Lots of fans have been drooling at the thought of signing O'Hara but, with the news today that he has a double stress fracture of his back, we should not touch him with a barge pole! I have never been convinced about him as a player anyway - I think he is more huff and puff than sublime skill - and with that sort of injury, we should definitely look elsewhere. To Danielle Lloyd perhaps!
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I think he will be a good addition to the team, better than Kovac anyway!!
we need a big African fellah as a defensive mid, in the dop/vieira/etuhu type mould.
"sublime skill" at west ham? my sides are splitting
Funny I was thinking exactly the same thing while I was watching the FA Cup final. I see nothing special about him and I don't see how he will be an improvement to the personnel we already have. Adding the suspect medical and the fact that we will be dealing with Spuds... forget it!!!
It's hard to judge him on this performance, he was playing with an injury against the Premiership champions.
He looked much better against us when we played them earlier in the season, and he has been arguably Portsmouths best player this season. I think he is definitely worth a punt.
Stress fractures of the back do occur quite often in even non sports-people and they are not always serious. Also, I follow cricket closely and fast bowlers get this problem a lot and many return after rest and recuperation and go on to have full careers without any re-occurrence. But, it is an injury worth monitoring and with our history with injured players, maybe he'd be someone to stay clear of.
Added to this, I don't think we'd be able to play both him and Diamanti in the same midfield because of the similarities (although O'Hara is more dynamic and mobile). I want to keep Diamanti though; he has more magic.
@18:03. Vieira is African and French. He was born in Senegal, to African parents, but took French nationality after his family moved to France.
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