Chinedu Eze

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541 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

8 Dec 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market8 Dec 2036

Abdulateef Yusuff asks to leave Bendel Insurance

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad8 Dec 2036

Brayann Nana 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad8 Dec 2036

Words at Bendel Insurance training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Julius Emiloju Junior 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.

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The Bendel Insurance Post

5 May 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 May 2036

Julius Emiloju Junior damages knee ligaments — 87 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 87 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

The terraces5 May 2036

The mood at Bendel Insurance has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Match3 May 2036

No end in sight to Bendel Insurance's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bendel Insurance has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad5 May 2036

Words at Bendel Insurance training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Naphtali Agada 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.

Squad5 May 2036

Christian Dawariomi 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad5 May 2036

Chinedu Eze stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Chinedu Eze and Bendel Insurance agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

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506 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

7 Apr 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 Apr 2036

Julius Emiloju Junior damages knee ligaments — 115 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 115 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match5 Apr 2036

Nowhere to hide for Bendel Insurance

0‑3 against Nasarawa United, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

The terraces7 Apr 2036

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Chinedu Eze: 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.” Bendel Insurance have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market7 Apr 2036

Etebo Simon asks to leave Bendel Insurance

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Brayann Nana 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Words at Bendel Insurance training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Naphtali Agada 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.

Boardroom7 Apr 2036

Nobody left the Bendel Insurance dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Player ratings7 Apr 2036

Dongo Cresus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

494 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

14 Jan 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad14 Jan 2036

Christian Dawariomi keeps Bendel Insurance in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match12 Jan 2036

11 matches without a win for Bendel Insurance

The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Bendel Insurance are no longer polite ones.

Squad14 Jan 2036

Brayann Nana 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Jan 2036

Words at Bendel Insurance training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Naphtali Agada 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.

Squad14 Jan 2036

The manager makes an example of Julius Emiloju Junior

“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.

Match12 Jan 2036

A bad afternoon for Bendel Insurance against Katsina United

0‑1 to Katsina United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings14 Jan 2036

Dongo Cresus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market14 Jan 2036

Wikki Tourists are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Bendel Insurance will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Market14 Jan 2036

The Muhammed Kabiru story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Muhammed Kabiru signs something — a contract at Bendel Insurance or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

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