Nnamdi Ofoborh

Kentbear said:
So who did you see him displacing in the team? he was signed from Bournemouth same as Simpson i still think it was a weird signing.
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He wasn’t signed to displace anyone right away but to learn and challenge Jack and Kamara for their spots in the team.

Plenty of clubs were interested as you’re getting a physically impressive young guy, who showed plenty of potential for nothing. It’s a gamble we should be take every now and then.
 
dadobear22 said:
I haven’t heard this but hopefully this is the case. I think we got lucky Goldson’s undetected heart issue wasn’t as serious as Ofoborh’s but is there something lacking in our pre contract medical screening or have we just been unlucky?
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Medicals aren't as stringent as a lot of people seem to think they are
 
Beer Belly Loyal said:
He wrote on Instagram back in January.

“This year has easily been the toughest year of my life.

“All the depression, anger, sadness and loneliness I’ve experienced but extremely grateful for the support from family, friends and teammates.

“It has been a tough year mentally and physically and as you can see a lot has gone on behind the scenes.

“Many doctors said I’m lucky to be here but I don’t believe in luck but the blessings from God. I owe it all to God for aiding me on this comeback trail. I will be back.

“2022 will have better days for us all. God bless you all and Happy New Year.”
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Makes it all worthwhile.
 
I wish him all the best, but I'll be surprised if we ever see him play a game for us. I just hope he's healthy.
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
I hope he makes a full recovery and stakes his claim. If he can’t play again at our level, they’ll look to terminate his contract. It’s a nice sentiment that we’re standing by him, but the reality is we can’t pay 3/4 years worth of wages for nothing in return.
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Well. We need to.
Hell receive his weekly wage until the end of his contract or be paid off in full.
Either way. We'll pay the money.

And I expect it would be down to the player if he wants to stay on the books and be aided by our medical team. Or take the pay off of full wage, return home and take care of his own medical..

I wonder what world some people live on with comments like that.
 
gwrfc72 said:
Was wondering if anyone had heard any latest or update regarding the condition of Nnamdi Ofoborh.Glad to see the club sticking by him while he makes his recovery but is that simply to honour his contract or do the club see the boy making a recovery and playing for us? Club have been fairly silent about this one obviously for good reason but I’m curious as to if anyones heard anything or seen any interviews regarding that situation recently.
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I cant see a recovery unless major surgery took place is applicable.
 
Blue Willie said:
We have a new management team I think he will be moved on or paid off. I wish him all the best.
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Imagine the negative press we’d get for moving on a player with a heart condition who may not play again. I think he will see out his contract, with the best medical care we can provide and as it will be covered by insurance anyway and allow him to collect the money and give him a decent respectful sign off.

Have a heart folks, by all accounts he’s a great chap as well who took the move to us and is nothing but a positive influence around the club. The people suggesting we terminate his contract need a look at themselves, we should support the lad as long as is needed,

If he’s good enough or not doesn’t even come into it and nor does his salary, which is pittance even if we were picking it up, it’s common decency and honour.
 
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I think he is lucky to have signed for Rangers when he did and the condition was picked up. Think it is safe to say the vast majority of the support is fully behind him even though we haven’t seen him play yet. Always be a few hotheads that go against the grain for attention.
 
MightyGersLand! said:
Well. We need to.
Hell receive his weekly wage until the end of his contract or be paid off in full.
Either way. We'll pay the money.

And I expect it would be down to the player if he wants to stay on the books and be aided by our medical team. Or take the pay off of full wage, return home and take care of his own medical..

I wonder what world some people live on with comments like that.
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Obviously it goes without saying we all wish him a full recovery and hope he gets his career back on track.

However, If he’s physically unable to do his job for health reasons, then there are mechanisms to terminate contracts.

It’s the same if you worked on a building site/worked in a call centre and reached a point where it was clear you couldn’t fulfil your duties. Then there would be a conversation with the HR dept. Sometimes that means alternative duties, and sometimes it means termination of contract.

I wonder what world some people live in thinking we’d just carry someone for another 3 years if they’re confirmed as unfit to complete their duties. There’s no business in the world who would do that.

Youve said either way we’ll pay the money. As many others have commented on here, it’ll be paid by insurance for now. They won’t pay it forever.
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
Obviously it goes without saying we all wish him a full recovery and hope he gets his career back on track.

However, If he’s physically unable to do his job for health reasons, then there are mechanisms to terminate contracts.

It’s the same if you worked on a building site/worked in a call centre and reached a point where it was clear you couldn’t fulfil your duties. Then there would be a conversation with the HR dept. Sometimes that means alternative duties, and sometimes it means termination of contract.

I wonder what world some people live in thinking we’d just carry someone for another 3 years if they’re confirmed as unfit to complete their duties. There’s no business in the world who would do that.

Youve said either way we’ll pay the money. As many others have commented on here, it’ll be paid by insurance for now. They won’t pay it forever.
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1. Insurance isn't paying anything.
2. Rangers will need to pay the lads full contract.
 
Northampton Lodger said:
I think he is lucky to have signed for Rangers when he did and the condition was picked up. Think it is safe to say the vast majority of the support is fully behind him even though we haven’t seen him play yet. Always be a few hotheads that go against the grain for attention.
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He will be getting the best medical advice available. Maybe, if he is unable to play again, he can prepare for his future by doing coaching, or further education.
We stick by this lad 100%.
 
gwrfc72 said:
Was wondering if anyone had heard any latest or update regarding the condition of Nnamdi Ofoborh.Glad to see the club sticking by him while he makes his recovery but is that simply to honour his contract or do the club see the boy making a recovery and playing for us? Club have been fairly silent about this one obviously for good reason but I’m curious as to if anyones heard anything or seen any interviews regarding that situation recently.
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Aaah the weekly thread on this guy. Was wondering when it would be posted.
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
Obviously it goes without saying we all wish him a full recovery and hope he gets his career back on track.

However, If he’s physically unable to do his job for health reasons, then there are mechanisms to terminate contracts.

It’s the same if you worked on a building site/worked in a call centre and reached a point where it was clear you couldn’t fulfil your duties. Then there would be a conversation with the HR dept. Sometimes that means alternative duties, and sometimes it means termination of contract.

I wonder what world some people live in thinking we’d just carry someone for another 3 years if they’re confirmed as unfit to complete their duties. There’s no business in the world who would do that.

Youve said either way we’ll pay the money. As many others have commented on here, it’ll be paid by insurance for now. They won’t pay it forever.
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absolutely hate insurance threads on here, so many words typed yet you're miles of the mark.
 
MightyGersLand! said:
1. Insurance isn't paying anything.
2. Rangers will need to pay the lads full contract.
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3. The only decent thing the club could do would be to honour his contract, and give him the best care and support we can.
4. It's hardly an earth shattering amount even if we are paying his contract.
5. He is apparently a great lad and good to have around the club.
6. We are not scumbags.
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
Obviously it goes without saying we all wish him a full recovery and hope he gets his career back on track.

However, If he’s physically unable to do his job for health reasons, then there are mechanisms to terminate contracts.

It’s the same if you worked on a building site/worked in a call centre and reached a point where it was clear you couldn’t fulfil your duties. Then there would be a conversation with the HR dept. Sometimes that means alternative duties, and sometimes it means termination of contract.

I wonder what world some people live in thinking we’d just carry someone for another 3 years if they’re confirmed as unfit to complete their duties. There’s no business in the world who would do that.

Youve said either way we’ll pay the money. As many others have commented on here, it’ll be paid by insurance for now. They won’t pay it forever.
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Aye %^*& compassion and common decency. :mad:
 
Ubik said:
absolutely hate insurance threads on here, so many words typed yet you're miles of the mark.
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I’m no insurance expert mate, that’s why I said that others have said it. The post wasn’t about insurance, it’s about what could happen.

If I’m miles off the mark as you say, then what’s your expectations if the guy can’t return to action for us?
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
Obviously it goes without saying we all wish him a full recovery and hope he gets his career back on track.

However, If he’s physically unable to do his job for health reasons, then there are mechanisms to terminate contracts.

It’s the same if you worked on a building site/worked in a call centre and reached a point where it was clear you couldn’t fulfil your duties. Then there would be a conversation with the HR dept. Sometimes that means alternative duties, and sometimes it means termination of contract.

I wonder what world some people live in thinking we’d just carry someone for another 3 years if they’re confirmed as unfit to complete their duties. There’s no business in the world who would do that.

Youve said either way we’ll pay the money. As many others have commented on here, it’ll be paid by insurance for now. They won’t pay it forever.
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They will pay it for the length of his contract or until an agreement is reached.
 
sonowilliam1 said:
If signed on a longish contract then it's yet another mistake from RFC.I doubt that he'll ever play for us therefore we need to get rid of him.No room for sentiment.
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FFS. How do we "get rid" of a guy who's under contract? And why would we want to just bin a guy at his lowest ebb? From a human point of view it would be terrible, and disastrous from a PR side!
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
Obviously it goes without saying we all wish him a full recovery and hope he gets his career back on track.

However, If he’s physically unable to do his job for health reasons, then there are mechanisms to terminate contracts.

It’s the same if you worked on a building site/worked in a call centre and reached a point where it was clear you couldn’t fulfil your duties. Then there would be a conversation with the HR dept. Sometimes that means alternative duties, and sometimes it means termination of contract.

I wonder what world some people live in thinking we’d just carry someone for another 3 years if they’re confirmed as unfit to complete their duties. There’s no business in the world who would do that.

Youve said either way we’ll pay the money. As many others have commented on here, it’ll be paid by insurance for now. They won’t pay it forever.
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Football contracts aren’t remotely comparable to any normal job. When do you sign a 4 year contract on a building site? If we let him go we would still have to pay the remainder of his contract, that’s how they work.
 
The good thing it was caught so doctors and specialist can find the answer.We have seen recently players like Erickson the boy at Spurs collapse on the field.Can’t recall the reasons why Hibs player went down at Ibrox and Durie at Kilmarnock.But remember the quietness.
 
gu_bear said:
Goldson only missed 10 months of football.

Eriksen had a heart attack, was actually dead for a few minutes and has recovered and was playing again within 6 months.

The fact this boy has been out for 2 years suggests it’s more serious than that.
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More serious than a heart attack that kills you!
Must be really bad.
 
Bearcage said:
The good thing it was caught so doctors and specialist can find the answer.We have seen recently players like Erickson the boy at Spurs collapse on the field.Can’t recall the reasons why Hibs player went down at Ibrox and Durie at Kilmarnock.But remember the quietness.
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Eriksen nearly died and he was back much quicker than ofobroh has been out, whatever he has must be extremely serious that he can't even train, doubt we will ever see him imo, hopefully we do.
 
Obviously a complex situation

Wish the guy well

Can strike you down at any point

Hope we stand by him
 
Gios_Gillet said:
Eriksen nearly died and he was back much quicker than ofobroh has been out, whatever he has must be extremely serious that he can't even train, doubt we will ever see him imo, hopefully we do.
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Agreed and Gio’s latest update looks less that promising.
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
I hope he makes a full recovery and stakes his claim. If he can’t play again at our level, they’ll look to terminate his contract. It’s a nice sentiment that we’re standing by him, but the reality is we can’t pay 3/4 years worth of wages for nothing in return.
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He is entitled to his contract or the equivalent financial package if we end it early.
I think we should stick by the lad as it is the honourable thing to do.
He may return in time.
 
GeckoBear29 said:
Goldson is the exception not the rule. Not everyone will manage to do what he did.
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Every heart issues is different and maybe this lad has a totally different more serious issue than Goldson.maybe they have discovered he has a condition such as Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for example.
 
DarnleyLoyal said:
I hope he makes a full recovery and stakes his claim. If he can’t play again at our level, they’ll look to terminate his contract. It’s a nice sentiment that we’re standing by him, but the reality is we can’t pay 3/4 years worth of wages for nothing in return.
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Darnley not so Loyal.
 
sonowilliam1 said:
If signed on a longish contract then it's yet another mistake from RFC.I doubt that he'll ever play for us therefore we need to get rid of him. No room for sentiment.
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I dont think Rangers have any choice given he is under said long contract. The only exit would be to pay his wages in full now and that would paint the club in a rather poor light.

Someone said we cant pay all those wages for all those years for nothing, that is exactly what the club are going to do and no you will not see him kick a ball for Rangers.

Unfortunate for him and us but ultimately thats whats going to play out.
 
Arlo said:
Some disgusting, immature posts, lacking any kind of human decency on here.
He's hardly chosen to have such a serious condition, this whole just get him off the wage bill rubbish from some is shocking.
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Do you not think that the player has earned a fair whack from us already ? It may come across fairly harsh however if the player is not going to play for us we then have to look at a way of letting him go in a business sense.

Other players have had there contracts terminated on mutual grounds,this could/should be done also.

Like i said previously there's no room for sentiment in this game.
 
Certainly wasn’t an odd signing, but it’s just not worked out.

I don’t think there’s much chance of him agreeing to a deal to cut his contract short when no club will touch him.
 
sonowilliam1 said:
Do you not think that the player has earned a fair whack from us already ? It may come across fairly harsh however if the player is not going to play for us we then have to look at a way of letting him go in a business sense.

Other players have had there contracts terminated on mutual grounds,this could/should be done also.

Like i said previously there's no room for sentiment in this game.
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Christ almighty. Thank %^*& you're not in charge of contracts.

Nnamdi Ofoborh threads never end well.
 
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Feel really bad for the lad. He was a player I was looking forward to seeing decelope when he signed his ore contract.

Ticked all the right boxes and looked a right lump of a lad. Just a shame he has not managed to get onto the pitch.

Wish the boy all the best and hope he can get to the bottom of the problem.

Probably won't ever see the lad playing for Rangers unfortunately.
 
sonowilliam1 said:
Do you not think that the player has earned a fair whack from us already ? It may come across fairly harsh however if the player is not going to play for us we then have to look at a way of letting him go in a business sense.

Other players have had there contracts terminated on mutual grounds,this could/should be done also.

Like i said previously there's no room for sentiment in this game.
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The key word there is “mutual” this happens so the other player is free to move to another club for nothing if things haven’t been working out.

Why would Ofoborh agree to terminate his contract so he can sit at home not being paid when he is due to be paid until the end of his contract?

Wether you like it or not, he will be paid until his contract ends and it is 100% the correct thing to do.
 
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