The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
Squad8 Jan 2046
A one-man rearguard from Osman Paintsil
There were 6 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.
Squad8 Jan 2046
Tempers go at Liberty Professionals
Patrick Djiku 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.
Player ratings8 Jan 2046
Ninety minutes of Gladson Schlupp at his very best
Marked 8.34. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Liberty Professionals.
Player ratings8 Jan 2046
One of those days for Gladson Mensah
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings8 Jan 2046
Nobody could get near Afriyie Sulemana
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match6 Jan 2046
Gladson Schlupp rescues a point for Liberty Professionals
It needed Gladson Schlupp to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Heart of Lions, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad8 Jan 2046
When it matters, Gladson Mensah 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.
Squad8 Jan 2046
The manager makes an example of Oscar Onuachu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market8 Jan 2046
The Osman Paintsil story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Osman Paintsil signs something — a contract at Liberty Professionals or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market Daniel Ayew leaves for nothing
- Market Kamaldeen Gyan leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Liberty Professionals keep producing them