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O'Hara signs.......
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si_yidarmy
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paulspursman
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he's tried bloody hard in all the games he has come on and for his versatility alone he is well worth keeping at the club
imo he was one of the only ones giving his all beyond feb and the cup final although the pain of missing that game may have drove him on
well done to him ramos and poyet obviously like the guys attitude
imo he was one of the only ones giving his all beyond feb and the cup final although the pain of missing that game may have drove him on
well done to him ramos and poyet obviously like the guys attitude
si_yidarmy
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i think he shall go on the back of my shirt next season
This is another case of the emporers new clothes.am I the only one who can see that this guy is absolute shite. The definition of average. O'haha is a fucking joke a championship player in disguise. Giving him a 3 year extension is a waste of money and a disgrace. But he's got a good attitude? Fuck off, this isnt a charity. O'haha should be nowhere our first team!.
double0
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Not to sure about O'Hara's potential development, I personally need a bit more time to really evaluate him. At the moment I see a player trying his best (flat out) and the game IMO doesn't come natural as yet to him.
Having said that he does deserve the new contract and if anything is a decent squad player and with more coaching he can replace Tainio.
Having said that he does deserve the new contract and if anything is a decent squad player and with more coaching he can replace Tainio.
si_yidarmy
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si_yidarmy
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i think he already has replaced him. I would play o'hara over tainio.
Supersonic
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He is a decent player. You need a large squad to do well, and having a solid, home grown, young player who is versatile and committed to the club can only be a good thing, whether he is in the first team or not. I would take him over us signing another Ghaly as a squad player any day
There's always next year
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O'Hara has no pace, or the intelligence to take us or himself to the next level. He is a modern day Stephen Clemance. He's had a run this year, due mainly to being the only fit left footer. He does work hard, but so does Robbie Savage!!
Supersonic
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Well you seem to be quite the optimist :-|
Well then you need your face slapped with a wet towel.
A fully fit, regularly playing TT will play circles around O'hara in every department.
Trouble is there is no such thing as a fully fit regularly playing TT :bang:
eddiebailey
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O'Hara is an attacking central midfield player. I don't think we will ever know whether O'Hara can cut it unless he is given a run in that position. Because he has a left foot he is being pressed into service at left midfield or left fullback, which does not play to his strengths. The risk is that the knuckledraggers will get on his back for not being a flying, tricky winger or a defensive rock, things he would never claim to be, and his confidence will go.
That was pretty much what happened to Johnny Jackson who is, and always was, quite a decent midfield playmaker, but who never got to show what he could do at Spurs, and left something of a broken man. This season he has, for the first time, had an extended run in CM and is Colchester's player of the season, having played every minute of every game. Okay Col U face the drop, but the Championship is very tight, so he is clearly not as bad as our boo-boys would have had you believe. If nurtured correctly he could perhaps have been better.
To an extent it also happened with Stephen Clemence, whom Hoddle tried to convert into a left wingback, but I don't personally think that Clemence as a prospect was in the same class as O'Hara, or even Jackson.
Joe Martin is another leftie who seems to be going down the same route, seldom getting an outing in his preferred CM position, whether for the reserves or on loan. (And in his case height and ancestry mean he is also on occasion pressed into service as a centreback.)
It is rather a depressing pattern.
SpurSince57
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Who's Taino, Babyloon? I don't believe we have anyone of that name on our books.
SpurSince57
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Ramos—and Jol—would appear to disagree.
Do you have the intelligence to take yourself up to the next level?
Hmmm, tricky one, but I'll defer judgement.
TopSpurMan
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Having watched O'Hara on Sunday i have to say he is/was very very slow thinking and so one footed it was not true.
He has had a few good games this season but seemed to have lost confidence to take a decision.
By the way why have we got no one that can take a corner, do they not practice enough? Terrible show
He has had a few good games this season but seemed to have lost confidence to take a decision.
By the way why have we got no one that can take a corner, do they not practice enough? Terrible show
agrdavidsfan
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is it true o'hara said sorry for his preformance yest? and did what exactly did he say?
Adam
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Is that not just a reflection on English football though? Taking the focus off O'Hara for a second, ever since i started playing about 14 years ago, any player who showed any ability and or pace at a young age was shoved straight out on the wing, therefore limiting his techinical ability and explaining why we dont really bring through any creative centre mids in this country. The best example of this is Joe Cole who, if he was any other nationality, would 100% be a central midfield player.
Moreover, back on O'Hara, do we think that he would be getting anywhere near the support from the majority of fans here if he wasnt English? Im not using this as a criticism of those who like him, it just seems that the English players in general seem to be able to avoid criticism that they would definitely get if they were foreign, for example Dawson/Kaboul, and in this instance O'Hara/Taarabt, who i think is a far better footballer who has shown good technical ability that could be nurtured and make him a very good player whilst, however much anyone may like him, it must surely be clear that O'Hara has no long term future in the club's nuclear squad; if he couldnt get into the 16 for the CC final, how is he going to manage it now/after the summer's activity??!!
SpurSince57
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How is it clear that O'Hara has no long-term future? The fact that we've just extended his contract suggests that the club believes the opposite.
Yes, Taarabt has shown great technical ability. Funnily, Ramos appears to have decided that a comparative journeyman like O'Hara is a better prospect. Clearly, he has no idea of what he's doing.
Ramos out.
