Oche Eze

Defensive Midfielder - Plateau United
25 Oct 2032
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Marked for Oche Eze

269 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

22 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market22 Sep 2031

Oghenekaro Nwakali 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 Plateau United can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings22 Sep 2031

Nobody could get near Chidera Osimhen

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad22 Sep 2031

Nathaniel Tahmbi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

The manager makes an example of Jonathan Okechukwu

“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.

Match20 Sep 2031

Plateau United come up short against Bendel Insurance

Bendel Insurance left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

Chukwuma Eze faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Chukwuma Eze after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad22 Sep 2031

Abdullahi Osayi-Samuel stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdullahi Osayi-Samuel and Plateau United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

Favour Aputaziem gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Favour Aputaziem is on it.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

Favour Aputaziem knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Favour Aputaziem trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

Back issues
266 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

1 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets1 Sep 2031

An offer of $1.8M for Alex Oyowah

Plateau United have gone to Rivers United with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Boardroom1 Sep 2031

Window shuts: 21 in, 5 out at Plateau United

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 21 arrived, 5 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets1 Sep 2031

The paperwork begins on Antonio Galeano

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Plateau United have done the hard part with Remo Stars, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad1 Sep 2031

Words exchanged at Plateau United

Favour Aputaziem and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets1 Sep 2031

Enyimba tell Plateau United: Mohammed Shilla is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad1 Sep 2031

Favour Aputaziem makes it 50 clean sheets

50 shut-outs in 127 appearances. A keeper’s career is counted in games where nothing happened, and none of it happened by accident.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

Kazeem Adeyanju gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Kazeem Adeyanju is on it.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

Chukwuma Eze: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Squad1 Sep 2031

Words at Plateau United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oche Eze 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.

In brief