He joined Copenhagen at 14
Chido Obi
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Sorry got the ages wrong, the source I read said he was released from their youth and I saw he made his debut for Copenhagen at 17 so assumed it was 16 but it makes it even more significant if he was that young, anyway this is the Obi Martin thread so back on topic I think it will be interesting to see if he is named in the squad for tomorrow
Found it interesting that the journos asked about Heaven and Dorgu potential involvement against Leicester but not about him
Maybe because Dorgu and Heaven are 2-3 years older than him and a bit further along in their development?
Probably means no chance of involvement tomorrow
Probably depends on how he has done during the first team training sessions. I think that would be the barometer Amorim would use to gauge when to give him minutes. No matter how crap the senior options are during games it would not make much sense to push him to play now if he is struggling even more than them in training.
I don't think we will see good contribution from him until next season when he would have added half a year of late teenage growth and also benefitted from a senior preseason. He is going to be a unit with decent pace and finishing as well as good link up play.
Only looking for him to just get a few cameos, feel like he is capable of giving us that until we can get a striker in the summer to replace Hojlund/Zirkzee
Impressive. 23 pages and he’s played less than 15 times for our youth teams. As @Gungerz said it feels like it’s the same discussion going round and round.
They don't think that. The one set of players who always get plenty of leeway is academy players at least in the initial years. Nobody is going to slate a 17 year old for not scoring 10 goals off the bench but at least it would be progress if he did show promise and scored a few. Then we have something to build upon.
We need to give him a chance to get his feet under him before throwing him to the wolves
To be honest with the cup still to play for, that would be the higher stakes competition for him to play in. I would start easing him into the league games as there's zero to play for there.
I would play him in home league games. We can't break the low blocks down anyway but the amount of support they would get from the crowd in last 20 mins would be massive
He should get involved at some point. Some people sound like they expect him to start all league games now, he will be slowly introduced off the bench. And thats perfect way to impress a la Rashford in his breakthrough season.
Only want to see him in squad tomorrow not start games as know he's not ready for that
If we play like we should do, then we'll be a couple of goals up and then that would be the perfect time to bring him on alongside a decent squad. We've had a habit in the past of playing these young lads with potential in games with a team full of other kids or fringe players. It just never let's them shine. If they're fringe then yeah, play them all together. But if there's a potential first teamer, bring him on with the first team. You get a better understanding of his level compared to the rest of the squad
Completely different players though, Biancheri has looked good and possibly would have been given a chance had it not been for injuries.
Hat trick against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup.
Yes the fact he can score shed loads of goals is appealing but it’s his overall game which really excites me. He’s developing amazingly and a proper bully of a centre forward!
A striker that usually finds himself in the right position is such a green flag at his age group.
Mental to me that someone on here doesn’t rate him cause his mate told him not to
What a talent, I know there was talk about giving him uniquely high wages but if he continues to develop at this rate then it really is a drop in the ocean.
Leave him as far away from the current first team mess.
But give him a big chance during preseason and see how well he takes the instructions onboard.
But give him a big chance during preseason and see how well he takes the instructions onboard.
What's wrong with a bit of first team exposure? Test of character, no expectations.
Is there anything in football more pointless than a Chelsea youth team?
Yeah but his mate heard it from another mate who saw some clips online.
I feel it won't take long until he embarrasses Hojlund and Zirkzee by scoring goals for the first team. Maybe not this season but surely in the next.
He needs to be playing above that level.
Where’s the context ti this?
Another great performance again at this level.
The gulf between U18 and U21 level is big - many players who've dominated at the younger level don't do it to anywhere near the same degree at the next. And obviously the gulf from U21 to senior level - especially the PL - is astronomical.
So dominating again at this level, while boding well, really is still the very first step. He's also looking good at U21 level - and recently against a NL side - but a lot less scarily dominant.
Very impressed with how much his all round game seems to be getting ever better throughout the season - without in any way effecting his threat as a goalscorer. Very happy with how he's progressing and developing so far.
The gulf between U18 and U21 level is big - many players who've dominated at the younger level don't do it to anywhere near the same degree at the next. And obviously the gulf from U21 to senior level - especially the PL - is astronomical.
So dominating again at this level, while boding well, really is still the very first step. He's also looking good at U21 level - and recently against a NL side - but a lot less scarily dominant.
Very impressed with how much his all round game seems to be getting ever better throughout the season - without in any way effecting his threat as a goalscorer. Very happy with how he's progressing and developing so far.
Commentator very disappointed for Chelsea
Really looking forward to his breakthrough
Really looking forward to his breakthrough
Seven youth cup goals so far this season – the same as Garnacho ended up with in 2021/22. Anyone know what the United record is for a single youth cup campaign? I suspect the answer is possible to find in Sons of United by Mr. MUJAC – unfortunately my copy of the book isn't in the same country as me at the moment.
Alex Dawson got 21 in 10 in the 56/57 run
https://talkofthedevils.co.uk/2020/...of-manchester-uniteds-most-important-players/
Hopefully he’ll get few minutes for first team this season. Perhaps in the last game like Josh Harrop did back under Mourinho.
Thank you! We'll need to keep scoring five goals in every game then, and not let anyone else than Obi score from now on.
City and Villa still in it. No foregone conclusion though would hope to beat Arsenal in the Q/F.. an Obi winner would be goodThank you! We'll need to keep scoring five goals in every game then, and not let anyone else than Obi score from now on.
None of those 3 goals were particularly good finishes if that makes sense.
Or maybe they are, as they all count..
Or maybe they are, as they all count..