Emmanuel Osadebe

While he’s not scoring and assisting week in week out, the way some of the people talk on here as if he’s total crap is outrageous. He’s not gonna dribble around an entire team and score a worldie but especially recently (Crewe away for example) he’s been one of few players who carries the ball nicely and progresses the attack while in possession. He takes men on often and is reasonably creative in his output, which for me is the sort of player we need at the moment. People on here implying he’s overrated or even crap are wrong. Don’t care what other fans of other clubs have said, for me he’s a reliable player who’s decent most of the time.

 

I doubt that very much. We've just seen Taylor.

 

I thought he looked bright today and if anything just maybe tried a little too hard.

Always difficult to quickly get into the game when coming on from the bench with not long left.

 

Appreciate where you’re coming from there. Would be interested to see how he impacts the game from a start.

Also, re Taylor, one of the worst players I’ve ever seen, extremely confused as to where that start has come from at all given the pre season - it’s been very clear from those games that he’s just not good enough. Really confusing signing and not a clue what they’ve seen in him that he can bring to our game. A really weird one and I’d rather not see him start ever again to be honest

 

The team I watched yesterday were worryingly very reminiscent of the shambles that got us relegated under Rahic's tenour

 

Let us hope we don’t leave it too late to sort it out.

 

Nevers was far worse than Bruenker. The Panzer is class, proper Sunday Alliance player just like Taylor!!

 

I see what you're saying and can see the frustration of the fans equally. It's easy to see why he got moved to RWB at Walsall his ability suits that position.

 

Is that his brothers who is playing for the avenue

 

Some outrageous posts on this thread trying to compare Osadebe with Bruenker, without doubt Osadebe is a frustrating/difficult conundrum. He obviously has talent most football fans can see that but channelling that talent into a specific position looks difficult, this is where high quality managers come into it and see these things other managers don't.
But to compare Bruenker a well built Sunday league player thrown up front in L2 to ruffle feathers with Osadebe a technically decent lower EFL player that possibly just requires some good guidance from a good manager and to unearth his best position is madness and should not even be discussed.

 

Yeah that's ridiculous.

He was bad on Saturday was Osadebe, but he was still in the vague realm of actual professional footballer even when things weren't going right, which Brunker wasn't.

Brunker was ridiculously bad.

 

Based on Saturdays performance I think Brunker would be upset at being compared to Osadebe

 

Paddy got a pass last season.

But this season its pretty clear he is an athlete with very little football skills. Hope im wrong.

 

I think he has got ability I just get the sense he's so desperate to do well its hindering him. He needs to take a bit of pressure off himself he hasn't had much football since he signed. I got a similar sense from Cook he looked frustrated alot. They both need to take a bit of pressure off themselves and focus on building a bit of confidence.

 

Part of the problem with Osadebe is that he never seems to have the ball under control at all. He can't get his head up as he always has to look where the ball is as more often than not it's stuck either under his foot or between his ankles.

Due to this his play always seems panicked or rushed. In the space of a minute on Saturday, he trod on the ball and fell over then shortly after when given the chance of heading to the byline or picking out a ball he did neither and proceeded to hit the ball straight at hallidays noggin.

Nothing in any game since his return stands out as being particularly impressive and invariably the team performance drops when he comes on. He was the first second half change yesterday and it went backwards from there.

People mention him looking lively and wanting to get involved but he needs to be disciplined when doing so. Chasing about is good but there is a time and a place, running into someone on the left side of midfield when you should be at right wing back isn't the best idea.

He got the attitude with Stubbs when he was getting a bollocking on Saturday, turning his back with a pathetic chatting hand signal in response. A senior pro was telling him what was expected and he didn't want to know.

At the minute he seems to be what Walsall fans said he'd be, a one good game in ten sort of player but nothing at all in between. Part of that problem appears to having no real set position suited to him. He ain't creative or controlled enough for a winger, he can't defend so that seemingly rules out playing winger or full back yet he is given a role that means he have to do both.

Very unlucky with the injury and always having to play catch up but a big improvement is needed to avoid being out the door in June surely.

 

Spot on that. He got a bollocking because he deserved one and you are correct - his attitude towards Stubbs was pathetic.

Ive given him a fair chance, horrible injury and when he came back last season he got a pass on his atrocious performances.

This year no excuse. He has had a full pre season and his cameos have been woeful. When Chapman is back and Hughes finally lets Pointon off the leash - Paddy wont make the match day 18.

 

Only 2 games in.
OMG

 

It is - but he was shite last season as well and nothing has changed.

 

He's like Jake Young but without the great right foot shot. What exactly does he do? He doesn't really fit a position, Levi Sutton another who had a similar problem though i'd take Sutton over Osadebe every day of the week.

 

Weird that Stubbs reaction. You say "senior pro" but Osadebe has over twice the amount of EFL games Stubbs has and he's 2 years older. I know Stubbs moves like he's been playing for 15 seasons but he's had surprisingly little game time.

Gave him the benefit from the injury but he looks like Bambi on ice still. When he gets the ball, it's like in his head he is running through 18 scenarios of what to do with it and his feet just sort of attempt to do any of them and it always fails. Another of these utility types that cant hold down any spot.