The Remo Stars Herald
Market3 Jan 2033
Oscar Okocha 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 Remo Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Jan 2033
Ehije Ukaki honoured for the season
The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Remo Stars had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.
The dugout3 Jan 2033
Gabriel Okoye: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Remo Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 Jan 2033
Mohamed Seck 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 Remo Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom3 Jan 2033
11 academy players handed senior numbers at Remo Stars
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market3 Jan 2033
Eyes on Joseph Abah again
The phone has started ringing about Joseph Abah again, and this time the name on the line is Barau. Remo Stars are listening politely and promising nothing.
Player ratings3 Jan 2033
Sulaiman Oyewale did the work nobody counts — 6.83
12 combined actions and 6.83. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Market3 Jan 2033
Remo Stars promote John Osayi-Samuel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Osayi-Samuel has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 Jan 2033
One of our own: Umar Ebuehi joins the Remo Stars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Umar Ebuehi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Antonio Galeano beats them one at a time
- Squad Ezra Carrington falls out with a teammate over standards
- Match Late, late show earns Remo Stars a point