The AS Etat Major Post
Market7 Sep 2026
Djibrine Oumar hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Etat Major can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Sep 2026
AS Etat Major say no — this time
The offer from Renaissance for Hassan Mahamat was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
AS Etat Major close the window on a squad of their own making
11 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Ahmat Haroun at AS Etat Major
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ahmat Haroun is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Marius Doungous 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Eyes on Issa Mahamat again
The phone has started ringing about Issa Mahamat again, and this time the name on the line is Aiglons. AS Etat Major are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at AS Etat Major training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdramane Youssouf is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Abdramane Souleymane in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Etat Major this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Youssouf Abba is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Youssouf Abba has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
In brief
- Market AS Etat Major and Idriss Mbaiguedem are talking past each other
- The dugout Ezechiel Mbainaissem keeps his manager's vote