The Shabana Post
Squad6 Nov 2034
Ezekiah Omuri 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.
Squad6 Nov 2034
Kevin Munika is not the player he was
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 33 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
The dugout6 Nov 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.
Market6 Nov 2034
Shabana and Emmanuel Ajoku are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout6 Nov 2034
Brian Junior Olega has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Shabana will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market6 Nov 2034
The Brian Junior Olega story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Brian Junior Olega signs something — a contract at Shabana or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Joseph Karisa asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Extra work for Samuel Miheso at Shabana
- Squad Peter Olunga back in training