Michael Obafemi

John Nice wrote: Greenie50 wrote: J89 wrote: Could have or manager could have left him out if he felt he wasn't focused enough for today's game. Goodwin did it McGrath back in January dropping him out for a bit and happened to McNamara at the start of the season when there was interest in him and Millwall were trying to get him to sign a new contract. Confirmed by the manager: Russell Martin said Obafemi left out of #Swans squad after "deadline day madness". Martin said mistake putting Obafemi on bench at Stoke. "His head has been filled with all sorts, we'll have a chat on Monday to make sure he's in the right frame of mind to contribute." This lad really needs to kop on. He's clearly talented, but has achieved very little to date. Finally gets a chance to showcase his talents and then he wants to move on again. Seems like a Billy Big Balls to me. Concentrate on your football lad and the rest will look after itself. This may not be fair, but it's the image he's presenting.

wanderer wrote: John Nice wrote: Greenie50 wrote: J89 wrote: Could have or manager could have left him out if he felt he wasn't focused enough for today's game. Goodwin did it McGrath back in January dropping him out for a bit and happened to McNamara at the start of the season when there was interest in him and Millwall were trying to get him to sign a new contract. Confirmed by the manager: <div dir="auto" ="-901oao="" r-vlxjld="" r-37j5jr="" r-1blvdjr="" r-16dba41="" r-vrz42v="" r-bcqeeo="" r-bnwqim="" r-qvutc0"="" -testid="tweetText" lang="en"><span ="-901oao="" -16my406="" r-poiln3="" r-bcqeeo="" r-qvutc0"="">Russell Martin said Obafemi left out of </span><span ="r-18u37iz"="">#Swans</span><span ="-901oao="" -16my406="" r-poiln3="" r-bcqeeo="" r-qvutc0"=""> squad after "deadline day madness". Martin said mistake putting Obafemi on bench at Stoke. </span><span ="-901oao="" -16my406="" r-poiln3="" r-bcqeeo="" r-qvutc0"="">"His head has been filled with all sorts, we'll have a chat on Monday to make sure he's in the right frame of mind to contribute."</span> This lad really needs to kop on. He's clearly talented, but has achieved very little to date. Finally gets a chance to showcase his talents and then he wants to move on again. Seems like a Billy Big Balls to me. Concentrate on your football lad and the rest will look after itself. This may not be fair, but it's the image he's presenting. You might potentially be slightly harsh on him. Managers words read to me that he's more complaining about the players agent when he refers to "His head has been filled with all sorts" . Definitely to me reads as a dig at the agent and not the player. Wouldn't surprise me if he was being represented poorly

Goodwin made similar remarks regarding Jamie McGrath back in January.

“I told Jamie there are outside influences in his ear telling him this and that but it’s purely speculation. The most important thing is concentrating on the football because the move will come.

Full quotes from Russell Martin.

"Michael, we had a chat after the deadline day madness and both decided it was best for him to have the weekend off and that he couldn't contribute in a way that he should have. I'm a young manager and have to learn a lot, I shouldn't have brought him on Wednesday with what was going on, I made the wrong call. But I feel like we made the right call today, and Michael agreed.

"He'll come back in on Monday, we'll have a really good chat and we'll make sure he's in the right frame of mind to contribute. His head has been filled with all sorts of nonsense since we first came back in, so his energy has been a bit different.

"We need to get back to the Michael Obafemi we had from December onwards and I'm sure we will."

Not in the match day squad tonight.

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darman28 wrote: Back in the match day squad, on the bench.

Another assist for the out of favour Manning in the game also