The Barau Courier
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Ibrahim Yahaya runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Anger at Barau spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market21 Aug 2028
Nana Kwame 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 Barau can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Aug 2028
Godwin Akpo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Barau is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Barau
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Barau are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Usman Maidubuji stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Usman Maidubuji and Barau agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a goal for Barau
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market21 Aug 2028
Eyes on Henry Ezeonye again
The phone has started ringing about Henry Ezeonye again, and this time the name on the line is Rivers United. Barau are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Diego Lorensi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Loan watch Adamu Ibrahim has seen enough of Gor Mahia
- Squad Home is on Thamsanqa Jali's mind
- Player ratings Bismark Duah was the difference for Barau