Noah Okafor

[Cjay]

Problem is, we have no one of a similar quality to replace Noah.

Jack Harrison isn't the answer.

Farke called him our best defensive winger which says everything

Hes had to invent a new term

Okafor scoring is good, needs to keep it up.

[1964white]

[1964white]

Bogle, Calvert-Lewin & Aaronson do so well in the build-up for our goal.

[1964white]

Okafor not in the Switzerland squad, due to attitude problems.

Maybe a blessing in disguise for Leeds, as no doubt he would probably pick up an injury

[The Subhuman]

Sure that's not altitude problems.... it is the alps after all

[1964white]

West Ham (h)

It was so noticeable how much we miss Noah's flair after he subbed at half-time

Most notable actions
5 x passes
2 x dribbles/runs
1 x tackle
1 x shot saved
1 x shot just past the post


Best moments
Noah's jinky run (left foot, right foot) & shot past the post.

Rating
7/10

[Cjay]

[1964white]

West Ham (h)

A joy to watch amongst all the gloom.

Most notable actions
7 x dribbles/runs
6 x passes
2 x crosses
1 x tackle
1 x interception

Best moments
Attempting to impersonate a Brighton player as he dribbled past their right--back with ease!

Rating
8/10

[Cjay]

For our biggest money wise signing of the summer have to say not convinced by Okafor.

He looks bright at times, a step over and little jink but lacks the composure or consistency in terms of end product imo to be the weapon we need at this level so far.

And aside from that defensively he doesn't do enough for me.

Which you accept for players you carry a bit defensively because they make up for it offensively, but as of yet he doesn't.

Hopefully more to come.

But not been overwhelmed so far, created very little and flatters to deceive somewhat.

[The Subhuman]

For our biggest money wise signing of the summer have to say not convinced by Okafor.

He looks bright at times, a step over and little jink but lacks the composure or consistency in terms of end product imo to be the weapon we need at this level so far.

And aside from that defensively he doesn't do enough for me.

Which you accept for players you carry a bit defensively because they make up for it offensively, but as of yet he doesn't.

Hopefully more to come.

But not been overwhelmed so far, created very little and flatters to deceive somewhat.

Wasn't that why we loaned out Ramazani? Ramazani, btw, has end product in spades

[1964white]

For our biggest money wise signing of the summer have to say not convinced by Okafor.

He looks bright at times, a step over and little jink but lacks the composure or consistency in terms of end product imo to be the weapon we need at this level so far.

And aside from that defensively he doesn't do enough for me.

Which you accept for players you carry a bit defensively because they make up for it offensively, but as of yet he doesn't.

Hopefully more to come.

But not been overwhelmed so far, created very little and flatters to deceive somewhat.

Agree Cjay.

Goes past players with ease at times, but his final ball is often poor.

Defensively, he's lazy & unaware of what is going on around him.

Two goals & no assists in nine starts, not exactly Solomon/James figures from last season, he is supposed to be of a higher ceiling than Dan & Manor.

Another mediocre signing.

[weasel]

He is a spark and has the potential but for me I can't help but think we'd have done better with the steadier Solomon - that said it is hard to judge how Solomon would have fared against Prem players as we can't really judge him from his Spurs/Fulham days as that was pre-injury.

I see Okafor and Ramazanni as similar, both with inconsistent end product but that Okafor has the explosive speed. I do though think he is hampered, as would Solomon, by the fact we aren't playing a 10 and as such there is only 1 target to aim for - as with Aaronsen on the other wing it isn't likely he will be getting on crosses like we saw when Solomon was regularly finding Dan James. For me we need to get Dan James back in the starting line-up and someone playing as a proper 10 too, be it Aaronsen, Piroe, Nmecha, Gnonto or Gray. We need it so that if Okafor, or the overlapping Gudmonnsen is putting a cross in that we have 3 players that could get on the end of it. We need to get back to the formation that we played last season. We looked much better v Villa after Dan James came on and we played with 2 wingers and a 10 in addition to the striker (albeit the match situation meant we were attacking more but if we set up to be more attacking, if we are braver than hopefully we take the game to the opposition).

[Victor_OTT_17]

Largie Ramazani is twice the player and Farke will not play him even when he's here! Farke got this wrong! We did not need Perri, Bijol or Okafor. Should have kept Ramazani here, we should play Gnonto/James/Tanaka etc and we could have bought in a #9 and a #10. Gutted with the signings tbh. Okafor was a DESPERATION signing IMO...

[Victor_OTT_17]

Okafor might be a brilliant #10 IMO

[PhoenixUnited]

Unimpressed with Okafor so far. We see one or two flickers to make you really look in a match but the rest of the time he is an anonymous passenger. Does not seem to have much of an engine on him or is just lazy or runs out of steam in the second half - I suspect it's a bit of all of that. He is a luxury in our team and faces no competition for his place this season.

Okafor included, not one of the the signings in the Summer can be regarded as successful which is a travesty as far as those responsible recruitment is concerned. Rather than developing the team we have gone backwards

[Cjay]

Getting more concerned with Okafor.

Had some bright moments early on in the season but more and more he just seems to run head down and then . . . . Nothing.

Just doesn't seem to create anything meaningful (hence 0 assists).

Very fortunate to have the amount of minutes he has tbh.

[CHAPELALLMAN]

Getting more concerned with Okafor.

Had some bright moments early on in the season but more and more he just seems to run head down and then . . . . Nothing.

Just doesn't seem to create anything meaningful (hence 0 assists).

Very fortunate to have the amount of minutes he has tbh.

Looks more and more like we were mugged for £18m.

[BlackHillsPaul]

Okafor looks a bit heavy and out of shape to me. For all the people that complained about Weston McKennie, at least he could go 90 minutes every game. Okafor has looked gassed by halftime every time he has played for us. Completely different player than he was in his Salzburg days. Injuries and Italian food...

[danhirons]

Unimpressed with Okafor so far. We see one or two flickers to make you really look in a match but the rest of the time he is an anonymous passenger. Does not seem to have much of an engine on him or is just lazy or runs out of steam in the second half - I suspect it's a bit of all of that. He is a luxury in our team and faces no competition for his place this season.

Okafor included, not one of the the signings in the Summer can be regarded as successful which is a travesty as far as those responsible recruitment is concerned. Rather than developing the team we have gone backwards

Eh?

DCL? gudmundsson? Stach? Bijol? Perri?

[danhirons]

Largie Ramazani is twice the player and Farke will not play him even when he's here! Farke got this wrong! We did not need Perri, Bijol or Okafor. Should have kept Ramazani here, we should play Gnonto/James/Tanaka etc and we could have bought in a #9 and a #10. Gutted with the signings tbh. Okafor was a DESPERATION signing IMO...

Rama was skillful but far too lightweight. Our team is based a lot on power these days