[Rob Ban Fan]

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto Andy O'Brien is a good solid defender, who does nothing more than defend. He doesn't pretend to be a footballer, he's just an ugly cunt who sticks to his man and gets in the way. He reminds me of Martin Keown. Newcastle are stupid. They think throwing money at a problem makes it go away. Sometimes defending isn't so much about personnel as it is about organisation, and in a well organised defence Andy O'Brien is a fine defender indeed. I remember seeing him mark Ronaldinho out of the game when Ireland played them in a friendly last year. He's really cemented his spot in the side, so much so that I'd rather see Kenny Cunningham dropped now to make way for big Dickie Dunne, who is the best player in England.

Sounds quite like de Zeeuw and Primus. Neither of them can pass the ball at all but everyone loves them because they give 100% and work hard.

He would probably be playing alongside Dejan Stefanovic like I said, with de Zeeuw getting phased out and Dejan is much more comfortable and able to play the ball, which'll probably help O'Brien.

I've looked at a few Newcastle boards and their main criticism is that he isn't great with the ball and can't pass it and that doesn't really bother me cos he can just give it to Dejan or one of the midfielders to pass it, so long as he does a good job of winning it.