Dave Mocenica

Striker - Ba
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Marked for Dave Mocenica

85 Edition

The Ba Gazette

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings13 Mar 2028

Raj Pillay beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 38. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market13 Mar 2028

Abdul Sahil is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Lucas Abarca 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 Ba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout13 Mar 2028

Gus Hoefsloot 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.

Squad13 Mar 2028

A row about effort at Ba

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raj Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings13 Mar 2028

Nobody on the pitch touched Nabil Begg

7.41, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Ba had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Dave Mocenica signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dave Mocenica and Ba agree another 3 years.

Match11 Mar 2028

Honours even between Ba and Nadroga

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Boardroom13 Mar 2028

Ba can only buy what they sell

Nobody has barred the club from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every incoming name comes with an outgoing one attached.

In brief

Back issues
84 Edition

The Ba Gazette

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match4 Mar 2028

Ba run riot against Tailevu Naitasiri

4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Patrick Joseph takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Player ratings6 Mar 2028

No sign of nerves from Viliame Sorovi at 16 — 7.76

The hardest thing about being 16 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Viliame Sorovi did not need any: 7.76, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

The dugout6 Mar 2028

Senirusi Bokini keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ba may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom6 Mar 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Ba

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad6 Mar 2028

A falling-out at Ba

Raj Pillay and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces6 Mar 2028

Ba supporters have found a favourite in Viliame Sorovi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 16-year-old it feels ownership of. Viliame Sorovi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market6 Mar 2028

One of our own: Peni Sauturaga joins the Ba first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peni Sauturaga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market6 Mar 2028

Ba promote Dave Mocenica from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dave Mocenica 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.

In brief