QuoteI'd love to see him bounce back from this and come into the set up at 21s for usOriginally Posted by Diggs246
I dont want him near our team. Beyond disrespectful to our country. You play for us or declare for Nigeria. What u dont do is what he is doing. Guys like this make me ill.
I'd love to see him bounce back from this and come into the set up at 21s for us
Agreed, we were all stupid young fellas at some point... some never grew out of it.... but hopefully he learns from mistakes and improves from here, in attitude and on the pitch.
I'm not sure if you guys are too nice or maybe I'm just an old fashioned ******.
Good news about Odubeko
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-40779024.html
https://twitter.com/kennyskids/statu...318896642?s=21
Suitably humbled…
It's good this matter seems finally to have been settled.
Happy days great to see this well done to all involved. Lovely to see oko flex and odubeko back on board in recent times, would like to see sotona involved as well once he is back playing. We can't ever had a better under 16 side with more forward options than the side that had parrott, odubeko, oko flex, sotona and ebosele . Matt everitt was in that year as well he seems to have really droped off the radar at Brighton anyone have any insights?
Let’s see what Mipo can do between now and then to merit a call up. Huddersfield u23s this year and some PL2 with west ham isn’t overly compelling. But we will have a look at him 😉
Good to hear and sooner than I would have expected - I would have been happy to wait a year or so if he really just wanted time to build his club career, even if it meant him going straight into the senior squad, so having him available for the U21s is a bit of a bonus. I think we should be willing to give young lads with multiple national identities a bit of space to make a final decision.
He never went and played for anyone else. He held a grudge over not being picked for u17s a few years back. Lads are allowed time to make big decisions in life and Nationality is not the same for everyone, hes has every right to feel both Nigerian and Irish.
Add all that to him being a bit of an over confident idiot young fella with an agent in his ear talkin crap I think we can give him a bit of a break. Theres been plenty of English born lads over the years that took some time to make a decision about playing for us and we loved them as soon as they put on the shirt.
I hope he goes on to win 150 caps and break Robbies goal scoring record..... but as of right now hes not even proved hes good enough for mens football.
Balanced and fair. Thank you. Being an idiot or being idiotic as a teenager is not a crime. Having a ballsy agent isn't a crime either. And the inability of some to understand how some lads may feel different nationalities all at once is not help.
Re Everett - Can’t remember what it was but serious injuries
Giurgu, Kennedy and Carty were included in that squad, along with Ebosele and Everett. Parrott was injured. Okoflex and Burns unavailable. Odubeko, Sotona, Gaxha all missed out which was surprising at the time. Tom Cannon hadn’t really emerged or at least I hadn’t heard of him. It’s a pretty good attacking group. But pretty much every age group from 2000-2003 has produced a lot of good attackers. Often they don’t pan out but at u17 and u19 it looks great…
Last edited by elatedscum; 05/01/2022 at 11:25 PM.
I wouldn’t go that easy on him.
Be annoyed, hold a grudge. Fine!
Then say you might declare for Nigeria. Nobody has an issue there.
But to say you’re considering England is just mercenary.
He has a lot of work to do to impress fans. It should be an honour not a right to pull on the green jersey.
I would far more understand and have no issue with Obafemi declaring for England as he grew up there.
Who said he was considering England? His agent or him? Or anyone?
I completely agree that he is 100% entitled to play Nigeria. No one can ot has disputed that
I think refusing an U21 call up because you weren't picked for an u17 game ...stinks and it reminds me of a certain stephen Ireland. If memory serves he too had a bee in his bonnet because Kerr left him on the bench of an underage game again terrible terrible attitude. Will Mipo grow up..ive no idea
Also I wouldn't mind a quote from the player or his agent btw to confirm. I just reread that article and its a bit light on proof. Time will tell of course.
He needs to start playing and scoring first
It's John Fallon so I'd take anything written with a pinch of salt.
Perhaps the fella has become a wee bit humble with his latest career developments. Maybe he could do with a few games for the Irish U21’s to boost the sagging career !
Good to have him back. Let's see if he's good enough now.
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