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Cant agree . Vastly overrated imho.

 

Ability wise he was more than decent but mentally very weak and was never, ever a player you need in the trenches.

Morecambe will find that out later this season when they lose a few in a row.

 

Whenever I think back to our League 1 relegation season, the 3 players that epitomise it for me are Wright, Akpan and AOC.

 

Is this the same Adams that was chasing Delfouneso all January,perhaps not as good a judge as he likes to believe.

 

Good luck to them. They'll need it.

 

Quite the reverse, Paudie went rushing in to tackles and positions he should never be in, ( and did so again yesterday causing Canavan to keep telling him to keep his postion and temper ) AOC had to put his body on the line to cover his mistakes and was the rock of the two in defense, Quite a few times AOC would throw himself in front of shots to save certain goals while Paudie was out of position,

 

AOC was always the better of the O'Connors, He was let go on wages not ability, We would be better at the back if we still had him here,

 

A O’Connor isn’t as good a central defender as p O’Connor he’s more versatile making him a decent signing for a bottom half league one team

 

I think I would have laughed at ROD if he had let 4 in and then started having a go at everyone. I was at that game and as usual it's never is fault. ROD is like Dracula when it comes to crosses. It was the same yesterday, doesn't command his six yard box. Good shot stopper though.

 

Totally disagree. He had zero balls and went missing too easily. Poc at least sticks his head in where it hurts

 

The thing with Aoc is he was never forgiven for one heat of the moment incident despite the fact for the whole time he was here he never let us down and our most consistent player. But he is gone now and many will be happy

 

They must have armbands that don't rub over that way.

 

And yet captain of a side in a division above us

 

At his best, AoC is good enough for L1. But he has at least 1 bad game for every good one over a season, throws the towel in when it matters and doesn't seem able to lead in adversity. He was a central figure in a team thats performed poorly ever since he arrived. I'm glad he's moved on, and will never forget the game in the L1 season when we played Portsmouth away and lost 5-1. After the 4th or 5th, RoD lambasted the defence and AoC turned round and laughed.

 

The first two I would agree with you.

 

Good analysis Monkey. When things aren't going well, it's everyone else's fault, not his.

 

Lol this feels very fabricated, the only thing AOC through was a piece of material around his arm off.

 

9 as at Portsmouth

Go back and watch highlights from matches last season, Against I think Bolton at home he threw himself full length 2 foot off the ground in an incredible header to block a certain goal, It was not the only one as he hated losing and conceding and yes could react badly when he felt others let the side down round him, Its hard not to react when others are not as committed and playing badly round you (as at Portsmouth losing 5-1 )
But we will never agree on him so will leave it there but believe he will be a good captain for Morecambe

 

He only has one relegation in comparison with promotion to the championship with Burton and Europa appearances with Aberdeen, Including 2 Scottish cup finals and runners up to Celtic in the SPL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_O'Connor_(footballer)

 

Rubbish.