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Confirmed Signing Jake O'Brien

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Just taken a look at a few of his youtube videos. He looks a prospect. Quick for sure. He reminds me of Branthwaite a bit in that he looks unflustered. He can pick out a long pas. But I think he does look a bit scruffy in terms of his tackling at times. The PL can be unforgiving if you're not clean as a whistle with tackles - and even then on occasion it makes no differences with some officials.

I'd be happy to see him come in and learn the ropes off Tarkowski, but I dont think he could be started this season - although the price being paid suggests he will and that he'll be Tarkowski's CB partner from the off.
 
Nymzee said:
He went for under 1 mill didn’t he? If we fancied him then, we’d have gone for him. We’re still far too reactionary.
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I genuinely do remember his name being linked to us very tenuously before he went to Lyon, so maybe we did know about him. Only dildo nose will be able to answer why we didn’t go for him then.
 
MikeH72 said:
I genuinely do remember his name being linked to us very tenuously before he went to Lyon, so maybe we did know about him. Only dildo nose will be able to answer why we didn’t go for him then.
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Because moving a player from a team you have an ownership stake in to another to vastly increase their value is good business.

See what Chelsea used to use their Dutch team for
 

davek said:
Just taken a look at a few of his youtube videos. He looks a prospect. Quick for sure. He reminds me of Branthwaite a bit in that he looks unflustered. He can pick out a long pas. But I think he does look a bit scruffy in terms of his tackling at times. The PL can be unforgiving if you're not clean as a whistle with tackles - and even then on occasion it makes no differences with some officials.

I'd be happy to see him come in and learn the ropes off Tarkowski, but I dont think he could be started this season - although the price being paid suggests he will and that he'll be Tarkowski's CB partner from the off.
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He won't be but on the player a thing to note he only started to prioritise footy at 14 Dave, he's not an academy brat since 6-7 years old.
 
davek said:
Just taken a look at a few of his youtube videos. He looks a prospect. Quick for sure. He reminds me of Branthwaite a bit in that he looks unflustered. He can pick out a long pas. But I think he does look a bit scruffy in terms of his tackling at times. The PL can be unforgiving if you're not clean as a whistle with tackles - and even then on occasion it makes no differences with some officials.

I'd be happy to see him come in and learn the ropes off Tarkowski, but I dont think he could be started this season - although the price being paid suggests he will and that he'll be Tarkowski's CB partner from the off.
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It’s all in the positioning for CBs. I need to watch him for a few games at Everton to see if he has it. That innate defensive instinct to be in the right place at the right time so you don’t have to make big recovery runs or last ditch tackles. Branthwaite and Tarkowski both have it. Mina had it. Keane has never had it. Even very good CBs like Distin didn’t have it, fortunately his pace bailed him out of trouble a lot. Godfrey was an example of a player with all the tools but just no positional sense. Some very good Italian CBs have shown how effective you can be at Cb without any pace just through knowing where to position yourself.
 
Saint Domingo said:
It’s all in the positioning for CBs. I need to watch him for a few games at Everton to see if he has it. That innate defensive instinct to be in the right place at the right time so you don’t have to make big recovery runs or last ditch tackles. Branthwaite and Tarkowski both have it. Mina had it. Keane has never had it. Even very good CBs like Distin didn’t have it, fortunately his pace bailed him out of trouble a lot. Godfrey was an example of a player with all the tools but just no positional sense. Some very good Italian CBs have shown how effective you can be at Cb without any pace just through knowing where to position yourself.
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The lads raw mate, he's a late starter in footy, and that's why it's a great pickup, all the natural ability, and his time at Lyon he showed a huge improvement over the season - shows a smart player (see Braithwaithe)
 
davek said:
Just taken a look at a few of his youtube videos. He looks a prospect. Quick for sure. He reminds me of Branthwaite a bit in that he looks unflustered. He can pick out a long pas. But I think he does look a bit scruffy in terms of his tackling at times. The PL can be unforgiving if you're not clean as a whistle with tackles - and even then on occasion it makes no differences with some officials.

I'd be happy to see him come in and learn the ropes off Tarkowski, but I dont think he could be started this season - although the price being paid suggests he will and that he'll be Tarkowski's CB partner from the off.
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Dave supporting a new player, im shook, cant have anything to do with his Irish roots, oh no.

Wait, you think Branners is getting dropped????
 
Probably very very wrong, but have a feeling this one will take another twist tomorrow and he might end up somewhere else.

If he comes in though, it's something for dyche to work with, big unit, somewhat of a late bloomer and needs a lot of work on him, but could be good for us with time and patience.
 

AaronTheBlue said:
Probably very very wrong, but have a feeling this one will take another twist tomorrow and he might end up somewhere else.

If he comes in though, it's something for dyche to work with, big unit, somewhat of a late bloomer and needs a lot of work on him, but could be good for us with time and patience.
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Mate he's signed, trust me
 
davek said:
Just taken a look at a few of his youtube videos. He looks a prospect. Quick for sure. He reminds me of Branthwaite a bit in that he looks unflustered. He can pick out a long pas. But I think he does look a bit scruffy in terms of his tackling at times. The PL can be unforgiving if you're not clean as a whistle with tackles - and even then on occasion it makes no differences with some officials.

I'd be happy to see him come in and learn the ropes off Tarkowski, but I dont think he could be started this season - although the price being paid suggests he will and that he'll be Tarkowski's CB partner from the off.
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Dyche has a knack of picking and developing centre half’s.
 
Saint Domingo said:
It’s all in the positioning for CBs. I need to watch him for a few games at Everton to see if he has it. That innate defensive instinct to be in the right place at the right time so you don’t have to make big recovery runs or last ditch tackles. Branthwaite and Tarkowski both have it. Mina had it. Keane has never had it. Even very good CBs like Distin didn’t have it, fortunately his pace bailed him out of trouble a lot. Godfrey was an example of a player with all the tools but just no positional sense. Some very good Italian CBs have shown how effective you can be at Cb without any pace just through knowing where to position yourself.
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Yes. And from what I've seen there seems to be a lot of that last ditch effort with O'Brien.

I say this not to argue against bringing him in but for fans to be realistic of how he'd shape up to the current CB pairing, which tbf is probably one of the best two pairing's in the PL.
 
Goat said:
Dave supporting a new player, im shook, cant have anything to do with his Irish roots, oh no.

Wait, you think Branners is getting dropped????
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I made some reservations about him.

You're really just sloppy these days.
 

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