The Borneo Post
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Mohamad Anez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Borneo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
An order from above at Borneo: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Borneo
Kei Hirose and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
156% of the income goes out in wages at Borneo
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Borneo count the cost of losing Dika Kuswardani
30 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Market2 Nov 2026
Koldo Obieta linked with a move away
The name of Koldo Obieta keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Borneo say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Dwiky Hardiansyah 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I want to play”: Rivaldo Enero speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Mohammad Al-Husseini has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mohammad Al-Husseini has written the date down.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Koldo Obieta
- Loan watch Habibi Jusuf's loan at PSBS Biak nearly up
- Squad Welcome back, Andri Arhan