It’s another Friday — the kind people reserve for winding down the week, but for us, it’s a good moment to look back and take stock of where Enyimba stands as we head into the weekend.
Back in secondary school, I was a certified WWE addict. The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels… those were my guys. I watched everything: Wrestlemania, Backlash, TLC, Hell-in-a-Cell, Royal Rumble — if there was pyro and a theme song, I was locked in. That’s where I first heard the phrase “Triple Threat”: one ring, three superstars, and only one survivor.
Right now, Enyimba is in its own Triple Threat match. Three forces pulling at the soul of this club — all self-inflicted, all demanding urgent intervention. Let’s break them down.
- Relegation
The first reaction is always “God forbid!” but football doesn’t respect emotions. It respects the table.
We’re barely above the drop, and depending on results around us, that margin can disappear in 90 minutes. This isn’t paranoia; it’s math. A few seasons ago, when we hovered around danger, we had games in hand. Today, we don’t. Combine shaky home form with dreadful away form, and you understand why blood pressures are rising across Aba.
- No Head Coach
A team without a clear technical leader is a team in trouble.
Training-ground ideas need someone to implement, adjust, and take responsibility on the touchline. Eguma is supposedly gone, Ayeni is half-in, half-out, and Ukaegbu is managing things with limited authority. This vacuum is swallowing us faster than many want to admit. Every day we delay a firm appointment, the club slides further into uncertainty.
Clarity is oxygen. Right now, we’re gasping.
- Identity Crisis
There was a time when Enyimba meant something; structure, standard, supremacy.
Even this current management started strong: sealing deals, making noise, setting pace. But the spark has faded. We’ve become “One Week, One Trouble FC,” the butt of jokes, the club fans barely recognize and rivals no longer fear.
That’s not the Enyimba we inherited, and it cannot be the Enyimba we pass down.
These three threats won’t solve themselves. The sooner we roll up our sleeves; players, coaches, management, and supporters — the faster we can drag this club back to where it belongs.
EnyimbaEnyi.
