The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
Match30 Aug 2027
El-Kanemi Warriors are in real trouble now
Position 18, 31 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market30 Aug 2027
Azeez Yusuf hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what El-Kanemi Warriors can pretend not to have heard.
Match28 Aug 2027
8 matches without a win for El-Kanemi Warriors
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around El-Kanemi Warriors are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Emmanuel Nwabufo
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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Benjamin Jack
“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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Wikki Tourists are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. El-Kanemi Warriors will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market30 Aug 2027
El-Kanemi Warriors and Benjamin Jack 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.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
Sule John has seen enough of Cotonsport Garoua
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at El-Kanemi Warriors, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ismail Mukhtar is carrying El-Kanemi Warriors
4 goals and a season average of 7.26. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
In brief
- Squad Isaiah Ejeh asks for a word with the manager
- Market Zayyad Musa told to find a new club
- Match El-Kanemi Warriors and Plateau United cancel each other out