SHARKS GM GOES TOUGH.

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The Management of Sharks FC has told players and technical crew to get out of relegation waters by the end of the first stanza of the league or face severe sanctions.

General Manager of the team, Okey Kpaluku, handed down the warning during a crucial meeting with the technical crew yesterday.

Kpaluku, who was particularly disappointed with the manner the boys approached the last match against Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan, described the attitude of the boys as unbecoming of a side that wants to win silverware.

“You must rise up to the occasion and make sure you are not at the bottom of the league table by the start of the second round of the league or be prepared for the worst from Management ”.Kpaluku said

Andrew Abalaogu of Enyimba against Odinga Odinga and Yusuf Jaiyeola of Sharks photo credit LMC Media

“How can you put up such an awful performance against 3SC and you expect me to be happy with you, that was one match you should have won with relative ease”.

He ordered the Head Coach, Daboere Dokubo, to ensure that any player who refuses to fall in line with the clubs drive of getting out of relegation waters, does not go unpunished, stressing that the days of treating gross misconduct with levity is over.

Kpaluku seized the opportunity to inform the players and officials that the LMC, has formally approved the team’s relocation to its traditional home ground (The Sharks Stadium) for the rest of the season, beginning with this weekend cracker against Nasarawa united.

Responding to the cheering news of a return to the Sharks Stadium, Captain of the side Odinga Odinga assured Management that Sharks will not be relegated and promised to give fifty free match ticket to the first fifty fans for tomorrow’s fixture against Nasarawa united at the Sharks Stadium.

“GM sir, this news of our going back to Sharks stadium will certainly boost our campaign and let me assure you that we will be among the teams that will play in the Glo premier league next season”.Odinga Said

Dolphins Want Shift In League Timings

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Dolphins General Manager, Joe Johnson says he will desire a shift in timings of Nigerian League matches to avoid a clash with English League games.

Johnson, just like most other managers in the Nigerian league are battling low turnout of fans at their grounds on league match days and he says a change in the timing may sort it.

“I would have wished it was possible for our timings to be changed because if you notice our gate takings increase slightly when the English league is on recess.

“But as soon as there is a clash with EPL games, we hardly see people at the stadium because they prefer the other one,” Johnson said.

Joe Johnson, GM Dolphins FC

Johnson gave an example of an incident at the Sharks stadium where a viewing center had more fans in it than those at the stadium watching the league match.

“It tells you our perception here. I think we really need to do a lot more and I don’t know what else, throw the gates open or make mouthwatering offers for fans? Yet people are not interested in it,” Johnson said.

Dolphins and Sharks in Port Harcourt most likely have the lowest turnout of spectators in the league, but the management is working on ways to change the trend.