{"id":23272,"date":"2011-12-29T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T11:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/larsen-happy-with-otorogu\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T11:32:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T11:32:32","slug":"larsen-happy-with-otorogu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/larsen-happy-with-otorogu\/","title":{"rendered":"Larsen happy with Otorogu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/ezenwa_otorogu_celtic-580.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Ezenwa Otorogu<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Bloemfontein Celtic coach Clinton Larsen says he is happy with Nigerian striker Ezenwa Otorogu and that he does not agree with an \u2018apparent\u2019 goal scoring problem, which some pundits have spoken about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited with our new acquisition Ezenwa Otorogu, who I feel will fit into the squad well,\u201d Larsen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a big, strong, imposing striker with a nose for goals. He weighs in at 91 kg and is tall and mobile, a typical West African dynamo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not as concerned as some pundits about our \u2018apparent\u2019 goal-scoring problem as I have done plenty research and I found out Celtic is right up there with regard to return from strikers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLennox Bacela has two, Moses Spandeel has two and Mulenga has three. That is decent in relation to SA football, but with Otorogu in the frame that will only improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larsen, meanwhile, went on to say that he feels Celtic\u2019s defence has been \u201csolid all season\u201d, with the conceding of two deflected goals and a soft penalty \u201cdistorting reality somewhat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that is football and sometimes the luck is with you or not. The trick is to prepare a strong team week in and week out, and it will balance out where favourable results will come your way more often,\u201d he says.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ezenwa Otorogu Bloemfontein Celtic coach Clinton Larsen says he is happy with Nigerian striker Ezenwa Otorogu and that he does not agree with an \u2018apparent\u2019 goal scoring problem, which some pundits have spoken about. \u201cI am excited with our new acquisition Ezenwa Otorogu, who I feel will fit into the squad well,\u201d Larsen said. \u201cHe is a big, strong, imposing striker with a nose for goals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Larsen happy with Otorogu - 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