Ifeanyi Ogunjobi

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299 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

19 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match17 Apr 2032

Chastening afternoon for Bendel Insurance

A 1‑4 beating by Niger Tornadoes was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Tempers go at Bendel Insurance

Emmanuel Akpan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match17 Apr 2032

Uche Collins answers Niger Tornadoes immediately

Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Uche Collins had Bendel Insurance level again within 1 minutes, and Niger Tornadoes never got to play with a lead at all.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Chukwuma Ogu stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Chukwuma Ogu and Bendel Insurance agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Boardroom19 Apr 2032

Inquest at Bendel Insurance

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

The dugout19 Apr 2032

Chukwuma Abacha: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑4, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings19 Apr 2032

Calvin Kalu's mistake decides it

Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Bendel Insurance needed to.

The dugout19 Apr 2032

The manager makes an example of Ifeanyi Ogunjobi

“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.

The dugout19 Apr 2032

Somebody else is better right now than Emmanuel Ofori

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

In brief

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The Bendel Insurance Post

22 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad22 Sep 2031

Alex Oweilayefa breaks a bone — 103 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 103 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market22 Sep 2031

Ebere Akpan 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 Bendel Insurance can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings22 Sep 2031

Emmanuel Awaziem, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.68

A mark of 7.68 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings22 Sep 2031

Abdullahi Simon beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match20 Sep 2031

Bendel Insurance make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Bendel Insurance have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad22 Sep 2031

Tempers go at Bendel Insurance

Yusuf Mannase was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces22 Sep 2031

Bendel Insurance supporters have found a favourite in Emmanuel Awaziem

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Emmanuel Awaziem has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match20 Sep 2031

Bendel Insurance find a way past Plateau United

Plateau United made Bendel Insurance work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad22 Sep 2031

Gabriel Okocha signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gabriel Okocha commits to Bendel Insurance for another 3 years.

In brief

262 Edition

The Bendel Insurance Post

4 Aug 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market4 Aug 2031

Uche Collins says no to Kwara United

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Uche Collins had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Match2 Aug 2031

Chastening afternoon for Bendel Insurance

A 0‑3 beating by Remo Stars was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Match2 Aug 2031

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

7 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.

Squad4 Aug 2031

Oscar Destiny keeps Bendel Insurance in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market4 Aug 2031

Ifeanyi Ogunjobi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bendel Insurance, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets4 Aug 2031

$60.0K settles it between the clubs for Daniel Ifeanyichukwu

Nasarawa United have accepted the money. What Bendel Insurance do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

The dugout4 Aug 2031

Ibrahim Oduya says Bendel Insurance went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market4 Aug 2031

Emmanuel Awaziem has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bendel Insurance they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad4 Aug 2031

Words at Bendel Insurance training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Oweilayefa 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.

In brief