Patrick Kamau

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Marked for Patrick Kamau

138 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad19 Mar 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Patrick Kamau

28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. AFC Leopards lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout19 Mar 2029

Humphrey Katasi frozen out at AFC Leopards

This is not rotation. Humphrey Katasi has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at AFC Leopards is pretending otherwise.

Match17 Mar 2029

The wait goes on for AFC Leopards

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad19 Mar 2029

Kaycie Odhiambo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kaycie Odhiambo and AFC Leopards agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad19 Mar 2029

Kennedy Odhiambo 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 AFC Leopards this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad19 Mar 2029

Kaycie Odhiambo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match17 Mar 2029

AFC Leopards come up short against Shabana

Shabana left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings19 Mar 2029

Christopher Raila ran the middle of the pitch — 6.54

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 10 combined actions and a mark of 6.54, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

The dugout19 Mar 2029

The manager makes an example of Ronald Sichenje

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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137 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Mar 2029

Patrick Kamau damages knee ligaments — 35 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 35 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

Kaycie Odhiambo frozen out at AFC Leopards

This is not rotation. Kaycie Odhiambo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at AFC Leopards is pretending otherwise.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Kaycie Odhiambo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

The manager makes an example of Lefa Ngwenya

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings12 Mar 2029

The afternoon belonged to James Kinyanjui

A mark of 7.82, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Humphrey Katasi lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Words exchanged at AFC Leopards

Michael Gabriel 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.

Match10 Mar 2029

Honours even between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Duncan Ayumba was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the AFC Leopards dressing room was either.

In brief

136 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Mar 2029

The knee: Patrick Kamau out for 42 days

42 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. AFC Leopards lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

Ronald Sichenje frozen out at AFC Leopards

This is not rotation. Ronald Sichenje has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at AFC Leopards is pretending otherwise.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Words at AFC Leopards training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kaycie Odhiambo 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.

Match3 Mar 2029

James Kinyanjui’s goal not enough for AFC Leopards

James Kinyanjui scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Bandari, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Tempers go at AFC Leopards

Yafeesi Mubiru 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.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

No hiding place for Robert Kakeeto

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robert Kakeeto, and the manager let it.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Levis Esambe is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Levis Esambe has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

Duncan Ayumba: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

A promise honoured for Christopher Raila

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. AFC Leopards told Christopher Raila something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief