Trio Sign Extensions

[Friendsoffulham]

The Club is pleased to announce that Liam Donnelly, Jordan Evans and Dean O'Halloran have signed extensions to their Fulham contracts.



Donnelly, who featured on the Whites bench for the first time last season, and Evans have renewed for a further year, keeping them at the Club until June 2016, while O'Halloran has signed a deal tying him to Fulham until 31st December 2015.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2015/july/06/trio-sign-extensions

[St. Andrews White]

Good news, only surprised how short the contracts are.

Loving that beard as well...

[cmg]

The length of contract could, of course, be wither the Club's or the player's choice.
Although it might well seem that O'Halloran is being given a 'last chance saloon'. He's a quick and often impressive performer who has been unlucky with injuries and deserves a further look. He might be needed if 'other wingers' depart.
Jordan Evans is another of those quick, good crossing FBs whose defence is not their strongest suit. Like many youngsters he has lacked consistency.
Liam Donnelly has always looked a top prospect. The problem here is, without considering quality, the large number of CBs on roll.
We have five in the 1st team squad at present (Hutch, Amo, Bodurov, Burn, Burgess) plus Grimmer who can play there. Then, as well as Donnelly, there is the somewhat mysterious Casasola (highly rated by Argentina, who are not bad judges) and young Aron Davies, of whom big things are anticipated with Arthurworrey out west.

Given the selection of CBs and the various wing back-type FBs we have, can one of our technical experts say what else we might need to be able to use a 3cb+wbs set-up successfully?

[FinFFC]

The length of contract could, of course, be wither the Club's or the player's choice.
Although it might well seem that O'Halloran is being given a 'last chance saloon'. He's a quick and often impressive performer who has been unlucky with injuries and deserves a further look. He might be needed if 'other wingers' depart.
Jordan Evans is another of those quick, good crossing FBs whose defence is not their strongest suit. Like many youngsters he has lacked consistency.
Liam Donnelly has always looked a top prospect. The problem here is, without considering quality, the large number of CBs on roll.
We have five in the 1st team squad at present (Hutch, Amo, Bodurov, Burn, Burgess) plus Grimmer who can play there. Then, as well as Donnelly, there is the somewhat mysterious Casasola (highly rated by Argentina, who are not bad judges) and young Aron Davies, of whom big things are anticipated with Arthurworrey out west.

Given the selection of CBs and the various wing back-type FBs we have, can one of our technical experts say what else we might need to be able to use a 3cb+wbs set-up successfully?

IMO we would then need CB's who are comfortable with the ball in their feet (as the two on the sides of the three should be on the sidelines when we have the ball possession and be ready to play longer opening passes when needed) and quality holding CM's, who read the game well enough to cover the WB / drop to the back three and know when they absolutely have to break up the opponents build-up play, for us to have time to re-group.

[mike_corkcity12]

Thought Donnelly and Evans were supposed to be superb prospects? Donnelly was certainly a beetter prospect than Burgess yet Burgess gets a contract until 2017. I wonder if the club is worried about Donnelly's back?

[res]

Thought Donnelly and Evans were supposed to be superb prospects? Donnelly was certainly a beetter prospect than Burgess yet Burgess gets a contract until 2017. I wonder if the club is worried about Donnelly's back?

Could be his back...but could be his tendency to get too involved (2 red cards in the last few U21 games)?

[cmg]

IMO we would then need CB's who are comfortable with the ball in their feet (as the two on the sides of the three should be on the sidelines when we have the ball possession and be ready to play longer opening passes when needed) and quality holding CM's, who read the game well enough to cover the WB / drop to the back three and know when they absolutely have to break up the opponents build-up play, for us to have time to re-group.

Thanks for that. Not really on, given our current resources.