The Bendel Insurance Post
Player ratings24 May 2038
Brayann Nana, 35, rolls back the years — 8.72
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.72 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market24 May 2038
Hossam Soliman asks to leave Bendel Insurance
“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.
Squad24 May 2038
Jamilu Umar keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bendel Insurance may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad24 May 2038
Brayann Nana 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 Bendel Insurance this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 May 2038
Words at Bendel Insurance training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Naphtali Agada 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.
Match22 May 2038
Brayann Nana’s goal not enough for Bendel Insurance
Brayann Nana scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Katsina United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad24 May 2038
The manager makes an example of Efe Obiomo
“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.
Player ratings24 May 2038
Off the pace: Nnamdi Collins
A mark of 5.43 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
Player ratings24 May 2038
Nobody could get near Dongo Cresus
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings Juan Ruíz Díaz could not find anything
- Market Elvis Okoth placed on the list