I dont remember him ever coming out and saying anything. All we ever really got is that he wanted to focus on his club and things like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
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I dont remember him ever coming out and saying anything. All we ever really got is that he wanted to focus on his club and things like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Odubeko has signed for Doncaster Rovers (EFL 1) on loan for the rest of this season. He spent the first part of the season on loan at Huddersfield Town (EFL Championship) where he got a total of 107 minutes on the pitch. (Doncaster Rovers website, TransferMarkt.co.uk stat).
worth noting that doncaster are having an awful season and are bottom of league one. you'd hope he'd get to see a decent amount of action.
that said they had an attacking midfielder on loan from newcastle for the first half of the season (a peruvian, Vilca) and he only made 6 league appearances.
Hopefully both himself and West Ham have done their homework on this and it's not another loan for the sake of loan as Crawford warned Okoflex about doing.
‘I was born and bred in Tallaght, and I grew up watching Robbie Keane’ – Mipo Odubeko stays loyal to Ireland
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-41396651.html
Should be the end of any speculationQuote:
Now he says he has never waivered despite suggestions that he had cold feet about Ireland. “It’s very easy from the outside to make that sort of assumption, but I am me. I am the one who knows what’s going on. In my mind, there has never been any doubt or any other consideration. Ireland gave me the platform to be who I am today, the player I am today. It’s clear to me,” he says, adding that he’s in regular contact with U-21 boss Crawford.
Wish him all the best. Great attitude and be wonderful to see him succeed.
Still no goal at Doncaster, they seem to be a team in disarray so tough environment for Mipo. At least it’s first team experience so hopefully he can continue to start and develop, he warrants an under 21 call up, we don’t have many other u21 strikers playing at league one standard, apart from those already within the senior set up
Took a little while but he's off the mark in senior football - came on in the 74th minute against Bolton, scored the equaliser in the 77th, only for Kieran Sadlier to net the winner in the 78th. Still, many congratulations Mipo - hope it's the first of many: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61033775
Good to see him get the goal at last. He has had another difficult loan with question marks from his manager in terms of his attitude and workrate. Things were so bad at one stage that he was sent away from the club early ahead of the international break to give him time and space to clear his head.
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk...rovers-3618987
I actually thought he was OK for Ireland Under 21s and now he has a club goal as well, so I suppose we just have to hope he has turned a corner now. Attitude and work rate are hugely important for a developing player like him though, unless he can sort those issues out he has no chance of making it.
Seems to be a trend amongst our young strikers. Connolly, Obafemi, Parrott all had question marks over attitude, be it from a manager or paper speculation or on pitch body language and effort. Parrott and Obafemi look to have turned that corner and hopefully won't look back. Connolly hasn't used his loan to much effect in terms of getting back into the frame at his parents.
Another one for Mipo. Two in two.
Really nice finish which was part of their comeback from 3-0 to draw, but it's not enough and they're effectively relegated due to their goal difference. His run of form came too late for them.
Good to see him finally scoring a couple of goals, hopefully he can push on and excel for our under 21s too
Gone on a season's loan to Port Vale and played in their EFL Trophy game tonight: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62691814 - after a slow start to his senior career on a couple on "test the water loans" he started to find some form at the end of the season, so hopefully he can really get going in the coming months
Goal today v Cheltenham in his first game there on loan, maybe his first league start too ? Not sure.
Made eight starts at Doncaster - taking account the end of his loan there, and his games since for our U21s and West Ham's, along with his start at Port Vale, he's on a run of six goals in eleven games - I think it's time time for me to go and warm up the hype machine!Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Scored Saturday in the league in a 2-2 & again tonight v Wolves 21s in the EFLCup in a 2-0 win.
Looking like he's starting to settle into senior football pretty well - remember he only turns 20 later this week so he's starting to look like a promising prospect. The next few months will be interesting
Currently on trial with Eerste Divisie side VVV-Venlo.
Currently training with Portuguese second tier team CS Marítimo. They were recently relegated after spending 38 years in the top tier. One Portuguese article saying he will be announced as a new signing soon.
Visited their ground in Madeira last year, beautiful spot.
Portugal is a strange one. Attendances seem to drop off a cliff after 8 or 10 teams in Portugal. The second tier in Portugal is about as well supported as the second tier in Ireland. Despite their relegation, Maritimo were the 6th highest supported club in Portugal with an average of 8,500.
Two clubs in Liga 2 were dissolved at the end of the season 2022/23. Average attendance across the division in 2022/23 was 1,104.
You'd just hope he doesn't fall into some rut of dropping through divisions in random European leagues from here.
He must restore Maritimo back to glory.
It's a big job.
I spend a good bit of time in Portugal and the whole country is football obsessed, everyone talks about it all the time, but most people support Sporting Lisbon, Benfica or Porto. My wife and her family are all from Northern Portugal but yet the whole family are Sporting fanatics when Braga, Guimaraes or Porto would be much closer and more logical. That would kinda lead to a reason why attendances for some of the regional clubs are not as high as you would expect, but thats not to say the smaller clubs dont contribute to what I think is a very good league that I wish more of our players would play in. Its technically very good, and the bigger clubs do recruit the best players from the smaller clubs regularly.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Mipo going to Maritimo is a better opportunity than I would have expected him to get. Being from Maderia the locals will support that club more than some of the other regional clubs, and you would think they'd have a reasonably good chance of getting back up. I hope he gets his attitude right and makes the most of this. If he can start banging in goals there like he did underage for West Ham this could be great launching platform for him.
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Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Falaste portugues amigo? Eu tenho família lá também. Marítimo might be playing in the premier division yet because there’s issues surrounding Boavista and recently promoted Estrela.
Any links to this, would assume it's from Portuguese media so might be trickier to find online.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFunnyOldGame
I understand a little, but to the on going and constant disappointment of my wife and her family I dont speak much :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AFunnyOldGame
The wife is actually there right now so Ive asked her to find out about if Maritimo might avoid the relegation
According to my brother in law it seems that they are not going avoid relegation, media seems to think its a fairly frivolous hope from themQuote:
Originally Posted by JR89
Released by Maritimo after a year having only featured for their B team. Obscurity beckons at this point. He's a long way from turning down Ireland Under 21 call ups now.
Hopefully he picks up a club and gets back on track still very youngQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
I've heard a couple of things over the years about Mipo's attitude that, if true, make his current career trajectory not that much of a surprise. Hopefully he might turn it around, but the reality is that it's more likely we'll be hearing about him signing for Mickleover or Vauxhall Motors than seeing him work his way back up the divisions at this point.
I thought Mido was very bold
He was born and raised in Ireland, to Nigerian parents. Pick one and Move on baby
now he wont be playing professional football this time next year
Perfect candidate for a LOI rehabilitation...with Athlone maybe
Signs for Fleetwood town in L2 on a 1 year deal
would fleetwood sign a young journeyman who's pro career has so far not gone to plan?
fleetwood would, would fleetwood.
Something will have to give on the Irish front for Fleetwood. I see they are up against WBA 2-1 tonight. Irishmen Ryan Graydon and Ronan Coughlan up front in a 2. Out and out strikers in Odubeko and Thomas Lonergan on the bench.
Well, whaddya know - scored his first goal for Fleedwood in the EFL Trophy, albeit against Aston Villa's academy - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c2l1w1gg0gkt. Has been getting minutes in this league - still young enough that he could play for the U21s but a call-up for these qualifiers is highly unlikely:
Signs for Shels. Can't think of many players for whom joining an LoI side at this stage in their career was a good career move tbh. Jack Byrne, Keith Fahey. Afolabi had a good spell but as soon as he moved abroad again he tanked. Any others?