A New Centreback at the Reebok?

FaninOz · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:34 am

Just watching a replay of Ireland v Germany in the European Championship and Joey O'Brien is playing Centreback for the Republic. Finnan is playing at right fullback so Joey was obviously moved inside and is doing a very creditable job of keeping the German strikers quiet. In fact the Germans have hardly had a decent chance on goal yet (71mins so far), they only needed a draw to progress through but even so they still have good attackers on the pitch.

This obviously gives Sammy another option when he is looking at how to improve the centre of the Bolton defence.

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:57 am

Int'resting

Isn't he only about 5'10" though?

barmyarmy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:06 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:

Int'resting

Isn't he only about 5'10" though?

now thats not very nice... he's at least 5'11"!!!!!

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:12 am

barmyarmy wrote:

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:

Int'resting

Isn't he only about 5'10" though?

now thats not very nice... he's at least 5'11"!!!!!

mummywhycantieatcrayons · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:31 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:

Int'resting

Isn't he only about 5'10" though?

I'd say he was 6'0", at a guess.

How tall's Cannavaro though? :mrgreen:

warthog · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:38 pm

He's 5'11" according to the offal site. At a pound under 11 stone I'd say he's a bit lightweight for a central defender.

dubwhite · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:01 pm

Got MOTM in one report. Some excellent headers out of defence (and made a poor show of a headed attempt on goal) apparently.

communistworkethic · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:46 pm

warthog wrote:

He's 5'11" according to the offal site.

now there, ladies and gentlemen, we have Freudian slippage at it's best.

warthog · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:50 pm

communistworkethic wrote:

warthog wrote:

He's 5'11" according to the offal site.

now there, ladies and gentlemen, we have Freudian slippage at it's best.

Alas not. It was deliberate.

hisroyalgingerness · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:11 pm

now Andy O'Brien can feel really unlucky, no?

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:01 pm

warthog wrote:

He's 5'11" according to the offal site. At a pound under 11 stone I'd say he's a bit lightweight for a central defender.

Really? Me and our Gerts bumped into him in ASDA on the Middlebrook and were both surprised at how tall he appeared to be. I reckoned that he was taller than me and I'm 6ft 2. :conf:

Back to the point though. Why not? He's a shite Right Back of which we already have shite Right Back in waiting, so maybe he could replace Meite and reduce the back-four mumpers count by one.

communistworkethic · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:06 pm

bet he had heels on though

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:10 pm

communistworkethic wrote:

bet he had heels on though

No I didn't!

communistworkethic · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:20 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:

communistworkethic wrote:

bet he had heels on though

No I didn't!

aye, that'll be why I didn't say "you", I know that's only when your wanting to trap off with van drivers :wink:

CAPSLOCK · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:37 pm

id also put j o'b at over 6 foot

H. Pedersen · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:18 pm

Maybe he's still growing, doubt they update the height/weight stats very regularly. Isn't he like 12?

Batman · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:24 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:

id also put j o'b at over 6 foot

Either way, at centre half he can't be any worse than right back.

Given his best performance was against Besiktas when he played in the midfield, it staggers me that he has not been given another chance there since.

CAPSLOCK · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:55 pm

I'd agree he had a good un that night, and yes, its odd he's not had another go

paddy og · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:20 am

i was at the game at croker and i thought he played a blinder, himself and dunne reduced the germans to hasty sky high long range efforts.
would like to see the two O'Briens together see what they can do

kagni · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:40 am

Can't understand anyone giving Joey MOM, thought he was OK, nothing special.
He's a bit lightweight and didn't look too confident, but considering he hasn't really played there before the lack of confidence is to be expected.
He opted for safety first most of the time, booting the ball high into the stands a few times.
His inability to do anything other than clear the ball as far as possible led to Ireland finding it difficult to keep possesion.
He was definitely helped by playing alongside Richard Dunne. Dunne is out for the Cyprus game so he will have a harder task partnering McShane.
Unlikely that Andy O'Brien will start given his nightmare against Cyprus the last time, the worst performance by an Irish defender in living memory.
Can't see Joey at centre-half solving our defensive woes.

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