QuoteHe has the jersey now at right back - up to him to hold onto it and in fairest after today's showing, demel will have to wait his turn
Did quite well at both full back and centre half, I thought.
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He has the jersey now at right back - up to him to hold onto it and in fairest after today's showing, demel will have to wait his turn
Doing very well today so far, haven't seen much of him this season but he is getting forward very well (more than any of our current full backs, certainly) and set up their opening goal (though I'm pretty sure it was a shot rather than a pass).
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Don't do that to me! Any time I see this thread bumped I assume it's to break the news of another injury setback.
Word on the grapevine is that joey o brien did not get injured after the game, in the dressing room, or on his way home. West Ham are monitoring the situation.
Well he had a great second half as well, even after McCartney had to go off injured and he went to left back to accomodate Demel.Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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And last week against City, he went into CB for the last ten mins and did just fine. Seems to be doing very well with W Ham. Nothing spectacular but very reliable (a sure fire Trap player you wouldve thought). Just hope he can continue to stay injury free. Should continue to do very well under Big Sam.
Oh and picked up a bonus point in fantasy football as well - what more could you want!!!
Last edited by elroy; 11/11/2012 at 8:52 PM.
Yea, just saw that, seemed too fiercely struck to be anything other than a shot.
Well presumably that was for the unintended assist.
See O'Brien started tonight for West Ham, hard to keep track of his various position changes where is he playing tonight then?
Goal JOB! Does well in the build up to get the ball to Diame, continues his run forward, O'Neil fires in a low cross from the right, O'Brien holding off Shawcross about six yards out fires it first time in to the roof of the net.
First ever Premier League goal.
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atta boy Joey!
Mohamed Diame's shot is blocked, but he directs the ricochet to the path of Gary O'Neil who then whips in a menacing cross for Joey O'Brien. The 26-year-old gets the better of Ryan Shawcross, tapping in from close range beyond the hapless Jussi Jaaskelainen. A first Premier League goal for O'Brien and the West Ham fans are in full song.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
I think I just caught a reply of the goal, cross came in from the right, a low one in to a fairly crowded penalty are,
O'Brien knocks it in, there seemed to be checking if he was offside, but obviously given.
Italian stream so I can't understand it, I think Walters got one for Stoke with assist from Whelan.
OptaJoe posted this on twitter: https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/270639810446761985
So, 23 more goals (assuming no more goals scored by Scots) and we'd be into third.797 - Joey O'Brien's goal is the 797th by an Irishman in the PL, only England (9248), France (1166) & Scotland (819) have more. Contribute.
Our second best (available) player on one football index in 70th spot.
How accurate the index is is another matter.
If our second-best player is in only 70th spot, unfortunately, probably too accurate!
Well I can remember in the past when I followed the old Actim index and there were times when we had 10 or 11 players
in the top 100 (it showed the top 100), I mean there would be Keane Duff Dunne Given for sure, I am struggling to think of
the rest though, O'Shea perhaps or Steven Reid, Finnan?
Anyhow I have been using the search facility and found
from one of my posts in the past.
And from another post5 Dunne
52 Steve Finnan
63 Kevin Kilbane
65 Stephen Hunt
81 Stephen Ireland
87 Lee Carsley
90 Stephen Kelly
So we have certainly had better showings in the past.4 A Reid Tottenham 0.51
9 R Keane Man Utd 0.44
13 D Duff Chelsea 0.42
31 J O'Shea Man Utd 0.37
67 S Finnan Liverpool 0.28
I am sure I counted maybe 10 or 11 before but I can't find the post, it may not be archived.
Those were the glory days, alright. Sadly I think we're going the way of the North. Without a proper domestic league of our own to develop players, we're going to wind up with a squad full of League 1 and Championship players, with the odd standout playing in the Premiership. Heck, we're almost there now when you look at our team. We've only five or maybe six players that are Premiership standard players.
Now without any real 'marque' players (i.e. Roy Keane, Duff) anymore but I think our overall squad is quite strong. We have always had lower leagues playing in our squad, even in our XI. Yes we have less players at the top four or five clubs but overall I think our current strength in depth is pretty good and alot better than it was 4 or 5 years ago.
On J O'Brien, shows the difference having a good loyal manager can do for your career. Sam seems to be loyal to players he has worked with before and got on well with - Nolan, Taylor, O'Brien, Vaz Te, Jaaskelainen
Last edited by elroy; 21/11/2012 at 12:55 PM.
It's not a question of having a loyal manager. It's a question of staying injury free. O'Brien has always had the talent like Stephen Reid. It's whether he can stay clear of injuries.
We don't have "less players" at the top clubs. We have none. We have mostly ordinary players playing in mediocre EPL teams but at least most are still playing in the top flight unlike Norn Iron and Wales.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
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