Leon Osman

[thebluefox]

LOL, 300 appearances and numerous goals, many of them the difference in tight games, says you're talking out of your butthole!

toffs every were talking out there arse then , happy days ,

 

[BlueLlama]

I still like Ossie, NEA. I know he is usually a bit gash and cant run anymore but he has done a lot of boss stuff for Everton

 

[Brennan]

LOL, 300 appearances and numerous goals, many of them the difference in tight games, says you're talking out of your butthole!

He's not a great player.

 

[ilikecheese]

Finest England talent of the last decade IMO.

English Iniesta, innit?

 

[Klinker]

Ossie still can have a role in this squad and be very important for our depth as he still has skills that can cause problems for the opponents defense. However, he should NEVER be playing in the center of the midfield. He doesn't have the legs or any ability to make a stop on defense. Right now the only ones in the squad who can play in the middle are McCarthy, Barry (our starters), Gibson and Barkley. Ideally for matches where we are missing or McCarthy or Barry (or rotating the squad) we need to have Barkley drop deeper unless Gibson is fit again. Especially against lower table teams. The stretches where Fulham where taking the game to us it was when Barry and Osman where called upon to move the play forward. Osman receiving the ball while running towards our d is going to result in turnovers since his natural inclination is to turn with the ball.

 

[Chang Elephant]

The worse he plays, the more I love him

 

[sageyefc]

Looked better when Barkley dropped deeper and ossie went forward.

Did piss me off though in the second half when he tried a through ball, it was cut out and instead of chasing back to stop fulham on the counter attack he just stood there looking up into space

 

[Guest89]

Good squad player Osman, proved it yesterday. Could do a job in a squad capacity for anyone in the league outside the top 3, be a regular for anyone outside the top 9. I understand why he gets stick when he's in are starting XI regularly, but over the Christmas period, he'll be a big asset for us.

 

[Eggs]

...little maestro.

 

[Clint Planet]

I see Fulham brought loads again.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

West Brom packing the away end, there...FFS, it's not like they had to drive 500 miles.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Can still produce the odd bit of magic, though he's not a CM anymore. Won us the game vs Villa lest we forget.

 

[Kev50]

I think he'll be n the side next week and Ross will be the impact sub, given the number of games we have. Maritime will want to reward him for coming in and being the best player

 

[Oviedo37]

As I said before in the Barkley thread, we looked better once Barkley swapped positions with Ossie in the 2nd half.

But I think that's more credit to Ross rather than a jab at Osman. Anyway, Ossie's picked up recently. Will surely be benched for the next game, and to be fair to him, he's done well off the bench this season.

Totally agree with this and it's boss having a manager who recognises things and makes changes.

 

[Toffeelover]

Not a fan of Osman but he did have a good game yesterday, pity he is not more consistent.