Most importantly he loves a nutmeg.
Odion Ighalo - 6 month loan deal done
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A semi-retired Larson.
This post is really easy to bet against.
Is deadline day on on January 31st. There's literally no club willing to part with anyone world class. We're lucky we've managed to land a loan deal for someone who's played in the PL before and looked decent at it.
He isn't. At least not as a striker.
If it is any consolation, apparently he turned down Spurs to play for us.
It’s not saying that in the least.
Will do well imo.
Watched quite a lot of him at Watford when he was there. Not sure about his pace nowadays but it will be like night and day having a proper striker in the box especially with service from Bruno.
Watched quite a lot of him at Watford when he was there. Not sure about his pace nowadays but it will be like night and day having a proper striker in the box especially with service from Bruno.
Joke of a signing. Swapping Lukaku for Ighalo, ole is clueless.
Back ups usually don't come from top teams. He's a premier league striker, so him backing up Martial is useful for us. Where we have struggled the most this season is in terms of our depth. Greenwood is not ready to back up Martial and Martial himself may not be the best option to lead the line. Signing a player like Ighalo would allow us to have another source of goals within the team. It's something we really don't have.
Arguably improved since then. Had a great couple of years with Nigeria, which is a better sign than his China form. Was top scorer in AFCON qualifiers and then the main finals. There’s a lot of decent African players who can’t match his goals.
Don’t get me wrong, this is a certainly unfashionable and underwhelming signing, but there’s reasons for some optimism. It’s 90% about attitude; a motivated Ighalo > half-arsed Lukaku.
I might even go as far as saying Woody did decent here, considering Jose and Lampard had been badgering their boards for any warm body and they couldn't get anything.
Tbh I can't remember watching him, I know nothing about him. But he can at least find the net.
If something happens to Martial or he needs rest, he's better than literally no body at all.
A 6 month loan is harmless in an emergency.
If something happens to Martial or he needs rest, he's better than literally no body at all.
A 6 month loan is harmless in an emergency.
You mean you wouldnt be suprised if he did.
Or that Martial might get injured? Or that Martial might need a rest at times?
And pretty much confirms that Rashford is out for most of the season.
He never played in the second division, changed clubs when Changchun were relegated.
We need a striker, Rashford's injury has forced a desperate need for a striker.
It's not ideal but I like that we brought someone in.
One for the boys. His agent is a business partner of Ole’s agent. There’s your explanation.
It’s saying that Martial needs a partner and we don’t want to rush Rashford back.
Never happy. Whatever it is. Just waiting now on ”it is Solskjaer fault”
He was 34 years old and playing for Helsinborg in Sweden. It was more desperate than this loan in my opinion but people love to be hysterical around here.
what scares me is that we are the club that gave a novice the managers job based off 12 games after stating we wouldn't appoint anyone until the end of the season. If he scores a few goals this board will buy the fecker instead of getting real quality in.
Gained a Maguire though
Viva Ighalo
We needed two players in this window and it looks like we've done that. Credit where credit is due, we need bodies.
Larson was also shit for us. One of the biggest myths ever that he was great for us (on the pitch at least)
Bodies?
bloody hell, I would prefer a supposedly big club to sign players rather than bodies.
I hope those who are defending this signing will stay firm on their stance few months later in his own performance thread.
I'll have to change my King 'Dancing in the Dark' chant
Can't find a striker
Can't find a striker who can start
Odions for hire
Even if it means bringing with him SARS
Loaning Ighalo makes sense considering the circumstances. Circumstances being that there's two hours left of the window and we don't have an out-and-out striker. The problem is how we got here in the first place. Did Deadline Day sneak up on the board by surprise? It comes after January 30th every fecking year. It was fully possible to plan ahead instead of ending up in this situation. No matter how Ighalo performs Woodward has gone from getting a good deal on Fernandes to again looking like the rank amateur we know him to be.
This makes me sad
That was years ago, you don't get better playing in a trash league like he has done for 3 years, and scoring for his country doesn't mean much. The PL is a monster and it eats up players that have been in slacker leagues, it even makes it hard for actual quality players from good leagues, Higuain for instance is twice the striker this guy is and he struggled here.
Good for you kid, I'll be sure to flip that when the kool aid chokes you.
He's better than nobody, and he's a real striker. A loan and not wasting 40 million on a panic buy is good business for once. Why are we all moaning?
WUM. You should be a shit-stirring journo.
Ighalo has nothing to do with Lukaku. He has more to do with Rashford.
Nah, man... summer of 2019 is, like, ancient history, man...
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