The Aigle Royal de la Menoua Sentinel
Squad28 Feb 2033
6 saves: Ismaël Fansu 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.
Market28 Feb 2033
Pierre Etame puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aigle Royal de la Menoua, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Feb 2033
Tempers go at Aigle Royal de la Menoua
Patrick Fergani 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.
Match26 Feb 2033
A bad afternoon for Aigle Royal de la Menoua against Cotonsport Garoua
0‑2 to Cotonsport Garoua, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Feb 2033
Words at Aigle Royal de la Menoua training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ironduka Uzoma 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.
Squad28 Feb 2033
Jacques Embolo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacques Embolo and Aigle Royal de la Menoua agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout28 Feb 2033
Interim Coach: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout28 Feb 2033
When it matters, Patrick Fergani 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 dugout28 Feb 2033
No hiding place for Emmanuel Aboubakar
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emmanuel Aboubakar, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Jacques Embolo dropped after a run of poor form
- Market The Patrick Fergani talk will not go away
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Sudais Ali Baba