The Barau Courier
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Ahmadu Liman beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Moses Tsehuan keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Barau may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market4 Jan 2027
Usman Maidubuji 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 Barau can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jan 2027
Chisom Chiaha attracts admirers
The name of Chisom Chiaha has come up in conversations Barau were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Mathew Samuel
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Salim Ali 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 Barau this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Barau
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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Barau cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market4 Jan 2027
Barau promote Ebere Simon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ebere Simon has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Barau promote Stephen Adeleye from within
- The dugout No hiding place for Salim Ali
- Squad Barau count the cost of losing Kabiru Murtala