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10.Aidomo Emakhu

Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Ireland 🇮🇪
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Previous Clubs: Shamrock Rovers, Milwall
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Having read the forums when we signed him, and having spoken to some Millwall fans in the pub after the game yesterday, I think he’ll do a decent job for us. That said, all of them said he’s best to bring on towards the end of the game so he can use his pace to go past the opposite number.
 
tatabanya said:
See this is the attitude I find totally perplexing. Who are these frees that we’re going to bring in to perform in the Championship? The recruitment team are just expected by some to easily identify and sign players that just don’t exist, it’s crazy.
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I sometimes wonder if fifa career mode has made people think recruitment is a lot simpler than it is
 
tonyw said:
HIT (8): Currie, Helik, Mills, Nelson, Spencer, BDK, Lankshear, Konak

MISS (10): Kioso, Knightbridge, Sibley, Phillips, Dembele, Bradshaw, Ebiowei, Larris, Krastev, Davies,

I guess they gave us something, so partial credit (12): El Miz, Placheta, Ingram, HTA, Scarlett, Matos, MPH, McDonnell, Prelec, Donley, Makosso, Vaulks

Jury's still out (3): Jeon, Emakhu, Roosken
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I think that is a sensible analysis, although HTA, and particularly McDonnell, are still with us. Matos was a good signing ('a hit'), but since he was on loan, it wasn't our option to keep him. It is also hard to sign a squad of 25 players, all of whom are contending for the first team. Most sides have a player like Sibley who is a useful back-up in event of injury. I think there is a good player in Krastev, but he's definitively not a Rowett player.

So I think you can get it to at least a 50/50 success rate. The definite disasters were Ebiowei, Bradshaw (surely a Rowett signing?) and Davies - who looked like a good player, but was apparently unnecessary. I think you could add Goodwin.

So I think the recruitment team has done OK, so far as we as fans can know. At least recently we haven't signed crocks like Winnall and Baldock S.
 
tonyw said:
On balance, I think the recruitment team has underperformed, and as much a cause of our failure as anyone at the club. Yet they're still here, whilst two managers are not (and there's doubts over a third).
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Where do you stand on the 'budget was adjusted in Summer 2025' rumours?
 
Osei Yaw said:
Where do you stand on the 'budget was adjusted in Summer 2025' rumours?
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I mean if it's true that they thought they were working with Budget X, and then halfway through the summer they were told they were working with Budget Y, then you obviously have to recognize that this made their job harder for one out of the four Championship windows they had.

Still doesn't excuse things like being desperately short of central midfielders on deadline day, and signing Krastev. If - for example - we'd had Konak instead of him for four extra months, things might have turned out differently (especially as that would have meant that we wouldn't have had to drive BDK into the ground). This is not to say that Krastev is a terrible footballer - there's clearly some skills there - but boy was he not what we needed on September 1st 2025. Doesn't excuse the rickets they made of most of the 2024 summer window either.
 
SteMerritt said:
I remember talk on here that Konak was lined up in the summer, but Rowett didn't fancy him... can anyone confirm this, or was it just forum gossip?
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Yes, @tatabanya mentioned this. Absolutely crazy decision in hindsight. Hate to say it, we’d probably be looking at another season in the Championship had we had Konak for the season. I’ve no doubt that his contributions across the season would have helped turn a few draws to wins or losses to draws.
 
tonyw said:
I mean if it's true that they thought they were working with Budget X, and then halfway through the summer they were told they were working with Budget Y, then you obviously have to recognize that this made their job harder for one out of the four Championship windows they had.

Still doesn't excuse things like being desperately short of central midfielders on deadline day, and signing Krastev. If - for example - we'd had Konak instead of him for four extra months, things might have turned out differently (especially as that would have meant that we wouldn't have had to drive BDK into the ground). This is not to say that Krastev is a terrible footballer - there's clearly some skills there - but boy was he not what we needed on September 1st 2025. Doesn't excuse the rickets they made of most of the 2024 summer window either.
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Yeah it’s one of the departed managers you want to be blaming for that. Or the recruitment team if you wish we’d signed Allan Campbell.
 
Pgyellow said:
If Rowett had then played him!
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Does Bloomfield get off scot-free on Konak then?

Easy to forget that Yunus was given basically two halves of football in Bloomfield's first nine games (up until West Brom when things markedly improved).

Those included the likes of Sheffield United away, Stoke away, home to Norwich - some of our worst performances of the season.

Would Konak have made a significant difference here? I suspect so.
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Does Bloomfield get off scot-free on Konak then?

Easy to forget that Yunus was given basically two halves of football in Bloomfield's first nine games (up until West Brom when things markedly improved).

Those included the likes of Sheffield United away, Stoke away, home to Norwich - some of our worst performances of the season.

Would Konak have made a significant difference here? I suspect so.
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Jesus wept
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Does Bloomfield get off scot-free on Konak then?

Easy to forget that Yunus was given basically two halves of football in Bloomfield's first nine games (up until West Brom when things markedly improved).

Those included the likes of Sheffield United away, Stoke away, home to Norwich - some of our worst performances of the season.

Would Konak have made a significant difference here? I suspect so.
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Honestly what is going on? What is this need to basically take anything and try and use it as a hammer against Bloomfield on here? I get that you don't rate him and don't want him, but some of the stuff I've read on here, from you and others, in the last week beggars belief.

We had some saying that we could write off his Wycombe achievements because he was lucky enough to have Richard Kone. A guy signed from Athletic Newham (identified by our Head of Recruitment no less) who became a multi-million pounds asset under Bloomfield for a team who sat 2nd in the table. But no that's not a sign of coaching aptitiude or ability to develop yoing players, it was just good luck?

Then apparetly we should ignore Wycombe's success that season because they had a new rich owner. A rich owner with a decent budget in L1? Sounds like a pretty similar situation to us next season. And a budget that was dwarfed of Birmingham and Wrexham. But no, it doesn't count becuase he was backed. Ignore it, but whatever you do don't ignore those Luton struggles last season.

Then apparently we should ignore the wins against WBA, Blackburn, Preston and Watford because they were in bad form. Losing any of these games would have ended our season, but let's focus on the games we did lose against Derby and Wrexham and call Bloomfield a bottler because he couldn't win the games that matter, by ignoring the games he won that did matter.

Now apparently it's his fault that Konak didn't play more when we were struggling. Even though the critisicism at the time was that he'd thrown him in the deep end too early. Even though the chat at the time on here was that this was yet another terrible signing from the recruitment team. Even though this was a guy having his first loan in English football, who looked like a rabbit caught in headlights on his debut. But rather than give Bloomfield credit for the way he integrated him back in the team, let's blame him for not doing it sooner.

As I've said before, I am not sold on Matt Bloomfield and wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work out. But he's our manager and will be next season. He has shown some promise both here and before he arrived. What are some Oxford fans on here desperate to peddle a narrative otherwise? Des isn't coming back, Rowett isn't coming back. Let's at least give the current manager a fair ride?
 
Foley said:
Great post.
I would imagine that looking at the posts on Josh Murphy, quite a few were suggesting that he was one of our worst ever signings, a waste of space, not interested etc.
Back in the day some were slating the great Trevor Hebberd.
Some players take a little longer to settle and hopefully he will be very good in L1.
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I’m definitely not writing him off and think he can come good but it would be hellishly risky to rely on him as a main threat from the start. We will need some serious competition for him down the left.
 
tatabanya said:
Honestly what is going on? What is this need to basically take anything and try and use it as a hammer against Bloomfield on here? I get that you don't rate him and don't want him, but some of the stuff I've read on here, from you and others, in the last week beggars belief.

We had some saying that we could write off his Wycombe achievements because he was lucky enough to have Richard Kone. A guy signed from Athletic Newham (identified by our Head of Recruitment no less) who became a multi-million pounds asset under Bloomfield for a team who sat 2nd in the table. But no that's not a sign of coaching aptitiude or ability to develop yoing players, it was just good luck?

Then apparetly we should ignore Wycombe's success that season because they had a new rich owner. A rich owner with a decent budget in L1? Sounds like a pretty similar situation to us next season. And a budget that was dwarfed of Birmingham and Wrexham. But no, it doesn't count becuase he was backed. Ignore it, but whatever you do don't ignore those Luton struggles last season.

Then apparently we should ignore the wins against WBA, Blackburn, Preston and Watford because they were in bad form. Losing any of these games would have ended our season, but let's focus on the games we did lose against Derby and Wrexham and call Bloomfield a bottler because he couldn't win the games that matter, by ignoring the games he won that did matter.

Now apparently it's his fault that Konak didn't play more when we were struggling. Even though the critisicism at the time was that he'd thrown him in the deep end too early. Even though the chat at the time on here was that this was yet another terrible signing from the recruitment team. Even though this was a guy having his first loan in English football, who looked like a rabbit caught in headlights on his debut. But rather than give Bloomfield credit for the way he integrated him back in the team, let's blame him for not doing it sooner.

As I've said before, I am not sold on Matt Bloomfield and wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work out. But he's our manager and will be next season. He has shown some promise both here and before he arrived. What are some Oxford fans on here desperate to peddle a narrative otherwise? Des isn't coming back, Rowett isn't coming back. Let's at least give the current manager a fair ride?
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I think you need to change your username to 'The real voice of reason'
 
tatabanya said:
Honestly what is going on? What is this need to basically take anything and try and use it as a hammer against Bloomfield on here? I get that you don't rate him and don't want him, but some of the stuff I've read on here, from you and others, in the last week beggars belief.

We had some saying that we could write off his Wycombe achievements because he was lucky enough to have Richard Kone. A guy signed from Athletic Newham (identified by our Head of Recruitment no less) who became a multi-million pounds asset under Bloomfield for a team who sat 2nd in the table. But no that's not a sign of coaching aptitiude or ability to develop yoing players, it was just good luck?

Then apparetly we should ignore Wycombe's success that season because they had a new rich owner. A rich owner with a decent budget in L1? Sounds like a pretty similar situation to us next season. And a budget that was dwarfed of Birmingham and Wrexham. But no, it doesn't count becuase he was backed. Ignore it, but whatever you do don't ignore those Luton struggles last season.

Then apparently we should ignore the wins against WBA, Blackburn, Preston and Watford because they were in bad form. Losing any of these games would have ended our season, but let's focus on the games we did lose against Derby and Wrexham and call Bloomfield a bottler because he couldn't win the games that matter, by ignoring the games he won that did matter.

Now apparently it's his fault that Konak didn't play more when we were struggling. Even though the critisicism at the time was that he'd thrown him in the deep end too early. Even though the chat at the time on here was that this was yet another terrible signing from the recruitment team. Even though this was a guy having his first loan in English football, who looked like a rabbit caught in headlights on his debut. But rather than give Bloomfield credit for the way he integrated him back in the team, let's blame him for not doing it sooner.

As I've said before, I am not sold on Matt Bloomfield and wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work out. But he's our manager and will be next season. He has shown some promise both here and before he arrived. What are some Oxford fans on here desperate to peddle a narrative otherwise? Des isn't coming back, Rowett isn't coming back. Let's at least give the current manager a fair ride?
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The thing about Bloomfield is that while he was maybe an unambitious choice in the championship, now that we’re in league one he’s the sort of manager we’d be likely to appoint- and I’m sure some would be calling for him. We’re not going to appoint Martin O’Neill or scour the continent for an Igor Tudor.
 
tatabanya said:
Yeah it’s one of the departed managers you want to be blaming for that. Or the recruitment team if you wish we’d signed Allan Campbell.
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I recognize that there's plenty of blame to go around for this season, and I'm sure that Rowett earns his fair share of it.

But if the truth is that the recruitment team suggested Konak, Rowett didn't fancy him and wanted Allan Campbell and in the end we pivoted and signed Krastev......then all of our team have failed.....most of all Ed Waldron, who's supposed to be the guy coordinating the activities of the recruitment team with what the manager wants.

I can't help but feel that Waldron is a talented guy who's been promoted way beyond his current experience and abilities.

(and yes, I would have rather signed Campbell than Krastev. He might not have been great, but at least he would have been another body in the centre of the park so we wouidn't have had to run BDK into the ground to the level we did or give Vaulks so many minutes last winter when Cam was out. Krastev was a luxury player for a team that really couldn't afford one)
 
tonyw said:
I recognize that there's plenty of blame to go around for this season, and I'm sure that Rowett earns his fair share of it.

But if the truth is that the recruitment team suggested Konak, Rowett didn't fancy him and wanted Allan Campbell and in the end we pivoted and signed Krastev......then all of our team have failed.....most of all Ed Waldron, who's supposed to be the guy coordinating the activities of the recruitment team with what the manager wants.

I can't help but feel that Waldron is a talented guy who's been promoted way beyond his current experience and abilities.

(and yes, I would have rather signed Campbell than Krastev. He might not have been great, but at least he would have been another body in the centre of the park so we wouidn't have had to run BDK into the ground to the level we did or give Vaulks so many minutes last winter when Cam was out. Krastev was a luxury player for a team that really couldn't afford one)
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A lot of that is fair but it’s an easy view to have now with the benefit of hindsight. Krastev wasn’t seen as a luxury player when signed, but looked an exciting attacking player who was basically idolised by the fans of an Eredivise team who’d he’d been on loan at the season before. It was a position we needed to strengthen in and looked promising on paper. This place was certainly excited.

It turns out he wasn’t up to it and the recruitment team got it wrong with him. But it’s not like they chose to sign the disappointment that we got, and it’s not like we didn’t need an attacking player who could play off the left or as a 10. Had we signed Campbell and missed out on Krastev, there’s every chance we’d be sat here saying the same thing, but why did we sign a pointless has-been and not get the much-needed attacking spark.

I totally agree that not signing a midfielder was a mistake, but I think the club thought Matos would join and then the manager rejected the back-up (Konak) to try and force their hand to bring his guy in. But nobody apart from Rowett thought it was he was good enough.
 
tatabanya said:
A lot of that is fair but it’s an easy view to have now with the benefit of hindsight. Krastev wasn’t seen as a luxury player when signed, but looked an exciting attacking player who was basically idolised by the fans of an Eredivise team who’d he’d been on loan at the season before. It was a position we needed to strengthen in and looked promising on paper. This place was certainly excited.

It turns out he wasn’t up to it and the recruitment team got it wrong with him. But it’s not like they chose to sign the disappointment that we got, and it’s not like we didn’t need an attacking player who could play off the left or as a 10. Had we signed Campbell and missed out on Krastev, there’s every chance we’d be sat here saying the same thing, but why did we sign a pointless has-been and not get the much-needed attacking spark.

I totally agree that not signing a midfielder was a mistake, but I think the club thought Matos would join and then the manager rejected the back-up (Konak) to try and force their hand to bring his guy in. But nobody apart from Rowett thought it was he was good enough.
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Actually, if you go and look at the post-summer transfer window thread from last September, it's something that's mentioned over and over again - we're short in central midfield. The more optimistic posters were assuming that we were going to bring someone in as a free agent (with Riederwald being mentioned, who eventually joined Sheffield Utd in mid-October). We're a reactionary, argumentative lot on here but if we can all agree and coalesce on something, it's definitely a sign!

Meanwhile Krastev was mostly being viewed as a worthwhile punt.

If the reason we didn't sign a central midfielder, when it was obvious to everybody that it was needed, is because of dysfunction between the management and recruitment teams......well then frankly that seems like even more reason why we need a Director of Football Operations that can actually get everybody lined up. That is, after all, their primary function.
 
tatabanya said:
A lot of that is fair but it’s an easy view to have now with the benefit of hindsight. Krastev wasn’t seen as a luxury player when signed, but looked an exciting attacking player who was basically idolised by the fans of an Eredivise team who’d he’d been on loan at the season before. It was a position we needed to strengthen in and looked promising on paper. This place was certainly excited.

It turns out he wasn’t up to it and the recruitment team got it wrong with him. But it’s not like they chose to sign the disappointment that we got, and it’s not like we didn’t need an attacking player who could play off the left or as a 10. Had we signed Campbell and missed out on Krastev, there’s every chance we’d be sat here saying the same thing, but why did we sign a pointless has-been and not get the much-needed attacking spark.

I totally agree that not signing a midfielder was a mistake, but I think the club thought Matos would join and then the manager rejected the back-up (Konak) to try and force their hand to bring his guy in. But nobody apart from Rowett thought it was he was good enough.
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Part of the problem was that Rowett couldn’t get the best out of virtually every attacking player we had, his tactics, style and approach to matches didn’t do Krastev and many others any favours whatsoever. You only have to look at how with a hugely talented squad he managed to still take Leicester down (even allowing for the points deduction).

However as this is the Emakhu thread I can’t see much point in discussing anything else other than the named person in question.

I don’t think the current manager has got the best out of him, but much of the problem with players who have been performing below the expectations most of us hoped for, is that they and those around them haven’t had the requisite quality at Championship level to get the best out of one another. It’s a collective failing because we have had limited possession to show attacking intent and when we have shown it we haven’t had the quality to make the most of it. Overall Emakhu and many others need to now show what they can do at a lower level as a way to rejuvenate what they may eventually be capable of at a higher level, if indeed they are good enough for that.
 
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tatabanya said:
Honestly what is going on? What is this need to basically take anything and try and use it as a hammer against Bloomfield on here? I get that you don't rate him and don't want him, but some of the stuff I've read on here, from you and others, in the last week beggars belief.

We had some saying that we could write off his Wycombe achievements because he was lucky enough to have Richard Kone. A guy signed from Athletic Newham (identified by our Head of Recruitment no less) who became a multi-million pounds asset under Bloomfield for a team who sat 2nd in the table. But no that's not a sign of coaching aptitiude or ability to develop yoing players, it was just good luck?

Then apparetly we should ignore Wycombe's success that season because they had a new rich owner. A rich owner with a decent budget in L1? Sounds like a pretty similar situation to us next season. And a budget that was dwarfed of Birmingham and Wrexham. But no, it doesn't count becuase he was backed. Ignore it, but whatever you do don't ignore those Luton struggles last season.

Then apparently we should ignore the wins against WBA, Blackburn, Preston and Watford because they were in bad form. Losing any of these games would have ended our season, but let's focus on the games we did lose against Derby and Wrexham and call Bloomfield a bottler because he couldn't win the games that matter, by ignoring the games he won that did matter.

Now apparently it's his fault that Konak didn't play more when we were struggling. Even though the critisicism at the time was that he'd thrown him in the deep end too early. Even though the chat at the time on here was that this was yet another terrible signing from the recruitment team. Even though this was a guy having his first loan in English football, who looked like a rabbit caught in headlights on his debut. But rather than give Bloomfield credit for the way he integrated him back in the team, let's blame him for not doing it sooner.

As I've said before, I am not sold on Matt Bloomfield and wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work out. But he's our manager and will be next season. He has shown some promise both here and before he arrived. What are some Oxford fans on here desperate to peddle a narrative otherwise? Des isn't coming back, Rowett isn't coming back. Let's at least give the current manager a fair ride?
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Absolutely fantastic post.

There's such a drastic focus on the negative by a number of posters that they either ignore or downplay the achievements of someone they dislike. As you say, MB is far from perfect, but he has done some things right in his tenure and deserves credit where it is due.
 
tatabanya said:
We had some saying that we could write off his Wycombe achievements because he was lucky enough to have Richard Kone. A guy signed from Athletic Newham (identified by our Head of Recruitment no less) who became a multi-million pounds asset under Bloomfield for a team who sat 2nd in the table. But no that's not a sign of coaching aptitiude or ability to develop yoing players, it was just good luck?
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You can call me out by name, as I referenced that.

Couple of observations. Richard Kone first went on trial at Wycombe in 2021, nearly two years before Bloomfield arrived at Adams Park.

He had moves fall through at Shrewsbury and Southend before he dropped into Non League. Ben Sawyers is credited for the scouting and getting him back to WWFC.

MB only really started him from August 2024, four months later he left for Luton. This idea Bloomfield found this next gem is disingenuous. Kone played limited game time in the first half of 2024 under MB.

Anyway, my point or partof, was more, those 18 league goals of which Matt oversaw 4/5 months, seems to hide what style of play he deployed . I've still not got my answer to that. What are we going to get from a MB League One Oxford team?

If his success was heavily reliant on a striker that others found (and oddly MB getting credit for developing him into a £4m asset in 18 weeks), then I hope to god, that Scott Mitchell unearths someone else pretty quickly.
 
tonyw said:
Actually, if you go and look at the post-summer transfer window thread from last September, it's something that's mentioned over and over again - we're short in central midfield. The more optimistic posters were assuming that we were going to bring someone in as a free agent (with Riederwald being mentioned, who eventually joined Sheffield Utd in mid-October). We're a reactionary, argumentative lot on here but if we can all agree and coalesce on something, it's definitely a sign!

Meanwhile Krastev was mostly being viewed as a worthwhile punt.

If the reason we didn't sign a central midfielder, when it was obvious to everybody that it was needed, is because of dysfunction between the management and recruitment teams......well then frankly that seems like even more reason why we need a Director of Football Operations that can actually get everybody lined up. That is, after all, their primary function.
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I'm not disputing that, just saying the whole 'if they brought in Krastev over Campbell thing' is easy to say now. We should have signed a midfielder, we all agree on that and two deals were lined up to do so. The player pulled out of one and the manager said no to the other. Does that mean we should have taken on a player that nobody thought was good enough? Not for me.

On your wider point I do agree. The biggest issue we had in terms of recruitment in the Championship is that we had two managers who had a clear idea of what they wanted and it was completely at odds with the signings that had been the foundation for our success.

The signings for here and now, requested by managers who prioritised Championship experience over long-term value, were a disaster. Phillips, Sibley, Dembele, Bradshaw. Players on the Championship scrapheap who were took on big money and long term deals. That Vaulks was one of the better ones of this type says all we need to know. The recruitment team obviously have to take responsibility for these, but we never should have deviated from the model in the first place or at least not to that degree. Championship experience at Oxford probably means not good enough for the level but on Championship money.

When they were able to spend some money on promising young players the hit-rate remained pretty good. Mills BdK, Currie, Spencer. Or the loanees in Nelson, Matos, Lankshear etc It's not a huge surprise that a club who built success off buying young continued to be pretty good at doing that. But Des not wanting Currie and Rowett not wanting Mills should tell you all you really need to know about what they wanted vs what we needed.

So should we have sacked the recruitment team and handed the keys over to Rowett. I assume some would say yes, but I'm delighted that we didn't go down that route.

In Bloomfield time will tell hopefully we now have a manager who is more lined up with the blueprint, which will be easier to put into action now in League One anyway. My guess is that if we get back to the Championship any time soon there won't be many Matty Phillips types comign through the door.
 
Brahma said:
You can call me out by name, as I referenced that.

Couple of observations. Richard Kone first went on trial at Wycombe in 2021, nearly two years before Bloomfield arrived at Adams Park.

He had moves fall through at Shrewsbury and Southend before he dropped into Non League. Ben Sawyers is credited for the scouting and getting him back to WWFC.

MB only really started him from August 2024, four months later he left for Luton. This idea Bloomfield found this next gem is disingenuous. Kone played limited game time in the first half of 2024 under MB.

Anyway, my point or partof, was more, those 18 league goals of which Matt oversaw 4/5 months, seems to hide what style of play he deployed . I've still not got my answer to that. What are we going to get from a MB League One Oxford team?

If his success was heavily reliant on a striker that others found (and oddly MB getting credit for developing him into a £4m asset in 18 weeks), then I hope to god, that Scott Mitchell unearths someone else pretty quickly.
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Nobody is saying that Bloomfield discovered Kone, only that in the calendar year that he managed him he went from being a non-league striker who'd had a few trials to the top scorer in League One worth millions. How much he played in the second half of 23/24 is irrelevent isn't it? You can't argue that the development pathway worked in the time they spent together?

I agree about the style of play question, but they picked up 51 points from 25 games under Bloomfield that season. They scored 50 goals. There's a bit more to that than one striker?
 
tatabanya said:
Nobody is saying that Bloomfield discovered Kone, only that in the calendar year that he managed him he went from being a non-league striker who'd had a few trials to the top scorer in League One worth millions. How much he played in the second half of 23/24 is irrelevent isn't it? You can't argue that the development pathway worked in the time they spent together?

I agree about the style of play question, but they picked up 51 points from 25 games under Bloomfield that season. They scored 50 goals. There's a bit more to that than one striker?
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According to Wiki, which i take with a pinch of salt, Richard Kone played one game between Jan 24 and May 24.

Therefore, he would have played 25 games approx before Bloomfield left.

I don’t know what development he had under Bloomfield but it feels like he got lucky having ignored him in the first team until August 24.

So can anyone answer the style of play question? I assume give it McLearly and punt on the striker that scored 100 goals in Non League?
 
Brahma said:
According to Wiki, which i take with a pinch of salt, Richard Kone played one game between Jan 24 and May 24.

Therefore, he would have played 25 games approx before Bloomfield left.

I don’t know what development he had under Bloomfield but it feels like he got lucky having ignored him in the first team until August 24.

So can anyone answer the style of play question? I assume give it McLearly and punt on the striker that scored 100 goals in Non League?
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He played 644 league minutes after joining in Jan 24 until May 24. 3 goals and 3 assists. Played in all of their EFL Trophy games too. Seems like a fair way to introduce a teenage non-league striker to EFL football.
 
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Foley said:
Great post.
I would imagine that looking at the posts on Josh Murphy, quite a few were suggesting that he was one of our worst ever signings, a waste of space, not interested etc.
Back in the day some were slating the great Trevor Hebberd.
Some players take a little longer to settle and hopefully he will be very good in L1.
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Don’t forget Alex Dyer (my lord) who ripped us apart as an 18 year old winger playing for Hull and was awful to start with when we signed him. He turned out to be a great signing.
 
tonyw said:
Actually, if you go and look at the post-summer transfer window thread from last September, it's something that's mentioned over and over again - we're short in central midfield. The more optimistic posters were assuming that we were going to bring someone in as a free agent (with Riederwald being mentioned, who eventually joined Sheffield Utd in mid-October). We're a reactionary, argumentative lot on here but if we can all agree and coalesce on something, it's definitely a sign!

Meanwhile Krastev was mostly being viewed as a worthwhile punt.

If the reason we didn't sign a central midfielder, when it was obvious to everybody that it was needed, is because of dysfunction between the management and recruitment teams......well then frankly that seems like even more reason why we need a Director of Football Operations that can actually get everybody lined up. That is, after all, their primary function.
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It hasn't really been mentioned on this forum, but I think we have also underestimated the loss of Ben Nelson, who wasn't effectively replaced.
 
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