{"id":19948,"date":"2011-12-22T23:11:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/my-coach-put-me-on-my-toes\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T23:11:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:11:04","slug":"my-coach-put-me-on-my-toes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/my-coach-put-me-on-my-toes\/","title":{"rendered":"My coach put me on my toes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"63\">\n<p>By Ben Efe<\/p>\n<p>West Brom striker, Osaze Peter Odemwingie has acknowledged that it was his coach\u2019s criticism that helped him back to his feet.<\/p>\n<p>While Osaze was out injured and West Brom was struggling, coach Roy Hodgson had challenged him to proved that his 15 goals haul last season was not a fluke.<\/p>\n<p>Osaze gave an indication that his season was about to begin last weekend when he fired home the winner against Yakubu\u2019s Blackburn, he was named man of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles attacker who has been struggling with his form all season declared that he was back and will continue to work harder.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158495\" title=\"Osaze\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Osaze1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Osaze<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was (a distracting time) but it\u2019s normal.\u201cHe put out his frustrations about my absence but I took the positives out of it and was hoping to get over the injuries and be back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have so many supporters and opinions so it was a tough period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe manager said himself this week that what makes you a man, a footballer at this level, is when you can block these things out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very good comment from him because in this sport there are a lot of opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just blocked it but it wasn\u2019t easy. Sometimes critics are justified and not justified but if you give up then it means you are not strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing for me now is that it\u2019s behind me and I\u2019ll keep working hard. I\u2019m only looking forward now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. 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