I wouldn’t say he was marmite - but I’ve found him to be niche.
He’s decent at linking up midfield with attack but doesn’t offer much else outside of that.
Systematic player - fits one role in a team well, can’t do anything else.
As a creative midfielder that's kind of what I'd want him to be good at. That and chipping in with the odd goal.
This is like criticising a goalkeeper for only really being good at stopping the opposition scoring or Gary Lineker for doing nothing but score goals.
Particularly in this league having players that are good at doing the thing they're primarily in the team for is more than half the battle. Having a manager that recognises what a player is good at and sets him to do it is most of the other half. The few months at the beginning of the season when Ofoborh seemed to be tasked with trying to play that Nichols role and looked a bit clueless is what happens to a decent player when a manager isn't able to see their strengths and limitations.
I'd love us to be a team full of multifaceted players capable of playing total football, with centre backs making runs down the wing and delivering inch perfect crosses, whilst a midfielder covers for them but it's not very League 2.
