The Colombe du Dja et Lobo Post
Player ratings14 Jan 2030
Nobody could get near Yvan Mvondo Olama
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Tempers go at Colombe du Dja et Lobo
Yvan Mvondo Olama 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.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Jacques Embolo gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jacques Embolo has just signed for Colombe du Dja et Lobo, and for once the answer mattered.
Match12 Jan 2030
The goals have deserted Colombe du Dja et Lobo
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Colombe du Dja et Lobo can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Cédric Landry Djomo 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.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Randy Ntume 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.
Market14 Jan 2030
Colombe du Dja et Lobo buy the years ahead of Jacques Embolo
He is 17, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market14 Jan 2030
Aigle Royal de Moungo are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Colombe du Dja et Lobo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match12 Jan 2030
Colombe du Dja et Lobo draw a blank against Victoria United
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Victoria United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
In brief
- Market Colombe du Dja et Lobo put Armhel Yandeme up for sale
- Market Gerarld Mbeni leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Colombe du Dja et Lobo keep producing them