The Shabana Post
Squad10 Sep 2035
Tempers go at Shabana
Ezekiah Omuri 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.
Boardroom10 Sep 2035
Chibuike Daniel will join Shabana for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Chibuike Daniel has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Shabana have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Sep 2035
One of our own: Ibrahim Onyango joins the Shabana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ibrahim Onyango is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Sep 2035
Shabana promote Samuel Kagere from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Kagere has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Sep 2035
One of our own: James Wanyama joins the Shabana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Wanyama is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Sep 2035
Shabana promote Francis Wanyama from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francis Wanyama has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Looking ahead10 Sep 2035
Shabana and Gor Mahia meet at the summit
The fixture the rest of the division is looking forward to more than either of the sides in it. Both know a win changes the season and a defeat does not end it, which is what makes it hard to play.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Felix Opoyo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Sep 2035
No place for Felix Opoyo in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Shabana are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Shabana
- Boardroom 86% of the income goes out in wages at Shabana
- The dugout When it matters, Biron Otieno plays