Mark O'Mahony F Reading (loan from Brighton) b.2005

Could have gone in the Ferguson thread or this one but De Zerbi had this to say today ;

Maybe Evan has a different shot but Mark is better in terms of possession, he understands the play better.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/242...evan-ferguson/

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This is a guy overseeing a results collapse this calendar year, and I don’t see what good that kind of press conference does him, or Ferguson, or Brighton, or his prospects there.

It follow an earlier quote I saw this week where he phrased it as Ferguson having decided to write off his season to address the injury. As though he didn't agree with that course of action. Not his first snidey rodeo towards the player either.

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Originally Posted by joey B

With everything happening around the Premier League and how much air time the bigger teams get it’s gone under the radar how poor a season De Zerbi and Brighton have had,good chance he won’t be there next season and not necessarily because he’ll get a better job…..

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Brighton do seem to be pro-active when it comes to this sort of thing, and always seem to have a good a manager lined up if necessary ~ ~ There could well be a change of manager at Brighton alright.

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Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

Could have gone in the Ferguson thread or this one but De Zerbi had this to say today ;

Maybe Evan has a different shot but Mark is better in terms of possession, he understands the play better.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/242...evan-ferguson/

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This is a guy overseeing a results collapse this calendar year, and I don’t see what good that kind of press conference does him, or Ferguson, or Brighton, or his prospects there.

It follow an earlier quote I saw this week where he phrased it as Ferguson having decided to write off his season to address the injury. As though he didn't agree with that course of action. Not his first snidey rodeo towards the player either.

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It was probably on the Ferguson thread but I did call out De Zerbi a few months ago, maybe even before the new year about his rotation approach (I’d extend that to his in game management too) and the damage that it was having on Ferguson but also the team and their overall form. I may be wrong on this but he seems to play the opposition as he sees it rather than having a settled and preferred first eleven.

I hadn’t been tracking them as closely in the last couple of months but those quotes and summaries of his press conferences come off really poorly on him. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ferguson has had some words with him about the situation and he’s being a bit frozen out. Maybe Fergusons had his head turned a bit too though?

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It was probably on the Ferguson thread but I did call out De Zerbi a few months ago, maybe even before the new year about his rotation approach (I’d extend that to his in game management too) and the damage that it was having on Ferguson but also the team and their overall form. I may be wrong on this but he seems to play the opposition as he sees it rather than having a settled and preferred first eleven.

I hadn’t been tracking them as closely in the last couple of months but those quotes and summaries of his press conferences come off really poorly on him. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ferguson has had some words with him about the situation and he’s being a bit frozen out. Maybe Fergusons had his head turned a bit too though?

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You could well be right, but it wouldn't be unforseen in Brighton that a top asset would move on, it happens plenty there. I'm not sure how questioning the players focus, injury and for the hat trick comparing him unfavourably to a kid making his first start who ended up subbed off at half time helps achieve maximum sale value or even get to the guy scoring again which De Zerbi could have done with in the shorter term.

Three league wins this calendar year so far, Sheffield United / Palace & Forest so maybe a bit less crying in public from him and a bit more fixing the relegation form ahead of next season.

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Originally Posted by seanfhear

Brighton do seem to be pro-active when it comes to this sort of thing, and always seem to have a good a manager lined up if necessary ~ ~ There could well be a change of manager at Brighton alright.

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Graham Potter's available I guess?

De Zerbi is pretty ****ed off with Ferguson and has been for a while. Thats clear enough anyway. Why (apart from not scoring) is another matter i guess.

Interviewed in the independent today
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...304167737.html

Has come on after 9 mins for Brighton tonight

Have to feel a bit sorry for O'Riley there, got absolutely hacked inside the first 10 minutes of his Brighton debut after his big money move.

Adds the fourth late on, against third tier Crawley.

Ferguson on the bench throughout, but good to see him there at least after a few months out.

O'Mahony in the Championship will be an interesting watch. Well able for the physical side of it, not sure he has the cleverness to be a good striker. He's a bit slow and lumbering and didn't take up great positions often, but there were also times he was in good position and was annoyed the ball wasn't passed.

Struggled more than I expected. Looked tired. He was played in a weird position. They tended to play Ensico up top and O’Mahony deeper which didn’t really suit him, although there was a degree of flexibility and for about 5 minutes found himself wide left.

I’d be curious to see how he did actually playing up top. He took the goal well and showed genuine pace just after it when he won the ball back from kickoff and probably should have shot. Probably post goal adrenaline.

Can’t be too critical of him considering he scored and at times took up great positions and didn’t receive the ball. But there were times where he tried to go past a defender and telegraphed what he did and times when his passing left something to be desired

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Struggled more than I expected. Looked tired. He was played in a weird position. They tended to play Ensico up top and O’Mahony deeper which didn’t really suit him, although there was a degree of flexibility and for about 5 minutes found himself wide left.

I’d be curious to see how he did actually playing up top. He took the goal well and showed genuine pace just after it when he won the ball back from kickoff and probably should have shot. Probably post goal adrenaline.

Can’t be too critical of him considering he scored and at times took up great positions and didn’t receive the ball. But there were times where he tried to go past a defender and telegraphed what he did and times when his passing left something to be desired

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When he joined his all round play was a bit meh. For our U19s if he wasn't on the score sheet he wouldn't offer much. When Brighton signed him think they've played him to be more involved in general play rather than as an out and out 9.

First goal for Brighton at the below, at 8:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p0IokKibZE&t=8m

Bloody awful goal to give away, but he won't care. Tidy finish anyway. He looks a big strong player for an 18/19 year old.

Joins Portsmouth on loan for the season.

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Joins Portsmouth on loan for the season.

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I'm surprised he has gone in at championship level for his first loan. It will be an excellent achievement if he plays regularly and can get close to 10 goals at that level. He has made massive improvements in the last few years

Not many young strikers do well on first loans to the Championship. Tom Cannon being a relatively rare exception, but I remember Parrott in particular struggling. Liam Delap also.

The one thing that can help though is physical size and strength (which Cannon had), so maybe the hope is that O'Mahony has the physical attributes to do well there.

I know it was mentioned in Tom Cannon's thread but I thought I'd note in O'Mahony's own thread that he got his first league goal against Stoke... and it was a fairly decent one

starts and scores at home to Oxford.