The Plateau United Sentinel
Player ratings17 Mar 2031
Paul Samson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 50. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match15 Mar 2031
Plateau United taken apart
0‑3 to Abia Warriors, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market17 Mar 2031
Ozovehe Adeiza 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 Plateau United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Mar 2031
A falling-out at Plateau United
John Amah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match15 Mar 2031
Plateau United cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market17 Mar 2031
Plateau United promote Joseph Ademola from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joseph Ademola 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.
Market17 Mar 2031
Plateau United promote Ibrahim Ogunjobi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Ogunjobi 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.
Market17 Mar 2031
One of our own: Calvin Eze joins the Plateau United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Calvin Eze is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout17 Mar 2031
John Amah 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Doors closed at Plateau United
- The dugout Jamilu Olayinka faces the questions
- The dugout Seyi Oguntayo gets picked when it counts