The Dibba Gazette
Match11 Dec 2032
No end in sight to Dibba's wait for a win
17 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Dibba has to find a result from somewhere.
Match11 Dec 2032
Dibba leaking at the back
5 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad13 Dec 2032
Words at Dibba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Flores 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.
Match11 Dec 2032
Al Shabab take the points off Dibba
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout13 Dec 2032
No hiding place for Eisa Houti
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eisa Houti, and the manager let it.
Squad13 Dec 2032
The decline has begun for Khamis Saleh
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 34 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Dibba is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Market13 Dec 2032
Talks stall between Dibba and Rilwanu Sarki
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout13 Dec 2032
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.
Squad13 Dec 2032
Kaoru Ueda 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 Dibba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- The dugout Mohanad Ali gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Mansour Saleh asks for a word with the manager
- Squad “I want to play”: Mohammed Saeed speaks