The Heart of Lions Herald
Squad4 Apr 2033
A falling-out at Heart of Lions
Kwesi Pong and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match2 Apr 2033
Alieu Cham’s goal not enough for Heart of Lions
Alieu Cham scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Hearts of Oak, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout4 Apr 2033
Ibrahim El Khalil Sebih 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.
Squad4 Apr 2033
A row about effort at Heart of Lions
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Seedorf Asante was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market4 Apr 2033
Heart of Lions and George Ayine are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad4 Apr 2033
Daniel Schlupp signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Schlupp commits to Heart of Lions for another 3 years.
The dugout4 Apr 2033
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad4 Apr 2033
A step back for Bernard Mohammed at Heart of Lions
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
The dugout4 Apr 2033
Joseph Schlupp dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- Looking ahead Prosper Ahiabu faces his old club
- Market Ibrahim El Khalil Sebih linked with a move away
- The dugout Kwadwo Obeng Junior has become a man the manager trusts