The Tusker Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Charles Momanyi out for 81 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Tusker will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Ian Simiyu Jr. runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market8 Feb 2027
Alex Onchwari asks to leave Tusker
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Tusker
S'fiso Hlanti 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Tusker
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match6 Feb 2027
Whatever happens, Tusker do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Tusker training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Malick Touré is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match6 Feb 2027
Eric Kapaito sends Tusker past Posta Rangers
It finished 2‑1, and it was Eric Kapaito’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Tusker.
Market8 Feb 2027
Peter Ayumba steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Ayumba has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Tusker promote David Masika from within
- Market One of our own: Caleb Mukangula joins the Tusker first team
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Gouné Niangadou at his very best