Current Player Derick Osei Yaw

chuckbert said:
Not sure I remember much french, but I reckon I could find my way round La Rochelle and the Ile de Re, thanks to Tricolore “ecoutez et repetez.”
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I wonder if the swimming pool is still opposite the town hall and next to the bakery?

I studied Latin Greek Russian French and Spanish at school but today couldn’t get too far in any of them. I was pretty useless at all of them at the time.

I found Russian unbelievably hard and probably find Latin most useful for deconstructing English or Spanish words I don’t know.

I think we suffer as a country that there’s no obvious world language for us to pursue, many already speak English globally, and they can learn quicker because of popular music, films and social media content
 
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I am the Football Manager Researcher for OUFC. I have just had a conversation with the French Researcher who said the following;

"Perception overrated probably. This player has struggled a lot so far in his career, hopefully that might change."

Hopefully he defies that report!
 
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mlterry said:
I am the Football Manager Researcher for OUFC. I have just had a conversation with the French Researcher who said the following;

"Perception overrated probably. This player has struggled a lot so far in his career, hopefully that might change."

Hopefully he defies that report!
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By who? He's literally a complete unknown! Don't doubt the validity of the source but if Osei is overrated then so am I!
 
ttg17 said:
By who? He's literally a complete unknown! Don't doubt the validity of the source but if Osei is overrated then so am I!
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Whilst he is an unknown to us, as above he won't be an unknown to the Brest Researcher/Brest fan who has watched their second side play regularly and has a duty to gather as much information as possible on loan players at Brest to have come to that conclusion.

Within Football Manager each player has two dominant figures. CA (current ability) and PA (potential ability). The 'overrated' aspect refers to his current ability in the game and proposed potential (and associated data). The figures for both CA and PA are out of a possible 200 (i.e. the best player of all-time). Your average youth teamer in League one is rated at circa 45/200 (to give you some perspective).

These figures are by no means static and can be adapted. Cooper is a good example; if he has a flying start to the season then his data will require an increase in his current PA and CA. However in the case of Osei Yaw, his CA and PA are considered overrated (too high) in the game on the basis of his performances over the last 12-18 months and as such a recommendation of reducing these figures by someone who has watched him in some detail.

On that basis, he is presently overrated within the confines of the game.
 
mlterry said:
I am the Football Manager Researcher for OUFC. I have just had a conversation with the French Researcher who said the following;

"Perception overrated probably. This player has struggled a lot so far in his career, hopefully that might change."

Hopefully he defies that report!
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Struggled a lot so far in his career. See also:
  • Cameron Brannagan at Fleetwood
  • Simon Eastwood at Portsmouth and Blackburn
  • Jerome Sinclair at Sunderland
  • Marcus Browne at Wigan
  • Luke Garbutt at a host of Championship loans
I would include Woodburn from last season, but injures dulled the player he could have been for us. Regardless, Liverpool sources were quoted somewhere as saying he mentally much stronger than when he'd left.

It doesn't work for everyone, but we do have a reputation for understanding and coaching young talent off the pitch as well as on it.
 
beyondthefourth said:
Struggled a lot so far in his career. See also:
  • Cameron Brannagan at Fleetwood
  • Simon Eastwood at Portsmouth and Blackburn
  • Jerome Sinclair at Sunderland
  • Marcus Browne at Wigan
  • Luke Garbutt at a host of Championship loans
I would include Woodburn from last season, but injures dulled the player he could have been for us. Regardless, Liverpool sources were quoted somewhere as saying he mentally much stronger than when he'd left.

It doesn't work for everyone, but we do have a reputation for understanding and coaching young talent off the pitch as well as on it.
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See response above.
 
mlterry said:
Whilst he is an unknown to us, as above he won't be an unknown to the Brest Researcher/Brest fan who has watched their second side play regularly and has a duty to gather as much information as possible on loan players at Brest to have come to that conclusion.

Within Football Manager each player has two dominant figures. CA (current ability) and PA (potential ability). The 'overrated' aspect refers to his current ability in the game and proposed potential (and associated data). The figures for both CA and PA are out of a possible 200 (i.e. the best player of all-time). Your average youth teamer in League one is rated at circa 45/200 (to give you some perspective).

These figures are by no means static and can be adapted. Cooper is a good example; if he has a flying start to the season then his data will require an increase in his current PA and CA. However in the case of Osei Yaw, his CA and PA are considered overrated (too high) in the game on the basis of his performances over the last 12-18 months and as such a recommendation of reducing these figures by someone who has watched him in some detail.

On that basis, he is presently overrated within the confines of the game.
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Just out of curiosity, as our 'designated researcher', what are your recommendations for highest CA and PA within the current squad?
 
beyondthefourth said:
Just out of curiosity, as our 'designated researcher', what are your recommendations for highest CA and PA within the current squad?
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A top League One talent would have a CA of 115+ with a PA of mid/high 130's. You would require a solid justification of anything beyond that to be honest. That would make them a lower level Premier League player. A good squad member at League One level who can be relied upon, yet wouldn't cope in the league above would have a CA somewhere in the early 90's.
 
mlterry said:
A top League One talent would have a CA of 115+ with a PA of mid/high 130's. You would require a solid justification of anything beyond that to be honest. That would make them a lower level Premier League player. A good squad member at League One level who can be relied upon, yet wouldn't cope in the league above would have a CA somewhere in the early 90's.
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Right, but which Oxford players would you recommend for the top levels, and which players have the highest PA?
 
Scored a good goal against Banbury United this afternoon.
 
mlterry said:
Whilst he is an unknown to us, as above he won't be an unknown to the Brest Researcher/Brest fan who has watched their second side play regularly and has a duty to gather as much information as possible on loan players at Brest to have come to that conclusion.

Within Football Manager each player has two dominant figures. CA (current ability) and PA (potential ability). The 'overrated' aspect refers to his current ability in the game and proposed potential (and associated data). The figures for both CA and PA are out of a possible 200 (i.e. the best player of all-time). Your average youth teamer in League one is rated at circa 45/200 (to give you some perspective).

These figures are by no means static and can be adapted. Cooper is a good example; if he has a flying start to the season then his data will require an increase in his current PA and CA. However in the case of Osei Yaw, his CA and PA are considered overrated (too high) in the game on the basis of his performances over the last 12-18 months and as such a recommendation of reducing these figures by someone who has watched him in some detail.

On that basis, he is presently overrated within the confines of the game.
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I'd like a job as a Brest researcher.
 
mlterry said:
I am the Football Manager Researcher for OUFC. I have just had a conversation with the French Researcher who said the following;

"Perception overrated probably. This player has struggled a lot so far in his career, hopefully that might change."

Hopefully he defies that report!
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So you play games....alone...... and talk to other nerds?

And applied for the "job" from here.. https://yellowsforum.co.uk/threads/oxford-united-player-scout-researcher.3367/

Kind of makes your "deeply researched" opinion worth diddly squat then.
 
Essexyellows said:
So you play games....alone...... and talk to other nerds?

And applied for the "job" from here.. https://yellowsforum.co.uk/threads/oxford-united-player-scout-researcher.3367/

Kind of makes your "deeply researched" opinion worth diddly squat then.
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Crikey, you’re easily offended. I’ll keep those details to myself in future.

In answer to your question, no I did not.

As alluded to earlier it’s not my research, had you read the response you would have acknowledged this. Most take some interest, not jump down the throat of a stranger on the internet.

Also, to apply quotation marks to words like “deeply researched” and “job” don’t work when they haven’t been said in the first instance.

Have a good evening, anyway! [emoji85]
 
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