Alex Sadiq

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Bayelsa United
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478 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

24 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad24 Sep 2035

113 days out for Kenneth Sheddy after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bayelsa United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad24 Sep 2035

Nupe Godstime is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.34 with 35 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Player ratings24 Sep 2035

Okardi Inikurogha runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings24 Sep 2035

Alex Sadiq, 18, steals the show — 7.61

Marked 7.61 at 18, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad24 Sep 2035

A falling-out at Bayelsa United

Nupe Godstime and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces24 Sep 2035

One of their own: Alex Sadiq

He is 18 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.

Match22 Sep 2035

Bayelsa United get the job done against Abia Warriors

A 1‑0 win over Abia Warriors, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings24 Sep 2035

Nupe Godstime was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.00. 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.

Squad24 Sep 2035

Frank Musa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Frank Musa and Bayelsa United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

Back issues
475 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

3 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Match1 Sep 2035

A hiding for Bayelsa United

Beaten 0‑3 by Remo Stars, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Market3 Sep 2035

Alex Sadiq 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 Bayelsa United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad3 Sep 2035

A career in one shirt: Okardi Inikurogha

10 seasons and 353 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.

Boardroom3 Sep 2035

Window shuts: 23 in, 14 out at Bayelsa United

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 23 arrived, 14 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Market3 Sep 2035

Simon Lawal has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bayelsa United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Transfer targets3 Sep 2035

The paperwork begins on Oyintari Adamawa

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Bayelsa United have done the hard part with Enyimba, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad3 Sep 2035

A falling-out at Bayelsa United

Nupe Godstime and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market3 Sep 2035

The Ogheneovowe Erere conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Katsina United will make the call about Ogheneovowe Erere this week. Bayelsa United have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad3 Sep 2035

Chidozie Lookman stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Chidozie Lookman and Bayelsa United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

461 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

28 May 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match26 May 2035

No mercy from Bayelsa United

Wikki Tourists will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Bayelsa United were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Squad28 May 2035

A day Nupe Godstime will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Squad28 May 2035

Defences have started doubling up on Nupe Godstime

22 goals and a season average of 7.20 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings28 May 2035

Ogheneovowe Erere pops up at the right end — 7.69

7.69, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

The dugout28 May 2035

Ebere Ejuke keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bayelsa United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad28 May 2035

Tempers go at Bayelsa United

Nupe Godstime 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.

Squad28 May 2035

Leon Omeruo makes it 100

100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

The dugout28 May 2035

Interim Coach has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Interim Coach on a 4‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout28 May 2035

Alex Sadiq 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

455 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

16 Apr 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match14 Apr 2035

9 unbeaten for Bayelsa United

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Bayelsa United did not have in the autumn.

The dugout16 Apr 2035

Alex Sadiq says Bayelsa United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad16 Apr 2035

A falling-out at Bayelsa United

Nupe Godstime and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces16 Apr 2035

One of their own: Chidozie Lookman

He is 23 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.

Match14 Apr 2035

Bayelsa United find a way past Barau

Barau made Bayelsa United work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Match14 Apr 2035

Bayelsa United are at home on the road

3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.

Player ratings16 Apr 2035

Shodeinde Moses in the eights

A performance of 8.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings16 Apr 2035

A masterclass from Okardi Inikurogha

Marked 8.04 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad16 Apr 2035

A row about effort at Bayelsa United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kazobar Kasongo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief