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Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:34 am
by IanMcL
Receiving love at Millwall. Move possible or is he our 'proper striker' in the Championship?
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/sport/mi ... l-obafemi/
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:36 am
by Woodleyclaret
Worth a swop for Zian Flemming?
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:41 am
by Steve1956
I hope not Ian,stick with LF he's struggling at the moment but there is a great striker in there.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:46 am
by IanMcL
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:41 am
I hope not Ian,stick with LF he's struggling at the moment but there is a great striker in there.
We need more than 1 in the Championship!
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:51 am
by Steve1956
IanMcL wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:46 am
We need more than 1 in the Championship!
Aye your right...it will be Rodriguez, that Obafemi never looks fit,I'm sure he will be gone come May
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:52 am
by jrgbfc
I'd let him go if we can get some money back.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:54 am
by Steve1956
I think the days of spending Millions on potential are long gone.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:59 am
by Gaia
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:04 am
by KRBFC
Sell
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:07 am
by Swizzlestick
"Michael owed me that goal today – I’ll leave it at that, for why" - interesting quote from their manager.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:23 am
by nil_desperandum
jrgbfc wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:52 am
I'd let him go if we can get some money back.
We paid peanuts for him didn't we, (in the current market) so as a decent Championship striker with potential to improve you would hope that we would get a lot more than "some money back".
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:40 am
by ElectroClaret
KRBFC wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:04 am
Sell
Surely he should be given a chance in the Championship.
If it's not working out, flog him then.
(Course, if we see he's a dud, then others clubs will have
got wise to his deficiencies as well.)
But I think he should be given the chance to do his stuff,
if he can.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:43 am
by Goliath
Swizzlestick wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:07 am
"Michael owed me that goal today – I’ll leave it at that, for why" - interesting quote from their manager.
Also saw some other comments about his total lack of fitness when he arrived which tallies up with what we are seeing from a lot of our team at the moment
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:55 am
by Silkyskills1
Lots of potential problems upcoming for next season but the 'strikers department' is a major one. The current crop are way off acceptable and the ones out on loan don't fill me with confidence either.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:02 pm
by bumba
Goliath wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:43 am
Also saw some other comments about his total lack of fitness when he arrived which tallies up with what we are seeing from a lot of our team at the moment
Our fitness as a team currently seems atrocious, we have a decent first 45 then look completely shot in the second half every game
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:04 pm
by Goliath
Yep it's frustrating, there's no excuse for lacking fitness.
Ekdal going off with cramp after an hour was incredibly pathetic. Maybe they should be playing in u23 games to build fitness...
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:50 pm
by Hipper
I've always liked that Jake Cooper. Limited but old school footballer who does his best.
(not saying we should be interested, just mentioning it)
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:55 pm
by winsomeyen
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:41 am
I hope not Ian,stick with LF he's struggling at the moment but there is a great striker in there.
Think he is struggling due to being played as a winger, another square peg in a round hole.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:46 pm
by The Shire Claret
bumba wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:02 pm
Our fitness as a team currently seems atrocious, we have a decent first 45 then look completely shot in the second half every game
It would seem that way yet the 2 games where we had 10 men (Villa/Chelsea) we seemed to have energy for days and should have got something at villa
Everton doesn't count
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:15 pm
by jojomk1
Another poor buy who VK clearly didn't fancy as his lack of game time and loan suggests
Get any money we can for him
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:28 pm
by nil_desperandum
jojomk1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:15 pm
Another poor buy who VK clearly didn't fancy as his lack of game time and loan suggests
Get any money we can for him
Not sure he's a poor buy in financial terms.
Difficult to judge his potential value to the team because of his serious injury which required surgery and a long lay off, but you don't get much for about 3 million nowadays, and a few decent displays in the Championship and he'll be worth more than that.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:32 pm
by ksrclaret
I'm just glad we didn't sign him in August 2022 when I dread to think how much more money would have been chucked down the pan.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:36 pm
by nil_desperandum
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:32 pm
I'm just glad we didn't sign him in August 2022 when I dread to think how much more money would have been chucked down the pan.
Fully agree. They were wanting about 12 million as I recall.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:38 pm
by Vegas Claret
got him for next to nothing, we will make a profit on him for sure albeit probably a small one
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:42 pm
by boatshed bill
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:32 pm
I'm just glad we didn't sign him in August 2022 when I dread to think how much more money would have been chucked down the pan.
But we didn't, so your dread is wasted.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:47 pm
by ksrclaret
boatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:42 pm
But we didn't, so your dread is wasted.
Oh heck, Bill.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:50 pm
by bfcjg
Not for us, let's see if we can make a profit on him.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:51 pm
by ksrclaret
nil_desperandum wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:36 pm
Fully agree. They were wanting about 12 million as I recall.
Crikey. I didn't realise it was that much. I had £9m in my head but it was a while ago so could be wrong.
I dread to think how much money we'd have lost on him had we paid around those figures.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:59 pm
by boatshed bill
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:51 pm
Crikey. I didn't realise it was that much. I had £9m in my head but it was a while ago so could be wrong.
I dread to think how much money we'd have lost on him had we paid around those figures.
We were never going to pay that.
We loaned him, I believe, knowing he had fitness issues. Sounds like he's just about got himself fully match-fit now with Millwall.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:01 pm
by ksrclaret
boatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:59 pm
We were never going to pay that.
We loaned him, I believe, knowing he had fitness issues. Sounds like he's just about got himself fully match-fit now with Millwall.
He only had fitness issues because he barely featured for Swansea after being denied a move to us in the summer.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:03 pm
by boatshed bill
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:01 pm
He only had fitness issues because he barely featured for Swansea after being denied a move to us in the summer.
So did we sign him with fitness issues or not?
Did we sign him for a reported £12million or not?
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:10 pm
by ksrclaret
boatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:03 pm
So did we sign him with fitness issues or not?
Did we sign him for a reported £12million or not?
Take a chill pill, Bill, as the kids might (no longer) say.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:14 pm
by boatshed bill
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:10 pm
Take a chill pill, Bill, as the kids might (no longer) say.
I don't understand the fuss about non-events.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:26 pm
by ksrclaret
boatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:14 pm
I don't understand the fuss about non-events.
Just passing the time of day, Bill. Corrie isn’t much good at the moment.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:43 pm
by boatshed bill
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:26 pm
Just passing the time of day, Bill. Corrie isn’t much good at the moment.
That's a shame, it was good in the black and white era
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:46 pm
by Holtyclaret
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:54 am
I think the days of spending Millions on potential are long gone.
They really aren’t
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:03 pm
by ISpeds00
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:51 am
Aye your right...it will be Rodriguez, that Obafemi never looks fit,I'm sure he will be gone come May
100% guarantee Jay isnt with us next season
i know it for a fact
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:37 pm
by Steve1956
ISpeds00 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:03 pm
100% guarantee Jay isnt with us next season
i know it for a fact
Ok no worries
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:38 pm
by Steve1956
Holtyclaret wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:46 pm
They really aren’t
Ok no worries
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:05 pm
by ISpeds00
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:37 pm
Ok no worries
safe to say the wheels are in motion already to leave
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:27 am
by Jambounchained
I'd rather have Obafemi than Jay Rod next season, as long as he can get fit.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:10 pm
by AfloatinClaret
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:51 am
Aye your right...it will be Rodriguez, that Obafemi never looks fit...
Are you suggesting that Jay-Rod does look fit... his legs have been gone for the last two seasons.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:05 pm
by Steve1956
AfloatinClaret wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:10 pm
Are you suggesting that Jay-Rod does look fit... his legs have been gone for the last two seasons.
Actually it was a tongue in cheek comment...but nevermind eh.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 9:42 pm
by Swizzlestick
Left out of the Millwall squad today due to “discipline” and because they “aren’t looking to sign him”.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 10:30 pm
by dougcollins
Swizzlestick wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 9:42 pm
Left out of the Millwall squad today due to “discipline” and because they “aren’t looking to sign him”.
Unfit, undisciplined. Does he really want to be a footballer?
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 10:34 pm
by Swizzlestick
dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 10:30 pm
Unfit, undisciplined. Does he really want to be a footballer?
You do wonder. You’d think this would have been a great loan move for him too to kickstart things.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 10:51 pm
by helmclaret
It’s very easy to comment on these things when you don’t know the player or what goes on behind the scenes.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 11:06 pm
by Vegas Claret
dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 10:30 pm
Unfit, undisciplined. Does he really want to be a footballer?
he could have been 5 minutes late for a meeting and Harris thought it was pointless.
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 11:10 pm
by helmclaret
Harris also said in the same interview “Michael has done brilliantly for us on loan and we’re really thankful for his efforts.’’
Re: Obafemi
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 11:11 pm
by NewClaret
Saw him play a game earlier in the year for Millwall and he was a constant threat and their best player I thought. Think he’d have a great year if playing in a team creating more chances.