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09/11/2025

Enzo Maresca says:

When we lose or drop points, so many people are concerned about my rotation. When we win, no one remembers about it.

The Chelsea ship has largely stabilized now. I'm surprised to see some people calling for Maresca's head at the slightest slip. But then I remember about types of fans and the modern fan's amount of patience.

08/11/2025

FT: Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal

63rd minute sub Brian Brobbey nicks it at the death to earn Sunderland a well-deserved point in front of their home fans. In the end, Granit Xhaka manages to keep both his families not unhappy. No one sees darkness at The Stadium of Light - just dim dim for everyone.

Arsenal head into the international break perched atop the PL table; more days for the elephant to bask uninterrupted. Can they see it out this season?

08/11/2025

Hayawi hayawi yamekataa kuwa kabisa. Ishiara FC lose 2-0 and 2-1 to Bandari Youth and Kenya Navy respectively, on their first Division 1 trip to the Kenyan coast.

1/9 points collected so far. Still, decent scorelines and displays in their debut season, even away from home.

Next up: Dandora Youth visit Ishiara Mayo grounds in matchweek 4.

08/11/2025

Sunderland host Arsenal in the 11th fixture of the PL season in a match of higher stakes than most would have thought at the start of the season.

The newly promoted Cats sit a surprising fourth with 18 points, just seven behind leaders Arsenal, and just one off second-place.

Both teams have not lost a match in the last 30 days, meaning proper wind in each team's sails. Cats come to the match on the back of a 1-1 PL draw away at Everton on Monday. The Gunners picked three points in the Czech Republic on Tuesday in a 3-0 win over Slavia Prague.

To spice up the tie, former Arsenal star Granit Xhaka captains Regis Le Bris side in front of an excited home crowd. He has won a Bundesliga title and anchored Sunderland since he left the Gunners, but how will he fare against his former side?

However it is, someone will see darkness at The Stadium of Light today, 8:30 pm East African Time. EAT!

07/11/2025

Following a 2-2 draw against Marafiki FC in their Division 1 debut, Ishiara FC are on their first away hunt down at the Kenyan coast.

They lost 2-0 in their first match against Bandari Youth in midweek. A remarkable and respectable scoreline against one of the best-structured sides in the Division.

The foot remains on the pedal as Ishiara FC go again on Saturday, this time against Kenya Navy. The attitude is low at county 001 but, going by the photos from recovery and training, morale couldn't be higher for the boys from Mayo.

📸 Gosens

28/06/2025

I said it here, that 3K would not possibly be seeking promotion on their debut NSL season. Some fans felt grated. But now the chairman himself has put paid to that bile by saying the aim was a top five finish.

Finishing 9th is commendable. Many teams' aim in debut seasons in the higher leagues is to just stay afloat. Congratulations 3K FC.

From this interview, my best takeaway is 'technical team.' Chao has always left matters of the pitch to the experts he engages, and I love that about him. We often put him off as 'Hajui ball,' but that might prove to be his greatest strength.

How many teams are destroyed by their very owners just because they think they know ball and thus keep overreaching?

BIG INTERVIEW WITH OUR CLUB CHAIRMAN, MR. CHARLES NJOKA NJAGI

We threw some questions at Chao as many know him, and this is what he had to say.

🔵ON IF WE ACHIEVED OUR SEASON OBJECTIVES IN THE JUST CONCLUDED SEASON
Partly, yes. We had a target of finishing in a position not less than 5, we ended up finishing 9th, that was not that bad of a performance. As far as our fanbase is concerned, we had been getting about 1000 to 1500 fans attending our home games, we wanted to attract more people into our games, we ended up the season with an average of 2300 to 2500 fans, which was hugely commendable.

🔵ON WHAT WAS OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT THIS SEASON
I can say we had a successful annual fund drive dinner.
We've also built a very compact team of young and talented players who will be instrumental in propelling the team to Kenya premier league. We also had a very good technical bench who worked hard to build and improve our squad.

🔵ON NOT LOOSING OUR BEST PLAYERS TO OTHER TEAMS
We plan on retaining our good players, of course, unless a very good deal comes their way. If a good deal comes the way of any of our players, we will release them with a smile on our faces and open heart.

🔵ON PLANS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR SQUAD
We have key areas that we have to address. We will liaise with the technical bench, but it's evident we need to get in one experienced goalkeeper, a good goal scorer and improve just slightly on our midfield. We will also release a few players, a decision that will be made by the technical bench.

🔵ON THE STATE OF OUR CLUB HOUSE
I can say confidently that our club house will be done by mid season.

🔵ON NEXT SEASON'S OBJECTIVES
Top of our list is getting a partnership deal, most likely with a betting company. We also want to partner more with local business community and see how we can both work for mutual benefit.

19/12/2024

30/10/2024

Patrice Evra has said Arsenal is like Netflix. Always waiting for next season.

My people in Bordeaux, I need you to visit that Manjesta lad and tell him to wash the name of our club from his mouth!

19/10/2024

Yaani mmeamua hata Truthful Football hamtaki?

Arsenal joins Gasagua and Ferguson in the week of tribulations. Bourne Ultimatum; the sun will rise.

17/10/2024

What is that I hear Manjesta are doing to Old Alex Ferguson over there at Sir Trafford?

10/10/2024

The 24-man Harambee Stars squad TRAVELLING to face Cameroon in Uganda and Cameroon has seven (7) players who ply their trade in Kenya.

Four of these (Rooney Onyango, Sylvester Owino, Alphonce Omija and Geoffrey Ochieng) play for Gor Mahia, while we have one each from Tusker (Crispine Erambo), Bandari (Byrne Omondi), and Kenya Police (Patrick Matasi).

We wish the team or the best in the two ties of Group J AFCON qualification, which Kenya currently tops on goal difference. Meanwhile, I have a few things going on in my mind:

- What does the constitution (70%) foreign-based say about our local game? Are we so good we have exported enough, or too poor that local-based players do not fit the bill? Or does the coach have a bias?

- Why is it that only four KPL teams have players called up? Are other teams less packed with talent? Does the coach have enough arsenal to cast his scouting net across the country and in different tiers?

- Is there any available reading on the backstage operations of Kenyan football? e.g how the FA, journalists, player camps affect call-ups, squad selection, match-fixing etc. Hapa najua Kiarie Mbugua will come in handy. I should also gift myself Esse Akida's book, Unchained, juu leo ni birthday yangu tena.

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Anyway, how many points do you think we'll get from the two games against Cameroon this end week?