Joey O Brien

[BWFC_Insane]

On trial at West Ham.

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“He is an outstanding player,” the West Ham boss told the 
Recorder from Switzerland this week.

“For someone to play 28 times in the Premier League at the age of 19 shows that he has a lot of talent and if he is fit then he could be a very good player for us.”

Fitness is the key for O’Brien, who has three international caps for the Republic of Ireland. His recent career has been plagued by injury and he ended last season on loan at League One outfit Sheffield Wednesday.

Allardyce is well aware of the risks. “He has to prove his fitness,” he said. “He has had a very frustrating time with injuries over the last two and a half years because he was misdiagnosed and then didn’t receive the right treatment.

“But it was good to see him come through 45 minutes on Monday without any reaction and now we will just have to see how it goes with him. We have him until the end of pre-season before we have to make a decision.”

I've always believed that JOB would have been a top player but for injury and I this confirms what I said the other week that Allardyce and the coaching staff here rated him really highly when he broke onto the scene for us. He's still the best youngster I've seen in our reserves since!!

Its a shame when careers are ruined by injuries especially by a misdiagnosis, which I didn't know before this.

Hope Joey does well because it does seem like he's been very unlucky.

[Lord Kangana]

The only thing it confirms is that Allardyce has run out of ideas when it comes to signing new players.

[BWFC_Insane]

The only thing it confirms is that Allardyce has run out of ideas when it comes to signing new players.

That happened well before he left us!

But it confirms his opinion of JOB and how highly he rated him. If he can stay injury free and gets properly fit he could do well for West Ham.

See he is trying to sign Gudjohnsen too!

[William the White]

It's like All Our Yesterdays...

And biblical...

Bring in hither the poor and the maimed, the halt and the blind... (Luke 14 v21)...

Though i hope Joey o Brien can have a career after the devastating two years he's had...

[CrazyHorse]

On trial at West Ham.

http://www.london24.com/sport/west-ham/ ... e_1_960867" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

“He is an outstanding player,” the West Ham boss told the 
Recorder from Switzerland this week.

“For someone to play 28 times in the Premier League at the age of 19 shows that he has a lot of talent and if he is fit then he could be a very good player for us.”

Fitness is the key for O’Brien, who has three international caps for the Republic of Ireland. His recent career has been plagued by injury and he ended last season on loan at League One outfit Sheffield Wednesday.

Allardyce is well aware of the risks. “He has to prove his fitness,” he said. “He has had a very frustrating time with injuries over the last two and a half years because he was misdiagnosed and then didn’t receive the right treatment.

“But it was good to see him come through 45 minutes on Monday without any reaction and now we will just have to see how it goes with him. We have him until the end of pre-season before we have to make a decision.”

I've always believed that JOB would have been a top player but for injury and I this confirms what I said the other week that Allardyce and the coaching staff here rated him really highly when he broke onto the scene for us. He's still the best youngster I've seen in our reserves since!!

Its a shame when careers are ruined by injuries especially by a misdiagnosis, which I didn't know before this.

Hope Joey does well because it does seem like he's been very unlucky.

Sounds to me that Fat Boy is wheeling out the never-mentioned-before misdiagnosis excuse as a sweetener to keep the West Ham fans from getting the old pitchforks out when they realise he's about to sign a permacrok.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Correct.

O'Brien may have been shit hot in the reserves, but he was shit-shit in the firsts

[BWFC_Insane]

Correct.

O'Brien may have been shit hot in the reserves, but he was shit-shit in the firsts

He wasn't.

But that aside, I'm sure you'll agree that even out of position he was a better right back than Steinsson!

[Hoboh]

Correct.

O'Brien may have been shit hot in the reserves, but he was shit-shit in the firsts

He wasn't.

But that aside, I'm sure you'll agree that even out of position he was a better right back than Steinsson!

I thought he was promising TBH, never made it quite though, cannot wish him well with the spammers

[Lofthouse Lower]

Correct.

O'Brien may have been shit hot in the reserves, but he was shit-shit in the firsts

He wasn't.

But that aside, I'm sure you'll agree that even out of position he was a better right back than Steinsson!

[bobo the clown]

Correct.

O'Brien may have been shit hot in the reserves, but he was shit-shit in the firsts

He wasn't.

The trouble is ... he was.

I watched his first few games through my fingers. One performance in particular, against Pompey iirc he truly was as poor as anything I'd see.

He did improve, through poor, to distinctly average.

[Lofthouse Lower]

That man knows

[thebish]

I watched his first few games through my fingers.

were they giant comedy foam clown fingers?

[Lofthouse Lower]

[bobo the clown]

I watched his first few games through my fingers.

were they giant comedy foam clown fingers?

Not especially ...

[BWFC_Insane]

Its a game of opinions. And I always thought even out of position JOB looked really promising when he came into the team.

[thebish]

Its a game of opinions. And I always thought even out of position JOB looked really promising when he came into the team.

I remember watching him in a game at right-back... he played two or three shockingly bad sideways passes right across the front of the centre backs - each one of them intercepted and leading to threatening positions... they colour my judgement, I think...

[TANGODANCER]

Its a game of opinions. And I always thought even out of position JOB looked really promising when he came into the team.

The totally relevant point in any J.O.B discussions. The number of games he's actually played in, I'm surprised many can actually remember whether he's good bad or indifferent. The Reebok ghost's been sighted on more occasions. Good luck to him whatever.

[Lord Kangana]

I remember him playing on the wing at Craven Cottage. Does that count?

[officer_dibble]

I remember him playing on the wing at Craven Cottage. Does that count?

Ouch

He was alright as a holding midfielder IMO
As long as we didn't have four other holding midfielders and three fullbacks in the side as well

[thebish]

Its a game of opinions. And I always thought even out of position JOB looked really promising when he came into the team.

The totally relevant point in any J.O.B discussions. The number of games he's actually played in, I'm surprised many can actually remember whether he's good bad or indifferent. The Reebok ghost's been sighted on more occasions. Good luck to him whatever.

he played in about 50 games.