Abdul Schlupp

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61 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout27 Sep 2027

Solomon Agbesi says Great Olympics 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.

Squad27 Sep 2027

A fracture rules Abdul Schlupp out for 20 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Great Olympics will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market27 Sep 2027

Jonah Aryeetey asks to leave Great Olympics

“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.

Match25 Sep 2027

Nobody wins at Great Olympics

10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Words exchanged at Great Olympics

Manuel Mantey 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.

Squad27 Sep 2027

A row about effort at Great Olympics

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

Transfer targets27 Sep 2027

Hearts of Oak tell Great Olympics: Kelvin Appiah is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Mustafa Yahaya

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mustafa Yahaya, and the manager let it.

Player ratings27 Sep 2027

Eric Oteng stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.84 on the card, and the Great Olympics support went home talking about one name.

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60 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Sep 2027

27 days out for Abdul Schlupp after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Great Olympics will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market20 Sep 2027

Boa-At Regain hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Great Olympics can pretend not to have heard.

Squad20 Sep 2027

6 saves: Solomon Agbesi was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Great Olympics

Manuel Mantey 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.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Words at Great Olympics training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eric Oteng 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.

Match18 Sep 2027

Great Olympics come up short against Berekum Chelsea

Berekum Chelsea left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Arnold Siaw 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.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Gladson Appiah answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Nobody could get near Richmond Lamptey

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

59 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market13 Sep 2027

Manuel Mantey hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Great Olympics can pretend not to have heard.

Squad13 Sep 2027

A fracture rules Abdul Schlupp out for 34 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Great Olympics will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Mohammed Aminu says Great Olympics 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.

Squad13 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Great Olympics

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

Match11 Sep 2027

Great Olympics make home a hard place to visit

9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.

Transfer targets13 Sep 2027

another club tell Great Olympics: Osei Prince is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces13 Sep 2027

One of their own: Basit Ahmed

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Squad13 Sep 2027

A row about effort at Great Olympics

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

The dugout13 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Boa-At Regain

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Boa-At Regain, and the manager let it.

In brief

58 Edition

The Great Olympics Gazette

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad6 Sep 2027

Abdul Schlupp breaks a bone — 41 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 41 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market6 Sep 2027

David Benjamin asks to leave Great Olympics

“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.

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

Deadline passes with 16 signed and 5 gone

That is the business done at Great Olympics until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

Gladson Appiah signs on for the long haul

Great Olympics moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Gladson Appiah, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Great Olympics

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

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

Graduation day at Great Olympics

5 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.

Transfer targets6 Sep 2027

Berekum Chelsea tell Great Olympics: Marvin Owusu is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A row about effort at Great Olympics

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

Market6 Sep 2027

Great Olympics promote Isaac Paintsil from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Isaac Paintsil 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.

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