The Bechem United Post
Squad12 Mar 2035
Defences have started doubling up on Darlvin Yeboah
27 goals and a season average of 7.46 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Player ratings12 Mar 2035
Selasie Bakai, 34, rolls back the years — 7.89
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.89 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match10 Mar 2035
Bechem United are at home on the road
5 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Market12 Mar 2035
Bernard Paintsil has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bechem United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Mar 2035
Tempers go at Bechem United
Isaiah Nyarko 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.
Match10 Mar 2035
Bechem United get the job done against Medeama
A 2‑1 win over Medeama, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings12 Mar 2035
Isaiah Nyarko was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.08. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Match10 Mar 2035
Bechem United hit back inside 3 minutes
Medeama held the lead for 3 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Bechem United answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
Squad12 Mar 2035
Thomas Baba signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Thomas Baba commits to Bechem United for another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout When it matters, Kofi Tompuo plays
- Squad Kwame Bukari has had enough of the bench