Hogan and Lenihan brought back into the squad.
No Obafemi. Sykes and Ronan called up.
Hogan and Lenihan brought back into the squad.
Ah lads, not even the most biased Kenny backer can defend the decision to leave out Obafemi.
I hope and am sure he will be asked and I'll be interested to hear why Obafemi didn't get a call up. I'm not going to say Hogan doesn't deserve his call up but I will say that Kenny emphasizes the promotion of youth a lot so by selecting a comparable striker like Hogan ahead of Obafemi he is exposing himself to criticism.
If Martinez can select an experimental squad for these friendlies, why can’t Kenny? Let’s be fair to all like.Originally Posted by BOOMSHAKALAKA
Joking aside… it’s obvious that the beef between SK and Obafemi is real and it’s likely that the ill feeling is with the latter. The likely reason being he was dropped from the senior squad by SK back when. While that’s speculation (hopefully SK will confirm or clarify the situation), I think it is the most likely scenario. And, provided SK had the chats with him, I don’t think any fault lies with him. Players get dropped, that’s football. They should be men enough, for the most part, to not take it personally and if called on again you’d hope that they’d jump at the chance. All round, Obafemi seems to be a certain type of personality. SK doesnt appear to be the first manager he’s beefed with.
Yeah, unless Obafemi has a real attitude problem (Connolly left out for the same reason I wonder? Getting games now at least), I don't understand that one. Ronan's been in good form, but Swansea > St Mirren
they dont play in the same positions so its a pointless comparison. hes picked hogan over obafemi.
There were many on here that were demanding a call up for Scott Hogan a month ago. That would have been one stick to beat him with. Now it’s Obafemi which is understandable given his form and potential. I just think it’s more likely to be a case of SK being told no, than him not rating Obafemi. Whether SK would go that far in comments is another thing…
Awful squad, probably the poorest selection of the Kenny era relative to what was available to him. Hogan over Obafemi and Connolly defies belief, if Obafemi (or Connolly) has turned down a call up Kenny would be best advised to be clear about that today, otherwise it's a ridiculous selection.
Will be interesting to hear what Kenny has to say, but getting the impression Obafemi wants to dictate the terms and that’s a no-no. But Connolly isn’t there either which is surprising. Would have thought it was a choice between Connolly and Obafemi given similarities.
Overall, just a sense of oddness in the selected squad tbh.
what's the story with jamie mcgrath? he hasn't featured at all since moving to wigan which is a bit surprising (unless he's unfit).
Surely Obafemi over Hogan every day of the week.
I could understand leaving out one of Connolly and Obafemi, but not both
Ah it doesn't. Connolly is getting game time now which is good, but he hasn't done much with it. Hogan is a proven Championship striker, which Connolly isn't yet.
He's been on the bench the last two games and played their two recent cup games. It looks like he might be getting up to speed with playing style?
ah fair enough, wiki still has him down as 0 appearances. good to see he is getting some involvement.
Kenny out.
How dare he leave out a player with a clear attitude issue, and who has turned down the chance to represent his country now on more than one occasion.
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That's a never pick again as far im concerned.
In fairness to kenny he is totally blameless.
Kenny has gone to see Obafemi play, has talked to him twice, talked to him this week. And there’s apparent anxiety about picking up an injury from training and playing too much. Kenny has done his bit as far as I’m concerned.
Connolly is not training and playing with an injury – not included to give time to heal. McGrath was dropped as he’s not in the Wigan team.
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