Caleb Ochieng

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Marked for Caleb Ochieng

144 Edition

The Tusker Post

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Caleb Ochieng: 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.” Tusker have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match28 Apr 2029

4 matches without a win for Tusker

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tusker are no longer polite ones.

Squad30 Apr 2029

A falling-out at Tusker

Ian Simiyu Jr. and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad30 Apr 2029

Words at Tusker training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eric Kapaito 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.

Match28 Apr 2029

Kenya Police take the points off Tusker

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

The manager makes an example of Thomas Omole

“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.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Kenneth Chemelil answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Eric Kapaito dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Looking ahead30 Apr 2029

A reunion for Servyl Akouala

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Ulinzi Stars in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief

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143 Edition

The Tusker Post

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings23 Apr 2029

Nobody could get near Douglas Omanga

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Words exchanged at Tusker

Ian Simiyu Jr. 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.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Eric Kapaito 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 dugout23 Apr 2029

Tusker pick somebody else ahead of Eric Kapaito

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Kenneth Chemelil was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Tusker dressing room was either.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

No hiding place for Caleb Ochieng

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

Match21 Apr 2029

Tusker and Muranga Seal cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Muranga Seal came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Thomas Teka suspended

One booking too many, and Thomas Teka sits out. Tusker lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.

Player ratings23 Apr 2029

Victor Mbaoma keeps on missing

Shots: 9, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

80 Edition

The Tusker Post

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad7 Feb 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for George Mulee

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

Squad7 Feb 2028

A fracture rules Dennis Wanjala out for 23 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Tusker will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings7 Feb 2028

Eric Kapaito scores twice — 8.45

Two goals and a mark of 8.45 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Tusker close the window on a squad of their own making

5 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Match5 Feb 2028

Tusker make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tusker have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Ian Simiyu Jr. 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 Tusker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

4 academy graduates step up at Tusker

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Abia Warriors tell Tusker: Ugochukwu David is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad7 Feb 2028

A row about effort at Tusker

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abud Omar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief