The Shabana Post
Squad23 Oct 2028
Shabana lose Wycliffe Omondi
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Shabana
Maxwell Mulili 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.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Adraman Yahaya signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adraman Yahaya commits to Shabana for another 1 years.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Erick Otieno asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Gilbert Abala gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Gilbert Abala is on it.
Market23 Oct 2028
The Erick Otieno question follows Shabana around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Erick Otieno’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Market Shabana put Sthembiso Hlophe up for sale
- Squad Jesse Mukangula is fit again