dinnae-punt-it Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Motherwell sign Irish defender Darragh O’Connor The 21-year-old hasn’t had long to wait for a new club following his release by FA Cup winners Leicester City Fri, 09 Jul, 2021 - 20:48 Scottish Premiership side Motherwell are set to complete the signing of Wexford-born defender Darragh O’Connor. The 21-year-old hasn’t had long to wait for a new club following his release by FA Cup winners Leicester City, earning a contract offer from Graham Alexander. O’Connor impressed over a two-game trial period to secure a deal. Fellow Scots St Johnstone were also interested in luring him but the centre-back will stay at Fir Park. It was just over two years ago when Leicester swooped to recruit O’Connor, who had racked up 20 first-team matches for League of Ireland First Division club Wexford during his teens. He was part of Leicester’s U23 squad, regularly training with Brendan Rodgers’ first-team, but needed a move to enhance his development with competitive minutes. Motherwell have Saturday’s final friendly against Millwall before they kick the season off with League Cup fixtures next week. https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40333748.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Hopefully he makes the same impact as the last defender from Leicester. Anyone know anything about him? Left or right, pace, ball playing or hoof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 If his signing is confirmed, I would expect that he'll be seen as a young player with potential, but who knows. To me, we still need an experienced replacement for Gallagher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 hour ago, steelboy said: Hopefully he makes the same impact as the last defender from Leicester. Anyone know anything about him? Left or right, pace, ball playing or hoof? Must be a decent prospect, I can't see Leicester wasting time signing him otherwise, he played for their U23's, obviously as he was released he is probably not EPL standard but at that age very few are, so he could be a decent signing and hopefully develop into a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Is he possibly one of the two trialist starting today in defence……oops one down 8 minutes Trialist A no 5 Trialist b n 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Kmcalpin said: If his signing is confirmed, I would expect that he'll be seen as a young player with potential, but who knows. To me, we still need an experienced replacement for Gallagher. He is a named substitute for the friendly today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, middleeastdave said: He is a named substitute for the friendly today No he’s not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosemite sam Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 The boy from Leicester could well be a good signing, but we still need someone in the midfield who can play a pass, and has some vision or we could end up with the hump ball football we were "entertained " with last season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Pettywulliegrew-2 said: Is he possibly one of the two trialist starting today in defence……oops one down 8 minutes Trialist A no 5 Trialist b n 16 where you watching it pettywulliegrew ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, smiddy said: where you watching it pettywulliegrew ??? Official website ……..it has the teams and “Live match feed” which isn’t doing anything other than time/score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, Pettywulliegrew-2 said: Official website ……..it has the teams and “Live match feed” which isn’t doing anything other than time/score ta man i thought you maybe had a sneaky wee stream maybe millwall fc or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, yosemite sam said: The boy from Leicester could well be a good signing, but we still need someone in the midfield who can play a pass, and has some vision or we could end up with the hump ball football we were "entertained " with last season. Yes, we still need a creative midfielder and 1/2 central defenders (one experienced player). The line up suggests 2 central defenders playing as trialists. Good to see Liam Donnelly back in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, smiddy said: ta man i thought you maybe had a sneaky wee stream maybe millwall fc or something Naw…..I did check He’s goals…… not on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Pettywulliegrew-2 said: No he’s not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, middleeastdave said: His name is Darragh O’Connor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 28 minutes ago, Pettywulliegrew-2 said: His name is Darragh O’Connor. Apologies who is O’Connell then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, middleeastdave said: Apologies who is O’Connell then? I did mean O’Donnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, middleeastdave said: I did mean O’Donnell One of the academy graduates - plays as a forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, middleeastdave said: Apologies who is O’Connell then? They all sound the same…………Branigan, Fannigan, Milligan, Gilligan, Duffy, McCuffy, Malachy, Mahone,Rafferty, Lafferty, Donnelly, Connelly, Dooley, O'Hooley, Muldowney, Malone,Madigan, Cadigan, Lanihan, Flanihan, Fagan, O'Hagan, O'Hoolihan, Flynn,Shanihan, Manihan, Fogarty, Hogarty, Kelly, O'Kelly, McGuinness, McGuinn. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ped_MFC Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Is C O'Donnell any relation to Uncle Phil / Clarkson ? Just putting 2 and 2 together, as Clarky is part of the Academy coaching staff, and probably getting 5 from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 nice to see Donnelly back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1991 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 I watched the game today. O'Connell started the game along with another really physical centre half who had the same phyisicality as Kipre. His first name was Christrian. O'Connell didnt have his best game but hard to judge as Millwall were impressive. Donnelly played first half and played well. Van Veen played had some noce touches but looked a bit short of fitness. Woorley looks decent, never gives up and looks to have pace. At half time a trialist came on in middle of park, anotger big physical player, reminded me of Andy Rose, he looked calm on ball, his first name was Mikel and has been at the club for 4 months. Amaluzor came on, reminded me of Seedorf but a bit more physical. Max Johnston looked decent, Watt put in a really hard shift and Kelly made some great saves. Interesting that McGuire played full 90 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Maguire played one half with each foot. Sorry, these Maguire 2 footed jokes aren't going away, blame Jock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1991 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 minute ago, fizoxy said: Maguire played one half with each foot. Sorry, these Maguire 2 footed jokes aren't going away, blame Jock. He hit a freekick over the 10 footfence behind the goal today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 While I don’t get too fussed over pre season results. It does worry me a little, that we didn’t score any goals in the two games so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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