The Ikorodu City Chronicle
Match17 Jun 2034
12 unbeaten for Ikorodu City
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Ikorodu City did not have in the autumn.
Squad19 Jun 2034
Tosin Oyedokun 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 Ikorodu City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jun 2034
Onyeuche Ujunwa 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.
The dugout19 Jun 2034
Onyeuche Ujunwa gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad19 Jun 2034
Victor Osayi-Samuel stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Osayi-Samuel and Ikorodu City agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Jun 2034
Defences have started doubling up on Naheem Odugbemi
7 goals and a season average of 7.30 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Transfer targets19 Jun 2034
A loan move for Olisa Nwakali is in the works
Ikorodu City have made the call to Enyimba. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout19 Jun 2034
Tosin Oyedokun 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 Tosin Oyedokun is on it.
Market19 Jun 2034
No place for Calvin Ogunjobi in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Calvin Ogunjobi has his answer from Ikorodu City; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Player ratings Naheem Odugbemi beats them one at a time
- The dugout Fernando Rodrigues on the point
- The dugout A promise honoured for Victor Osayi-Samuel