The Bandari Chronicle
Squad5 Jul 2032
The knee: Nicholas Mainge out for 37 days
37 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bandari lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad5 Jul 2032
34 days out for Patrick Nyakeya after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bandari will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Boardroom5 Jul 2032
Pressure builds in the Bandari boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market5 Jul 2032
Ibrahim Olunga 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 The request is on a desk at Bandari, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout5 Jul 2032
David Olunga keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bandari may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2032
The paperwork begins on Rachid Barro
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Bandari have done the hard part with Gor Mahia, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad5 Jul 2032
Erickson Mulu signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Erickson Mulu and Bandari agree another 2 years.
Squad5 Jul 2032
Tempers go at Bandari
Alfred Emoni 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.
Market5 Jul 2032
Mara Sugar are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Bandari will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Boardroom $405.8K from the owner keeps Bandari afloat
- Match Tusker take the points off Bandari
- Player ratings Louie Copley beats them one at a time