The Ulinzi Stars Courier
The dugout4 Feb 2030
Derrick Otanga: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ulinzi Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings4 Feb 2030
Vintage Derrick Otanga — 7.80
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.80, and nobody on the pitch better.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Window shuts: 9 in, 3 out at Ulinzi Stars
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 9 arrived, 3 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets4 Feb 2030
Eugene Ikutwa due for a Ulinzi Stars medical
Everything agreed with Tusker, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Ibrahim Shambi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ibrahim Shambi and Ulinzi Stars agree another 2 years.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Words exchanged at Ulinzi Stars
Ronald Sichenje 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.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Graduation day at Ulinzi Stars
7 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets4 Feb 2030
Door shut on Simphiwe Mlondo
Ulinzi Stars asked and Gor Mahia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Words at Ulinzi Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ibrahim Shambi 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Duncan Rupia joins the Ulinzi Stars first team
- Market One of our own: Ibrahim Manyama joins the Ulinzi Stars first team
- Market One of our own: Ibrahim Masika joins the Ulinzi Stars first team