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Luke O'Nien

Daffy said:
Been a great servant but it’s blatantly obvious he’s out of his depth at this level
Time to let him go in the summer
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Not blatent enough for le bris mind.
He could easily play hume and mukiele instead of 09.

I do think we will get another CH this summer though. Ballard can't be relied on to be fit all season
 

As You Were said:
Basically a great player for the club off the pitch but terrible on it at this level. He doesn’t even look like he has any self belief. It’s like he knows he isn’t good enough. He’s been a very good servant to the club but not sure i agree with all the legend talk. He wasn’t even great in league 1 . He would never in a million years get another club as big as us.
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Regis must be a dumb wit not to be able see what you see 🙄
 
socawarrior said:
The team wins games. Everyone has had bad moments, even Xhaka. Every time Luke makes a mistake, there's an army of supporters ready to scream that's he's out of his depth. IMO he shouldn't start every game, but he's not a bad rotation option. And that's before we speak on his off the pitch role.
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Totally disagree sorry. He was a liability in the championship

Fans saying hes a decent backup are using sentiment. Hes the first player out this summer for me
 
We all know Luke has limitations at this level. No more so than himself but he gives 100% and that’s what I thought our fans appreciated the most.

Give him a break because barring injuries he’s probably on the bench for the rest of the season.

We’re still only 2 points behind Chelsea in 6th.
 
offmenut said:
I was listening to it on the radio today in the car and they were saying how well he played!

Havent seen the goals yet but assume it's just good play by their players and no absolute howlers by him?
Started 4 games, won 3 including 2 away games. Played well in the last 3 games otherwise hume would be right back and mukiele CB, but supporters can't wait to say he's a clown and not a premier League player.

Like you , cant understand some of our fans. Horrible
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I think hes played well in the last two games. I think he was at fault for at least one of the goals today.

I also think Ballard stops the first one, purely because when players get down the sides ballard has a habit of dropping back onto the line so he can attack the cross.

Of course the other side is watkins is there because onien isnt. If ballard is somewhere else warkins would be somewhere else.
 
HearMeRoar said:
Its also worth noting he has won two man of the match awards since Jan. The only Sunderland player to win two this year.
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Them man of the match awards are token gestures man behave. He got one against Everton in the Fa Cup. He was nowhere near the best player on the pitch but he got it all because it was his first start and the Stroyline etc
 
forever changes said:
Amazing once we lose a game players are singled out to be kicked out of the club never to play again 😂 it’s beyond pathetic
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Not really. This division is absolutely unforgiving. We have done exceptionally well this season but if we are ever complacent we will struggle. We need 11 players on the pitch able to compete. Last week going to the Spurs game I was worried to see O'Nien on the team sheet but he did fine. Today it was stark that he was out of his depth. We can ignore that as he's a great lad and has a great attitude but I doubt the club will. And if you don't want to see fans debate the merits of individual players then don't come on a message board. It really is time to say thanks to Luke and move on.
 
HearMeRoar said:
Its also worth noting he has won two man of the match awards since Jan. The only Sunderland player to win two this year.
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Which he should be praised for. It's also ok to give criticism. He was up against a top forward today and was shown to be not good enough.
 
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