The Shabana Post
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
James Mazembe runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market23 Aug 2027
Maxwell Mulili asks to leave Shabana
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market23 Aug 2027
Shabana turn down Sofapaka for David Obasanjo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market23 Aug 2027
Shabana promote James Wanyama from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James Wanyama has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Patrick Olunga joins the Shabana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Olunga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match21 Aug 2027
Bryan Michira sends Shabana past APS Bomet
It finished 1‑0, and it was Bryan Michira’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Shabana.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
A masterclass from Bryan Michira
Marked 8.09 — 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Erick Otieno left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Erick Otieno will call it something else in private.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Dalphine Omuri 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Shabana training over how hard people work
- Squad Shabana pick somebody else ahead of Erick Otieno