The Bayelsa United Courier
Boardroom3 Jan 2033
Bayelsa United run out of patience with Odion Eguavoen
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Odion Eguavoen clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom3 Jan 2033
An empty coaching office at Bayelsa United
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
The dugout3 Jan 2033
Umar Osimhen: 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.” Bayelsa United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom3 Jan 2033
Interim Coach steps up at Bayelsa United for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market3 Jan 2033
Ademola Onyekuru 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 Bayelsa United can pretend not to have heard.
Match1 Jan 2033
The wait goes on for Bayelsa United
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad3 Jan 2033
Umar Osimhen signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Umar Osimhen and Bayelsa United agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Jan 2033
Words exchanged at Bayelsa United
Shodeinde Moses 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.
Boardroom3 Jan 2033
7 academy graduates step up at Bayelsa United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
In brief
- Match Wikki Tourists take the points off Bayelsa United
- Player ratings Okardi Inikurogha runs at them all day
- Market Ndidi Ogunjobi steps up from the Bayelsa United academy