Efe Sodje

[Jonty]

Don't know how long we've got him for but he hasn't half brought some stability to the defence. His leadership and organising is there to see. What an important player he's proving to be and all credit to him for showing desire and passion on his loan with us. Mike Pearson has looked a different player playing alongside him and our backs have come on no end.

He has just brought experience and calm along to the back line.

I hope he can stay longer!

[K_BFC]

He has been very influential, a good player and nice to watch him play.

He was an emergency loan signing and is with us till the 16th of this month. That means the next 3 games, Alfreton and FGR away and Stockport at home. The loan can be extended by another 2 months but with Hessey back and O'Donnell expected back in a few weeks the club may not want to. We've no idea what financial arrangements were made with Bury, or if we can afford to keep him on longer given the drop in gates. I can not remember who said it in an interview on BBC RC but it was mentioned they are fairly certain we are over budget this season. Probably why the BOD are trying to get more in the ground with the kids free offer, enticing a few more paying adults back.

[barrowaberdeen]

I suspect we would struggle financially to keep him any longer. I would imagine we've gone out on a limb because of the Danny O Donnell injury, and to take the chance was a good idea. Shame mind, so commanding and Peo has looked transformed.

[HenneysKnee]

He's been fantastic

[Cringle]

Sodje has been great but Peo was gash against tam worth and should be dropped for the next game.
Hessey and Sodje would be my first choice.

[dodger]

Sodje has been great but Peo was gash against tam worth and should be dropped for the next game.
Hessey and Sodje would be my first choice.

What game were you watching?????

[Matty]

Sodje has been great but Peo was gash against tam worth and should be dropped for the next game.
Hessey and Sodje would be my first choice.

Whilst I agree with the latter, Pearson has improved massively playing alongside Sodje. I also think Bayliss has done the right thing in keeping the centre halves the same; we have only shipped one goal in 4 games now remember.

[audigex]

I've got a lot of time for Peo - he was quietly decent for a long time and a couple of seasons ago he matured quite a lot, doing superbly before being injured, and since then has been played out of position and then left in a defence which has been constantly off balance, chopped and changed etc.

Put him next to a solid centre half with a complimentary style and we'll see him back to his best - exactly as we're starting to see now as he gets used to working with Sodje. People remember Peo alongside Jonah and then Bolland, right? They weren't the best defenders ever, but they complimented him well and he was mostly excellent.

Our defensive shape struggled when Hessey came on, as he was sitting far too deep. Whether that was just a change of style throwing the team slightly I don't know, but for the first time in a while I felt confident in our defence on Saturday. Confident that they would deal with most things thrown at them, that they were likely to be in the right place doing the right thing. Individually, our defence are decent enough IMO, but we've not quite got them together as a cohesive unit this season... whereas for the last couple of years, I've been fairly relaxed about our defence - it's not been perfect, but we've been punching above our weight.

Not all of this can be placed on the heads of the defence - a weakened or less defensive midfield certainly hasn't helped, and a defence under pressure will naturally have more problems - but I miss the days of feeling like our defence would deal with most attacks. They weren't the best in the league, sure, but I felt they were stronger than our budget should have acquired and they certainly had a strong part in our survival in recent years.

I'd love to see Sodje stay for a while, but without knowing the terms of his loan I can only assume that we won't be able to keep him - much as I'd like to.

[Bennyfromormsgill]

We must try to keep sodje here at all cost he is a very influential player for us with him and peo playing well together hessey is not as good as sodje +he can play in front of the back four like he did when he came on saturday a draw would be a good result tomorrow i hope boysey is back we do miss him thought baker was a bit quite on saturday but all the lads worked hard for each other hope it continues thought the crowd was noisy i think they brought 10 +2 dogs

[Wintergreen]

Agreed - we must keep this fantastic player on board The Battlebus Barra, he has been the thing we have been missing since McNulty left. I love watching him play, he is a model pro and the biggest ‘star’ we’ve had on the books since the Vaughan era. Surely he’s better at the heart of the Barrow team at his age than being at Bury on the bench? We have to keep him til the end of the season – if it’s a question of money I’m good for twenty quid a week.

[Messy]

I'm ok for another 20.We need him

[Mike Wilson]

Agreed - we must keep this fantastic player on board The Battlebus Barra, he has been the thing we have been missing since McNulty left. I love watching him play, he is a model pro and the biggest ‘star’ we’ve had on the books since the Vaughan era. Surely he’s better at the heart of the Barrow team at his age than being at Bury on the bench? We have to keep him til the end of the season – if it’s a question of money I’m good for twenty quid a week.

His wage will drop every season as father time waits for no man, 2 fantastic offers of 20 pounds per week, as the offer won't get noticed kindly place it in an envelope and mail it into the club every week top lads.

[Barrow Bluebirds]

Priceless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSPri_nqFs

[Adam29]

http://barrowafc.com/news/?article=1290

Reading that seems efe wants to stay at the club.

He's told Bayliss that he wants to keep barrow in this league.

Great attitude from a model professional

[Wintergreen]

Efe’s bandana (do-rag?) bears the words ‘Against All Odds’ apparently.

http://barrowafc.com/news/?article=1280 It’s an omen....it is written.