Collins Njeru

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
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453 Edition

The Shabana Post

2 Apr 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Apr 2035

A knee injury of the worst kind for Collins Njeru

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

Market2 Apr 2035

Harun Olunga hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Shabana can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 Apr 2035

Words exchanged at Shabana

Ezekiah Omuri 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.

Boardroom2 Apr 2035

Shabana counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Shabana now.

Squad2 Apr 2035

Words at Shabana training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hamari Kante is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout2 Apr 2035

Andile Modiba gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market2 Apr 2035

Talks stall between Shabana and Martin Ochieng

“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 dugout2 Apr 2035

Ezekiah Omuri 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 Ezekiah Omuri is on it.

Squad2 Apr 2035

The division's best last weekend was a Shabana man

It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Brian Junior Olega was the best thing in any of them.

In brief

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452 Edition

The Shabana Post

26 Mar 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad26 Mar 2035

Biron Otieno breaks a bone — 15 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match24 Mar 2035

Shabana tear Nairobi United apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 6‑2 against Nairobi United, and it could have been more.

Squad26 Mar 2035

Brian Junior Olega takes the match ball home

4 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Squad26 Mar 2035

A knee injury of the worst kind for Collins Njeru

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

Match24 Mar 2035

Nobody wins at Shabana

10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad26 Mar 2035

Maxwell Mulili 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 Shabana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match24 Mar 2035

Nobody could stop scoring

8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Shabana and Nairobi United in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Player ratings26 Mar 2035

Brian Junior Olega was on a different afternoon to everybody else

9.89. 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.

The dugout26 Mar 2035

Eric Kahata frozen out at Shabana

This is not rotation. Eric Kahata has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Shabana is pretending otherwise.

In brief

451 Edition

The Shabana Post

19 Mar 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Mar 2035

22 days out for Biron Otieno after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Shabana will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad19 Mar 2035

Collins Njeru damages knee ligaments — 29 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 29 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad19 Mar 2035

A one-man rearguard from Maxwell Mulili

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market19 Mar 2035

Martin Ochieng has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Shabana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market19 Mar 2035

Samuel Miheso 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 Shabana, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom19 Mar 2035

Shabana to lose Martin Ochieng for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Martin Ochieng has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad19 Mar 2035

A falling-out at Shabana

Brian Junior Olega and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings19 Mar 2035

Ezekiah Omuri beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match17 Mar 2035

Shabana share the spoils with AFC Leopards

A 1‑1 draw with AFC Leopards leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

  • The dugout Maxwell Mulili has become a man the manager trusts
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Market No place for Patrick Nyakeya in the plan
450 Edition

The Shabana Post

12 Mar 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 Mar 2035

Biron Otieno breaks a bone — 29 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 29 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad12 Mar 2035

Collins Njeru damages knee ligaments — 36 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 36 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match10 Mar 2035

Tusker end the Shabana run at 8

Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 8 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.

Squad12 Mar 2035

Brian Junior Olega 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 Shabana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings12 Mar 2035

Ezekiah Omuri runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match10 Mar 2035

A bad afternoon for Shabana against Tusker

0‑2 to Tusker, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout12 Mar 2035

Jesse Mwendwa frozen out at Shabana

This is not rotation. Jesse Mwendwa has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Shabana is pretending otherwise.

Squad12 Mar 2035

Words at Shabana training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Shehu Ihenacho is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout12 Mar 2035

No hiding place for Hamari Kante

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hamari Kante, and the manager let it.

In brief

444 Edition

The Shabana Post

29 Jan 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad29 Jan 2035

Biron Otieno breaks a bone — 71 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 71 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets29 Jan 2035

Martin Wanyama due for a Shabana medical

Everything agreed with Kakamega Homeboyz, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad29 Jan 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.

The dugout29 Jan 2035

Eric Kahata frozen out at Shabana

This is not rotation. Eric Kahata has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Shabana is pretending otherwise.

The dugout29 Jan 2035

Brian Junior Olega 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 Brian Junior Olega is on it.

Market29 Jan 2035

The Brian Junior Olega question follows Shabana around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Brian Junior Olega’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout29 Jan 2035

Patrick Nyakeya knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Patrick Nyakeya trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market29 Jan 2035

John Masika placed on the list

Shabana have made John Masika available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad29 Jan 2035

Questions about Jesse Mwendwa on the training pitch

The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.

In brief

436 Edition

The Shabana Post

4 Dec 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad4 Dec 2034

A falling-out at Shabana

Brian Junior Olega and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout4 Dec 2034

Jesse Mwendwa frozen out at Shabana

This is not rotation. Jesse Mwendwa has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Shabana is pretending otherwise.

Squad4 Dec 2034

Patrick Onyango stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Patrick Onyango and Shabana agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout4 Dec 2034

Brian Junior Olega 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 Brian Junior Olega is on it.

Market4 Dec 2034

Jesse Mwendwa told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Jesse Mwendwa has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Shabana.

Market4 Dec 2034

Shehu Ihenacho placed on the list

Shabana have made Shehu Ihenacho available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief