| Ogbene 20:25 - Nov 13 with 5719 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
Showing why I was gutted we loaned him out for the entire season.  |  | | |  |
| Ogbene on 20:27 - Nov 13 with 3884 views | SouperJim |
Do we have a recall option in Jan? He's looking great against Portugal, they're struggling to deal with him. |  |
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| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 with 3877 views | Wickets |
Been excellent tonight, Do we have a recall in January? |  | | |
| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 with 3860 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 by Wickets |
Been excellent tonight, Do we have a recall in January? |
No. One of the most bizarre decisions the club made. |  |
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| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 with 3864 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Ogbene on 20:27 - Nov 13 by SouperJim |
Do we have a recall option in Jan? He's looking great against Portugal, they're struggling to deal with him. |
No recall, which is part of the reason why I think it was such an odd decision. | | | |
| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 with 3774 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
No recall, which is part of the reason why I think it was such an odd decision. |
Got to be financial. You'd assume hed have had a pretty high wage. Go on loan without recall could possibly have enabled us to get more % of his wages paid esp with km wanting mcateer |  |
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| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 with 3783 views | SouperJim |
| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
No recall, which is part of the reason why I think it was such an odd decision. |
Blimey. Can't help but make the obvious comparison with Macateer, who currently isn't getting in the Ireland squad... | |
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| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 with 3778 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Ogbene on 20:28 - Nov 13 by GlasgowBlue |
No. One of the most bizarre decisions the club made. |
Really? I still don’t get the furrow around McKenna sending him out on loan. He hardly set the world alight in those first few games - albeit coming back from a long term injury - and we ended up signing one of the biggest prospects in Europe beating off the likes of Porto, Club Brugge and PSV to his signature.
Think it was perfectly reasonable for him to go out on loan and hopefully perform well enough that he either comes back and does have some role with us, or manage to sell him for similar to what we paid. |  |
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| I think the main issue.... on 20:38 - Nov 13 with 3690 views | Bloots |
| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 by Kieran_Knows |
Really? I still don’t get the furrow around McKenna sending him out on loan. He hardly set the world alight in those first few games - albeit coming back from a long term injury - and we ended up signing one of the biggest prospects in Europe beating off the likes of Porto, Club Brugge and PSV to his signature.
Think it was perfectly reasonable for him to go out on loan and hopefully perform well enough that he either comes back and does have some role with us, or manage to sell him for similar to what we paid. |
....at least from my point of view, is the lack of recall option in January.
I think KM specifically cited "fitness" as an issue and said that he needed games, the whole season seems a bit extreme.
Couple that with the fact that his "replacement" cost a fortune and hasn't exactly blown us away (yet).......then I can see the frustration. |  |
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| Ogbene on 20:38 - Nov 13 with 3693 views | SouperJim |
| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 by Kieran_Knows |
Really? I still don’t get the furrow around McKenna sending him out on loan. He hardly set the world alight in those first few games - albeit coming back from a long term injury - and we ended up signing one of the biggest prospects in Europe beating off the likes of Porto, Club Brugge and PSV to his signature.
Think it was perfectly reasonable for him to go out on loan and hopefully perform well enough that he either comes back and does have some role with us, or manage to sell him for similar to what we paid. |
You can say "didn't set the world alight" but it was obvious to me why we bought him and that he was a very capable player. Out on loan to get fit and 3 months into the season here he is tearing Portugal a new one.
Not suggesting he has the same ceiling as Walle, but it's not an either/or. | |
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| Ogbene on 20:38 - Nov 13 with 3687 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 by Kieran_Knows |
Really? I still don’t get the furrow around McKenna sending him out on loan. He hardly set the world alight in those first few games - albeit coming back from a long term injury - and we ended up signing one of the biggest prospects in Europe beating off the likes of Porto, Club Brugge and PSV to his signature.
Think it was perfectly reasonable for him to go out on loan and hopefully perform well enough that he either comes back and does have some role with us, or manage to sell him for similar to what we paid. |
Don't think its about ogbene himself going out on loan but more we loaned him out to bring in a 12 mill winger who ogbene gets chosen ahead of for Ireland. | |
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| Ogbene on 20:41 - Nov 13 with 3663 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Ogbene on 20:34 - Nov 13 by Kieran_Knows |
Really? I still don’t get the furrow around McKenna sending him out on loan. He hardly set the world alight in those first few games - albeit coming back from a long term injury - and we ended up signing one of the biggest prospects in Europe beating off the likes of Porto, Club Brugge and PSV to his signature.
Think it was perfectly reasonable for him to go out on loan and hopefully perform well enough that he either comes back and does have some role with us, or manage to sell him for similar to what we paid. |
In preseason he showed what he brings. Obviously he didn’t have his full pace or sharpness, but it was easy to see what was to come.
If he was sent out to get fitness/ sharpness, then why no recall?
And I don’t see it was a choice between him and Walle Egeli. | | | |
| Ogbene on 20:42 - Nov 13 with 3640 views | jas0999 |
| Ogbene on 20:38 - Nov 13 by FrimleyBlue |
Don't think its about ogbene himself going out on loan but more we loaned him out to bring in a 12 mill winger who ogbene gets chosen ahead of for Ireland. |
This.
I feel sorry for McAteer … but ultimately a very strange decision to spend so much on him, when we had a better option. | | | |
| Ogbene on 20:48 - Nov 13 with 3565 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Ogbene on 20:41 - Nov 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
In preseason he showed what he brings. Obviously he didn’t have his full pace or sharpness, but it was easy to see what was to come.
If he was sent out to get fitness/ sharpness, then why no recall?
And I don’t see it was a choice between him and Walle Egeli. |
Why no recall? To give him a whole season of 40+ games. Let’s face it, he wasn’t going to get a game with Egeli and McAteer here and Burns returning from injury. Why on earth would we want a recall in there?
Gives him and Shef U the piece of mind that he gets a full season to get back to his best and Town must’ve been pretty confident that Egeli and McAteer could become good options with Burns returning.
My guess is Ogbene is sold next summer regardless of what division we’re in. | |
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| Ogbene on 20:50 - Nov 13 with 3533 views | Wickets |
| Ogbene on 20:38 - Nov 13 by FrimleyBlue |
Don't think its about ogbene himself going out on loan but more we loaned him out to bring in a 12 mill winger who ogbene gets chosen ahead of for Ireland. |
Yes it's the signing of Macteer rather than the Walle deal that seems a little strange. | | | |
| Ogbene on 21:03 - Nov 13 with 3376 views | SouperJim |
| Ogbene on 20:50 - Nov 13 by Wickets |
Yes it's the signing of Macteer rather than the Walle deal that seems a little strange. |
I believe we paid £8m for Ogbene and £12m for McAteer? I get that McAteer is 5 years younger, bit he has got a lot to do to look like an upgrade. Not the player's fault how much we paid of course, but it just doesn't make much sense at this stage. | |
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| Ogbene on 21:03 - Nov 13 with 3372 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Ogbene on 20:48 - Nov 13 by Kieran_Knows |
Why no recall? To give him a whole season of 40+ games. Let’s face it, he wasn’t going to get a game with Egeli and McAteer here and Burns returning from injury. Why on earth would we want a recall in there?
Gives him and Shef U the piece of mind that he gets a full season to get back to his best and Town must’ve been pretty confident that Egeli and McAteer could become good options with Burns returning.
My guess is Ogbene is sold next summer regardless of what division we’re in. |
Why wouldn't he get a game ahead of McAteer? He gets a game ahead of McAteer every single Ireland game.
I'll back and Support Mcateer to progress and improve and become a player for us. But right now it is really odd. We would have £12 million still in our pocket. Leicester may have had to sell Fatawu or in trouble and we would quite arguably have a better option for the here and now in Ogbene.
It is what it is now and Ogbene has had a slow start with Sheffield United. But I'll never really understand that one. | |
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| Ogbene on 21:13 - Nov 13 with 3278 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Ogbene on 20:48 - Nov 13 by Kieran_Knows |
Why no recall? To give him a whole season of 40+ games. Let’s face it, he wasn’t going to get a game with Egeli and McAteer here and Burns returning from injury. Why on earth would we want a recall in there?
Gives him and Shef U the piece of mind that he gets a full season to get back to his best and Town must’ve been pretty confident that Egeli and McAteer could become good options with Burns returning.
My guess is Ogbene is sold next summer regardless of what division we’re in. |
Nutkin says it all. I just don’t get your logic at all.
I’m positive about MacAteer, and expect to see him develop under KmK, but Ogbene for me offers more, and brings a physicality we’re often lacking there. | | | |
| Ogbene on 21:14 - Nov 13 with 3259 views | Reuser_is_God |
You weren’t really gutted were you?
He was pony every time he was on the pitch for us. [Post edited 13 Nov 21:21]
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| Ogbene on 21:18 - Nov 13 with 3188 views | gainsboroughblue |
It's the one bit of business I really can't get past this season.
Absolutely no fault of McAteer who cannot control how much a club spends on him and who they send out on loan in lieu of him having a place in the squad, and the lad has some quite unfair pressure on him as result of it all. For this reason alone, I'd love to see McAteer really start to try and hold down some sort of place and role in the team/squad.
But, from a Town fan perspective, it's a headscratcher for sure. 12 million that probably could have been used more effectively elsewhere and three months into the season, a bloke we paid nearly 10 mil for and sent on loan is tearing Portugal a new one. [Post edited 13 Nov 21:21]
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| Ogbene on 21:20 - Nov 13 with 3153 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Ogbene on 21:14 - Nov 13 by Reuser_is_God |
You weren’t really gutted were you?
He was pony every time he was on the pitch for us. [Post edited 13 Nov 21:21]
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didn't he play like 7 games? | |
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| Ogbene on 21:21 - Nov 13 with 3140 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Ogbene on 21:20 - Nov 13 by FrimleyBlue |
didn't he play like 7 games? |
Yeah, & done absolutely nothing in all of them.
Didn’t show a single glimpse of promise. | |
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| Ogbene on 21:25 - Nov 13 with 3079 views | NthQldITFC |
| Ogbene on 21:03 - Nov 13 by SouperJim |
I believe we paid £8m for Ogbene and £12m for McAteer? I get that McAteer is 5 years younger, bit he has got a lot to do to look like an upgrade. Not the player's fault how much we paid of course, but it just doesn't make much sense at this stage. |
We're still making assessments way too early though. What has McAteer had so far? The equivalent of maybe five full games? It takes time to bed into a new system. |  |
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| Ogbene on 21:27 - Nov 13 with 3034 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Ogbene on 21:14 - Nov 13 by Reuser_is_God |
You weren’t really gutted were you?
He was pony every time he was on the pitch for us. [Post edited 13 Nov 21:21]
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Why would you post an accusation like that?
Yes I was gutted, and if you search my previous comments, I always said people underestimated him. I saw enough in him for the ROI, and just before he got injured, to see his potential.
Just because you don’t rate him, don’t be presumptuous and try to project that onto what I think. | | | |
| Ogbene on 21:29 - Nov 13 with 3020 views | eirannach_gorm |
| Ogbene on 21:21 - Nov 13 by Reuser_is_God |
Yeah, & done absolutely nothing in all of them.
Didn’t show a single glimpse of promise. |
Having a dream game here in attack and defence against the 5th best team in the world. | | | |
| Ogbene on 21:29 - Nov 13 with 3012 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Ogbene on 21:27 - Nov 13 by SuffolkPunchFC |
Why would you post an accusation like that?
Yes I was gutted, and if you search my previous comments, I always said people underestimated him. I saw enough in him for the ROI, and just before he got injured, to see his potential.
Just because you don’t rate him, don’t be presumptuous and try to project that onto what I think. |
I wasn’t accusing you, I was just asking a question.
Chill out. | |
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