Jon Otsemobor

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Welcome to the forum, should be some interesting banter over the season between the 3-4 clubs that will be promotion favourites (Saints, Weds, Hudds, Swindon) with P'boro and one or two others having a say. I'd echo the comments on Jon that have been made here - bags of pace and can deliver a decent ball but positionally iffy and does lose concentration (Millwall away for example) at vital times. He was better than Norwich friends had predicted he'd be and I think with Dodd and Pardew at the club Saints thought that they could specifically help him. It didn't work out, maybe Irvine can turn his career around?

 

Just out of interest, a good friend of mine is a Carlisle fan and said that they'd signed Simek. In the light of your comments, could Simek get back to near his old post-injury level with a run of games and the right conditioning or do Carlisle just accept that he'll be a tidy L1 full back but not the much better player he used to be?

 

Thanks for the welcome and I hope you are right with regards to Irvine turning Otsemobor's career round.

 

No offence intended to your Carlisle supporting mate, but the fact that Simek is even signing for a club like Carlisle now says it all. He will still be a good signing for them, but Frank was interesting Premiership clubs a couple of seasons ago, was in the USA national squad and was at the forefront of our then Championship team. He was the first name on our team sheet. It's a real shame what has happened to Frank because he could have done and been so much more. He's only 25 but sadly for Frank his ankle injury has had a major impact on him, he has lost several yards of pace, his general fitness has deteriorated massively, and he is substantially weaker mentally now too. It was heart-breaking watching him come back after his injury and months later he still hadn't changed. He may still be able to make a career in football but unfortunately for him it seems he will no longer be able to be the same player. It's a real shame because he is a lovely, genuine man unlike so many other egotistical footballers these days.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

The type of player who is unlikely to do very much to make you win (or lose) a football match . I've seldom seen a player quite so likely to duck out of a tackle .