Has anyone seen Osihmen's games in full since moving to Turkey? If so, I think they will come to the conclusion - like I have done - that he is currently testing the waters, feeling the boundaries and laying the groundwork for his future explosion in front of goal.
I was shocked in the last 2 matches to see Osihmen pass up goal scoring opportunities in favor of laying it on a plate for his team mates to gobble up, score and take the glory instead of him; but I suspect there is a method to this madness.
Yes, in fairness, I also saw him miss a few guilt edge chances.
However in Yoruba, they say 'if you pour a bucket of water down in front of you, you will inevitably step on wet grounds'. Osihmen is showing his fellow strikers that he is not proud or arrogant and he doesn't mind sacrificing the spotlight if it means the team wins via his assists. His "assists" will pave the way for his own bucket of goals to pour down in due course.
For the chances he missed, at least he is getting in titillating positions, he just needs to rediscover his finishing instincts - which will come with time and also willingness of his team mates to feed him (the same team mates he has now been feeding game after game).
But in truth, it will always be headline grabbing whenever strikers of Osihmen's timber and calibre experience goal droughts.
After-all this is the same league that Paul Onuachu painted green-white-green with goals last season by hitting the ground running and never looking back until he reached the finish line in the goals chart.
But, if you think the dynamics in Trabzonspor is the same as the dynamics in Galastasaray, then you need your head examined.
I can assured you that Osihmen would have kissed the back of the net for Trabzonspor by now because he would be a a very big fish in that small pond with players worshiping him and willing to pass to him at every turn .
But in Galastasaray, the politics is stacked against him with all the big egos of their star players. And by humbling himself to provide assists match after match, I think Osihmen is playing this politics very well.
So, he will start to deliver the goods soon; just have a little patient, pilgrims!
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