Eric Mulee

Central Defender - Kenya Police
2 Feb 2033
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Eric Mulee

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The Kenya Police Herald

26 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

85 days out for Awesu Awesu after a fracture

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

Match

Still nobody has beaten Kenya Police

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Khadime N'Diaye 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 Kenya Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yusuf Mainge 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Koné Mohamed

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Eric Mulee stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Eric Mulee and Kenya Police agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Moise Mbombo 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 Moise Mbombo is on it.

The dugout

Joseph Henderson: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Match

Point won or two lost for Kenya Police?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Tusker? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

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Player ratings

Douglas Omanga runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yusuf Mainge 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Kenya Police

Erick Zakayo 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.

The dugout

Kenya Police pick somebody else ahead of Tyshick Mosengo

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Joseph Henderson on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout

Amos Nyakeya knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kenya Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout

When it matters, Douglas Omanga plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Match

Kenya Police draw a blank against Kariobangi Sharks

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kariobangi Sharks defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Market

Baraka Badi linked with a move away

The name of Baraka Badi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kenya Police say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

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From our football correspondent Steady

Match

3 matches without a goal for Kenya Police

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yusuf Mainge 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Kenya Police

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

Match

AFC Leopards take the points off Kenya Police

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Joseph Henderson answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings

Moise Mbombo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

When it matters, Douglas Omanga plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

No hiding place for Eric Mulee

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

Looking ahead

A reunion for Yusuf Mainge

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Nairobi United in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief