Leon Osman

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Would rather see Pienaar played centrally, just for the simple fact that he shields the ball a hell of a lot better...put Oviedo on the wing or Leighton up and put Oviedo behind him.

 

[Furey1878]

I think Osman is too lightweight to be a real defensive eep lying midfielder...... that said... if he was played as a number 10 type player behind a lone striker he has clever enough feet to be effective.

Indeed, seems to be the general consensus. But atm I'd be choosing Barkley for the #10 role.

Does anyone know how long Gibbo is out for?

 

[bluestevon]

Indeed, seems to be the general consensus. But atm I'd be choosing Barkley for the #10 role.

Does anyone know how long Gibbo is out for?

think the guesstimate is 2-3 weeks mate

 

[Walken]

we cant have the most dribbled past CM in the league in that position, in the AM role he has no physical presence, releases the ball too slowly and cant shoot, in short he should be cover for superior players and no more. We spent years hearing how hard done by he is being played on the wing when he is actually a CM, now were hearing how hard done by he is being played at CM when he is actually a AM

 

[Christiffa25]

we cant have the most dribbled past CM in the league in that position, in the AM role he has no physical presence, releases the ball too slowly and cant shoot, in short he should be cover for superior players and no more. We spent years hearing how hard done by he is being played on the wing when he is actually a CM, now were hearing how hard done by he is being played at CM when he is actually a AM

I thought osman did well, very well at times last season and his England call up proved that. His clear weakness's last season tho was getting dribbled past/out ran with ease on the counter. Think its a big problem in RM setup, however I think he's only playing that role out of nessesity at the moment.

He still is a good little squad player and gets far more stick than he deserves. He should be competing with Barkley for the ACM role and only be used as CM in Emergancy injury situations. Hopefully we add a CM or 2 before deadline day which will solve this problem.

 

[thebluefox]

same feller said it was allright for moyes to play 11 men behind the ball at city 2 year ago

big hard case tx giving red rep out at 4,30 in morning ,ill tell you what my point is lad ,you know f,,k all about football, stick to root beer and hot dogs , i dont agree with every thing lcab says but he was spot on about you being clueless,

 

[thebluefox]

I haven a clue what your memory is like but anyway, after the Reading game you tore into Seamus saying "you didn't want to see him at right back again " either on the bench or on the wing. You seem to be very upset about people berating Osman when you have been guilty of it in the past yourself, just with different players.

http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/t...oleman-isn-t-up-to-it/page9?highlight=coleman

How do you know that Evertonians are poor in terms of moaning about our players compared to other clubs, there could easily be far worse fans than ours without you knowing.

bring back back hibbert asap , brilliant

 

[Chang Elephant]

Osman is abysmal.

 

[neil999]

re-unite os-bert on the right!

 

[Kurt.]

re-unite os-bert on the right!

That's ace.... stick it in the transfer rumour thread that we are signing a right sided marauder called Tonleo Osbert....... they will lap up a foreign name like that.

 

[DanEFC92]

Pants today.

 

[royalblue66]

Indeed, seems to be the general consensus. But atm I'd be choosing Barkley for the #10 role.

Does anyone know how long Gibbo is out for?

Gibbo is a sick note, end of.

 

[RFUS]

Better today in that he didn't press the self destruct button as many times. Still woeful though. He has no strength and loses his cool in CM. In a more attacking role the adrenalin gets pumping and his close control is great, but it's almost like he knows that if he loses the ball in central midfield they'll be in on goal in 3 seconds, because he's hesitant and just useless there.

We need Gibson back and we need another CM. Genuinely need. Osman is woeful and will be targeted.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

On the way back to the city centre, I passed a man from Israel who was looking to find the station. I said "I'm heading there, you can walk along with me"

Seeing my shirt he enquired, "have you just been to Goodison Park as well?"

I replied that I had and asked him if he was an Everton or West Brom fan. He said he was not and that he was just visiting the city and wanted to catch a game. I lamented that he had seen such a poor one. He laughed and said that he thought there was some good quality in the Everton side but made sure to add that "Leon Osman was garbage"

Bit harsh I thought but it wasn't Ossie's best game. He made a couple of good tackles in the second half

I think Gibson will displace him as soon as he is fit enough to do so

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Looks like it'll take a career-threatening injury to displace him from the team

Phil Neville syndrome.