The Gor Mahia Chronicle
Market1 Jan 2035
Eric Amuka puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gor Mahia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jan 2035
John Okoth has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gor Mahia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Jan 2035
Sidnei Tavares honoured for the season
The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Gor Mahia had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.
Squad1 Jan 2035
Austin Harrison 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 Gor Mahia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom1 Jan 2035
No signings allowed at Gor Mahia
The manager may talk to whoever he likes and may pay nobody. A squad survives a window like this by borrowing, by promoting, and by hoping the injuries land somewhere else.
Market1 Jan 2035
No place for Sidnei Tavares in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sidnei Tavares has his answer from Gor Mahia; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout1 Jan 2035
Aïmen Moueffek gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Aïmen Moueffek is on it.
Market1 Jan 2035
Still no ink between Gor Mahia and Aïmen Moueffek
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Gor Mahia, another week without a signature from Aïmen Moueffek.
Squad1 Jan 2035
The armband goes to Jon Russell
A strip of cloth that decides nothing on the pitch and tells the dressing room whose opinion counts. The manager has made a statement without making one.
In brief
- Squad Aïmen Moueffek remains an outsider
- The dugout The manager makes Caleb Rupia a promise
- The dugout Collins Kibwage asks for a word with the manager