The Tusker Post
Squad23 Jan 2034
A row about effort at Tusker
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdelghani Mohamed was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets23 Jan 2034
Door shut on Victor Augo
Tusker asked and Murom said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market23 Jan 2034
No place for Abdelghani Mohamed in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Abdelghani Mohamed has his answer from Tusker; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Transfer targets23 Jan 2034
Tusker try to borrow Erick Manyama
Kariobangi Sharks 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 dugout23 Jan 2034
Joseph Mbugua 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 Joseph Mbugua is on it.
Market23 Jan 2034
The Will Wilson question follows Tusker around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Will Wilson’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market23 Jan 2034
The shop window has Joseph Mbugua in it
Tusker have let the market know Joseph Mbugua can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout23 Jan 2034
James Ochieng knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tusker, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom23 Jan 2034
The Tusker production line keeps running
89 graduates out of an academy now rated 7 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Joseph Mwendwa are not good
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on John Olunga