Caleb Okoli

[Jaspa]

Absurdly right footed yet we've started him on the left side of a three. He's just not a possession style footballer, it's all brawn and power with Okoli. Tactically flipped our playing style when we signed him in hopes of muscling our way back into Premier League establishment, yet here we are bumbling about in League 1 playing tippy tappy between the DM's and defence.

 

Needs a move. Mental he didn't leave in the summer to go play in Luigi Mansion Seria B. Might be on a wedge. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Jaspa

[SafewayFox]

I’m clearly a sucker for punishment, I re-watched Okoli’s howler about three times since.

 

Look at the still below, he isn’t a footballer. 

He has a lot of pitch ahead of him to see the oncoming Luton players and has the positional sense of a worm, his body to receive the ball is Sunday league level.

Edited 22 hours ago by SafewayFox

[cityfanlee23]

On 13/02/2025 at 19:16, cityfanlee23 said:

Worth noting half the forum wanted Wilf gone when we went down, now they are desperate to keep hold of him, people were happy to let a talent like wilf go for 15m. Okoli has arrived, he's athletic and fine on the ball, he's been making some mistakes but there have been multiple rumours saying he's homesick, he's acclimatising to a completely new league in a country he doesn't know, some humans can do that with ease, some can't. 
I've seen more than enough from him to know he can absolutely dominate the championship, and having spent 15m on him, that's about the going rate for a top championship player. 

Keep him, give him a season in the Championship and if it doesn't work, take the hit and move him on, if it does work, that season could give him the confidence to make the step up. 
 

Jesus, you utter ****ing moron. 

[MC Prussian]

43 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Naah Skipp has been dropped by Charlton, no wins in 7 since he joined.

Wasn't he suspended today?

[cityfanlee23]

Genuinely don't think I've ever seen a professional footballer with feet as clumsy as Okoli. At times it's not an exaggeration to say he looks like you've passed a football to a toddler, the guy can't control where his legs move. Such a sad state of affairs, he seems to check which league he's in at the start of the season and lower his own ability accordingly. 

Edited 22 hours ago by cityfanlee23

[davieG]

28 minutes ago, Parker Pen said:

Blokes awful, when he toe punted it into touch under no pressure at all against Doncaster sums him up. He had at least 5? seconds to get rid of the ball today before the Luton player took the ball from him. Plays like he’s constantly juggling a hand-grenade with the pin pulled out.  

He's distracted by mentally going through Russell's book of Passes (Real football)

[Dan]

Signed for the Premier League.

[Tommy Fresh]

He's worse with the ball then Amartey was, you can see the cogs going round in his head when he gets the ball. Genuinely can't believe I was getting shit from a few on here for calling him crap earlier on this season 

[Lambert09]

16 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Jesus, you utter ****ing moron. 

tbf to you, he's been no worse in the championship, or league 1. The problem is... he's been exactly the same no matter the opposition  

[Dan]

Bad players are just bad players. The shit our players serve up translate down. Soumare, Skipp etc... rubbish in the Premier League, similarly rubbish in the Championship, would be rubbish in League One. They're just bad.

 

Our recruitment in the last 5 years must be about the worst run of recruitment a club has ever had. It's just dud after dud after dud.

[Rubbersoul]

Wrong thread

Edited 21 hours ago by Rubbersoul

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

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He really doesn't seems calm on the ball 99% of the time.

 

No worse than any other player.

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Rubbish mate, he is fine on the ball 99% of the time

 

These posts from a one-man defence of him back in August, name redacted – guess today was just the 1%

[StanSP]

6 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

These posts from a one-man defence of him back in August, name redacted – guess today was just the 1%

Who are ya talking about... 

[Clever Fox]

2 hours ago, Dan said:

Bad players are just bad players. The shit our players serve up translate down. Soumare, Skipp etc... rubbish in the Premier League, similarly rubbish in the Championship, would be rubbish in League One. They're just bad.

 

Our recruitment in the last 5 years must be about the worst run of recruitment a club has ever had. It's just dud after dud after dud.

And the one person still here who is linked to them all. JR. 

Things will not improve until he's gone. 

[whoareyaaa]

I think that will be the last game he starts here 

[jbflcfc]

He cannot physically play another minute in this team.

Let’s be honest he’s never been fantastic here, but to drop off as bad as he has done is quite astonishing. 

 

 

[It'sblueupnorth]

1 hour ago, jbflcfc said:

He cannot physically play another minute in this team.

Let’s be honest he’s never been fantastic here, but to drop off as bad as he has done is quite astonishing. 

 

 

He's had a drop off?

[It'sblueupnorth]

How he's keeping Kangasniemi out the team is a piss take, Ohora is clearly mates with Martin hence how he's undroppable but the Okoli obsession is mind bending. No association whatsoever with Martin, absolutely shite on the ball, absolutely shite at defending so what qualities has he got that Martin likes? The only explanation is self sabotage because he should be nowhere near any possession based team, yet has been shoehorned in since the start of the season. Hopefully the penny has finally dropped with his immediate hooking at ht today but I wouldn't bet on it

[dobbylcfc]

He can’t do the basics he’s not comfortable on the ball. What can he do???….. sod all he’s the biggest bombscare of a defender we’ve had in years every time and player comes against him he 💩’s himself how the Finnish lad’s not getting a look in is beyond me. 

[Donwebbio]

And still the same recruitment team is in place and the hapless DoF who signed off on this signing. 

[skinnydipper]

Okoli is to defending what Fryatt is to football punditry 

[MC Prussian]

Worked well alongside Souttar against Doncaster and Bromley, mopping up pretty much everything they threw at us.

Problem is, they weren't particularly threatening.

 

As soon as you put pressure on Okoli, he crumbles and gives possession away too often. That's nothing to do with his strong foot.

His passing ability has been questioned for months now, and hasn't improved.

 

Sell or loan out in January (then sell next summer).

[Nolucklcfc]

Let him head it and block it. Other than that, don’t let him near the ball. Absolutely shite 

[SemperEadem]

Was staggered when he got called up to the Italian national squad.

[Kinowe Soorie]

He got himself in such a mess when receiving the ball yesterday, unfathomable for a professional footballer, that must have received a ball like that, thousands of times throughout his career during training and matches.

We royally had our pants pulled down by Atalanta!