Matt O'Riley

Looked very good. Very young though. A couple more years to gain end product tam had.

 

Thought he was very good myself, not perfect but certainly not a let down in a position he's not been playing a lot. His potential is still clear to see.

 

He was decent in patches..

Some of his crisp passing first time was good. Great last ditch tackle but sort of clumsy at other time's. I know we joke and call him the stiff-meister but he sometimes plays like it when trapping the ball or tryna get it out his feet. Looks untidy..

 

Him and CCV were the ones that looked at home at this level

 

Only player outside our defensive 4 and Hart who get pass marks tonight. Stood up to the challenge of filling McGregors boots and while not as sharp or fast or decisive as Callum he still held the line and moved the ball on well, made some key tackles too.

 

I know he’s played there before for MK Dons, but it’s not his position - he will be fine there until World Cup and it’s forced upon us.

tonight calmac absence clear for all to see. Not his fault, nor is it worth battering him for either.

We lost tonight against a team that are frankly filled with better players, and we missed 2 of our 3 best outfield players.

It is what it is

 

Was decent tonight and will hold the position till Cal is back, right now, our best option

 

He was so good tonight. Should immense level of maturity and quality

 

Class tonight

 

Thought he was our best player after CCV.

Not his game but he did alright in the ball recovery side of the deep role, rash once or twice but also won some battles against a good midfield.

Much better.

 

I thought he was a stand out last night, he was excellent both on the ball and off it most of the night. The ref called him for a couple of fouls when he made a couple of cracking tackles.

CCV, O’Riley, Jenz and Hart were my standouts.

Sadly I can see him being away by the end of the season at the latest. We need to try find more players like O’Riley who have most of the attributes needed to play at this level. He isn’t the quickest but he is a good build, strong and technically capable, we need others that compliment that.

My only criticism was the shot he had near the end should have been low and hard rather than right at the keeper.

 

Tam was about 23/24 before he started really cooking on gas for us. Will O'Riley still he with us by the time he is 23/24 is the question

 

Very good player ....and dare I say may be the first one to depart this group of players. Uber talented

 

Looked excellent in the sitting mid role, him and Hatate combine so well and he was good defensively.

 

First time he's really made an impression in Europe so far and it was playing out of position. Showed his character last night.

 

Another good showing from Matt, bringing consistency to his game now.

 

Really like him in the holding role , tackling is superb also and can see more of the pitch to pass balls about

 

Starting to think he could be a real diamond in the rough.He goes about his business unnoticed and yet hes very good at what he does.
improving all the time and imo has great potential,can see him ending up in the EPL,just need to make sure we get the rite deal for him.

 

Honestly without him Cals injury would have left us well and truly screwed because neither Mooy or Abildgaard, who most assumed where the natural choices to fill in for him, are quick enough in their passing for our system to hold up with them starting. We are a stronger team with Cal at 6 and Reo and Matt at 8 and the sooner we get back to it the better but Matt should see us through without dropping points in the meantime. Especially in games like yesterday when the opposition set up to give it a go and don't sit in.

 

He's filled in excellently for McGregor in the last 3 games.