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Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone
Brown had one season where he had a shot at the first-team, when SAF went back to square one in his seek for the next Jaap Stam. By the time this opportunity came round, he was already several years older than Pique or Evans is now.
O'Shea has played shit-loads of football, I agree. And he is the text-book exxample of a player who has been outside the first XI throughout his career (apart from, maybe, a season or two a few years ago) but can still have a great career at United. Which should be very encouraging to Pique and Evans.
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Brown usually played when he was fit from the 2000/2001 season onwards, when he returned from his one year injury absence.
O'Shea came through at the right time. No one had grabbed the left back spot after Irwin's departure, we had quite a few seasons without a settled partner for Rio, and then our centre midfield just disappeared.
The situation for Pique and Evans is very different.