What it's like to be crap at... I mean always be on loan by Jonathan Obika

KingstonSeagull

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May 1, 2013

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Shoreditch

• Jan 25, 2017

• #1

Maybe if you weren't so god awful you wouldn't have this problem....


http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/feature/whats-it-like-to-always-be-on-loan-seven-club-star-jon-obika-tells-fourfourtwo-448783

 

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..

Nov 4, 2006

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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• Jan 25, 2017

• #2

Harsh - although he never set the world alight.

 

El Presidente

The ONLY Gay in Brighton

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Pattknull med Haksprut

• Jan 25, 2017

• #3

I saw him score a WORLDLY at Port Vale in the FA Cup for the Allbion.

 

Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003

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• Jan 25, 2017

• #4

comes across as a hard working, doing his best to play at the best level he can, challenging himself, and accepting challenges, and doing a job 90% of us would love to have. Not all football players are the worlds greatest, that's why we have 92 clubs in the football league, and many, many more in the huge non league pyramid. Seems a bit unnecessary to label him simply crap, he has a place in the system, otherwise clubs and managers wouldn't keep showing faith in him, and having him play in their teams.

 

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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005

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GOSBTS

• Jan 25, 2017

• #5

KingstonSeagull said:

Maybe if you weren't so god awful you wouldn't have this problem....


http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/feature/whats-it-like-to-always-be-on-loan-seven-club-star-jon-obika-tells-fourfourtwo-448783

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Weird post. Hasn't he been at Swindon on a perm for a couple of seasons?

 

Luke93

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Jun 23, 2013

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Shoreham

• Jan 25, 2017

• #6

Springal said:

Weird post. Hasn't he been at Swindon on a perm for a couple of seasons?

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He has. 2 1/2 years there now. Had a decent season last year, scored 12 I think.

 

drew

Drew

Oct 3, 2006

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Burgess Hill

• Jan 25, 2017

• #7

Superphil said:

comes across as a hard working, doing his best to play at the best level he can, challenging himself, and accepting challenges, and doing a job 90% of us would love to have. Not all football players are the worlds greatest, that's why we have 92 clubs in the football league, and many, many more in the huge non league pyramid. Seems a bit unnecessary to label him simply crap, he has a place in the system, otherwise clubs and managers wouldn't keep showing faith in him, and having him play in their teams.

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Was about to pen something similar. I would suggest probably 99% of those of us on here would have loved the opportunities to have some sort of career playing football. 22 goals in 78 games isn't a bad return for Swindon.

 

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Rogero

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Aug 4, 2010

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• Jan 25, 2017

• #8

He is making a good living playing football.Lucky guy.

 

Simon Morgan

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• Jan 25, 2017

• #9

He's been pretty decent at Swindon from what I've seen and has scored some pretty good goals as well. I haven't got anything against him. However, the reason the name Jonathan Obika holds negative feelings for me is that it represents the moment where we temporarily stopped looking for real quality in our transfer dealings. That season we had some reasonably decent players, but you never got the impression we were being that careful with who came in. I remember one day looking at the BHAFC twitter page, and the cover pic was an uncomfortably large image of Obika holding a Brighton shirt aloft. Pretty hard to take when very recently we'd been signing the likes of Bridge, Vicente, Ulloa. We needed the kick up the arse the following season provided, as doing it on the cheap was so obviously not going to work.