The Lautoka Herald
Squad15 Jul 2030
A knee injury of the worst kind for Maciu Tuinuku
63 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Lautoka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market15 Jul 2030
Atonio Tuivuna asks to leave Lautoka
“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.
The dugout15 Jul 2030
Milai Perrot says Lautoka went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market15 Jul 2030
Patrick Krishna is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Lautoka is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout15 Jul 2030
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Squad15 Jul 2030
Words exchanged at Lautoka
Marley Rayment-Dawkins 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.
The dugout15 Jul 2030
Peni Jale knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Peni Jale trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout15 Jul 2030
Jale Bari 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.
Squad15 Jul 2030
Ilaisa Ravai remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Lautoka would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
In brief
- Market The Givendro Mercera talk will not go away
- Market Marlon Kumar leaves for nothing
- Squad The training reports on Tyler Mansbridge are not good