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[Albion] Matt O Riley [26/08/24 - sings on a 5-year deal]
- Thread starter Seasider78
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- Nov 15, 2006
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Well if we sign him and sell WBG, I will BOOOING him the moment he gets on the pitch
London Irish
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I'm sure some will be doing that anyway given he's CelticWell if we sign him and sell WBG, I will BOOOING him the moment he gets on the pitch
Talk about picking the stats that suit the agenda
I picked those stats to counter the suggestion that Gilmour is a sideways-passing merchant. I assumed that was obvious.
In my previous post, I'd shared more stats highlighting the relative strengths and weaknesses of WBG and O'Riley.
I firmly believe that those comparing O Rileys stats in a dominant team in the Scottish Premiership with Gilmours stats in a struggling (last season) mid-table PL team belong to the category of people who believe they can make the Olympics if they train hard... no understanding of the difference between decent athletes and the best athletes in the world.
Any and every of our current (and all of the ones we've had in recent years) midfielders would produce a bunch of goals and assists in the Scottish League, because thats the difference of playing in the best league in the world and 30th-ish best league in Europe.
Any and every of our current (and all of the ones we've had in recent years) midfielders would produce a bunch of goals and assists in the Scottish League, because thats the difference of playing in the best league in the world and 30th-ish best league in Europe.
The problem is, that's it.
Not really good defensively. No goals and almost no assists.
I agree with you completely on his passing BTW but I think we're simply going to be trying to score more goals than the other team this season and a lot will come from winning the high press and scoring in quick transition. QPR the only game so far where we've not scored at least 3.
junior
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O'Riley, Kadioglu, Rutter and this defender from PSV?
I very much doubt we'd get all of them in, yet credible media outlets suggesting we are seriously in for all of them.
Whilst I am not against the signing of quality players, my personal view is that a lot of Chelsea's problems are down to high player turnover and big influxes of new players. I'm a bit cautious about the fact too many new players, regardless of quality, could be a bit unsettling.
I very much doubt we'd get all of them in, yet credible media outlets suggesting we are seriously in for all of them.
Whilst I am not against the signing of quality players, my personal view is that a lot of Chelsea's problems are down to high player turnover and big influxes of new players. I'm a bit cautious about the fact too many new players, regardless of quality, could be a bit unsettling.
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Green Cross Code Man
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Say what?
Clive Walker
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why are you not in favour of signing quality players? what type do you want?
- Nov 15, 2006
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Look at who posted it!
Shit ones so he can moan about how shit everything is as we hang around the bottom of the league….probably
Wind Up Merchant
junior
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Edited to say what I really meant
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT
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Im a little in your camp here... Ferdi is an absolute must as full back is a clear space but do we really need more creative midfielders and if we had them would it result in more unhappy players not getting enough game time? It's a niggle in the back of my head which Im drowning out with all the excitement. Still getting used to 'Brighton as a club known and loved all over the world'. Time was Im mentioned Brighton and people said 'who? Why don't you support a REAL team'
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT
Loyal2Family+Albion!
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Yeah, it's a trade off: sacrifice control for goals. The question is can MoR be anywhere near as productive in the PL.
Yes, maybe he would, but not convinced about O'Riley. Fact.
phoenix
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Fair comment
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We have this type of turnover of players every summer.
Before 22/23 - we had Colwill, Enciso, Estupinan, Gilmour, Mitoma, and Undav. (and Ferguson started to become part of the squad)
Last season we had Verbruggen, Ansu Fati, Dahoud, Adingra, Pedro, Igor and Baleba (and Hinshelwood joined squad)
This year we've Wieffer, Minteh, Georginho, Gruda and possibly Kadioglu, O Riley and a.nother. (Dalcouye, ACD are going on loan). its pretty similar to most seasons. Its definitely not Chelsea. Although we still have a lot of trimming/loans to do .
Clive Walker
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I know he's much older and not even Scottish but this did remind me of the Jack Harper transfer we did with Madrid for the 'Scottish Messi". He's now playing for Marbella after being on loan at every shite club in the lower leagues of Spain. He's also 29 next year. How time flies.