The Tusker Post
Squad4 Feb 2030
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ebube Nwachukwu
15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tusker lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Mandala Konté signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mandala Konté commits to Tusker for another 2 years.
Market4 Feb 2030
Tusker say no — this time
The offer from Posta Rangers for Caleb Ouma 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.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Tempers go at Tusker
Cheickna Samaké 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.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Graduation day at Tusker
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match2 Feb 2030
Still nobody has beaten Tusker
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Words at Tusker training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gouné Niangadou 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.
Match2 Feb 2030
Ian Simiyu Jr. the difference as Tusker beat Posta Rangers
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ian Simiyu Jr.. 2‑0 against Posta Rangers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market4 Feb 2030
Michael Mukangula steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Mukangula 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.
In brief
- Market Tusker promote Anthony Kahata from within
- Market Joseph Ayumba steps up from the Tusker academy
- Player ratings One of those days for Gouné Niangadou