The Warri Wolves Courier
Squad27 Apr 2037
A fracture rules Bassey Bassey out for 128 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Warri Wolves will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match25 Apr 2037
Warri Wolves march on in the cup
Enyimba are out and Warri Wolves go through, 2‑3 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match25 Apr 2037
Warri Wolves leave it late against Enyimba
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 89th, and Enyimba spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Squad27 Apr 2037
A one-man rearguard from Chibueze Lambert
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings27 Apr 2037
No sign of nerves from Oghenekaro Obi at 17 — 8.29
The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Oghenekaro Obi did not need any: 8.29, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad27 Apr 2037
Anthony Nwadioha 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 Warri Wolves this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces27 Apr 2037
The crowd has taken to David Osimhen
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad27 Apr 2037
No hiding place for Mike Zaruma
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mike Zaruma, and the manager let it.
Player ratings27 Apr 2037
Andre Partey was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.52. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Bassey Bassey
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Mike Zaruma
- Player ratings A day to forget for Henry Ekong