Great things are often said about O’Shea from within the club, often by his team mates.

The only time I thought he’d finally come of age was that period after relegation from the Prem and prior to injury. It was almost as though his experience in the Prem really taught him something which he then took in to the Champ, which of course would have been slightly easier to handle, and it showed.

Since his injury he seems to have returned to pre Prem, on the periphery of the squad and not first choice (obviously accounting for him still recovering from injury). I’m keen to see if that post Prem player within him makes a return but how long do we wait? If he stays this is a big year for him as beyond this I see patience among us all wearing thin.

At best he’s a covering Centre back, ie the big man goes in for headers and he tidies up around the back, challenging big forwards for high headers and playing full back often exposes his shortcomings.......... then again, I said a lot of the same things about Craig Dawson and look at him now!

I say keep him, but it’s a big year for him now.