John Eze

Striker - Bayelsa United
3 Aug 2031
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215 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

9 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Market9 Sep 2030

John Eze 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 The request is on a desk at Bayelsa United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad9 Sep 2030

Nupe Godstime 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.

Market9 Sep 2030

Bayelsa United promote Simon Moffi from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Moffi 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.

Market9 Sep 2030

One of our own: Sunday Madu joins the Bayelsa United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sunday Madu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market9 Sep 2030

Bayelsa United promote Alex Okereke from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alex Okereke 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.

Transfer targets9 Sep 2030

The window shuts on the Chisom Chiaha deal

Bayelsa United ran out of time with Shooting Stars. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

The dugout9 Sep 2030

The manager makes an example of Shodeinde Moses

“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.

Squad9 Sep 2030

Words at Bayelsa United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Uthman Olawumi 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.

The dugout9 Sep 2030

Silas Kyeremeh gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Silas Kyeremeh is on it.

In brief

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199 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

20 May 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings20 May 2030

Don-Pedro Samuel scores twice — 8.51

Two goals and a mark of 8.51 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market20 May 2030

Godswill Kenu asks to leave Bayelsa United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market20 May 2030

Austin Daniel has one foot out of the door

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

Squad20 May 2030

A falling-out at Bayelsa United

Emmanuel Solomon and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match18 May 2030

A bad afternoon for Bayelsa United against Niger Tornadoes

2‑3 to Niger Tornadoes, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout20 May 2030

Austin Daniel frozen out at Bayelsa United

This is not rotation. Austin Daniel has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Bayelsa United is pretending otherwise.

The terraces20 May 2030

One of their own: Emmanuel Solomon

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Squad20 May 2030

Godswill Kenu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings20 May 2030

Ninety minutes of Emmanuel Solomon at his very best

Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Bayelsa United.

In brief

173 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

19 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market19 Nov 2029

Paebi Yungerc is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bayelsa United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad19 Nov 2029

Tempers go at Bayelsa United

Nupe Godstime 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 dugout19 Nov 2029

The manager makes an example of Austin Daniel

“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.

Squad19 Nov 2029

Words at Bayelsa United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bobby Escritt 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.

Market19 Nov 2029

The Emmanuel Solomon question follows Bayelsa United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Emmanuel Solomon’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout19 Nov 2029

Paebi Yungerc asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

171 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

5 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market5 Nov 2029

Austin Daniel has one foot out of the door

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

Squad5 Nov 2029

A falling-out at Bayelsa United

Nupe Godstime and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout5 Nov 2029

Emmanuel Solomon gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad5 Nov 2029

Abiodun Adegoke falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market5 Nov 2029

Still no ink between Bayelsa United and Samuel Ebieteli

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Bayelsa United, another week without a signature from Samuel Ebieteli.

Squad5 Nov 2029

Bayelsa United take the armband off Shodeinde Moses

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

The dugout5 Nov 2029

Shodeinde Moses knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Shodeinde Moses trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market5 Nov 2029

Ogheneovowe Erere linked with a move away

The name of Ogheneovowe Erere keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Bayelsa United say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad5 Nov 2029

“I want to play”: John Eze speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief