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

pigmanovich

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• Friday at 3:46 PM

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Roma, now managed by former Atalanta gaffer Gasperini, in talks to sign O’Riley per Italian press. Our asking price is reportedly €25m, O’Riley wants the move apparently. https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomerca...ato-tutte-le-notizie-di-oggi-la-diretta.shtml

 

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• Friday at 5:52 PM

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pigmanovich said:

Roma, now managed by former Atalanta gaffer Gasperini, in talks to sign O’Riley per Italian press. Our asking price is reportedly €25m, O’Riley wants the move apparently. https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomerca...ato-tutte-le-notizie-di-oggi-la-diretta.shtml

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Interesting summer ahead, could be a record number of first team squad departures.

Estupinan
O’Riley
Ferguson
Enciso
Pedro
Adingra
Igor

That list includes several, going by media reports, who want out. Some are so good, they seek the next chapter.

Hopefully we keep:
Mitoma
JPVH
Baleba
Rutter

 

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Zeberdi

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• Friday at 7:33 PM

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Weststander said:

Interesting summer ahead, could be a record number of first team squad departures.

Estupinan
O’Riley
Ferguson
Enciso
Pedro
Adingra
Igor

That list includes several, going by media reports, who want out. Some are so good, they see, the next chapter.

Hopefully we keep:
Mitoma
JPVH
Baleba
Rutter

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Nice lad and he’ll look good in those Italian suits!

However, I think letting him go is the right decision if that’s what he wants. As it is for the others you list ( with the exception of Pedro but it seems we have little choice there)

All of them are reasonable squad players but I think have falling short last season of where we need them to be - Hürzeler next season will be looking for consistency -
The disparity is too much between players to achieve that at the moment IMO - every time we have one of our starting players injured or serving a match ban, there is a significant drop in performance.

We need the Rutters, the Mitomas, the Balebas and the JPVHs to be our optimum level across the whole squad instead of it dropping to the level of the lowest common denominator or at least for the others to show the potential to reach the level of our best players.

 

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Flounce said:

O’Riley going the same way as Gilmour?

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Different players. O’Riley can score goals, for a start.

 

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I’m no expert but out of possession MoR always reminds me of a man caught between two bus stops.

 

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Codner's Crackpipe said:

I’m no expert but out of possession MoR always reminds me of a man caught between two bus stops.

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This is a shame IMO as he is a proper footballer. He’s a footballer first and an athlete second. There are too many players in the EPL who are the opposite. The Italian league will suit him I think.

 

Don Tmatter

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• Yesterday at 10:21 AM

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A1X said:

Different players. O’Riley can score goals, for a start.

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Gilmour wasn’t in the team to score goals

 

Nobby Cybergoat

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I think Matt will leave and I think he will go on to do well ... and I hope he does

I think we need to throw our lot in with the young players with higher potential which we've signed in the positions which he can play

 

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Milano said:

This is a shame IMO as he is a proper footballer. He’s a footballer first and an athlete second. There are too many players in the EPL who are the opposite. The Italian league will suit him I think.

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Very astute observation.

 

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We've got Baleba, Hinsh, Ayari and Gomez playing the pivot and Buonanotte, Gruda and Rutter playing no 10. He's a good player but probably better suited to Roma and Serie A

 

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tjg said:

We've got Baleba, Hinsh, Ayari and Gomez playing the pivot and Buonanotte, Gruda and Rutter playing no 10. He's a good player but probably better suited to Roma and Serie A

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Indeed. But you can add Milner to that list now and potentially Yalcouyé or even Ounahi if the rumours are correct.

Astonishing competition in the middle of the pitch but absolutely nothing fundamentally wrong with O'Riley, just the predicted lack of game time he'll be facing.

 

Papa Lazarou

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• Yesterday at 10:59 AM

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Don Tmatter said:

Gilmour wasn’t in the team to score goals

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Gilmour isn't a professional footballer to score goals, seemingly.

 

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A1X said:

Different players. O’Riley can score goals, for a start.

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Billy Gilmour is a far superior footballer to MOR.

As others have said though we are rich in that area, MOR leaving is no loss assuming we can get the £25m back for him. We move on

 

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Milano said:

This is a shame IMO as he is a proper footballer. He’s a footballer first and an athlete second. There are too many players in the EPL who are the opposite. The Italian league will suit him I think.

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Should do, more time, less frenetic, if he went anywhere than the PL he’d probably be a success.

 

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Milano said:

This is a shame IMO as he is a proper footballer. He’s a footballer first and an athlete second. There are too many players in the EPL who are the opposite. The Italian league will suit him I think.

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I think I'm entirely the opposite perspective to you. I've seen tons of running about from him and hardly any football. I've been shocked by his passing. Under hit, safe and slow. I just presumed this would be the stuff he was good at. He looks really tentative all the time. Maybe a slower league (if that's even true of Italy any more) will suit him.

 

Albumen

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He was always an odd purchase that we didn't really need, a post-Gross panic buy I think.
He'd be still useful if he stays but I think we can do better.

 

Taybha

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Shame, I'll miss him saying Wheeeeeee! after a win.

 

Justice

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Rather him than Ayari who is to weak for the PL. More worrying is the recruitment and lack of fight for the shirt.

 

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Justice said:

Rather him than Ayari who is to weak for the PL. More worrying is the recruitment and lack of fight for the shirt.

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It’s all about opinions, however O’Riley better than Ayari, doubt many would agree with that.