The Shooting Stars Gazette
Squad10 Jan 2033
Aphile Ngobese breaks a bone — 25 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 25 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings10 Jan 2033
No sign of nerves from Kelechi Awaziem at 18 — 8.16
The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Kelechi Awaziem did not need any: 8.16, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match8 Jan 2033
5 matches without a win for Shooting Stars
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Shooting Stars are no longer polite ones.
The terraces10 Jan 2033
The crowd has taken to Kelechi Awaziem
At 18 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.
Squad10 Jan 2033
Abdullahi Ebuehi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Abdullahi Ebuehi and Shooting Stars agree another 4 years.
Player ratings10 Jan 2033
Nobody could get near Promise Awosanmi
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Jan 2033
Abdramane Souleymane 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 Shooting Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Jan 2033
Abraham Ekong turns it into his own net
Nobody's fault and entirely his: a goal that goes into the book with his name against it and nothing about it intended. Shooting Stars deserved better, and so did he.
Match8 Jan 2033
Honours even between Shooting Stars and Kun Khalifat
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Squad When it matters, Aphile Ngobese plays
- Market Taiwo Kalu leaves for nothing
- Market John Eguavoen leaves for nothing