Ibe

[LeTallecWiz]

Peter the Right Winger posted something interesting -

If Ibe was playing in the championship, how much would he be worth? He seems as talented as Zaha from the little I've seen of both - he's hungry, got pace, strength, a decent final ball and is improving every time we see him out there.

Another excellent youth purchase.

 

[mark1975]

The thing I like most is that he's got pace AND power, I really like the look of him.

 

[Dahuge]

He was the better of the 2 wide men tonight, he could make more of an impact that Raheem did last year...

 

[gkmacca]

He's great, but I hope Sinclair gets encouraged, too. When Sinclair signed he was as dazzling and direct as Ibe is now (well, I mean by Ibe's form last season), but, when Ibe joined the club, Sinclair, who's a bit more aware and mature in his movement, started helping him by making runs that created space for him to run into, which made Ibe look very good at the expense of his own chance to shine. So we've got two really promising attacking players there.

 

[mark1975]

Three! It's been ages since we had a fast wide player, then we get three of the blighters at once.

 

[James]

He was very impressive tonight when I watched him live.

Always wanted to say that about a Liverpool player.

 

[gene hughes]

Can someone give me the definitive answer on how to pronounce his name?

 

[Buddha]

Ibe

 

[Modo]

Can someone give me the definitive answer on how to pronounce his name?

Scribe minus the "Scr"

 

[gene hughes]

Scribe minus the "Scr"

Like imbibe minus the imb?

I'd been calling him Ebay.

 

[peterhague]

@gene hughes According to Alex Inglethorpe, the u21s coach, he pronounces it simply to rhyme with 'tribe'.

That doesn't sound very Nigerian to me, though. I've heard, and it sounds plausible, that they would pronounce it Ib-é, with the 'I' more or less rhyming with 'ib', if that were a normal English word. I therefore conclude that this is another of those irritating cases where immigrants change the pronunciation of their own names to make things easier for their new countrymen, such as with the tennis players Wozniacki and Lisicki, and I'm left with the choice of overruling their wishes or appearing as ignorant as the rest.

The question I ask myself is 'do I have the right to tell them how to pronounce their own names?' My answer is 'Yes. Yes, I do.'

 

[gene hughes]

I'm with you @peterhague

 

[Modo]

Like imbibe minus the imb?

I'd been calling him Ebay.

I know, me too.

 

[peterhague]

I'll tweet him presently.

 

[juniormember]

The thing I like most is that he's got pace AND power, I really like the look of him.

AND stepovers!

 

[Modo]

and a nice haircut. Like a good Christian boy.

 

[Fabio]

I call him Jibby

 

[Mors]

I like him. He looks a better player than sterling already. Hope he gets plenty of game time next season.

 

[Woland]

The thing I like most is that he's got pace AND power, I really like the look of him.

Have you been possessed by the demonic spirit of Alan Hansen?

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

Ibe is the new Sterling. And Raheem is the old Sterling.

 

[red_maradona]

where is the obligatory youtube clip?

 

[LeTallecWiz]

where is the obligatory youtube clip?

In Thailand.

 

[red_maradona]

In Thailand.

why?

 

[LeTallecWiz]

why?

Not really sure mate, no one is uploading them but they're there.

 

[red_maradona]

Not really sure mate, no one is uploading them but they're there.

Can you put a link up pls, I need cheering up as I am on suicide watch.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Can you put a link up pls, I need cheering up as I am on suicide watch.

It's not worth it mate - then you get all high and giddy, and the drop once we realize it's just the Black Downing with step overs is too much.

 

[doctor_mac]

Not from his preseason play, but a vid showing what he was up to in the academy games.

 

[Squiggles]

You can see why Rodgers is telling him to shoot on sight.

 

[RolandG]

Ibe has a very bright future ahead of him. He has all the tools in his locker.

 

[Brizzle]

Hopefully this won't be like previous pre seasons when people get game time (e.g. Pacheco) but don't then get much time in the team come the season.

Rodgers has been good for giving the likes of Suso, Sterling etc runs in the team though.