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Benik Afobe: The future of English football?

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Sgt. Bash

Sgt. Bash
Andy Walker
Andy Walker

Benik Afobe has been called up to the latest England U21 squad.

He has not shown anything so far during his loan here to suggest he is the next Theo Walcott, yet he always seems to get on the pitch ahead of Sordell, Eaves & C Davies. He didn't exactly impress at Huddersfield in League One either.

Yet, he plays for us, he plays for England and he plays for Britain.

Am I missing something here? Is our Benik actually the future of English football?

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

He's shit.

I'm beginning to wonder if managers actually watch players anymore.

doffcocker

doffcocker
Ivan Campo
Ivan Campo

As with Davies and Ngog, Afobe can't be getting in ahead of Sordell on quality.

He's been a disappointment for the best part, but there have been glimpses of potential. If he was a product of our own youth setup, I'd want him to start more often for belief that he'd grow over the next few years into a decent player for a club of our stature. I doubt he'll make it at Arsenal.

Sluffy

Sluffy
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Benik Afobe included in England U21 squad - Marvin Sordell left out!

xmiles

xmiles
Jay Jay Okocha
Jay Jay Okocha

When Sordell has been given a chance to play he has looked better than Afobe. So why drop Sordell and replace him with Afobe in the England U21 squad? What evidence is this based on?

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

I don't care about Afobe and will be delighted when Sordell is given a run in the first team and shows exactly why I think he is the better player.

Sgt. Bash

Sgt. Bash
Andy Walker
Andy Walker

When he starts, Marvin Sordell is our best striker as far as I'm concerned. 4 goals in 3 starts against PL opposition says it all. Would Afobe or N'Gog have got that? Nope.

aaron_bwfc

aaron_bwfc
Moderator
Moderator

For me the reason Afobe will be picked over Marvin is due to him being an Arsenal youngster, if he wasn't still contracted to arsenal then he wouldn't get near the under 21 set up IMO.

Sgt. Bash

Sgt. Bash
Andy Walker
Andy Walker

All I had to do was make a thread about him to get him to go!

If only I'd done this months ago!

Bye bye Benik!

Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen
Ivan Campo
Ivan Campo

Lt. Boon wrote:All I had to do was make a thread about him to get him to go!

If only I'd done this months ago!

Bye bye Benik!

And good riddance!

JonnyRandom

JonnyRandom
Tony Kelly
Tony Kelly

If he's the future of english football then we are well and truly buggerd

Leeds_Trotter


El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Diouf

If I remember correctly alot of our fans were banging on about him after his little hat-trick in one of our pre season friendlies.

BoltonTillIDie

BoltonTillIDie
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

At that point he looked like he had potential - however, this wasn't to be the case...

Leeds_Trotter


El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Diouf

So...... it turns out he hasn't done so badly after all.

JAH

JAH
Tony Kelly
Tony Kelly

That's because the numpty didn't play Sordell and Afobe as his two strikers in his 4-4-2. He had to play SKD as one of the front two. Sordell and Afobe were the one front combination that OC never tried!

Boggersbelief

Boggersbelief
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

JAH wrote:That's because the numpty didn't play Sordell and Afobe as his two strikers in his 4-4-2. He had to play SKD as one of the front two. Sordell and Afobe were the one front combination that OC never tried!

Laughable. He was shit for us and not good enough to warrant a place in the first team. End of

Norpig

Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

to be honest he didn't look great when he came to us, we all got excited when he scored a hat trick in pre-season but it never happened for him at Bolton. Fair play to the lad he's done well since and looks a decent player now

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Boggers is right, Adobe was utter crap for us.

MartinBWFC

MartinBWFC
Ivan Campo
Ivan Campo

Natasha Whittam wrote:Boggers is right, Adobe was utter crap for us.
He was a flash player.

Boggersbelief

Boggersbelief
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

MartinBWFC wrote:
Natasha Whittam wrote:Boggers is right, Adobe was utter crap for us.
He was a flash player.

Love it

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