Samuel Schlupp

Striker - Ashanti Gold
15 May 2033
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The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

28 Mar 2033
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Mar 2033

Words exchanged at Ashanti Gold

Eric Oteng 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.

Squad28 Mar 2033

The decline has begun for Paul Ayongo

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 36 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Ashanti Gold is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

The dugout28 Mar 2033

When it matters, Japhet Matondo plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout28 Mar 2033

Japhet Matondo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ashanti Gold, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market28 Mar 2033

Talks stall between Ashanti Gold and Albert Kyereh

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout28 Mar 2033

Siyabonga Mahlangu is still paying for one afternoon at Ashanti Gold

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market28 Mar 2033

The Ivan Anokye Mensah talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ashanti Gold know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market28 Mar 2033

Francis Sulemana told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Francis Sulemana has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ashanti Gold.

Market28 Mar 2033

The clock does Paul Ayongo’s negotiating for him

2 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Ashanti Gold could ask drops and the wages Paul Ayongo can ask rise.

In brief

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The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

18 Oct 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad18 Oct 2032

A knee injury of the worst kind for Joseph Ablorh

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

Match16 Oct 2032

The cup run ends for Ashanti Gold

2‑3 against BA All Stars, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match16 Oct 2032

Ashanti Gold let it slip despite Albert Kyereh

Albert Kyereh had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and BA All Stars were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Player ratings18 Oct 2032

No sign of nerves from Edmund Mensah at 18 — 7.63

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Edmund Mensah did not need any: 7.63, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market18 Oct 2032

Jonathan Sulemana 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 Ashanti Gold, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings18 Oct 2032

Albert Kyereh pops up at the right end — 7.38

7.38, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

The dugout18 Oct 2032

Jonathan Sulemana keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ashanti Gold may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad18 Oct 2032

Words exchanged at Ashanti Gold

Eric Oteng 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.

Player ratings18 Oct 2032

The game went through Francis Sulemana — 7.06

Marked 7.06 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

In brief