[Albion] Matt O Riley [26/08/24 - sings on a 5-year deal]

[Oh_aye]

Broadly I agree, I just want see more as you can see the talent is there.
The chap who stands next to me asked me this evening, can you really say that any of our new summer signings have been brilliant thus far? We’ve seen flashes from lots of them but it’s been largely inconsistent from most. If pushed I’d probably pick Georginio as our most consistent of the summer signings.

Correct. On the plus side, they have all, genuinely shown that they have something good about them. In the old days you just wouldn't have to prove yourself in 3 months.

I genuinely think we'll have some crackers on our hands. And we'll make a profit on most / the others.

I'm sticking to my 'Gruda being the pick' shout, even if he's not totally showing it now.

 

[The Fits]

He came off at HT. That says it all.
He needs time to regain fitness, build his confidence and he desperately needs 6 months or so of serious gym work but it will come.

 

[GJN1]

Broadly I agree, I just want see more as you can see the talent is there.
The chap who stands next to me asked me this evening, can you really say that any of our new summer signings have been brilliant thus far? We’ve seen flashes from lots of them but it’s been largely inconsistent from most. If pushed I’d probably pick Georginio as our most consistent of the summer signings.

And yet he looked knackered tonight event though he only played 45 minutes.

 

[pigmanovich]

With Gomez coming in - not to mention talk of Yalcouye being recalled from Sturm Graz - will we have room for all six of our newbies in the second half of the season? Maybe we'll loan out one or two to acclimatise to playing in England elsewhere for half a season - O'Riley maybe? Or Gruda perhaps?

Yalcouye definitely not coming back this month per Naylor.

 

[Super Sub]

I think Matt will be a slow burner for us. You can see he is a very intelligent player and has a fantastic left foot.
On the other side of the coin though, his physicality is poor and he has no pace whatsoever.
He needs to toughen up (as do some others) but I hope he is given time to come good.

 

[dazzer6666]

Broadly I agree, I just want see more as you can see the talent is there.
The chap who stands next to me asked me this evening, can you really say that any of our new summer signings have been brilliant thus far? We’ve seen flashes from lots of them but it’s been largely inconsistent from most. If pushed I’d probably pick Georginio as our most consistent of the summer signings.

Chap who stands next to you should ponder the injuries to the players he’s questioning

 

[GT49er]

Yalcouye definitely not coming back this month per Naylor.

Pity - it would be nice to have someone coming in who might hit the ground running and really set the world on fire!