The Posta Rangers Post
Squad25 Apr 2033
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mohammed Barisa
62 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Posta Rangers lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Apr 2033
Words exchanged at Posta Rangers
Clifford Otieno 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.
Match23 Apr 2033
3 matches without a goal for Posta Rangers
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match23 Apr 2033
KCB take the points off Posta Rangers
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout25 Apr 2033
No hiding place for Clifford Otieno
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Clifford Otieno, and the manager let it.
Squad25 Apr 2033
Posta Rangers count the cost of losing James Rupia
28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout25 Apr 2033
Interim Coach faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Interim Coach after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout25 Apr 2033
Alfie Newby asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Player ratings25 Apr 2033
Brian Njeru beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Looking ahead Lewis Shivachi faces his old club
- The dugout Itumeleng Kekana has become a man the manager trusts
- Market The Lazarazu Otieno talk will not go away