The PWD Bamenda Gazette
Match15 May 2034
PWD Bamenda are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 46 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market15 May 2034
Christian Mbia asks to leave PWD Bamenda
“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.
Squad15 May 2034
Words at PWD Bamenda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdel Razack 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.
Squad15 May 2034
Words exchanged at PWD Bamenda
Kelvin Leku 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.
The dugout15 May 2034
Roan Nogha 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 Roan Nogha is on it.
Market15 May 2034
The Beck-Ray Enoru question follows PWD Bamenda around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Beck-Ray Enoru’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout15 May 2034
Patrick Song asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market15 May 2034
PWD Bamenda put Joel Siani up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Joel Siani may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market15 May 2034
The clock does Jean Moukandjo’s negotiating for him
4 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee PWD Bamenda could ask drops and the wages Jean Moukandjo can ask rise.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Olivier Oyongo on the training pitch
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Franck Mbeumo
- Squad Welcome back, Stephane Moukandjo