[Albion] Matt O Riley [26/08/24 - sings on a 5-year deal]

[Mancgull]

that’s what everyone said when enciso got his injury and it ended up being about 6 months

Enciso’s injury was a meniscus tear.

 

[macbeth]

Enciso’s injury was a meniscus tear.

so it was, silly me

 

[Mustafa II]

Praying that it is just a bit of a hurty bruise and nothing serious.

For those that still lambast VAR, for all its faults, this is why it's worth having.

 

[jcdenton08]

Although Williams (thug) should’ve been sent off, it doesn’t change the main thing happening which was O’Riley’s injury.

f***ing gutted for the lad - and the Albion. Just really hope it’s not as bad as it looks. But with our injury record, I’m very concerned.

 

[keaton]

Crawley did seem pretty dirty in the "friendly "at Lewes, seems like it's continued

 

[mothy]

Normally things aren't as bad as they 1st appear

 

[brightn'ove]

Praying that it is just a bit of a hurty bruise and nothing serious.

For those that still lambast VAR, for all its faults, this is why it's worth having.

Yep, this is football without VAR.

 

[Oh_aye]

Normally things aren't as bad as they 1st appear

Could just be a bit of sprain. It happens. Let's see.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Normally things aren't as bad as they 1st appear

The reaction of Crofts and the bad blood after the whistle suggests otherwise.

 

[Grizz]

Apart from the injury and the diabolical ref performance, it's job done. The main starting 11 got a rest, we progress through to the next round with a decent scoreline albeit through a disjointed performance. Onwards and upwards. Let's just hope O'Riley's injury isn't as bad as feared.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Fvcking awful

 

[Bodian]

The reaction of Crofts and the bad blood after the whistle suggests otherwise.

I don't know - that could just have been a reaction to the whole game and the poor reffing.

 

[zefarelly]

Praying that it is just a bit of a hurty bruise and nothing serious.

For those that still lambast VAR, for all its faults, this is why it's worth having.

VAR is irrelevant, competent referees with working eyes is importanter.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

The reaction of Crofts and the bad blood after the whistle suggests otherwise.

Hopefully that was more to do with the red card challenge...again straw clutching

Completely lost interest in the game after 9 minutes.

 

[Whoislloydy]

What is the point in speculating how long O’Riley will be out for? Apparently half our fanbase turn into Doctors with 0 information available apart from a 2 second clip.

Wait and see what the club said and don’t get worked up about it.

 

[Napper]

Yep, this is football without VAR.

Bullshit

 

[StonehamPark]

Really shit reffing. Can't help but think he neglected to give a red for that because it was so early into the game. Not that time should matter.

 

[Kosh]

Obviously a horrific tackle… I hope he’s okay, but even it’s as we fear we’ve still got an awesome team… don’t lose sight of that, and we stuffed the dirty bunch of shits in the end…

I’m annoyed, but if anything these kinds of moments actually strengthen the unity and drive within the squad…

 

[Bozza]

VAR is irrelevant, competent referees with working eyes is importanter.

Ultimately, for Matt O'Riley, that's irrelevant too.

He's got the same injury whether the player walks away unpunished, the ref sends him off or VAR gets involved to sort it out.

 

[jcdenton08]

What is the point in speculating how long O’Riley will be out for? Apparently half our fanbase turn into Doctors with 0 information available apart from a 2 second clip.

Wait and see what the club said and don’t get worked up about it.

Angry at the malice in the “tackle”, angry it happened 7 minutes into the lad’s debut, angry at our constant injury list.

Fearing the worst because many of our players have gone off with what look like impact knocks and I’ve remained hopeful (Ferguson, March, Enciso) only for said players to be out for months, or in Solly’s case close to a year