Oliver Skipp’s game by numbers vs. Burnley:
65 touches
54 passes (85% accuracy)
5 long passes completed
3 aerial duels won
2 tackles
1 interception
1 shot
1 take on completed
1 chance created
How did he play?
Oliver Skipp’s game by numbers vs. Burnley:
65 touches
54 passes (85% accuracy)
5 long passes completed
3 aerial duels won
2 tackles
1 interception
1 shot
1 take on completed
1 chance created
He was OK no more than that a lot of sideways passing a few good balls played out wide and he made a few loose passes that got picked off but he managed to win the ball back from them right away but overall he was steady and he can be very happy with that..How did he play?
notice how a lot of those references are for u16 and below, that was three years ago now, at some point he's going to need to actually deliver on some of that early promise. plus skipp has always played up a year so comparisons with tob and kirby aren't entirely fair, especially at a younger age where the difference between one year group to the next is more significant. tob was ahead(though not by much) when poch took him up to the first team but skipp was only just leaving school by that point whilst tob was entering his 2nd year, it wouldn't have been logical to take skipp up so early.
you can say there's a reason tob has been ahead of skipp for england but equally i could say there's a reason tob has been getting benched by players one or even two years younger than him for spurs, yes he has missed a decent chunk of football in that time but even before disappearing with the first team he was only doing OK. skipp has been one of our best players in 90% of the games he's played, i don't think tob has ever shown anywhere near that level of consistent quality. i can probably only recall 3 or 4 times he's put in a performance of that level, the rest of the time he just leaves me feeling that he should be doing a hell of a lot more. he has some decent technical ability and some good athleticism(something he doesn't use enough of) but mentally he just doesn't seem to be switched on in the same way that skipp is, it also doesn't help that he often plays as though he's just rolled out of bed.
i want him to come through as much as anyone but he can't just be given it because he looked good for england at the nike cup a few years ago. he was decent yesterday, now he needs to put in that kind of performance and better on a more weekly basis rather than letting games pass him by.
I think, in that game, we were lining up like...
1: Josh Oluwayemi
2: Marcel Elva-Fontaine (?) Tariq Hinds
3: Kane Thompson-Sommers (i think) Tushaun Walters
4: Ollie Skipp
5: TJ Eyoma Reo Griffiths
6: Jubril Okedina TJ Eyoma
7: Can't see a no.7 Jeremie Mukendi
8: TOB
9: D'Jean Spender Cheyce Grant
10: Nya Kirby
11: Paris Maghoma
A few incorrect. Walters was actually really good. Think he suffered from injuries then got picked up by Chelsea. Think Grant has been playing for England C or something recently.
England u15s play their first game together on Monday. So far we know Scarlett and Hackett are involved. FYI Forson is still training alone but has been called up, though still not really a surprise. The other notable inclusion is Shola Shoretire, who's name has been going about for a year. Just recently made headlines as he came on in the UYL against Valencia and he is still 14 years old.
The Forson situation is a little weird. Its hard to imagine there isn't still interest in him, so I can only guess that we've got a right to compensation and won't budge, leaving him in a bit of a pickle unless he goes abroad, which he might end up having to do. Knowing this was always going to happen it must qualify as shockingly bad advice, whoever was giving it to the lad. We were never going to allow him to just walk away to one of our rivals. I kind of hope bidges haven't been burned and everyone can find a way of getting his representatives back round the table and get this kid playing football again.
That's what I'm thinking. I think at this point it's fairly obvious. My understanding is they sign terms (I think they're still called scholarships) every 2 years, so he would have signed his at the start of the u14 year. He will have a year left. I feel I got ITK on this, that I imagine I would have shared, but can't remember it exactly unless I go searching. But I believe it didn't end amicably and I think like you say we are blocking him from joining other clubs like we did Kirby. And rightly so I think, but at the end of the day it's a 14 year old badly advised kid that is being affected the most here. I'd imagine bridges have been burned as he would be back in our set up. We hold the necessary paperwork for the kid and he is one of the best or I imagine the best in his age group. If there was a way for it to be resolved, I think we would have already done so.
As is all the rage nowadays, I think he should just go abroad the club won't really care. Go to a club with a good academy so he can continue his development. but also stand a good chance of being offered chances in the future.
That could be true as don’t we have our old u18 manager there now , McKenna ?someone on bigsoccer said he's been with man utd recently, is that not the case then?
That could be true as don’t we have our old u18 manager there now , McKenna ?
Josh Onomah subbed at half time on Sat. Hammered by his manager after the game. Stated he was not good enough, nothing on the ball. Gave ball away five times in early part of the game, that’s why he was subbed.
Quotes from the Sheffield Star. Manager under serious pressure at Sheffield Wed
Josh Onomah subbed at half time on Sat. Hammered by his manager after the game. Stated he was not good enough, nothing on the ball. Gave ball away five times in early part of the game, that’s why he was subbed.
Quotes from the Sheffield Star. Manager under serious pressure at Sheffield Wed
To be fair if you go in twitter not many Sheff Wednesday fans agree with their manager. Most felt Onomah was looking quite good and are totally incredulous that he picked Onomah out for criticism.
yeah he's there, not sure if he'd have ever worked with forson prior to leaving though.
and yet their fans were saying he was one of the few positives and just assumed he must've been injured. pretty cowardly by the manager to dig out a player he took off at 0-0 when they went on to lose the game.
Can they cancel the loan? We go in to the Xmas period with only Winks, Big Mo and young Skipp. I’m sure coming home would be a welcome change of scenery for him.