Princewill Ehibhatiomhan

[Golac's Iron Gonads]

My Dad mentioned a young bloke scoring lots of goals for the under 21s, I'd never heard of him but then the Youtube algorithm suggested Saints under 21s 5-2 win at Palace and he looked very composed when slotting in what I believe was his second hattrick this season and he's banged in 15 goals in 10. Anyone know why he's not getting on the bench? I've only seen the aforementioned highlights.

 

 

[Patches O Houlihan]

There was a theory that Adam Blackmore was pulling strings to keep him out of the match day squad so he wouldn't have to pronounce his name - but in fairness he made a passable attempt at the weekend so that's one conspiracy theory blown 🤷‍♂️

[Football Special]

49 minutes ago, Golac's Iron Gonads said:

My Dad mentioned a young bloke scoring lots of goals for the under 21s, I'd never heard of him but then the Youtube algorithm suggested Saints under 21s 5-2 win at Palace and he looked very composed when slotting in what I believe was his second hattrick this season and he's banged in 15 goals in 10. Anyone know why he's not getting on the bench? I've only seen the aforementioned highlights.

 

 

His goalscoring record is so good you'd have thought they'll have to give him so first team minutes soon or a decent loan in January, certainly a prospect. 

I went to a couple of random games at Reading last season where his brother Kelvin played , was a real handful for defenders , came into the hospitality lounge after the game to accept player of the match award and seemed like a good lad so young Princewill is following in his brothers footsteps 

Edited 4 hours ago by Football Special

[Matthew Le God]

43 minutes ago, Golac's Iron Gonads said:

 Anyone know why he's not getting on the bench?

Scoring goals for the u21s doesn't mean he'd be effective for an auto promotion challenging Championship team. He struggled to score in both League 1 and League 2 last season and doesnt warrant replacing Dobbin or Mubama on the bench. For his development he needs another loan with regular games and not the fringes of our 1st team.

[Viking Saint]

Am fairly sure he was on the bench for a game earlier this season. Will try to find the relevant team sheet......

[Badger]

23 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Scoring goals for the u21s doesn't mean he'd be effective for an auto promotion challenging Championship team. He struggled to score in both League 1 and League 2 last season and doesnt warrant replacing Dobbin or Mubama on the bench. For his development he needs another loan with regular games and not the fringes of our 1st team.

Agree, although as he can’t go anywhere until January it might be worth giving him an occasional run out for 10/15 minutes to see how he does. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

49 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Scoring goals for the u21s doesn't mean he'd be effective for an auto promotion challenging Championship team. He struggled to score in both League 1 and League 2 last season and doesnt warrant replacing Dobbin or Mubama on the bench. For his development he needs another loan with regular games and not the fringes of our 1st team.

Also doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be effective.

See Harry Kane. You never know… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[LiberalCommunist]

Don't throw him in. But lets be having a conversation with the kid, and showing him the path. I'd rather watch him fail than the City loanee. But, just imagine if it did work out. Love that sort of magic, and we used to be specialists at it. 

[Lighthouse]

Goals in age group football mean very little. Seager, Mara, Obafemi and plenty of other forgettable players were all banging them in at one point. I highly doubt he’s better than Mubama.

[Golac's Iron Gonads]

I've not seen much of him still, but the other clips I've seen he seems to have a real knack of being in the right place at the right time and finishing with either foot. Looking forward to seeing more of him and of course there's far more to being a number 9 than just sticking it in the net, especially in the championship and above.

Edited 2 hours ago by Golac's Iron Gonads

[Themotherfunky]

Hopefully we can loan him out and it's more of the Charles/Shef Wed.

 We've been so poor in recent years with loans when it comes to development. They rarely come back better than when they left. 

[Lighthouse]

5 minutes ago, Themotherfunky said:

Hopefully we can loan him out and it's more of the Charles/Shef Wed.

 We've been so poor in recent years with loans when it comes to development. They rarely come back better than when they left. 

That's the nature of football academies, the overwhelming majority aren't going to make it in the football league at all. The minority that do will spend the majority of their careers in Leagues 1 and 2 and only a very small number will make it as PL players.