2025/26 Jake O'Brien

[Nymzee]

Nothing against the lad but hopefully that's three games out?

That said, Moyes will probably drop Garner to right back instead of.. actually playing a right back at right back.

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[Adscum]

His head absolutely falls off when he gets done for pace, you can see the life drain from his eyes and he starts making rash decisions.

Bigger issue at home is that his natural instinct is 100% of the time to turn inside and pass it backwards.

I feel sorry for the lad, he's potentially a superb CB.

As for the manager, pretty worrying double standards how he treats Jake's errors and indiscretions as opposed to Patterson's.

 

[AirMo]

Square pegs in round holes is fine, yeah.

Worse than any Patterson appearance ever, and the fact he was so bad as a full back meant they have the right side all to themselves, even Mykolenko offers more.

This is why I don’t really get, for all Patterson might not be the best defender, O’Brien hasn’t been better than him (in the RB position), his defending there has been poor.

 

[jonnyg]

How will Moyes subvert expectations with O'Brien suspended?

Garner at right back and Armstrong filling in?

Branthwaite at right back and Keane in the centre?

Or Coleman for the first 20 minutes before he gives up and plays Patterson.

 

[HKContractDave]

Hung out to dry by the manager

 

[dublinbluenose]

I don't understand how it's a goalscoring opportunity when the lad is still 45 yards from goal.

Be red cards for a foul from a corner in the opposition box next.

 

[Leylo]

Hung out to dry by the manager

Paterson more so imo

 

[maccavennie]

I don't understand how it's a goalscoring opportunity when the lad is still 45 yards from goal.

Be red cards for a foul from a corner in the opposition box next.

Nah I'd want a red if that was us going the other way. It was just clumsy, dreadful defending/decision making from him unfortunately.

 

[blueblood]

Think it’s only 1 game for that unfortunately, which means Patterson will only get 90 minutes playing time, then regardless of how well he does he’ll just be dropped again.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Nah I'd want a red if that was us going the other way. It was just clumsy, dreadful defending/decision making from him unfortunately.

Exactly Macca. Said it in the match thread, this place would have gone into meltdown if that would have been the other way around.

 

[Bebeto]

Deservedly red carded...typical cb challenge , but he is a cb after all. It seems rb are impossible to find...patto perhaps could and should he playing more. Maybe the red card tonight will change moyes mind. Saying that it seems moyes is holding some kind of grudge on patto.

 

[f.t.r.s]

Harsh red, lad was miles away from goal

 

[mccole]

I can't fault him because he is played so much out of position.

The question has to be why Tarkowski is completely protected from being dropped.

 

[SJB]

He's no slouch, it was strange that he chose to foul rather than backing himself to get back and make a challenge. Maybe being played out of position for such a long spell is harming his development.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Paterson more so imo

I'll raise you a Dibling and a Aznou and my trump card an Alcaraz