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Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 1:02 pm
by onewayup
I see ty o'Neil has been released by the boro, wonder if we have a chance of his signature.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 1:47 pm
by Old Git
I would be delighted if we could sign him up but we would have to play him as a striker as he looked less effective when we tried to play him deeper. He may get offers to stay full time but on the plus side he is a local lad and knows the setup well at Darlington.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:07 pm
by lo36789
If we could get him seems like a no brainer tbh.

A choice between him and Charman for the ST role, ideally supported by Sousa / Mondal / Rivers and Holmes would be a strong and exciting forward line.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:20 pm
by spen666
Big drop from Championship to NLN and from full time to part time.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:43 pm
by Old Git
spen666 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:20 pm
Big drop from Championship to NLN and from full time to part time.
Agreed but he has not been close to the 1st team at Boro. Surprising that a League 2 or NL team did not take him on loan last season. Luke Charman dropped from Premiership to NLN to join us last season 🀞

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:48 pm
by jjljks
We have got to show interest in signing Ty, then Erico will have to make up his mind & sign

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 3:00 pm
by Ghost_Of_1883
lo36789 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:07 pm
If we could get him seems like a no brainer tbh.

A choice between him and Charman for the ST role, ideally supported by Sousa / Mondal / Rivers and Holmes would be a strong and exciting forward line.
Sousa has not yet signed and probably won't, Mondal we know nothing about, Holmes hasn't played in 2 seasons, and won't be ready until September at the earliest. Who knows how good he'll be *if* he can ever regain fitness.

Oh and Charman kept on getting injured last season too.

This seems quite a distance from strong and exciting, as things stand.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 3:01 pm
by LoidLucan
spen666 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:20 pm
Big drop from Championship to NLN and from full time to part time.

How would it be any different to say Joe Wheatley being released by Boro and joining us.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 3:19 pm
by Emdubya
spen666 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:20 pm
Big drop from Championship to NLN and from full time to part time.
He’s not dropping from the championship,he’s going up from academy football to the real thing

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 3:31 pm
by Geordie Quaker
lo36789 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:07 pm
If we could get him seems like a no brainer tbh.

A choice between him and Charman for the ST role, ideally supported by Sousa / Mondal / Rivers and Holmes would be a strong and exciting forward line.
I'd love to see AA give 2 upfront a bit mroe air time. I think we looked far more dangerous when we had that.

I am unsure if Luke and Ty and the optimal top two pairing, but for me the one upfront system only worked for us sparingly.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 3:48 pm
by Old Git
Ghost_Of_1883 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 3:00 pm
lo36789 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:07 pm
If we could get him seems like a no brainer tbh.

A choice between him and Charman for the ST role, ideally supported by Sousa / Mondal / Rivers and Holmes would be a strong and exciting forward line.
Sousa has not yet signed and probably won't, Mondal we know nothing about, Holmes hasn't played in 2 seasons, and won't be ready until September at the earliest. Who knows how good he'll be *if* he can ever regain fitness.

Oh and Charman kept on getting injured last season too.

This seems quite a distance from strong and exciting, as things stand.
Pleased to see you are such an optimist. Even an old git like me can look forward expectantly in the close season. It usually takes about 4 games before the gloom starts to descend.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 4:03 pm
by eddie-rowles
He has definately got something and would improve us, up to him if he wants to play regularly to get back into the EFL, busy month ahead for him.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 4:22 pm
by Quaker85
Is it fashionable to misspell definitely now since LOD finished


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Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 4:46 pm
by Emdubya
Quaker85 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 4:22 pm
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He might be H :o

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 6:56 pm
by lo36789
Ghost_Of_1883 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 3:00 pm
lo36789 wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 2:07 pm
If we could get him seems like a no brainer tbh.

A choice between him and Charman for the ST role, ideally supported by Sousa / Mondal / Rivers and Holmes would be a strong and exciting forward line.
Sousa has not yet signed and probably won't, Mondal we know nothing about, Holmes hasn't played in 2 seasons, and won't be ready until September at the earliest. Who knows how good he'll be *if* he can ever regain fitness.

Oh and Charman kept on getting injured last season too.

This seems quite a distance from strong and exciting, as things stand.
Haha. I am not writing off Sousa staying yet. He had trials last year and ended up at Tadcaster Albion.

EFL won't be back training until June, friendlies in July. He might just want to sign by then to at least have something. He will know we can't wait until the end of July to know.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 10:08 pm
by StevieMardenboro
I'd sign him. I'd also like to see us try two central strikers. I probably sound like a dinosaur but quite often it seemed like we struggled to break teams down at home with two wide men and a single striker.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 10:22 am
by Beano
I understand the desire for two strikers, but if we are to play one up top this can be replicated with someone consistently breaking into the box from midfield, which is something we’ve lacked for a while.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:06 am
by jjljks
Given our propensity for players getting injured and especially strikers, would be useful to have cover in depth. This gives AA more options and Ty has good close control & different skills to complement the forward line. Too often, opposition teams can mark a single striker out of the game & changing formation during a game can help unsettle them.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:20 am
by H1987
No brainer for me. It'll depend if he gets any pro offers of course, but I suspect we might be his best option to get some football in and prove he can play higher up.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:44 pm
by Quaker85
rogerkay wrote:Big drop from Championship to NLN and from full time to part time.
The lad has played 12 mins in the Championship. He’s an academy player. I take your point about full time status though.


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Ty o,neil

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:06 pm
by MCFCDarlo3
Not so sure, first time around he seemed to have a much better application to the job.

Second time maybe he was not in a good place, not sure, cant be good when your ambitions are not being met at Boro.

Hes a good player no doubt.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:35 pm
by Darlo_CR
MCFCDarlo3 wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:06 pm
Not so sure, first time around he seemed to have a much better application to the job.

Second time maybe he was not in a good place, not sure, cant be good when your ambitions are not being met at Boro.

Hes a good player no doubt.
In his second spell he spent most of the time out of position on the wing and was mainly used as a substitute. With a good run of games in his natural position I'd have no qualms about him returning to previous form. He'd be an excellent signing.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:34 pm
by JE93
Interesting to see him at the first training session tonight. Hopefully means we're still in the running to sign him.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:17 am
by MikeinBlack2
Probably just keeping himself in shape training with us. However, we may be in with a shout short term at least, if no teams higher up the leagues come in for him. I'm surprised that a League team hasn't taken a punt on him. Maybe Hartlepool will be looking at him now?

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:43 am
by eddie-rowles
JE93 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:34 pm
Interesting to see him at the first training session tonight. Hopefully means we're still in the running to sign him.
Any others trialists at training last night?

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:22 am
by JE93
From the pictures I've seen there were a couple of others as well as O'Neill who were in Boro training kit so not too big a stretch to guess that they might be Cole Kiernan and Tyler Williams who were also released by Boro's U23's. A striker and CB respectively.

But only guessing at those two. No one else I could recognise.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:58 am
by quakersfan
JE93 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:34 pm
Interesting to see him at the first training session tonight. Hopefully means we're still in the running to sign him.
Can’t see it happening dropping to part time and NLN - he will be more ambitious than that. Superb if we do though.

Re: Ty o,neil

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:25 pm
by lo36789
quakersfan wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:58 am
JE93 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:34 pm
Interesting to see him at the first training session tonight. Hopefully means we're still in the running to sign him.
Can’t see it happening dropping to part time and NLN - he will be more ambitious than that. Superb if we do though.
It will be his ability, and the budget and needs of other clubs, rather than his ambition that will dictate where he ends up.

Pre-season has only just started, trials will be beginning for many players. Each will have 2 maybe 3 friendlies plus training to prove themselves.

We might have a better feel for who is likely to be available for us by w/c 19th July.