The Abia Warriors Post
Match20 Feb 2027
18 unbeaten for Abia Warriors
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 18 matches without defeat is a foundation Abia Warriors did not have in the autumn.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Abia Warriors
Chukwuemeka Obioma 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Abia Warriors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Onyekachi Thompson 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.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Chidiebere Nnachi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Onyekachi Thompson
“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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Onyekachi Thompson has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Abia Warriors will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Match20 Feb 2027
Suraju Lawal rescues a point for Abia Warriors
It needed Suraju Lawal to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Nasarawa United, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Olayinka Onyeka on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Olayinka Onyeka after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Looking ahead22 Feb 2027
A reunion for David Bethel
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Niger Tornadoes in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- The dugout Suraju Lawal has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout No place in the plan for David Adeleke
- Market Samuel Faniyi placed on the list