The Barau Courier
Squad21 Jan 2036
Simon Esosa Aibangbee keeps Barau in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match19 Jan 2036
No end in sight to Barau's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Barau has to find a result from somewhere.
Transfer targets21 Jan 2036
Door shut on Jamilu Moffi
Barau asked and Remo Stars said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match19 Jan 2036
A bad afternoon for Barau against Rivers United
1‑2 to Rivers United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout21 Jan 2036
Loiange Ondoa 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.
Squad21 Jan 2036
Joshua Ejuke signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joshua Ejuke commits to Barau for another 3 years.
The dugout21 Jan 2036
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Interim Coach to a room that had heard them before.
Transfer targets21 Jan 2036
Barau try to borrow Simon Lawal
Bayelsa United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad21 Jan 2036
Dean Williams has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Barau will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
In brief
- Squad Dean Williams is off the mark for Barau
- The dugout Saidu Lawan left out for tactical reasons at Barau
- Market The Loiange Ondoa talk will not go away