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His goalscoring record this season is far superior to Afolabi's. Hopefully they both end up making the breakthrough.
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As mentioned on the other thread, he is the type of player we should be bringing along to training camps for the senior team with a view to the future rather than now.
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Getting him involved with U-21's would be a more logical first step I'd say.
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Originally posted by Dr. Pat Dr. Pat wrote:

No he isn't...Obafemi has been the one to watch for the underage teams this past year following in the footsteps of Sims, Hasketh and Mc Queen. Afolabi doesn't start every game unlike Obafemi
 
Ok, I don't want to de-rail the thread but that's misleading. Obafemi is never picked over Afolabi at underage level. 12 apps. and 4 goals for Afolabi, 2 appearences and 0 goals for Obafemi at u-23. Both are eligible for the u18s but Afolabi is rarely selected as he plays so often with the 23s.
 
I'm delighted Obafemi came on yesterday and I hope it's the start of a great career for him. I just think that 8 minutes of Premier League football does not immediately elevate him from 3rd/4th choice striker for our u-19s to a senior international call up.
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I didn't realise Afolabi was playing so much with the U23s!apologies! Also thought Obafemi played a few more games for the U23s. Anyway, good to see them doing well
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Originally posted by The O'Shea The O'Shea wrote:

Getting him involved with U-21's would be a more logical first step I'd say.

No reason why both can't happen in tandem. 
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/nigeria-to-battle-ireland-for-saints-starlet-michael-obafemi-466157.html
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/nigeria-to-battle-ireland-for-saints-starlet-michael-obafemi-466157.html


"He has already attended some training camps at the invitation of the English FA but it is unclear if he is yet eligible as he or his parents would need to have obtained a passport."

I don't think that's true, he'd qualify under the 5 year residency rule regardless of his parents passport status.

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It shows the craziness of football these days. 3 countries (reportedly) "battling" for him, after five minutes of top flight football.
He could just as easily be at Woking in a few years as he will get more than 2 caps
 
 
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TBF, there's not a single source in that article to suggest that anyone is "chasing" him. It's idle speculation.
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I don't think that's true, he'd qualify under the 5 year residency rule regardless of his parents passport status.

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My understanding is the residency period of 5 years begins from 18 years of age. So he would need to wait until he is 23. Do you know of many players who have gone down this route to play international football? Does not seem to be to common.

Anyway looks like idle paper talk to me. as someone else pointed out, no sources, 8 mins of first team football etc
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Originally posted by The O'Shea The O'Shea wrote:

TBF, there's not a single source in that article to suggest that anyone is "chasing" him. It's idle speculation.
 
True. Its almost as if they just read this thread yesterday and created a story from it.
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I have never heard of this player
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If papers are to believed the FA are chasing him and Rice. No idea of the truth, but should we be following the Welsh mentality with Woodburn and Wilson and get them capped as soon as they're out of the womb just in case 
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If papers are to believed the FA are chasing him and Rice. No idea of the truth, but should we be following the Welsh mentality with Woodburn and Wilson and get them capped as soon as they're out of the womb just in case 
 
At least we'd have a few good dribblers to watch for a change
 
 
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Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

Originally posted by The O'Shea The O'Shea wrote:

TBF, there's not a single source in that article to suggest that anyone is "chasing" him. It's idle speculation.
 
True. Its almost as if they just read this thread yesterday and created a story from it.
 
that's what I was thinking this morning,............if Nigeria are looking to add him  to their squad for wc2018 then it doesn't look good for them.......  imagine if he had actually scored ...!!!
 
there was better young players who got more time for Norwich last week v chelsea
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