Day Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Youngster Mark O'Brien will come into Nigel Clough's first-team plans during the next few weeks. Pre-season training starts today and the 17-year-old will begin training as a first-year professional. He signed professional forms last season, only a few weeks after having major heart surgery to repair valves in his heart. The Irish youth international made a rapid recovery and returned to full training and youth team matches in April. He made his first team debut aged 16 at Watford on the final day of the 2008/09 season and is a highly-rated graduate from the Derby County Academy. With two of Nigel Clough's five central defenders, Miles Addison and Jake Buxton, due to miss the start of pre-season training O'Brien has risen to fourth choice central defender. Clough told dcfc.co.uk: "Mark O'Brien does step up to fourth choice centre-half now, but we still have to be careful with him. "He is going for regular check-ups and in the first few weeks of pre-season we will monitor him very closely. "He comes into the frame and we're delighted he will be around after missing the last year." Buxton is expected to return from his groin operation in August, while Addison is likely to miss the majority of the campaign after surgery on his foot in America towards the end of last season. http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~2081453,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 i wish him all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 hope the lad has a good run at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 This is an example of the hungry young players that clough is wanting. I hope he does his very best and things happen for him. He'll do well to listen and learn from Barker and anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 he'll be heartbroken if he don't make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 he'll be heartbroken if he don't make it http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_15Wjbq2x3yc/RfsDAhuXpmI/AAAAAAAAArw/LI-Jt096AFw/s400/byetumbleweed_head_falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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