The Bayelsa United Courier
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Bayelsa United run out of patience with Frank Osayi-Samuel
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Frank Osayi-Samuel clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
The terraces8 Jan 2029
Anger at Bayelsa United spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Pinna Sagbamaowei
40 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bayelsa United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market8 Jan 2029
Don-Pedro Samuel has said yes to Barau
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Bayelsa United have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Jamilu Ogunjobi 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.
Market8 Jan 2029
Don-Pedro Samuel 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.
Match6 Jan 2029
No end in sight to Bayelsa United's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bayelsa United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Emmanuel Solomon 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 Bayelsa United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Graduation day at Bayelsa United
8 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Transfer targets Wikki Tourists tell Bayelsa United: Chizoba Okoh is not for sale
- Squad Chinedu Onyinjekwu falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Bayelsa United promote Chukwuma Ogunjobi from within