The Shabana Post
Squad11 Sep 2028
Words exchanged at Shabana
Ezekiah Omuri 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Bryan Michira falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Bryan Michira 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
No place for Patillah Omoto in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Shabana are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market11 Sep 2028
Shabana sign Felix Opoyo, one for the future
Felix Opoyo is 20, and Shabana have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market11 Sep 2028
Shabana buy the years ahead of Edward Moore
He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Mark Okola back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Shabana has worked with Mark Okola before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Jake Dodd signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jake Dodd commits to Shabana for another 3 years.
Market11 Sep 2028
Shabana and Humphrey Obina are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- The dugout Dalphine Omuri has become a man the manager trusts
- Looking ahead Cliff Nyakeya faces his old club
- Market Biron Otieno linked with a move away