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

[DJ NOBO]

He's clearly good enough for Tony to put his own money behind him.

Will he make it for us, who knows, same as Ferdi, but I'll be a positive supporter and give the guy a chance.


And speaking of positivity, no it's not about closing down forum discussion. I bloody love good healthy discussion. But it's about giving people a fair chance.

Same with all the new signings, the manager, senior staff or whoever. I feel as a supporter we should support the team and give people a chance before we write them off.

We clearly can't judge this player yet as he's been injured.

I've absolutely no idea if he'll be our next "Jakhanbash" (which as someone else said is a boring 4 year old reference). Let's hope not, but the idea that you, I or anyone here can work out he's crap, when he's been injured or on the bench, compared to the money and time spent by the genuine experts in our recruitment team is laughable.

Has it been disappointing? Yeah watching Crawley nearly destroy someone's career is disappointing.

Would it be nice to see him more? Yes, as with Ferdi and half the squad that's been injured.

Am I disappointed he now might struggle to get into the first team because our other players are playing so bloody well? Well, less so.

Any player (perhaps Gomez the exception) needs a decent run in the team before we'll know where they sit.

All I ask is we don't write players off immediately. Our model means getting people from other leagues, or younger players and adapting them to the PL. That takes time so let's give the guy a chance.

Don‘t get me wrong - I love Matt O’Riley. If for no other reason that his attitude is exemplary - bouncing back from Fulham release, taking responsibility of being main man at Celtic and most of all his determination to battle back from injury with zero self pity.
He will put this season behind him and cut it in the Premier League, hopefully with us.

 

[Milano]

There are still at least 12 games left this season and football can change very quickly. He needs to keep being ‘ready’, he’ll get his chance. It may well be this Saturday with Lamptey suspended I can see Jack going to RB.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

There are still at least 12 games left this season and football can change very quickly. He needs to keep being ‘ready’, he’ll get his chance. It may well be this Saturday with Lamptey suspended I can see Jack going to RB.

Is Lamptey suspended this weekend then? I'd assumed it was the FA Cup game he missed as it was a second yellow and bookings count towards the same competition.

 

[pigmanovich]

Is Lamptey suspended this weekend then? I'd assumed it was the FA Cup game he missed as it was a second yellow and bookings count towards the same competition.

PL website confirms it’s the Fulham game he’ll miss

 

[AZ Gull]

Is Lamptey suspended this weekend then? I'd assumed it was the FA Cup game he missed as it was a second yellow and bookings count towards the same competition.

1. Cautions issued (and any suspensions triggered by an accumulation of cautions) are restricted to the competition in which they are shown. [By accumulation I mean across multiple games - not in a single match].

2. The suspension triggered by a red card is served across all domestic first team competitions. A red card for two cautions means that neither caution is counted in terms of accumulation as per 1. because instead they result in an immediate ban, served in the next first team match (in whatever domestic competition it happens to be).

As of now all of Georginio, Veltman, Webster, Baleba and Gomez have one caution in this season's FA Cup {but not Lamptey} so if any of the five get booked in the Q-F I believe they would be suspended (if Albion progress) for the semi-final.