Good day!
This will probably be one of the shortest pieces you’ll read here, not because there’s little to say, but because there’s just one thing sitting heavily on my mind.
My colleague on air yesterday couldn’t resist teasing me about my “reactions” during Sunday’s defeat to Plateau United. I don’t blame him though, I only have one football club in this world, and that’s Enyimba. I’m unapologetically loyal, even when it hurts.
Now, about the hurting part, three straight defeats, one point from all of October, and performances that don’t exactly inspire hope. The tension is visible, the frustration is audible, and the sighs are becoming our new anthem. So when the management rolled out the now-famous “2-match ultimatum” on Monday morning, it felt like a plot twist we all saw coming. Classic Nigerian football management move, right?
Is it the fix we need? Maybe. But let’s be honest, it’s also the easiest card to play when things start falling apart. I just hope the decision-makers understand the peculiarities of this team. Because those two games aren’t your regular “bounce-back” fixtures. We’re talking about a home tie against a struggling Kano Pillars who will see this as their golden chance to redeem themselves and then a derby in Umuahia against Abia Warriors, a team that looks possessed every time they play at home.
So yes, Stanley Eguma is facing the red tape, but a few questions hang in the air like floodlights over a foggy pitch. What happens if he wins both? Does everyone relax and pretend October never happened? And what if he doesn’t? Do we start another rebuild mid-season? Will this ultimatum make the players more determined or more nervous? And will Eguma suddenly start pulling unused legs off the bench to impress the bosses?
We’ll wait. And we’ll watch. Because, at this point, curiosity is all we have left.
If this is already longer than anticipated, I apologize but before I go, let me leave you with this: you don’t enter a Formula 1 race with a Corolla and expect to win. Even if you put Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, or Max Verstappen behind the wheel, physics will still humble you. A Corolla will remain a Corolla, no matter the steering.
He who has an ear…
EnyimbaEnyi
