Anthony Okoye

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The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

3 Jul 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings3 Jul 2034

No sign of nerves from Stephen Abdullahi at 20 — 8.21

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Stephen Abdullahi did not need any: 8.21, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings3 Jul 2034

Vintage Wisdom Magbisa — 7.84

At 36 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.84, and nobody on the pitch better.

Market3 Jul 2034

Anthony Okoye puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at El-Kanemi Warriors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2034

Rivers United tell El-Kanemi Warriors: Alex Oyowah is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match1 Jul 2034

El-Kanemi Warriors find a way past Rangers International

Rangers International made El-Kanemi Warriors work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad3 Jul 2034

Saagui Dzenyagha 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.

Squad3 Jul 2034

Simon Ademola signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Simon Ademola and El-Kanemi Warriors agree another 3 years.

The terraces3 Jul 2034

One of their own: Stephen Abdullahi

He is 20 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.

Player ratings3 Jul 2034

Godspower Akekoromowei was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.36. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief

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The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier

13 Mar 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad13 Mar 2034

Saagui Dzenyagha 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.

Squad13 Mar 2034

Simon Ademola stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Simon Ademola and El-Kanemi Warriors agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match11 Mar 2034

A bad afternoon for El-Kanemi Warriors against Remo Stars

0‑1 to Remo Stars, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout13 Mar 2034

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Henri Olivier left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout13 Mar 2034

No hiding place for Ademola Abacha

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

The dugout13 Mar 2034

Somebody else is better right now than Simon Ademola

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

Market13 Mar 2034

The Saagui Dzenyagha story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Saagui Dzenyagha signs something — a contract at El-Kanemi Warriors or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Player ratings13 Mar 2034

Risilanu Ismail beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 11. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout13 Mar 2034

William Obi left out for tactical reasons at El-Kanemi Warriors

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief