Dolphins Players Not Aware of Super Four Competitions

With less than two weeks
to the 2015 pre-season competition (Super Four) that will include Nigeria’s Under 21 and Under – 23 Football teams, it appears that players of Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt are not aware of the competition.
Dolphins FC, is among the teams scheduled to feature in the tournament, among League winners’, Kano Pillars, runners-up Enyimba FC and Warri Wolves.
Tidesports investigation discovered that players were yet to be in camp and virtually nothing seems to be happening in the camp with players still at home some of the players who did not want their names in print when contacted said that they were not aware of the competition, and even asked the date for the competition.
When Tidesports got across to the General Manager of the club, Joe Johnson, he said that players would resume today pointing out that training would commence on Monday.
According to him, the club knows the importance of preparation before any competition.
“My players will resume camping today and training will commence on Monday, because we know the task ahead of us, most especially the continental campaign”, Johnson said.
The General Manager explained that the club would sign new players to beef up the team, and enable them win trophies in the new season.
“We are making sure that we sign good players and drop some that are not more needed in the club, because the club would not drop her standard in any way”, he stated.
He used the forum to advise players to be patient over salaries owed them, noting that the salary issue was not peculiar to them, but the entire civil servants in the state.
Dolphins are one of the clubs to represent Nigeria in the continent (Confederations Cup) this year.

Tonye Orabere