The Tusker Post
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
Deadline passes with 6 signed and 4 gone
That is the business done at Tusker until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Squad2 Feb 2032
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Shafin Murtala
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Tusker will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad2 Feb 2032
Abdelghani Mohamed 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.
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
6 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.
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
The owner puts $135.3K into Tusker
This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.
Market2 Feb 2032
Eric Muguna steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eric Muguna has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market2 Feb 2032
One of our own: Martin Mbugua joins the Tusker first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Mbugua is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Feb 2032
One of our own: Samuel Omurwa joins the Tusker first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Omurwa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Feb 2032
Patrick Mwendwa steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Mwendwa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Boardroom Tusker board go back on their word
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Anthony Kamau
- Squad Vincent Owino takes the armband