Jesse Okoth

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469 Edition

The Shabana Post

23 Jul 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad23 Jul 2035

Hlompho Mkhize damages knee ligaments — 50 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 50 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad23 Jul 2035

Jesse Okoth: 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.” Shabana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match21 Jul 2035

6 unbeaten for Shabana

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Shabana did not have in the autumn.

Squad23 Jul 2035

The manager makes an example of Brian Junior Olega

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad23 Jul 2035

Justine Nyangwara 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 Shabana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom23 Jul 2035

Wages eat 107% of everything Shabana earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Player ratings23 Jul 2035

The afternoon belonged to Austine Odongo

A mark of 7.27, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The terraces23 Jul 2035

Everybody has an opinion about Brian Junior Olega

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Match21 Jul 2035

No goals between Shabana and Nairobi United

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Nairobi United will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

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The Shabana Post

14 May 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match9 May 2035

Shabana out of the cup

Ulinzi Stars ended it 0‑4. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match12 May 2035

Shabana throw away a 2-goal lead

2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Mathare United the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Shabana will enjoy reviewing.

Match12 May 2035

No end in sight to Shabana's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Shabana has to find a result from somewhere.

The terraces14 May 2035

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 13 of the 41 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

The terraces14 May 2035

A cup hiding at Ulinzi Stars leaves Shabana explaining themselves

0-4, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Squad14 May 2035

Tempers go at Shabana

Keith Imbali 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 May 2035

Biron Otieno 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 May 2035

The manager makes an example of Biron Otieno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings14 May 2035

A masterclass from Austine Odongo

Marked 8.54 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

457 Edition

The Shabana Post

30 Apr 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Apr 2035

No end in sight to Shabana's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Shabana has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings30 Apr 2035

A chastening introduction for Caleb Owusu — 5.70

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.70 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Match28 Apr 2035

Shabana cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Match28 Apr 2035

A bad afternoon for Shabana against Bandari

0‑1 to Bandari, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad30 Apr 2035

Justine Nyangwara 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 Shabana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad30 Apr 2035

Kevin Munika 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.

Boardroom30 Apr 2035

100% of the income goes out in wages at Shabana

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.

Squad30 Apr 2035

When it matters, Lazarazu Otieno plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Player ratings30 Apr 2035

Austine Odongo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief