John O'Shea

[geysir]

O'Shea did alright, awful looking "tackle" on Henry but I suppose Henry got his retribution soon after.
Watched the game on Spanish tv, infinitely improved the whole experience.

[paul_oshea]

why was that? you couldn't understand the commentators!

[geysir]

That would be the point :)

Nevertheless the commentary commotion around the Barca goals would more reflect how you feel about it.

[Crosby87]

Bump.

JO is a great pro and recieves no attention.
Good luck on a great season, we need you.

[irishfan86]

Bump.

JO is a great pro and recieves no attention.
Good luck on a great season, we need you.

He's going to need that luck- lots of competition at right-full with Wes Brown back fit, the Brazilian boys, Neville lurking, and that new guy Ritchie De Laet looks good as well.

Not saying O'Shea isn't up for the battle, but he could find himself dropped after a bad game....he was a starter last season, but I'd think this year he'll be playing in more of a rotation role.

[Manblue]

He's going to need that luck- lots of competition at right-full with Wes Brown back fit, the Brazilian boys, Neville lurking, and that new guy Ritchie De Laet looks good as well.

Not saying O'Shea isn't up for the battle, but he could find himself dropped after a bad game....he was a starter last season, but I'd think this year he'll be playing in more of a rotation role.


Ya alot of competition, Brown is actually injured AGAIN though

[Razors left peg]

John O Shea captains United today in opening game of the season with Rio out injured.Surprising enough with Fletcher, Scholes and Rooney in the team but delighted for him

[rambler14]

John O Shea captains United today in opening game of the season with Rio out injured.Surprising enough with Fletcher, Scholes and Rooney in the team but delighted for him

Fair play John. I know he captained United in a few pre-season games but he's in the big-time now.
Well Deserved.

[Serb]

Great stuff. Has he started as a centre back? I only have the Guardian report, but from the looks of things, United's back line is:



Foster

Da Silva - O'Shea - Evans - Evra

[Dodge]

Thats it spot on Serb. Not really troubled bu Birmingham so far. Evans let a guy go from a corner but O'Shea hasn't had to do anything

[shakermaker1982]

He was very solid today and it's some honour to captain United in their first league game of the season. If Finnan can stay injury free I'd like to see O'Shea start at LB for us.

[Razors left peg]

There was actually a nice touch by the United players when they were coming out for their warm up, they all stopped and let OShea run out first... he looked a bit embarresed by it but it was good to see the respect they had for him

[DmanDmythDledge]

John O'Shea has admitted he will never forget being made captain of Manchester United.

With Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic and Edwin van der Sar all injured and Ryan Giggs on the bench, Alex Ferguson handed the job to O'Shea against Birmingham on Sunday, even though most pundits felt Wayne Rooney was an obvious choice.

MORE (http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0818/osheaj.html)

[DeLorean]

Fair play to O'Shea, even if the list of player unavailable did look like a teamsheet:D

[macdermesser]

According to the Daily Star, (via BBC gossip), he is out for 2 months .. which would be a disaster for us.

[macdermesser]

actually reading a quote from Trap .. I think perhaps a journalist has just sensationalized what he said .. here's hoping.

Trapattoni revealed tonight that the decision had been taken in an effort to prevent the damage from getting any worse and incurring a lengthy lay-off. He said: "Today, he could not play because he had a bleed on the calf. He couldn't run today. I told him to be careful because when you pull that muscle, it is two months. It was not just for me, it was also for his club to decide."

[Colbert Report]

Nice header off a Giggs free kick to put Manchester United up 2-0 against Stoke today.

[livehead1]

Came across very well in post match interview on MOTD; could be a future manager! :eek:

[macdermesser]

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[Jicked]

Fair play to John for sticking it out and answering ridiculous question after ridiculous question.
FFS, asking him what the best Irish back four should be, who he hopes to get in the play-offs, what side should he be played on, what players in the future Irish squad how can he answer questions like that?

Starting questions with "Xavi6 wants to know..." Boards.ie is a cringeworthy place.

[LFCSixty/Eighty]

Fair play to John for sticking it out and answering ridiculous question after ridiculous question.
FFS, asking him what the best Irish back four should be, who he hopes to get in the play-offs, what side should he be played on, what players in the future Irish squad how can he answer questions like that?

Starting questions with "Xavi6 wants to know..." Boards.ie is a cringeworthy place.

Agreed. He comes across as a complete gentleman. There are many professionals that could take a leaf out of O'Shea's book on how to conduct themselves.

[irishfan86]

The more I see of John O'Shea, the more impressed I am with him both on and off the field.

He has come under a lot of criticism both from United and Ireland fans over the years, but he always plays with a smile on his face and really stuck it out at United when a lot of other players would have left to get more playing time. He fought for his place, and last season he played more minutes than any other player in the United team during their title winning season.

He's clearly a smart guy as well, and I think he could go on to be a top level manager at some stage in the Premier League.

[seanfhear]

The more I see of John O'Shea, the more impressed I am with him both on and off the field.

He has come under a lot of criticism both from United and Ireland fans over the years, but he always plays with a smile on his face and really stuck it out at United when a lot of other players would have left to get more playing time. He fought for his place, and last season he played more minutes than any other player in the United team during their title winning season.

He's clearly a smart guy as well, and I think he could go on to be a top level manager at some stage in the Premier League.
If he does become a manager he will have a good insight about how to play each position as he has actually played every position:)

[livehead1]

In Portugal last year I met a good few of the Waterford Hurling panel who knew O'Shea and they said he had time for everyone and was well respected.

For him to stay the duration of that interview is remarkable, I don't think I would have stuck it out in his position!

[macdermesser]

the "some would say you have two left feet" jibe was pure Alan Partridge. Surprised he didn't walk after that question.

He's obviously not going to answer certain questions and get himself into trouble e.g. suggesting that Finnan should play left back instead of Kilbane etc.

Have to agree that he seems to have bulked out and got stronger and his form is more consistent. Playing better for us too.

If only he had scored that goal in Paris though ...

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[third policeman]

Thought O'Shea was outstanding for Man Utd against Moscow playing in a holding central midfield position. It raises the question whether given our dire resources in this department this is not his best position for us? It would be quite interesting to make a player for player comparison between the UTD team the other night and what might (if I were to replace Trapp) to be one possible Ireland team

Van de - Saar Given

Neville - Finnan
Vidic - Dunne
Ferdinand - St Ledger
De Silva - Duff

O'Shea - O'Shea
Anderson - S.Reid

Valencia - McGeady
Scoles - Keane
Nani - A.Reid

Berbatov - Doyle

Maybe we are not necessarily as mediocre as some people assume we are?


PS - I cringe every time I see the O'Shea miss on YouTube as that is me swearing audibly on the clip!

[kev mcq]

Starting questions with "Xavi6 wants to know..." Boards.ie is a cringeworthy place.

As opposed to here? LOL

[Irish_Praha]

Is O'Shea injured at the moment?

[rambler14]

No he's on holiday!:rolleyes:

[Irish_Praha]

No he's on holiday!:rolleyes:

Ok thanks.

[SkStu]

No he's on holiday!:rolleyes:

and youre on your rag...

[rambler14]

Injured vs france. Out for a few weeks yet. Groin i think.

[tetsujin1979]

confirmed, O'Shea out for the rest of the season: http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={C7DF7CEC-3BC3-4859-A3FD-FE4AAD215DD8}&newsid=6645445

[third policeman]

Interestingly a Manure supporti work colleague asked me today where there any rumours circulating on this site about O Shea's injury. Tells me that Utd supporteres are speculating that he has been given leave by the club to deal with personal problems and the injury is a cover story as it was for Lee Sharpe. No evidence to substantiate this and I see he has been attending games at Old Trafford, so I would imagineit's a load of rubbish.

[Colbert Report]

Interestingly a Manure supporti work colleague asked me today where there any rumours circulating on this site about O Shea's injury. Tells me that Utd supporteres are speculating that he has been given leave by the club to deal with personal problems and the injury is a cover story as it was for Lee Sharpe. No evidence to substantiate this and I see he has been attending games at Old Trafford, so I would imagineit's a load of rubbish.

Total rubbish I would think. I have the same injury. It can take months or even years to heal. One day your leg will seem fine, you can play, then a week later a five minute stroll around the garden makes your leg feel very very weak and impossible to walk on.

[rambler14]

Interestingly a Manure supporti work colleague asked me today where there any rumours circulating on this site about O Shea's injury. Tells me that Utd supporteres are speculating that he has been given leave by the club to deal with personal problems and the injury is a cover story as it was for Lee Sharpe. No evidence to substantiate this and I see he has been attending games at Old Trafford, so I would imagineit's a load of rubbish.

Remind me again. what happened with lee sharpe?

[Junior]

Remind me again. what happened with lee sharpe?

Too much partying and perhaps 'drug' usage:D Given some time to sort his head out, never really happened and he never really became what he should have done.

Remember seeing one of his very early games for Utd v Sunderland I think (maybe Southampton) and he was breathtaking - all the comparisons to Georgie Best you could think of were coming out that day.

[thischarmingman]

Spanish newspaper Sport: Barcelona interested in Manchester United's O'Shea:

http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/Spanish-newspaper-Sport-Barcelona-interested-in-Manchester-Uniteds-OShea/5873/

[Serb]

The guardian ain't that optimistic about his chances of actually ending up there:


Football transfer rumours: John O'Shea to Barcelona? (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/18/football-transfer-rumours-john-oshea-barcelona)
The Mill has laughed a lot over the years. At the bad times and the good. With Paul Merson and at Dean Windass. At life's vicissitudes and those times when businessmen galloping in the camp style to make their train fall and rip their double-breasted Ciro Citterio.

But, with the possible exception of the moment Jim Robinson bit the big one in Neighbours, we've never laughed at quite the same incredulous pitch as we did this morning when we heard a whisper that Barcelona are after John O'Shea. Yep. Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, O'Shea is right up there with Milligan, Cleese, Everett, Sessions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUV6793mpfM), or Chimay, Laphroaig, Ouzo, Strathmore.

[Razors left peg]

If John O Shea was english the media over there would be raving about how good he is. I know who I would rather have in my team between John O Shea and Glen Johnson

[eaststand85]

Spanish newspaper Sport: Barcelona interested in Manchester United's O'Shea:

http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/Spanish-newspaper-Sport-Barcelona-interested-in-Manchester-Uniteds-OShea/5873/

Definitely a strange one and reckon there's nothing in it but could actually see Spanish football suiting his style of play.

[yapster]

O'Shea is a liability

[tetsujin1979]

O'Shea is a liability
compared to who?

[Closed Account]

O'Shea is a liability
Amazing insight as usual.

[Charlie Darwin]

compared to who?
Eusebio.

[gustavo]

O'Shea is a liability

So much of a liability that he was a regular in the title winning team in England

[osarusan]

If John O Shea was english the media over there would be raving about how good he is. I know who I would rather have in my team between John O Shea and Glen Johnson

Who??

[gustavo]

If John O Shea was english the media over there would be raving about how good he is. I know who I would rather have in my team between John O Shea and Glen Johnson

Similarly if Glen Johnson was Irish we'd all be raving about how good he is

[Razors left peg]

Glen Johnson is very good going forward but a useless defender

[Colbert Report]

You hit the nail on the head there Razor. He should just play as a right winger, that's all he does anyway. It'd be like when Duff was playing left back for Newcastle last season.