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Loan to Dover good luck son

A good move for the player and the club.

LittleMate wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:39 pm A good move for the player and the club.

Very good move and hopefully prepares him for next season. If we sign another forward we should look to get Sotiriou back there too.

When is Widdowson due back? While it will be good for the kid to get game time our only fit LB's at the moment are makeshift, Happe and Brophy. Happe is likely to revert to CB and we know that Brophy would prefer not to play LB. Unless somebody is coming it is a strange decision.

jamespevans wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:51 pm When is Widdowson due back? While it will be good for the kid to get game time our only fit LB's at the moment are makeshift, Happe and Brophy. Happe is likely to revert to CB and we know that Brophy would prefer not to play LB. Unless somebody is coming it is a strange decision.

Even with those stop gaps he wasn't getting in the team though. I like this move. Short term we make do, longer term we benefit from him playing regularly and developing away from a potential relegation dogfight, albeit at a slightly lower level.

Hess is a wise old guy, he got the best out of young Ruel and boosted his confidence, perhaps best if Ruel also goes back to Dover soon. Looks a good move for Ogie and more chance of him playing more regularly than if he stays on the sidelines at the Os.

I would be more happy if they extended his contract and actually played him. I can see him leaving at the end of season .

Good move for Ogie. He needs to play a lot more football than he has been doing. I'll be following Dover's results.

I’ll also be following Dover’s results. It did Sotiriou good so I think it’s a good move for him right now for his development. Hess is certainly using his Orient connection to some use . It’s a win ,win for both us and Dover

Great thinking, we have widdowson , ling ,and turley injured and we loan out a genuine full back so we can continue playing people out of position.

Redcard wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:52 pm Great thinking, we have widdowson , ling ,and turley injured and we loan out a genuine full back so we can continue playing people out of position.

Damn I must be ill I actually agree with Redcard on this one Brophy must be played in his preferred position

If the management thought he was ready to play, then he'd have at least half a dozen games under his belt by now. RE must think that using a an experienced but makeshift LB is a better option than the inexperienced Ogie.

Shamefully underused.

Lucky, don’t worry you are not Ill, sick yes.

Redcard wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:34 pm I would be more happy if they extended his contract and actually played him. I can see him leaving at the end of season .

So true

Ogie straight into the starting line up for Dover today away at Notts County.

In our relegation season we were using the kids more because we had to and I don't think they did too bad.

Howling Mad Murdock wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:40 pm In our relegation season we were using the kids more because we had to and I don't think they did too bad.

Other than getting relegated, I entirely agree.

RedO wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:54 pm

Howling Mad Murdock wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:40 pm In our relegation season we were using the kids more because we had to and I don't think they did too bad.

Other than getting relegated, I entirely agree.

Don't think they could really help that at the time.

RedO wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:54 pm

Howling Mad Murdock wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:40 pm In our relegation season we were using the kids more because we had to and I don't think they did too bad.

Other than getting relegated, I entirely agree.

I don't remember the young lads letting us down tbh. The problem was the senior "professionals" who had all but given up. The likes of Nicky Hunt immediately come to mind.

Koroma, Dolby, Alzate, Judd and Abrahams were the only positives (with the possible exception of Gavin Massey) at all that season.

Shadrach keeps a clean sheet in a goalless draw at Notts County.

And, in other news, Alabi plays for Eastleigh and gets booked in a 2-0 home defeat.

What’s happening with Sweeney? When I saw them play in the London Senior Cup, he was the left-back with Ohio in the centre. This might be just because Ogie’s more suited to playing in the middle, but doesn’t Sweeney still offer the sort of specialist LB cover as Oviedo was doing?

I'm just watching the football on Quest . A young kid Called Bellingham is only 16 and scored today for Birmingham against Cardiff . Now that's in the Championship . If Widdowson was injured and Ogie was good enough for our bench then why didn't we play him instead on sticking square pegs into round holes .

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:31 pm I'm just watching the football in Quest . A young kid Called Bellingham is only 16 and scored today for Birmingham against Cardiff . Now that's in the Championship . If Widdowson was injured and Ogie was good enough for our bench then why didn't we play him instead on sticking square pegs into round holes .

RE doesn’t seem to want to take a chance on Ogie.
I agree, playing Brophy at left back, as happened last week is a waste of a guy who runs and beats players for fun.
Especially when Angol was starved of service..........where do we play one of our best wingers.......Left back.
Maybe if our league position was better RE would be more willing to take more risks.

Agreed, he sees the kids as a risk.