QuoteGerrout!Originally Posted by Fixer82
Josh had a grand game. Somewhat overshadowed by his fellow countryman Gibson. Thankfully he was undershadowed by his other countryman, Evans.
O'Shea assist for Smalling across the front of goal ruled out for offside, although Smalling half-scuffed it and nearly missed. 3-1 to United now through Anderson.
Gerrout!
Josh had a grand game. Somewhat overshadowed by his fellow countryman Gibson. Thankfully he was undershadowed by his other countryman, Evans.
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playing left back today and playing very well.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Good get him in, instead of that other donkey, for the Irish team.
I think Foley should be right back, Dunne & O'Shea the centre halves and Wilson at left back.
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O'Shea off injured at half-time.
Replaced by Evans.
Any idea what the injury is? I only started watching at start of 2nd half.
No idea. Didn't notice him carrying anything. Played well up til then.
think i heard earlier it was a calf injury and that he signalled to come off as early as the 22nd min. hopefully just a knock if he could stay on till HT.
300th start for utd today after making his first start in 1999. must be up there with irwin for silverwear, doesnt get the credit he deserves imo
He has a similar enough trophy haul to Irwin. Premier League and Champion's League are the ones that really count I guess. O'Shea is two behind on that count but could end up with another Champion's League this season if he's (very) lucky.
John O'Shea
5 x Premier League (assuming they win this one)
1 x FA Cup
3 x League Cup
1 x Champion's League
1 x World Club Cup
Denis Irwin
7 x Premier League
3 x FA Cup
1 x League Cup
1 x Champion's League
1 x Cup Winner's Cup
1 x Intercontinental Cup (same as World Club Cup I think)
1 x European Super Cup
Irwin was some full back.
Well done to O'Shea again. Great squad player and Mr steady for Man Utd. He'll get 6/7 whenever called upon. The Da Silva twins will be ahead of him in pecking order from next season but there are not too many players who can play RB, LB, CB, defensive midfielder and gk! He didn't seem to pull up in first half with an injury so hope it was just a precaution when the physio looked at it at HT.
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You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Maybe Ive the green glasses on but I really dont see the attraction of the Da Silva's ahead of JOSH. These days, JOSH is solid, reliable, versatile, hardly ever makes a mistake and is decent going forward. In many cases, now very similar to Irwin.
The one advantage the Da Silvas have over JOSH is that they are more energetic and have more pace going forward. But they equally are prone to a big error. There is no way I would start either of them ahead of JOSH in the CL final for example.
Was having a look around to see if there's any indication as to who'll get the nod at right-back for the Champions League final tomorrow night. The general thinking appears to be that Fabio might get in there ahead of O'Shea, but we'll have to wait and see: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/5953...united/preview
Interestingly, I also came across this from last year: http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/trans...n-oshea-reportThe Premier League champions have few injury problems, but Sir Alex Ferguson has decisions to make, particularly over who gets the nod at right-back, a position which the Da Silva twins and John O’Shea have shared this season. Fabio has been picked for the big games recently and looks favourite to start.
Barcelona were chasing after John O'Shea? Not sure how I missed that at the time.
They were also after Gary Breen, allegedly.
Funny thing is, O'Shea would get into Barca's team for tomorrow. If Puyol is playing left back O'Shea would be better than Mascherano at CB. If Puyol played CB, O'Shea could play LB, assuming Abidal isn't ready yet.
He's actually quite a cultured footballer is our John. I watched him live at Chelsea back in Feb or March and he passes the ball as crisply and confidently (for United anyway ) as a midfielder.
No place for O'Shea in United's starting line-up or on the bench tonight, unfortunately. Fabio gets the nod with Rafael missing out as well.
I'm not too upset he's been left out tbh. Imagine seeing him pull up with a hamstring injury or something...Gah.
With you on that one Sulli.
Fair point, although would have been nice to see an Irishman involved.
In hindsight they could have done with him I think. Still, a fresh JOS for Saturday is essential.
Sunderland launch bid for O'Shea, Gibson and Brown.
Caught bit by surprise this one. Be interesting to see if actually leaves.
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