Chiedozie Ogbene

he is showing good form and hard work rate needs to keep it up and piss on get few more goals under his belt 

Hopefully being Nigerian by birth, Ogbene won't be inflicted with the generational low esteem that's passed on thorough osmosis.

Left foot wrote: League 1 is his level, he has pace and is pysical and he can fashion out a great career for himself, but it wouldn't see him do well in the championship. If people want ireland to qualify for tournaments we need to get players with good technical ability not just hard workers. Ogbene's technical ability is not good enough to see us do that from what I've seen so far. Kenny's approach is more in line with technical players. I think people are blinded by his goals in a green shirt and the fact that he's a lovely lad.

It boils down to two things. 

Some amount of bollox alright! Not international standard? Define international standard from an Irish perspective? 

I like Ogbene - and not just because he's a nice guy, he's also developing really well as a footballer. Yes, he was mainly raw pace and not much else when he first went to Rotherham but he has really kicked on a level in the last year. Some players develop later than others and Ogbene is one who is doing it in his mid 20s but that doesn't matter as long as he is developing well, which he is.

Left foot wrote: When we fail to qualify for a tournament or even win a game for that matter, the finger gets pointed at Kenny or whomever the manager is at the time. Calls for him to be replaced with another manager rings loud and clear. In order to win games we need players that can play to a high standard, this shouldn't shock anyone.  We've had some good players in the past, I'm not including world class players like Roy Keane, mcgrath, Brady etc just the good players like Duff, Dunne, mcateer, Houghton etc. We have Coleman and Duffy who can be considered good players, Doherty maybe but very hit or miss. Our midfield and attack are black holes in terms of ability, Robinson being the stand out and he's only ok at best if we're being honest. We're going into these games in the next couple of weeks and the quality isn't there (yet)  Ogbene is not going to be a player that meets the ambition of the team to qualify for tournaments. But if he plays and we lose you'll point the finger at Kenny...

Left foot wrote: djhegzy wrote: Is his technical ability any worse than mccleans? I would say not a chance.. if he can also go on to score 11 goals for Ireland I will be very happy  No, his technical ability is no worse than mcclean but this is probably partially the reason we havent qualified for the world cup for 20+ years.  Look, I'm being harsh of Ogbene, I know that. I'm definitely not ruling out him proving me wrong. I'll happily wear egg on my face if that's the case. I'd place him in the same box as Horgan, did well for us when he came on, gave 100% without a doubt but probably not someone who's going to turn it around for us medium to long term. If I'm wrong fair enough.

Biggest load of sh*t that I've seen on here lmao. Ogbene was immense for us against both Portugal and Luxembourg. His technical ability was good enough to go up against a strong Portugal defense.

Edited by KingKenny - 16 Mar 2022 at 9:06pm