugout