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Originally Posted by dunk
About 10 minutes for the firsts and occasionally for the stiffs.
John O'Shea played in midfield on occasion pal, everybody still knew he wasn't a midfielder...
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he has played midfield for ajax, for us and for holland - not just defensive midfield either. maybe he would ideally be rb or cb, but defensive midfield is a position where we have been weak (hence buying matic) and many have said he should play there. as it happens, I wasn't that impressed by his pre-season attempts to take a man on down the right, but he is a very solid and dynamic (if impetuously aggressive, but then the same could be said of bailly) player. the point isn't really about his ability to play midfield so much as where we need someone... and I would have said right across the back four and in midfield we are still a bit suspect. obviously, if he could play on the wing or as centre forward, that would be great too. £#%&!ing hell, we are farming out a young prospect and keeping a bunch of mediocre @#%&!. one day, I hope to see the same look on young timmeh's face as we saw on john o'shea's after that goal against arsenal. I fear that playing for palace is more likely to put focus on his desperate lunges, but if he plays like he did against spurs for a season, I am sure even jose will notice.