Umar Dennis

Attacking Midfielder (R) - El-Kanemi Warriors
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375 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

3 Oct 2033
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match1 Oct 2033

A hiding for El-Kanemi Warriors

Beaten 1‑4 by Kun Khalifat, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Match3 Oct 2033

El-Kanemi Warriors finish in position 14

48 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.

Player ratings3 Oct 2033

A masterclass from Saagui Dzenyagha

Marked 8.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

The dugout3 Oct 2033

No hiding place for Abubakar Maiwada

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Abubakar Maiwada, and the manager let it.

Boardroom3 Oct 2033

Doors closed at El-Kanemi Warriors

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

The dugout3 Oct 2033

Henri Olivier answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad3 Oct 2033

Godspower Akekoromowei named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Godspower Akekoromowei is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Squad3 Oct 2033

Beaten 4 times: a bad day for Mohammed Faisal

5 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.

The dugout3 Oct 2033

Risilanu Ismail does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief

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370 Edition

The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

29 Aug 2033
From our football correspondent Steady

Market29 Aug 2033

Only the photograph left for Osayi Osimhen

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Osayi Osimhen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around El-Kanemi Warriors the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad29 Aug 2033

Words at El-Kanemi Warriors training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oladimeji Dada 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.

Match27 Aug 2033

No time for Wikki Tourists to settle

The goal that put Wikki Tourists ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when El-Kanemi Warriors equalised, 2 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

Player ratings29 Aug 2033

Abubakar Maiwada ran the middle of the pitch — 7.11

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 9 combined actions and a mark of 7.11, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

Squad29 Aug 2033

Umar Dennis out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Umar Dennis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match27 Aug 2033

Oladimeji Dada rescues a point for El-Kanemi Warriors

It needed Oladimeji Dada to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Wikki Tourists, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout29 Aug 2033

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Henri Olivier chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.

The dugout29 Aug 2033

The manager has not finished forgetting Simon Ademola's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout29 Aug 2033

No hiding place for Chukwuma Dennis

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chukwuma Dennis, and the manager let it.

In brief