Alan Judge

[elroy]

From instagram looks like he just had the op. Hopefully preseason is realistic target

[tetsujin1979]

brief update on Judge's recovery from Brentford's medical staff: https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/201...summer-update/

Alan Judge’s lengthy recovery from a significant lower limb fracture injury is continuing and he is now seven-weeks post-surgery from what we hope will be the final surgical procedure that he will have to undergo. Alan is off his crutches, walking well and his review with the consultant last week placed him at exactly the expected point for this stage.

Alan now has a busy few weeks as he returns to Ireland in order to get married and, following his honeymoon, he will return to the Training Ground at the end of June where we hope to see further evidence of improved healing. Alan will then spend a block of reconditioning time in Philadelphia in July, working with Bill Knowles, the conditioning coach that we have worked successfully with in the past with other players. Following that, we hope Alan will be in a position to recommence his outdoor work and a graduated return to the squad.

[tetsujin1979]

minor update on Judge's progress from http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport...pdate-13661201

Alan Judge visits his consultant next week and hopefully he gets the green light to get into full contact training

[DeLorean]

He broke his leg eighteen months ago. Seems to be an exceptionally long recovery in this day and age. Suppose he's had a couple of setbacks.

[tetsujin1979]

back in training with Brentford: https://twitter.com/BrentfordFC/stat...74393586323456

[mark12345]

back in training with Brentford: https://twitter.com/BrentfordFC/stat...74393586323456

Hallelujah! We badly need him. Either he or Liam Kelly, or both, will take over from Wes Hoolahan when he inevitably retires. Judge is a fine fine talent.

[Olé Olé]

Hallelujah! We badly need him. Either he or Liam Kelly, or both, will take over from Wes Hoolahan when he inevitably retires. Judge is a fine fine talent.

Graham Carey. Dark horse.

[OwlsFan]

Hallelujah! We badly need him. Either he or Liam Kelly, or both, will take over from Wes Hoolahan when he inevitably retires. Judge is a fine fine talent.

He certainly was before he was injured. Fingers crossed for him (and Coleman) that they'll be the same players when they come back. He's been out for about 18 months now. He'll also be 30 next year so only one World Cup campaign at most I am afraid

[mark12345]

Graham Carey. Dark horse.

Graham Carey certainly is a dark horse for a place in the Irish midfield. Would love to see him given an opportunity too

[liamoo11]

Graham Carey certainly is a dark horse for a place in the Irish midfield. Would love to see him given an opportunity too

wood trying to integrate Jack byrne given the age differences be a better long term plan try to develop that play making midfielder that we all crave(as long as they never give the ball away!)

[tetsujin1979]

There's only a few months between Judge and Carey, I can see one of them making a short term impact but not both unfortunately

[tricky_colour]

He certainly was before he was injured. Fingers crossed for him (and Coleman) that they'll be the same players when they come back. He's been out for about 18 months now. He'll also be 30 next year so only one World Cup campaign at most I am afraid

Yea but by then there will be another broken leg in the pipe line.

Are were feeding out players enough green leafy vegetables?

Mine you I saw Jugde's incident no great surprise it broke.

[mark12345]

wood trying to integrate Jack byrne given the age differences be a better long term plan try to develop that play making midfielder that we all crave(as long as they never give the ball away!)

I like Jack Byrne and think he has a future in the Irish midfield. I also like the other two lads (Judge and Carey). There is plenty of skill to go around among the three of them and hopefully they will all get their opportunities to impress in the coming year.

[seanfhear]

Would the ball not just be flying over their heads even if there is some football in them ( With Martin O'Neill anyway .)

[mark12345]

Would the ball not just be flying over their heads even if there is some football in them ( With Martin O'Neill anyway .)

That is the big fear isn't it. The question which must be asked of MON if he stays in the job, is - is he going to adopt a totally different approach to the game (ie play the ball on the floor and bring in four or five lads, with the above three included, to make that work).
I suspect Martin will say he's in the results business and will adopt the best style of play he sees fit. At the end of the day we really have to flip the switch as a nation and play the game the way it is meant to be played.

[OwlsFan]

Alan Judge first came on the radar of foot.ie 8 years ago http://foot.ie/threads/117593-Alan-Judge (both threads started by youngirish by the way) and still only has one cap. Shame as whenever I saw him play, usually for Brentford in the Championship, I thought he was excellent. Alas it looks like he might (assuming he recovers from his injury) be a late blossomer as regards caps like Wes H.

[tetsujin1979]

Played for Brentford's second string today, and scored a penalty

[youngirish]

Alan Judge first came on the radar of foot.ie 8 years ago http://foot.ie/threads/117593-Alan-Judge (both threads started by youngirish by the way) and still only has one cap. Shame as whenever I saw him play, usually for Brentford in the Championship, I thought he was excellent. Alas it looks like he might (assuming he recovers from his injury) be a late blossomer as regards caps like Wes H.

Too old at 29. Closer to death than birth. I'm now banking on Liam Kelly to fill that gaping hole we've had for a top level creative midfield maestro since Brady retired. Let's come back in 8 years to see how he gets on.

[tricky_colour]

Sounds like he is in good shape. Hopefully not that far off the first team.

[mark12345]

Yeah, he's definitely too old at 29. I heard he uses a walker to get around the supermarket these days to buy his adult diapers.
Brady retired? Would that be Liam or Robbie (Robbie retiring from the idea of replacing Wes in the creativity department)??