Oliver Skipp Confirmed

[funkyrobot]

28 minutes ago, Mon.is.a.god said:

I totally agree but it’s a combination of fitness, determination and mentality which are not a given.

 

I disagree with the Winks comparison though. Watch Skipp’s highlights when he was at Norwich in the championship. He was a solid ball winning midfielder which Winks is definitely not and Skipp is definitely not a deep lying playmaker which Winks most probably is but I’m still unsure.

Maybe you’re right about ball winning. As I say ive not looked at any stats 😂. I’m just going on my eye and I just don’t see that much in a destructive or creative sense that makes me salivate about Skipp in our midfield and he certainly doesn’t make me think he’s like a poor man’s Kante. Maybe a poor man’s James Garner then? 
 

Most of the positive comments about him reference a season in The championship 5 years ago when Skipp was in his first flush of youth. A lot of time has passed since then and he’s not stood out at either Spurs or here. 

[funkyrobot]

13 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Be very interesting to see how this pans out. I remember asking my Spurs mate when we signed Winks and then Skipp. He thought Winks was not much cop but a high regard for Skipp.

Most spurs fans I saw on social media were  amazed that we paid £25m for Skipp and weren’t particularly bothered about either Skipp or Winks leaving 😂. 

[Foxdiamond]

12 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Most spurs fans I saw on social media were  amazed that we paid £25m for Skipp and weren’t particularly bothered about either Skipp or Winks leaving 😂. 

Didn't discuss the Skipp fee with my mate I was interested that his view of both players were chalk and cheese 

[Tiny earl]

I’ve been expecting Leeds to make a low ball offer for him.

Farke is a fan after their promotion winning season.

[Tielemans63]

Come on Skippy, time to step up and earn the gurn!

[STUHILL]

On 06/08/2025 at 20:24, STUHILL said:

I think he will be good enough for us in the Championship. A bad signing, but people forget that last time in the Championship, players like Faes and Vestergaard looked like prime Puyol and Maldini. Should look to upgrade if and when we get back to the Premier League. Until then, he will be solid enough for us. 

I would like to retract this comment and apologise to everyone. I will now learn to live with the shame. 

[SafewayFox]

He was bad but not sure that Bouba should get off lightly.

 

If they both got taken off, no one would have grumbled.

[dmayne7]

Just now, STUHILL said:

I would like to retract this comment and apologise to everyone. I will now learn to live with the shame. 

He wasn't that bad though (not a high bar in the first half). Certainly did more than Soumare. And that's the problem, why have 2 defensively minded midfield players in there? Should have been Winks and Skipp and hopefully we manage to bring one in this month.

[hebangsthedrums]

I'd think he was wank VFM if we signed him on a free. Luckily rudderz managed to pay £20m for him so it's beyond doubt

[adam95581]

Skipp was fine but he should rotate with Soumare. Winks offers so much more for games like this where we’re going to dominate the ball. 

[moore_94]

Still shite

[beepee1984]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Still shite

Yep, the game changed when he went off

[KFS]

Crap player 

[Bordersfox]

I've defended him, but Christ he's just got no creativity whatsoever.  What an abject signing.  I hope and pray Marti can do something with him, for the lads sake as well as ours.  

[Blue-fox]

I’d still start him ahead of Soumare

[South Shire Fox]

Spent the first 45 minutes hiding behind Sheffield Wednesday players so he wouldnt have to get on the ball. Winks comes on and demands it. Quality difference was night and day. Bloke needs to grow a pair and quick because that was pathetic from a ‘£20 million player’

[ithuriel]

On whose recommendation was this player signed?

[shen]

Wasn't able to watch much of the first half, but was he really that bad? Felt Soumare was easily worse, either when slowing things down/going backwards, getting in the way of teammates, not showing for the ball. 

 

I noticed Skipp made a good run into the box near the end of the half and Fatawu could've played him in, but he chose to go alone and lose the ball.

[foxfanazer]

Just feels like a complete lost cause. Such a nothing footballer

[ronnup]

Horror show

[JimJams]

He's not great, but we shouldn't have him AND Bouba on the pitch at the same time.  They offer nothing offensively.  Marti clearly wants him there to press, as in preseason, but it's all a bit redundant if he offers nothing when we have the ball, cos we'll have it a lot this season.

[Bordersfox]

Just now, JimJams said:

He's not great, but we shouldn't have him AND Bouba on the pitch at the same time.  They offer nothing offensively.  Marti clearly wants him there to press, as in preseason, but it's all a bit redundant if he offers nothing when we have the ball, cos we'll have it a lot this season.

Hopefully that's the lesson Marti takes from that game. We will face many low blocks.  Skipp was sh1t but Soumare also had zero bravery in the first half and didn't want to pass it forwards. 

[beepee1984]

1 minute ago, JimJams said:

He's not great, but we shouldn't have him AND Bouba on the pitch at the same time. 

I would prefer them not to be at the club at the same time - having to pick 1 to start is choosing between two evils

[JonnyZeroFox]

The guy really isn’t any good, I wonder if he can even play at league one standard. 

[Bordersfox]

5 minutes ago, shen said:

Wasn't able to watch much of the first half, but was he really that bad? Felt Soumare was easily worse, either when slowing things down/going backwards, getting in the way of teammates, not showing for the ball. 

 

I noticed Skipp made a good run into the box near the end of the half and Fatawu could've played him in, but he chose to go alone and lose the ball.

He probably had a premonition of what would happen if he played Skipp in.