The Kwara United Sentinel
Squad21 Mar 2039
Tempers go at Kwara United
Akeem Akanni 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.
Match19 Mar 2039
Kwara 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.
Player ratings21 Mar 2039
Nobody could get near David Iwobi
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Mar 2039
Jamiu Sulaimon 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.
Squad21 Mar 2039
No hiding place for Kammonke Willie
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kammonke Willie, and the manager let it.
Player ratings21 Mar 2039
Nothing got past Daniel Sadiq
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad21 Mar 2039
When it matters, Akeem Akanni plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Player ratings21 Mar 2039
Yahaya Ibrahim was immovable
13 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Match19 Mar 2039
No goals between Kwara United and Shooting Stars
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Shooting Stars will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Ahmed Omeruo
- Boardroom The Kwara United production line keeps running
- Boardroom The Kwara United board choose calm