Obika

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

We have tons of players in the football league that we have brought through.

Like John Obika...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Like John Obika...

I was thinking more of the actual footballers we have

 

[saafend_seagull]

We have tons of players in the football league that we have brought through.

I can only think of two who are genuine prem quality in the last 25 years. Awful youth set up.

Livermore is championship standard.

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

You can see this guy works hard on his physical attributes. The guy is massive and should be a menace to any defender but from what we have seen he has no football brain. I think he is looking at a lower league career and Saturday night on the doors at the clubs.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I can only think of two who are genuine prem quality in the last 25 years. Awful youth set up.

Livermore is championship standard.

Ok then.

Caulker? Carr?

 

[saafend_seagull]

Ok then.

Caulker? Carr?

Carr ill give you but caulkers a slow donkey. How you got 8m ill never know.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Ok then.

Caulker? Carr?

A stunning list.

 

[Stat Brother]

Slightly harsh on Obika taking into account the fact he was mostly isolated and only came on for 13/14 minutes. One or two poor touches granted.

I had the same opinion right up until 9:30 last night.

I was very non committal about Obika to a Spurs friend, on Saturday, by virtue of the fact he just hasn't had a chance.

Under no circumstances should I be able to say 'I could do better than that', of a professional footballer, but his first 'touch' was frankly insulting.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

A stunning list.

Do you consider arsenal brought through fabregas

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Actually, Walcott as well

 

[Don Quixote]

He is not very good

 

[y2dave]

He is not very good

Shamir Goodwin is a far better prospect and I would rather see him play the minutes that Obika gets.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Do you consider arsenal brought through fabregas

I believe Fabregas was 15 so probably not as one of "their" players.


Wilshire
Gibbs
Cole
Bentley
Frimpong
Sczesny
Seb Larsson
(was 14 when he joined)

All players off the top of my head who have progressed, played in the prem and represented their country.

Also Zalalem (joined at 15 or 16) and gnabry (joined 14 or 15) coming through are both excellent

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Shamir Goodwin is a far better prospect and I would rather see him play the minutes that Obika gets.

Great call.

 

[fosters headband]

We did not pay a loan fee for Obika. No idea where you've got that from.

Care to let the rest of us into how the deal for Obika was set up between us and Spurs then, are we paying all his wages or just a percentage, seeing as you are privy to this loan deal contract.

 

[Biscuit]

If ulloa scores that chance just before half time we're 2-0 up and the game is won. Obika coming on is more about resting ulloa after job done and wasting a bit of time and no one cares whether he scores or not.

I hear you, but a bad performance is a bad performance. Really hope to see more from Obika going forward.

 

[Acker79]

He has played a total of 177mins. That's less than two whole games, and he came to us shortly after returning from injury. It's far too soon to write him off, and we should keep reviews of him in this context.

 

[keaton]

He has played a total of 177mins. That's less than two whole games, and he came to us shortly after returning from injury. It's far too soon to write him off, and we should keep reviews of him in this context.

Some player's careers have lasted less than 177 minutes.
I can excuse the odd bad touch but last night he looked both physically and mentally unaware of the game of football.
He has also played 90 odd games before joining us and no-one has seemed particularly fussed about him

 

[durrington gull]

I hear you, but a bad performance is a bad performance. Really hope to see more from Obika going forward.

I really hope we dont see anymore of Obika!, send him back to Spurs and give a youngster a chance

 

[Albumen]

He has played a total of 177mins. That's less than two whole games, and he came to us shortly after returning from injury. It's far too soon to write him off, and we should keep reviews of him in this context.

Correct.