Armstrong Okoflex

greenshoots wrote: yeah I was disappointed too. When you have two young lads on the bench, both attackers, and it's the younger one who gets the nod, you'd be a bit disappointed if you were Oko-flex. Didnt stop him scoring a peach of a goal by all accounts yday though!

If your U17s had defended like Exeter did you'd be pissed off. He's wasting his time playing against the likes of Exeter's kids who defend like an U12s school boy team.

Fozz wrote: He bounced the ball off Mipo near the end of the run. Remember him? Both lads need loans and senior football as that's the only barometer that matters. I doubt some L2 pro in his early 30's woulda let OF run past him like that without at least throwing in a crunching tackle. When he's running past professional defenders who's performances pay the bills, then we should take note.

Reminds me of an interview Tommy Robson did after his loan at Limerick and he moved back to Sunderland. Was talking about how lads become comfortable at reserve level and need to get out and play football somewhere competitively.

“I needed this,” he explains. I was getting too comfortable playing reserve football. I played over a hundred games. I needed to get out. It’s not really competitive.

“If you get beat, you get beat. You haven’t lost anything. Over here, you’re playing for points. There’s even people playing for mortgages. It’s a lot different.

Edited by J89 - 19 Jan 2022 at 4:03pm

Green Cockade wrote: West Ham are reported to have turned down offers from clubs in the Championship, League One and the SPL to take Okoflex on loan in January. He is viewed within the club as first team material and has been a regular on the bench lately. PL debut may not be far away so good news for Ireland.

He'll never be eligible for England. His move to Scotland ballsed that up for him.

Edited by Pinginí - 08 Mar 2022 at 2:46pm

KING-CON wrote: West Ham must have the record for having an unused Irish sub on the bench - Cullen, Randolph, Coventry and now Oxoflex. I'm sure Rice stayed on the bench for a bit when he was still wearing the green too.

senior team debut at last

Luis Amor Rodriguez wrote: Another lad in need of a loan.

Ogbene also being linked with Swansea. Might be a good Irish contingent to come with Manning and Obafemi already there.