Atalanta vs Osimhen

[Ugbowo]

Looks like fainted

I thought so too based on reaction from medical personnel

[tedder89]

Lord Jesus what else can go wrong???

Osimehn stretchered off.

[gochino]

Looks like fainted

I thought so too based on reaction from medical personnel

The way he slammed his head to the ground didn't look good.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

With all the criticism and abuse he's gotten on the forum he was rated the 3rf best player on the field for Napoli.

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/14954 ... nta-Napoli

He gets no service and grinds but gets criticized for losing duels.

Tries to press the defenders into making errors but they say he has no brain.

Now that he's injured again there's no more Osimehn to abuse. Hopefully it's not that bad and he recovers quickly. We do not have many players of his quality, he has to be supported and encouraged at all times, especially by so call SE fans.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Looks like fainted

I thought so too based on reaction from medical personnel

The way he slammed his head to the ground didn't look good.

Did you see any attempt to resuscitate? I doubt they will just tie player who fainted onto a stretcher just like that without attempts to revive him.

[vancity eagle]

With all the criticism and abuse he's gotten on the forum he was rated the 3rf best player on the field for Napoli.

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/14954 ... nta-Napoli

He gets no service and grinds but gets criticized for losing duels.

Tries to press the defenders into making errors but they say he has no brain.

Now that he's injured again there's no more Osimehn to abuse. Hopefully it's not that bad and he recovers quickly. We do not have many players of his quality, he has to be supported and encouraged at all times, especially by so call SE fans.

dude we all want Osimehn to succeed, but we need to call a spade a spade.

the whole team sucked for sure, but Osimehn is not helping himself. You say he was the 3rd highest rated. Among the Front 4 (the attackers) he was ranked 3 out of 4. The only attacker he was ranked higher than is a natural defender, who was playing out of position because of their injury crisis. Do you really think that is something to brag about ?

Dude needs to improve his game, end of. He needs to make intelligent runs and stop being so predictable, so he can easily be marked out of games. There's a reason he isn't getting chances, and it isn't simply because his team mates aren't passing.

Heck I've even seen better play from Josh Maja watching Fulham these last few matches.

Time for Osimehn to bring maturity to his game, and not be so one dimensional.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

With all the criticism and abuse he's gotten on the forum he was rated the 3rf best player on the field for Napoli.

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/14954 ... nta-Napoli

He gets no service and grinds but gets criticized for losing duels.

Tries to press the defenders into making errors but they say he has no brain.

Now that he's injured again there's no more Osimehn to abuse. Hopefully it's not that bad and he recovers quickly. We do not have many players of his quality, he has to be supported and encouraged at all times, especially by so call SE fans.

dude we all want Osimehn to succeed, but we need to call a spade a spade.

the whole team sucked for sure, but Osimehn is not helping himself. You say he was the 3rd highest rated. Among the Front 4 (the attackers) he was ranked 3 out of 4. The only attacker he was ranked higher than is a natural defender, who was playing out of position because of their injury crisis. Do you really think that is something to brag about ?

Dude needs to improve his game, end of. He needs to make intelligent runs and stop being so predictable, so he can easily be marked out of games. There's a reason he isn't getting chances, and it isn't simply because his team mates aren't passing.

Heck I've even seen better play from Josh Maja watching Fulham these last few matches.

Time for Osimehn to bring maturity to his game, and not be so one dimensional.

So we're now comparing a player's game ratings to his teammates? That's a new one.

Look, stop splitting hairs in an attempt to justify your flawed logic. One can also argue that the only 2 players rated higher were the goal scorer and the assist guy. This is the case in 90% of all ratings. The goal scorer and the assist man always get the highest ratings but they're never used to justify the performance of teammates like you're trying to do. Players are rated on their performance and effectiveness for their position during a game. With your thinking goalies who don't concede would always get 10/10.

[vancity eagle]

With all the criticism and abuse he's gotten on the forum he was rated the 3rf best player on the field for Napoli.

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/14954 ... nta-Napoli

He gets no service and grinds but gets criticized for losing duels.

Tries to press the defenders into making errors but they say he has no brain.

Now that he's injured again there's no more Osimehn to abuse. Hopefully it's not that bad and he recovers quickly. We do not have many players of his quality, he has to be supported and encouraged at all times, especially by so call SE fans.

So why has Osimehn not been involved in any goals recently ? (goals or assists) for him to be ranked higher ?

He is not doing his job. Pretending his woes are all because "he isn't getting service" is totally ignorant.

Why was Zielinski able to make a run into the box and get on the end of a cross to volley the ball and score, yet Osimehn is running around aimlessly. Even substitute Insigne made a great run near the end of the match, in which he was found with a pass. If you think Osimehn is doing great, thats good for you.

Anyways lets hope the boy is oK.

dude we all want Osimehn to succeed, but we need to call a spade a spade.

the whole team sucked for sure, but Osimehn is not helping himself. You say he was the 3rd highest rated. Among the Front 4 (the attackers) he was ranked 3 out of 4. The only attacker he was ranked higher than is a natural defender, who was playing out of position because of their injury crisis. Do you really think that is something to brag about ?

Dude needs to improve his game, end of. He needs to make intelligent runs and stop being so predictable, so he can easily be marked out of games. There's a reason he isn't getting chances, and it isn't simply because his team mates aren't passing.

Heck I've even seen better play from Josh Maja watching Fulham these last few matches.

Time for Osimehn to bring maturity to his game, and not be so one dimensional.

So we're now comparing a player's game ratings to his teammates? That's a new one.

Look, stop splitting hairs in an attempt to justify your flawed logic. One can also argue that the only 2 players rated higher were the goal scorer and the assist guy. This is the case in 90% of all ratings. The goal scorer and the assist man always get the highest ratings but they're never used to justify the performance of teammates like you're trying to do. Players are rated on their performance and effectiveness for their position during a game. With your thinking goalies who don't concede would always get 10/10.

So why has Osimehn not been involved in any goals recently ? (goals or assists) for him to be ranked higher ?

He is not doing his job. Pretending his woes are all because "he isn't getting service" is totally ignorant.

Why was Zielinski able to make a run into the box and get on the end of a cross to volley the ball and score, yet Osimehn is running around aimlessly. Even substitute Insigne made a great run near the end of the match, in which he was found with a pass. If you think Osimehn is doing great, thats good for you.

Anyways lets hope the boy is oK.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

With all the criticism and abuse he's gotten on the forum he was rated the 3rf best player on the field for Napoli.

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/14954 ... nta-Napoli

He gets no service and grinds but gets criticized for losing duels.

Tries to press the defenders into making errors but they say he has no brain.

Now that he's injured again there's no more Osimehn to abuse. Hopefully it's not that bad and he recovers quickly. We do not have many players of his quality, he has to be supported and encouraged at all times, especially by so call SE fans.

So why has Osimehn not been involved in any goals recently ? (goals or assists) for him to be ranked higher ?

He is not doing his job. Pretending his woes are all because "he isn't getting service" is totally ignorant.

Why was Zielinski able to make a run into the box and get on the end of a cross to volley the ball and score, yet Osimehn is running around aimlessly. Even substitute Insigne made a great run near the end of the match, in which he was found with a pass. If you think Osimehn is doing great, thats good for you.

Anyways lets hope the boy is oK.

dude we all want Osimehn to succeed, but we need to call a spade a spade.

the whole team sucked for sure, but Osimehn is not helping himself. You say he was the 3rd highest rated. Among the Front 4 (the attackers) he was ranked 3 out of 4. The only attacker he was ranked higher than is a natural defender, who was playing out of position because of their injury crisis. Do you really think that is something to brag about ?

Dude needs to improve his game, end of. He needs to make intelligent runs and stop being so predictable, so he can easily be marked out of games. There's a reason he isn't getting chances, and it isn't simply because his team mates aren't passing.

Heck I've even seen better play from Josh Maja watching Fulham these last few matches.

Time for Osimehn to bring maturity to his game, and not be so one dimensional.

So we're now comparing a player's game ratings to his teammates? That's a new one.

Look, stop splitting hairs in an attempt to justify your flawed logic. One can also argue that the only 2 players rated higher were the goal scorer and the assist guy. This is the case in 90% of all ratings. The goal scorer and the assist man always get the highest ratings but they're never used to justify the performance of teammates like you're trying to do. Players are rated on their performance and effectiveness for their position during a game. With your thinking goalies who don't concede would always get 10/10.

So why has Osimehn not been involved in any goals recently ? (goals or assists) for him to be ranked higher ?

He is not doing his job. Pretending his woes are all because "he isn't getting service" is totally ignorant.

Why was Zielinski able to make a run into the box and get on the end of a cross to volley the ball and score, yet Osimehn is running around aimlessly. Even substitute Insigne made a great run near the end of the match, in which he was found with a pass. If you think Osimehn is doing great, thats good for you.

Anyways lets hope the boy is oK.

The simply minded approach doesn't do very well in analyzing the game. If a player scores a goal it's not because another player who should've scored wasn't there. A closer look at their Zelinski goal would reveal that the space opened up as defenders followed Osihmen as he made a run to the right, the defense didn't rotate and space opened up. It's a team game.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.c ... xkg4rdb1e2

Rushed hospital for s head injury. Hopefully he's going to be OK real soon.

[gochino]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=39036
He has regained consciousness.

According to Gatuso:

"As I already said, Osimhen was out for a long time, he’s still playing with strapping to his shoulder and is not 100 per cent," Gattuso said to Sky Sport Italia via Football Italia.

"He needs to find consistency and sharpness to play his game. At the moment, he has these gaps and isn’t capable of moving consistently, as we’ve seen it in the statistics."

https://app.football-italia.net/?referr ... lia-166550

[Enugu II]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=39036
He has regained consciousness.

According to Gatuso:

"As I already said, Osimhen was out for a long time, he’s still playing with strapping to his shoulder and is not 100 per cent," Gattuso said to Sky Sport Italia via Football Italia.

"He needs to find consistency and sharpness to play his game. At the moment, he has these gaps and isn’t capable of moving consistently, as we’ve seen it in the statistics."

https://app.football-italia.net/?referr ... lia-166550

Gattuso, I beg to disagree because our resident Supremo Emir de Kongi thinks Osimhen is at the top his game. QED.

[green4life]

I’m with Kongi. The young man, Osimehn, is in his first season in a new and tougher league than previous. On top of that, his short season has been continuously been interrupted by injuries and Covid illnesses. If na German striker for Chelsea we go willingly give am time to settle but for our own brother, no way Jose: he must hit the ground running regardless of injuries, lack of service, Covid sapping his energy, etc etc. Ah ah now. Make una calm down and support our boy. He is too talented not to succeed but even a big baller like Drogba needed time to settle into his first season not to talk of Lukaku, Sallah et al that where prematurely sold due to lack of patience.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=39036
He has regained consciousness.

According to Gatuso:

"As I already said, Osimhen was out for a long time, he’s still playing with strapping to his shoulder and is not 100 per cent," Gattuso said to Sky Sport Italia via Football Italia.

"He needs to find consistency and sharpness to play his game. At the moment, he has these gaps and isn’t capable of moving consistently, as we’ve seen it in the statistics."

https://app.football-italia.net/?referr ... lia-166550

Gattuso, I beg to disagree because our resident Supremo Emir de Kongi thinks Osimhen is at the top his game. QED.

His statement is actually consistent with what I've been trying to point out.

What kind of gaps do you think he's talking about? According to some here it's a gap in his brain. Think!

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

I’m with Kongi. The young man, Osimehn, is in his first season in a new and tougher league than previous. On top of that, his short season has been continuously been interrupted by injuries and Covid illnesses. If na German striker for Chelsea we go willingly give am time to settle but for our own brother, no way Jose: he must hit the ground running regardless of injuries, lack of service, Covid sapping his energy, etc etc. Ah ah now. Make una calm down and support our boy. He is too talented not to succeed but even a big baller like Drogba needed time to settle into his first season not to talk of Lukaku, Sallah et al that where prematurely sold due to lack of patience.

Know! That's it and that's all. You have grow with these players and nurture them until they ripe. You can clearly see the niajamentality at play here; it's why we no pu lic water and 50 million borehole.

Osihmen will come good but don't weigh him down with useless expectations.

[Enugu II]

Emir,,

There is no Ifs or Buts about Osimhen's game right now. It is Poor. That much ought to be clear.

Now can Osimhen play better? Sure. We have seen him play much better.

Is he affected by injury and long layoff? Sure.

These guys commenting on Osimhen here do not state that he cannot play better or cannot measure up to his valuation. Far from it. They are simply stating that right now, Osimhen is playing poorly.

We have seen him play much better. On his form at the moment, he isn't worth that transfer fee. However, we believe and continue to believe that he will show (sooner than later) that he was worth that transfer fee. BUT now, it just isn't there and there should not be any IFs or BUTs about that.

That ought to be clear.

[green4life]

Emir,,

There is no Ifs or Buts about Osimhen's game right now. It is Poor. That much ought to be clear.

Now can Osimhen play better? Sure. We have seen him play much better.

Is he affected by injury and long layoff? Sure.

These guys commenting on Osimhen here do not state that he cannot play better or cannot measure up to his valuation. Far from it. They are simply stating that right now, Osimhen is playing poorly.

We have seen him play much better. On his form at the moment, he isn't worth that transfer fee. However, we believe and continue to believe that he will show (sooner than later) that he was worth that transfer fee. BUT now, it just isn't there and there should not be any IFs or BUTs about that.

That ought to be clear.

Prof the relevant consideration is why is he not playing as expected and is it within reason given all his peculiar circumstances? To look at a player’s performance and summarily criticize him as if he’s playing in a vacuum badly misses the reality of the player’s overall situation at this point of his young career. Why not compare his situation to Kai Havertz at Chelsea who has similarly battled injury and Covid. Kai hasn’t hit the ground running. Or what about the American boy Pulisic with only one goal so far again partly due to injury setbacks. When a player is in and out of the lineup due to injury and illness issues it is expected that he will struggle to consistently find good form. That is the crux of what Gatuso, kongi and my humble self are saying.

[Enugu II]

G4L,

I do not think there is a Nigerian who does not know what Osimhen's situation is. I will be surprised if there is a Nigerian contributor here who is not aware. The way I have read the comments is that Osimhen is not playing well. That is reality. Now that does not deny the issue that he has encountered thus far. It simply is an expression of reality.

I for one, I truly believe that several others including critics here, believe that Osimhen will come good. He just isn't doing well currently.

Emir,,

There is no Ifs or Buts about Osimhen's game right now. It is Poor. That much ought to be clear.

Now can Osimhen play better? Sure. We have seen him play much better.

Is he affected by injury and long layoff? Sure.

These guys commenting on Osimhen here do not state that he cannot play better or cannot measure up to his valuation. Far from it. They are simply stating that right now, Osimhen is playing poorly.

We have seen him play much better. On his form at the moment, he isn't worth that transfer fee. However, we believe and continue to believe that he will show (sooner than later) that he was worth that transfer fee. BUT now, it just isn't there and there should not be any IFs or BUTs about that.

That ought to be clear.

Prof the relevant consideration is why is he not playing as expected and is it within reason given all his peculiar circumstances? To look at a player’s performance and summarily criticize him as if he’s playing in a vacuum badly misses the reality of the player’s overall situation at this point of his young career. Why not compare his situation to Kai Havertz at Chelsea who has similarly battled injury and Covid. Kai hasn’t hit the ground running. Or what about the American boy Pulisic with only one goal so far again partly due to injury setbacks. When a player is in and out of the lineup due to injury and illness issues it is expected that he will struggle to consistently find good form. That is the crux of what Gatuso, kongi and my humble self are saying.

[maceo4]

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=39036
He has regained consciousness.

According to Gatuso:

"As I already said, Osimhen was out for a long time, he’s still playing with strapping to his shoulder and is not 100 per cent," Gattuso said to Sky Sport Italia via Football Italia.

"He needs to find consistency and sharpness to play his game. At the moment, he has these gaps and isn’t capable of moving consistently, as we’ve seen it in the statistics."

https://app.football-italia.net/?referr ... lia-166550

Wow glad he’s ok! Still hoping he can turn his season around.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Emir,,

There is no Ifs or Buts about Osimhen's game right now. It is Poor. That much ought to be clear.

Now can Osimhen play better? Sure. We have seen him play much better.

Is he affected by injury and long layoff? Sure.

These guys commenting on Osimhen here do not state that he cannot play better or cannot measure up to his valuation. Far from it. They are simply stating that right now, Osimhen is playing poorly.

We have seen him play much better. On his form at the moment, he isn't worth that transfer fee. However, we believe and continue to believe that he will show (sooner than later) that he was worth that transfer fee. BUT now, it just isn't there and there should not be any IFs or BUTs about that.

That ought to be clear.

Prof the relevant consideration is why is he not playing as expected and is it within reason given all his peculiar circumstances? To look at a player’s performance and summarily criticize him as if he’s playing in a vacuum badly misses the reality of the player’s overall situation at this point of his young career. Why not compare his situation to Kai Havertz at Chelsea who has similarly battled injury and Covid. Kai hasn’t hit the ground running. Or what about the American boy Pulisic with only one goal so far again partly due to injury setbacks. When a player is in and out of the lineup due to injury and illness issues it is expected that he will struggle to consistently find good form. That is the crux of what Gatuso, kongi and my humble self are saying.

Thank you Jare. I appreciate Enugu taking the diplomatic route by trying to douse water on the situation. However, I must call him out for the tacit acceptance of the condescending and derisive comments made on the forum towards Osihmen. If Napoli fans were calling him brainless we'd all cry racism. The fact that he's not scoring is a problem but to constantly put him down to the point of suggesting he's somehow less than, lazy or uninterested is beyond the pale and is detrimental to the spirit of this forum.

Say what you will about Osihmen but that boy busts his tail every time he steps on the field. He works hard, runs his butt off, takes of challenges , defends and always plays for the team. Giving him the benefit of the doubt after getting injured playing for NIGERIA and beating COVID shouldn't be too much to ask for.

[DIMKA76]

Hope Osimhen gets back to full health. I am his No.1 fan. All of una wey dey criticise am make una shatap!! nonsense.!! Give my boy a break!!!

[Ugbowo]

Emir,

You are not a bigger Osimhen fan than me. Yesterday’s first half was d only game time I’ve missed this season when he plays for Napoli. I’ve watched every other minute of his actions. When Bushboy or BigPokey made the thread calling him a bust I was one of the first on that thread defending him and using the same excuses you are now using to explain why he wasn’t looking sharp.

But that was a month ago.

He has now had consecutive starts and as a club record signing the expectations are high! His game has regressed from the start of the season. And you are a fake fan if u can’t call it how u see it. I’m not blinded by the fact that he’s one of our own. I nurture young professional players and I know how ruthless this game can be. Osimhen needed to start delivering. Napoli team play is atrocious especially with Mertens out injured and Insigne slowly walking his way to fitness. Osimhen is a part of why their attacking build up just stinks! The movement he made for Zielenski’d goal yesterday was one he needed to do more of! He just wasn’t doing it enough! I also think he’s not getting good coaching because the same mistakes are coming up game after game after game.

Take ur partisan blinders off and be objective with your criticism. I really want the kid to explode and put us back where we belong as one of the top football playing countries in the world. But right now, he’s not showing what he’s capable off.


G4L, I don’t give 2 effs about Kai. And I’m a Chelsea fan. As far as I’m concerned, he’s currently a waste of money as well and has been rightly criticized. No player is without criticism. We should all learn to call a spade a spade.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Emir,

You are not a bigger Osimhen fan than me. Yesterday’s first half was d only game time I’ve missed this season when he plays for Napoli. I’ve watched every other minute of his actions. When Bushboy or BigPokey made the thread calling him a bust I was one of the first on that thread defending him and using the same excuses you are now using to explain why he wasn’t looking sharp.

But that was a month ago.

He has now had consecutive starts and as a club record signing the expectations are high! His game has regressed from the start of the season. And you are a fake fan if u can’t call it how u see it. I’m not blinded by the fact that he’s one of our own. I nurture young professional players and I know how ruthless this game can be. Osimhen needed to start delivering. Napoli team play is atrocious especially with Mertens out injured and Insigne slowly walking his way to fitness. Osimhen is a part of why their attacking build up just stinks! The movement he made for Zielenski’d goal yesterday was one he needed to do more of! He just wasn’t doing it enough! I also think he’s not getting good coaching because the same mistakes are coming up game after game after game.

Take ur partisan blinders off and be objective with your criticism. I really want the kid to explode and put us back where we belong as one of the top football playing countries in the world. But right now, he’s not showing what he’s capable off.


G4L, I don’t give 2 effs about Kai. And I’m a Chelsea fan. As far as I’m concerned, he’s currently a waste of money as well and has been rightly criticized. No player is without criticism. We should all learn to call a spade a spade.

It's all good. Napoli is obviously a team in flux with all the injuries but we can't expect Osihmen to carry the team with at this point. Their play is disjointed , they don't play for each other at this point. Theirs no way Osihmen can make up what the team is lacking at this point. Imho, Osihmen is our future and I know we all wish him well. We pray for his recovery and a quick return to form.