Shane O'Neill at Excelsior Rotterdam

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Shane O'Neill at Excelsior

 

One of the CD's of PSV, de Wijs, who just was pulled back from loan with Excelsior, is now according to Italian sources the target of Lazio, who see him as a replacement for fellow Dutchman Hoedt, who's probably on the move to the EPL.
So it seems the Italians kept an eye on him while playing for Excelsior. Another example of not having to play for the Dutch top three to be on top league teams radar! As de Wijs almost only played Eredivisie matches with Excelsior it shows top clubs even have watchfull eyes on low flying clubs in the Eredivisie. Shane should keep that in mind! Shine with Excelsior and who knows where you end up.

 

Yup Just announced Southampton have signed Lazio centre back Wesley Hoedt.

 

Interview with Ives:

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/shan...-path-to-eredivisie/f5eofcfvzadq1egwn7d0s0ode

"I kind of underestimated what going to Europe would really be like," O'Neill said. "I had this image in my head of what it would be like to just go to Europe and play and it just wasn’t like that."

 

Maybe skipping college is a bad idea for some of these kids. Need some time to, you know, develop cognitive skills.

 

Getting less snake like people around them would be helpful.

 

Shane tells something familiar for those that followed Miazga's path at Vitesse and the comments in his thread:

O'Neill's time at Breda not only helped revive his career, it helped sharpen the technical aspects of his game considerably.


"We played out of the back at all costs at Breda and I just feel like that helped my game so much in terms of confidence on the ball and playing through the lines," O'Neill said. "You had to be able to play through the lines and play it forward, and I love that style."

 

The article implied that O'Neill had trouble mentally adjusting in Europe, but it skirts around the core of the problem - at Mouscron and at Cambridge, he was thrown into the mix as a random loanee by Apollon. I'm sure that period was really hard mentally, but it all stems from poor career path management.

 

On the bench with Payne:

De 1️⃣1️⃣ basisspelers en reserves voor de uitwedstrijd tegen Heracles Almelo. Aftrap 20.45 uur. #herexc #strijdenenwinnen #samensterk ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/VYKmK0ZLRn

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) August 26, 2017

 

In Excelsior excelsis: Shane O'Neill at Excelsior Rotterdam ???

 

I forgot all about him when I spotted Payne starting in this "futures" competition. He got the start, too.

Opstelling Excelsior Beloften:
Havekotte
Karami
O'Neill
Faik
Hadouir
Bruins
Mattheij
Payne
Vermeulen
El Azzouzi
Caenepeel#excnac #beloften

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) August 31, 2017

 

Steve, what about stingrays? Are they easy?

Too soon?

 

On the bench:

⚽️ De spelers die vanavond voor Excelsior Rotterdam op het wedstrijdformulier staan. #excvit #strijdenenwinnen #samensterk ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/nXDh4PsZto

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) September 9, 2017

 

Starts for Excelsior 2:

⚽️ Over een klein uur speelt Excelsior 2 in Leeuwarden tegen @SCCambuurLwd. Dit is de opstelling 👇🏻 #camexc #excelsior2 ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/4z4IbtuP2y

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) September 11, 2017

 

NAC Breda already swallowed 12 goals in 4 matches. Think they should have continued with Shane.

 

On the bench:

⚽️ Deze mannen moeten het vanavond gaan doen voor Excelsior Rotterdam #exchee #strijdenenwinnen #samensterk #eredivisie #voetbal ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/BQykRLvm2x

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) September 16, 2017

 

On the bench:

⚽️ De opstelling van @excelsiorrdam voor het bekerduel tegen @scHeerenveen #exchee #knvbbeker #strijdenenwinnen ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/ytbiGhJwJH

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) September 20, 2017

 

Makes his debut for the club:

84. Bij Excelsior maakt Shane O'Neill zijn debuut. Hij vervangt Wout Faes. #exchee #knvbbeker

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) September 20, 2017

 

Starts for Excelsior 2:

⚽️ Over een half uur trapt Excelsior 2 in eigen stadion af voor het duel tegen NEC 2. Dit is de opstelling #excnec #excelsior2 ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/WRIlTZeL8E

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) September 26, 2017

 

Still injured:

De afwezigen vanmiddag:
Geblesseerd:
Alessandro Damen
Shane O'Neill
Luigi Bruins
Desevio Payne
Lorenzo Burnet
Jordy de Wijs
Ziek:
Hicham Faik#excpsv

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) November 26, 2017

 

Shane started on the bench today in a friendly v Hibernian - good to see him back (even if its the bench) still looking for info as to if he played!

 

<Update> Doesn't look like he got off the bench

 

Unused sub this morning as Exclesior won 3-2 on the road against Sparta Rotterdam.

 

Starts for Excelsior 2:

⚽️ Excelsior 2 trapt over een klein uur op Varkenoord af tegen Feyenoord 2 met deze spelers... #feyexc #excelsior2 ⚫️🔴 pic.twitter.com/KraLYaNCa0

— Excelsior Rotterdam (@excelsiorrdam) January 22, 2018