The Ulinzi Stars Courier
Boardroom15 Oct 2029
Ulinzi Stars hand the job to Lukas Krause
“I have supported clubs like this one. I know what a bad Saturday feels like here.” The new man starts with nothing behind him and everything in front of him.
Squad15 Oct 2029
43 days out for Peter Okoth after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Ulinzi Stars will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market15 Oct 2029
Ronwen Mothiba has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ulinzi Stars they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad15 Oct 2029
Shannel Makwata signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shannel Makwata and Ulinzi Stars agree another 4 years.
Squad15 Oct 2029
A falling-out at Ulinzi Stars
Shannel Makwata and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad15 Oct 2029
A row about effort at Ulinzi Stars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ibrahim Shambi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Oct 2029
A clean slate for Derrick Otanga
A new manager did not pick last season’s side and does not care what it looked like. Derrick Otanga has taken that personally, in the best sense, and Ulinzi Stars are seeing a version of him the last regime had stopped seeing.
The dugout15 Oct 2029
No hiding place for Denis Owino
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Owino, and the manager let it.
Market15 Oct 2029
Boniface Muchiri linked with a move away
The name of Boniface Muchiri keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ulinzi Stars say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Match Ulinzi Stars in the hunt for Europe
- Market Denis Owino runs his contract down
- Market The shop window has Paul Mitchell in it