Umar Madu

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Remo Stars
5 Jul 2029
Thursday
Process

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The Remo Stars Herald

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

John Adebayor says Remo Stars 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.

The dugout

Hosea Michael frozen out at Remo Stars

This is not rotation. Hosea Michael has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Remo Stars is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Tempers go at Remo Stars

Hadi Haruna 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 terraces

One of their own: Raymond Anthony

He is 23 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.

Squad

Words at Remo Stars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christopher Acheampong 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.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Raymond Anthony

7.45, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Remo Stars had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

The dugout

Adebayo Balogun on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Adebayo Balogun after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Match

Remo Stars draw a blank against Katsina United

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Katsina United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

The dugout

No hiding place for Umar Madu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Umar Madu, and the manager let it.

In brief