Delighted for him.
Lee O'Connor
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
That’s the job. Another little step on the ladder.
He is now part of the team for their game against Denmark on Monday.
You get the feeling watching him that whatever the level he steps up to he's just going to take it in his stride.
It's just finding his right position now.
It's just finding his right position now.
Good stuff. O'Connor has always been class for the youth teams. Often when United were awful and didn't have much control of the game, O'Connor was usually the one who due to his class on the ball, helps re-control the game from the back either by passing or dribbling.
How tall is he at the moment? He always looked a class player but he was short, has he grown up a bit maybe? Can we develop him as a CB?
Still relatively small and skinny for a CB I'd say I'm afraid. Young enough to fill out though and there have been class CBs in the past who weren't the tallest e.g. Cannavaro and Ayala, but if you put a Luger to my head I'd have to say he'll remain a full back.
Let's hope it pens out like with Gary Neville at worst
Jokes aside, the kid is great, and I for one, can't wait for a CB produced by our academy again. I have great hopes for Tuanzebe but if Lee grows some more, we could have an even better talent.
Very talented player. Part of probably the best youth side Ireland have ever produced. Scant chance Mourinho uses him as a CB
It would be brilliant if he got capped for Ireland soon. Jose might realise there are other options than Young and Valencia.
Also a note on Jimmy Dunne, who has really developed at Aberdeen and has been called up .
Also a note on Jimmy Dunne, who has really developed at Aberdeen and has been called up .
Don't think he will make it at CB but a full back, YES.
So,will he get the midfield role or defensive role tomorrow night seeing as the Ireland team has a few injuries ?
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Is there a chance he will start tomorrow or just bench role?
Think he'll get a start in defence as we have a few injuries.
Thanks.
Love hearing there are really good Irish players coming through. I agree with the lads saying the national team needs a revamp. Hopefully a good few of the U21s get senior minutes this year. The current team is going nowhere really.
Really pleasing, got high hopes for him
However, the Waterford native — who can operate in the centre and on the left side of defence — won’t be in contention to make his senior international debut this evening, having been omitted from the match-day squad which is restricted to 23 players.
https://www.the42.ie/martin-oneill-on-lee-oconnor-4347028-Nov2018/
Shame, great experience for him nevertheless
https://www.the42.ie/martin-oneill-on-lee-oconnor-4347028-Nov2018/
Shame, great experience for him nevertheless
Danny or Daley?
Daley, although O'Conner is pretty quick.
Sent a correction to the author of that article as he is a RB more than a LB.
Although he came to the club as a right-back he has played 90% of his games at United(18s & 23s)as the article says centre and on the left of defence.
Congrats to the kid. With him and Ethan Laird United could hopefully have those fullback positions sewn up for years to come.
Get him into the first team.
Do you think he's ready for mens football? Any clips I've seen make him seem mature on the ball beyond his years, but physically I'm not so sure.
I would like the same too, but Ole hasn't proven he believes in youth. It feels more like talk than action because he just gives little cameos to the players. None of Greenwood, Chong, Gomes, or Garner have gotten a start or even 45 minutes. Chong has only gotten 30 minutes against a bottom 2nd division side. In contrast, as much as I'm not a fan of LVG and easily prefer Ole, he would throw in even Blackett and McNair into the team. Blackett got 650 minutes for United for reference (which I didn't want lol). Now that's giving the youth a chance.
Is it fair to throw in players who aren't ready though?
He's been here 4 month for fecks sake. Give the fecking guy a chance.
Ready as he'll ever be. He isn't going to suddenly get more ready playing for the u23s. As you allude to he's an extremely mature player, he's one of the most composed and intelligent defenders I've ever seen. Sure he's not physically ready to play CB but he'd be fine at fullback. He has the pace and intelligence to deal with it. I'd much rather see him getting a chance than pulling Darmian out of wherever he is hiding or bloody Rojo at LB.
Yeah, and talked a lot of youth players yet he still prefers to have Rojo on the bench instead of Greenwood, Gomes, Garner, O'Connor etc etc...
He do tend to have «concentration lapses»?
Fair for players who aren’t ready? I think some fans are exaggerating with this nonsense. Most of the kids in the youth teams would give an arm for a chance in the first team, and it’s much fairer then not getting a chance like 90% of them.
Was the Sky commentator right in saying Shaw misses two games for getting his 10th yellow? Which means we’ve no Young or Shaw in our next game. I know Lee’s a very versatile player. Has he played on both flanks?
Expect Rojo and Dalot to be our fullbacks for the time being.
Feck. I thought there was an amnesty thing that kicked in round about now.
Rojo pissed me off when the camera caught him having a right old chuckle in injury time last night.
Lindelöf has played right back a few times in his career, might be a safer option than Dalot.
He played both sides in his time here but mainly on the left, usually due to the other fullback being a RB. He also played a lot of CB for the u18s.
I wouldn't expect to see any of them. We'll no doubt use some mix of Darmian and Rojo or just push Lindelof or Jones wide.