John O'Shea

**dr_peepee** · 25/01/2012, 9:34 AM

Connor, from Arsenal

**OMTY** · 25/01/2012, 12:43 PM

Thanks, really should have known that!

Two cruciate injuries before hitting 20 is ominous enough for him. Hope he recovers though.

**Charlie Darwin** · 25/01/2012, 12:47 PM

Yeah, I think at this stage it'd be a bonus if Conor Henderson became a big player for us rather than something we can expect. Hopefully Arsenal still believe in him after he recovers.

**Yard of Pace** · 26/01/2012, 5:19 PM

http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/8234/38/

In praise of the unloved John O'Shea

His appearance stats under Fergie is a good bit of trivia for down the pub....

**ArdeeBhoy** · 27/01/2012, 9:59 PM

Shame it's from such a ManU-centric perspective...

**tetsujin1979** · 24/03/2012, 2:49 PM

O'Shea taken off after 27 minutes, he was a doubt before the game with a knee injury

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/04/2012, 1:22 PM

Some interesting stats here on O'Shea's career to date at Sunderland. The fans seem to have been on his back all season, but the stats are very clear - Sunderland haven't won a single game this season in which O'Shea has been absent, and they've scored in all but 3 of the games he has featured in, while they've scored in just 3 of the 11 he's missed.

http://www.rokerreport.com/2012/4/18...nderland-stats

**Charlie Darwin** · 20/04/2012, 12:48 PM

O'Shea back for the weekend's game according to O'Neill.

**John83** · 20/04/2012, 2:18 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Some interesting stats here on O'Shea's career to date at Sunderland. The fans seem to have been on his back all season, but the stats are very clear - Sunderland haven't won a single game this season in which O'Shea has been absent, and they've scored in all but 3 of the games he has featured in, while they've scored in just 3 of the 11 he's missed.

http://www.rokerreport.com/2012/4/18...nderland-stats

Odd; I thought the fans had started warming to him when O'Neill arrived and started building the defence around him. Did I hear wrong?

**DannyInvincible** · 20/04/2012, 7:45 PM

I had understood the same to be the case since O'Neill brought him into the centre.

**Crosby87** · 10/05/2012, 11:23 AM

JOSH not happy with Mancini comments that Sunderland is an easy mark.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1067176/sunderland's-john-o'shea-disappointed-with-roberto-mancini?cc=5901

**Colbert Report** · 13/05/2012, 2:03 PM

John O'Shea starts at LEFT back for Sunderland today at home to Manchester United. Martin O'Neill must have money on United winning the Premiership.

**Colbert Report** · 13/05/2012, 2:43 PM

O'Shea subbed off on 42 minutes, looks like a right leg injury. He walked off so hopefully it isn't too bad.

**Stuttgart88** · 13/05/2012, 4:47 PM

Paul McShane is just going out for a run around the block as I type.

**Diarmo** · 13/05/2012, 8:55 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18054184

Oh dear.

**Charlie Darwin** · 13/05/2012, 8:58 PM

Headline is a bit misleading to be fair. It's more that he might be a doubt, not that he is a doubt.

**Charlie Darwin** · 14/05/2012, 12:21 AM

Emmett Malone on twitter:

O'Shea has had scan, news good and FAI expects that after week off he will be ready to train next Monday as planned.

**Stuttgart88** · 23/09/2012, 9:31 AM

Any truth in the rumour that he played very well at CB yesterday?

**gastric** · 23/09/2012, 9:39 AM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Any truth in the rumour that he played very well at CB yesterday?

He did play well, looked quite assured on the ball and his distribution was good overall. The commentators mentioned how his experience was a real asset to Sunderland on Saturday.

**Grafter** · 24/09/2012, 1:35 AM

Fergie though, he knew what he was doing when he left O'Shea go. Squeezed the absolute maximum from his body and then flogged him off at exactly the right time. Sad to say that for Ireland and even at centre half he's a rapidly depreciating asset. Mobility waning by the month IMO