The Tusker Post
Squad7 Feb 2028
116 days out for George Kaddu after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Tusker will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market7 Feb 2028
Teddy Dok hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tusker can pretend not to have heard.
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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Tusker tie Kenneth Mukangula down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
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
Graduation day at Tusker
5 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 targets7 Feb 2028
Maritzburg United tell Tusker: Mthobisi Zondo 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.
Match5 Feb 2028
Tusker get the job done against Posta Rangers
A 2‑1 win over Posta Rangers, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Market Timothy Karisa steps up from the Tusker academy
- Market Patrick Omurwa steps up from the Tusker academy
- Market Collins Mainge steps up from the Tusker academy