Aido Emakhu sub tonight for Millwall, only 19 & only joined them recently from Rovers.
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Aido Emakhu sub tonight for Millwall, only 19 & only joined them recently from Rovers.
Came on for the last few minutes of the game, just after Millwall scored an equaliser.
Fantastic progress in a short amount of time for a guy playing LOI last season.
That's as bad a piece of defending as you will see all season. Great to see Emakhu making an impactQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
First senior goal in England (I think?) today; a consolation against Norwich after coming on 3-0 down
Idah got ten minutes; Omobamidele got injury time and was still booked
Duffy wasn't happy with the Norwich midfield and rightly so ~ No tracking / marking.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Mind you was everything Duffy did correct either.
Duffy barely put a foot wrong in this game - he was composed in possession, won pretty much all his defensive duels and is justifiably raging to lose the clean sheet. In the lead up to Emakhu's goal, Omobamidele, who came on as a late sub, didn't get tight enough to clear the initial ball and was left scrambling back in to close the gap.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
None of that takes away from Emakhu's finish, which was excellent. He hit it really well and Gunn was well beaten. He tried to get at the Norwich defence when he came on in the second half and took his one clear chance, fair play. Millwall didn't look great, but that's partly because Norwich played so well.
"...a fine first league start for the Lions.......Aidomo Emakhu's final action is that booking. The young Millwall forward has had a great game today but he's struggling with cramp....." Subbed after 69 mins away to Preston NE. (BBC Football)
PSV Eindhoven have made an about him, the Championship, League One and Scottish Premiership clubs interested in loan deals for him aswell…
Came on as a sub and scored in the friendly V Notts Forest played in Murcia yesterday. Forest won 2-1. Danny McNamara also appeared for Millwall.
Worth noting that Millwall have recently signed the Notts County goal machine Macaulay Longstaff, but promising update all the same.
Hes another that a season staying fit and just playing games is most important thing this season. Always seems to be injured
Got a red card yesterday. Dived just outside the box. Robbie Brady reacted by pointing a finger in his face on one side and with Emakhu’s body blocking the referee, slightly kicking Emakhu while he was on the floor.
Emakhu got up - cameras I’ve seen don’t really show what happened - was described as a headbutt, but could also have connected with the shoulder. Contact could have been real or Brady could’ve been making something out of nothing. Hard to tell, they cut to a camera as it happens and that camera doesn’t pan up quick enough
Got shown a yellow for the dive and a straight red for the reaction
Sounds like Brady didn't cover himself in glory either? Particularly given it was a fellow Dub and a young lad?Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Star Man in last Saturday's match v Blackburn Rovers, according to
London News online.
Emakhu has been injured (groin) since the Boxing Day game v Norwich. He is now "back on the grass" but not yet able for full training. When he is fit again, he will find 6 new faces (including A Connolly) competing for a start up front. (SouthwarkNews.co.uk, 4 Feb)
Best of luck to him - if he is good enough well then it won't matterQuote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
Chatting to a few Millwall fans on their way up to the North East and they were raving about Emakhu, referring to him as the Irish Messi and how he’s been terrorising defences in recent games.
With all the Vata talk, he definitely seems to be going under the radar. 38 games now at Championship level at 21 and getting regular starts. Looks like his minutes are being managed due to his groin issues, however they seem to be think that he’s the next one on the production line to get a big money move to the PL like Romain Esse.
Also appear to rate Connolly - interesting to see how he gets on at Sunderland today.
https://millwallonline.com/forum/threads/emaku.57079/
Consolation goal for him today. Sounds like a nice finish from a tough angle.
Is that only his second for them?
Yes, it was a good finish. But we need to see more from him, his scoring record isn't great at all (3 goals in 74 games).
He's probably in the picture, but only because Connolly/Idah/Obafemi/Robinson/Cannon/Armstrong are doing as much as possible to be out of the picture these days.
I've read many, many football articles down the years, but never came across a description of a player as a "mercurial sparkplug" before. Emakhu started today, away to Blackburn, but was one of three players hooked at half-time.
Femi Azeez’s absence opens the door for Millwall’s mercurial sparkplug Aidomo Emakhu to step up – Southwark News
Has moved to Oxford United on a 'long-term deal'.
https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/aidomo-e...-oxford-united
Millwall didn't want to sell Emakhu, but couldn't meet his demands for a new contract, so he wanted to go.
https://southwarknews.co.uk/sport/fo...for-departure/
Nice business from them
Moving from fifth in the table to 23rd. Millwall may be justified in not meeting his demands (which I presume were for a big increase). He's only young of course, but like Armstrong, I think he's flattered to deceive overall. 3 goals in 83 games is a pretty poor return for any attacking player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demesne Lad
Oxford will probably go down, but that might not be the worst thing to happen for him if he's getting more regular football in League 1.