Arnaud Ntcham

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Marked for Arnaud Ntcham

507 Edition

The PWD Bamenda Gazette

14 Apr 2036
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at PWD Bamenda

Rudolf Lyonga 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.

Squad

Words at PWD Bamenda training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdel Razack 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 dugout

When it matters, Abdel Razack 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 dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Collins Bassogog's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout

No hiding place for Michel Bekale

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

Market

The Abdel Razack talk will not go away

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

In brief

Back issues
477 Edition

The PWD Bamenda Gazette

17 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Age has not caught Junior Nguimbat yet — 8.33

At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.33 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad

A falling-out at PWD Bamenda

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

Squad

Words at PWD Bamenda training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdel Razack 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.

Match

Junior Nguimbat the difference as PWD Bamenda beat Stade Renard de Melong

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Junior Nguimbat. 2‑0 against Stade Renard de Melong, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout

No hiding place for Benjamin Moukoudi

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

Squad

Arnaud Ntcham signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Arnaud Ntcham and PWD Bamenda agree another 3 years.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Ambroise Mbarga, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout

Roan Nogha 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 Roan Nogha is on it.

Market

Abdel Razack linked with a move away

The name of Abdel Razack keeps appearing in other people's back pages. PWD Bamenda say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief