On a positive note - Uche Ikpeazu

[andrew1957]

I am not sure if any of you have seen this but this lad does have the makings of a star. Hope we have him on a long contract.

https://newsdesk4.moreover.com/click/?p ... d=1380&t=1

[phil in cornwall]

Bring him in for the Liverpool game.

[Elm Park Pasty]

I have always wondered you know why we sometimes don't throw some of the really good quality players in at a younger age, maybe we just don't want to take the risk and upset their development, but then you look at the likes of Owen, Fowler, Fergie's babes at Man Utd and you think if they're good then they're old enough.

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

That was a great strike. Maybe when we're mathmatically down, Nige will give some of the younger players a look in. Uche certainly looks a talent.

[Pepe the Horseman]

I have always wondered you know why we sometimes don't throw some of the really good quality players in at a younger age, maybe we just don't want to take the risk and upset their development, but then you look at the likes of Owen, Fowler, Fergie's babes at Man Utd and you think if they're good then they're old enough.

Maybe they're not good enough

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

I have always wondered you know why we sometimes don't throw some of the really good quality players in at a younger age, maybe we just don't want to take the risk and upset their development, but then you look at the likes of Owen, Fowler, Fergie's babes at Man Utd and you think if they're good then they're old enough.

Maybe they're not good enough

Thing is, we never get to find out as they're never given a sniff. Did anyone other than Nigel Adkins and his youth coach think Luke Shaw was good enough? Sometimes, you have to take a chance. With our Strikers, he can't do much worse surely?

[melonhead]

if they were good enough theyd play. like siggurdsson

[HoneyRoastHoax]

UcheIkpeazu9 ‏@UcheIkpeazu 6 Apr

@O_Duroj lool abeg OO, I dey get hungry.. I one soak garri self!

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

if they were good enough theyd play. like siggurdsson

If anyone other than Brenda had been our Gaffer, do you think Siggy would have got his chance? Pearce, Karacan & Church ( ) too?

[sandman]

if they were good enough theyd play. like siggurdsson

If anyone other than Brenda had been our Gaffer, do you think Siggy would have got his chance? Pearce, Karacan & Church ( ) too?

Tbf Pearce and Karacan played when Coppell was manager quite a bit and Church and Sig were given their debuts by him as well.

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

if they were good enough theyd play. like siggurdsson

If anyone other than Brenda had been our Gaffer, do you think Siggy would have got his chance? Pearce, Karacan & Church ( ) too?

Tbf Pearce and Karacan played when Coppell was manager quite a bit and Church and Sig were given their debuts by him as well.

Yes, but they were bit part players under SSC. Rogers chucked them in at the Deep end.

[sandman]

Problem is, as with all these things, you don't know what Coppell would have done if he'd stayed on. They were obviously in his thoughts otherwise they wouldn't have even got a sniff of the first team when he was here. The groundwork was already there.

[St. Brynjar]

Once we're mathematically relegated I'd be fine with Samuel, Ikpeazu, Obita and anyone else deemed good enough getting some minutes.

[melonhead]

if they were good enough theyd play. like siggurdsson

If anyone other than Brenda had been our Gaffer, do you think Siggy would have got his chance? Pearce, Karacan & Church ( ) too?

lol. yes

[Hoop Blah]

Ignoring the fact that Coppell gave a few of the youngsters their initial chances (but perhaps not enough), it was Rodgers who introduced Sigurdsson and blooded him into the team. Without his few months of gentle introduction I don't think he'd have been as good when McDermott then built the team round him after he took over.

There's a lot of hype over some of our youngsters but as someone who's seen a fair bit of previous generations, and a little of this one, I'm yet to be convinced that the hype is overly justified. I hope a few of the current crop come through and break into the first team squad, but I won't hold my breath.

[Royal91]

oxf*rd it throw him in see what kind of talent he's got. What have we got to lose??

[TBM]

oxf*rd it throw him in see what kind of talent he's got. What have we got to lose??

Us = nothing
Him = confidence

Why dent the lad by throwing him in when all the cameras/media will be on him.....rather bring him through gently next season when we're not so "in your face"

[RoyalBlue]

I am not sure if any of you have seen this but this lad does have the makings of a star. Hope we have him on a long contract.

https://newsdesk4.moreover.com/click/?p ... d=1380&t=1

Very good goal in the video that is embedded in the article. That having been said, it would be nice if our first team no 5 could score a goal or two like Partridge does at 1m16s into the video. That's a no 5 hoofing forward with a great end product!

[ZacNaloen]

i've seen Uche play twice, he's got a good eye for goal but seemed completely unable to control the football in any other situation . Still very raw. Has potential though.

[Alan Partridge]

It's Uche!!!! Well scratch it then.

Didcot legend.