Jack O'Connell

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The injury was obviously a cover. He looks like he’s spent 8 months in the pen.
 
......so what’s the date he’s been scheduled in to fight the winner of Mayweather vs Logan Paul?
 
He was with this bloke for post season training after we got promoted, hopefully he comes back like 1st season PL JOC again.
 
GroovyBrad said:
I still believe we wouldn’t have gone down if we’d have had him fit all season. Lads a different breed and the best centre back asset we have which is saying something when we have Egan and Bash. Pray to god he’s with us next season
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I absolutely agree. It seemed a bit like Jenga.
Take out that vital building block at the base and it had a knock on effect making the whole structure weaker and ultimately causing it to collapse
 
bladesince64 said:
I absolutely agree. It seemed a bit like Jenga.
Take out that vital building block at the base and it had a knock on effect making the whole structure weaker and ultimately causing it to collapse
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Tired of saying it, but with JOC the system works, its not been found out or countered, without JOC its not a system, overloading/overlapping one flank is easy to defend and counter,,not an attack on anyone that's been forced to play like JOC, they can't, at either end of the pitch,,and as someone has already mentioned, Fleck and Stevens, look so much better when he is behind them
 
Will he actually be fit for the start of the season?
 
There is some talk that Jacks knee is a big big problem. Also that last season Jack was one of several players badly "assessed" by the medical and fitness teams that have led to more acute and longer term injury issues as a consequence.

I hope this is not so.

UTB.
 
DronnieBlade said:
There is some talk that Jacks knee is a big big problem. Also that last season Jack was one of several players badly "assessed" by the medical and fitness teams that have led to more acute and longer term injury issues as a consequence.

I hope this is not so.

UTB.
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I said this a few times last season that I thought the number of injuries we had pointed to a systemic issue not just random chance.
 
GroovyBrad said:
I still believe we wouldn’t have gone down if we’d have had him fit all season. Lads a different breed and the best centre back asset we have which is saying something when we have Egan and Bash. Pray to god he’s with us next season
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He’s a very average centre back playing in a 2.

But put him in a 3 and tell him to make plenty of forward runs left wing putting in crosses and he’s brilliant.
The overlapping centre back formation we played was perfect for O’Connell and Basham bringing out their strengths and covering up their weaknesses.
 
Sheffsteel said:
He’s a very average centre back playing in a 2.

But put him in a 3 and tell him to make plenty of forward runs left wing putting in crosses and he’s brilliant.
The overlapping centre back formation we played was perfect for O’Connell and Basham bringing out their strengths and covering up their weaknesses.
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"He’s a very average centre back playing in a 2."?

I don't see how you have come to this conclusion as he hasn't played in a two for the last five years, since he was approximately 22 years old. If he had played in a 2 for the last five years I suspect he would have developed significantly as he seems to have the right character and commitment.
 
DronnieBlade said:
There is some talk that Jacks knee is a big big problem. Also that last season Jack was one of several players badly "assessed" by the medical and fitness teams that have led to more acute and longer term injury issues as a consequence.

I hope this is not so.

UTB.
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He probably thought about jacking it in (no pun intended) but the pictures of him training have encouraged me. I hope he will be back for the start of the season.
 

YorkBlade said:
He probably thought about jacking it in (no pun intended) but the pictures of him training have encouraged me. I hope he will be back for the start of the season.
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Let's hope as not only was he a great player but he's a big fee if he returns to full fitness. However there is a big difference from pumping a Stationary bike to all the twisting, turning, stopping, starting, jumping and changing direction that football demands
 
blades95 said:
I said this a few times last season that I thought the number of injuries we had pointed to a systemic issue not just random chance.
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I don’t know of any changes in personnel however the season before our injury record was one of our biggest assists allowing us to keep a very familiar line up throughout
 
YorkBlade said:
He probably thought about jacking it in (no pun intended) but the pictures of him training have encouraged me. I hope he will be back for the start of the season.
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Looking at that training video and his physique, I wouldn't be surprised if he switches sports if he can't carry on playing football.
 
designblade said:
Looking at that training video and his physique, I wouldn't be surprised if he switches sports if he can't carry on playing football.
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People hit you back in the fight game let’s get back on the field
 
He is better than Harry Maguire imo and is the best English left footed centre half without question.

It felt to me like we rushed JOC back last season in a desperate attempt to try and get in Europe for the first time. And in doing so we have potentially ruined him. I hope that is not the case but from being ever present and hardly ever getting injured to the situation he is in now is extremely worrying.

I'd love to know what has happened cause from the outside looking in it looks like an absolute calamity from all involved. I just hope we can get him back anything like he was.
 
Sheffsteel said:
He’s a very average centre back playing in a 2.

But put him in a 3 and tell him to make plenty of forward runs left wing putting in crosses and he’s brilliant.
The overlapping centre back formation we played was perfect for O’Connell and Basham bringing out their strengths and covering up their weaknesses.
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Got a mate who used to play Sunday League with him in Liverpool, said that Jack used to run the game from LB every week, loved getting forward
 
Hi.Stegosauris here

Bet we're rueing letting Jack Roswell leave if JOC is out for the season still.
 

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