Greg Cunningham D Galway Utd b.1991

[Sullivinho]

Shades of Stephen McPhail about Garvan.

[tommy_c12000]

Seemed to have another solid game yesterday for a rejuvenated Leicester City side. Going by some of the Leicester forum posts, he appeared to be a bit shaky at times against a tricky winger though. Great to see him play regular football at such a young age. Would love to see him start left back against Norway.

His average rating was around the 7 mark:

http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=69124&st=20

[tommy_c12000]

Looks to have had his best game so far for leicester yesterday. Has to start wed night

http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=69219&st=0

[OwlsFan]

Thought he did ok - one or two loose passes but have seen worse.

[geysir]

For a relatively raw 19 year old, Cunningham was very good at this level. I think Trap had good reason not to use him in the big games, let his football mature a bit in the club games.

[jbyrne]

visibly grew in confidence as the game went on. would like to see him take over LB soon

[elroy]

One very risky pass back that was almost intercepted near the end but certainly looked lively, particularly going forward. Deliveries were generally of good quality. Trap obviously saw someone in the lad from day one (he might just be right!!)

[SwanVsDalton]

Certainly was refreshing to see a LB offer something on the ball in a green shirt, it's been a while. Still think he needs a bit more time working on defence he's got plenty of time.

[Kingdom]

What is good to see is that he appears to be decisive. looked for the ball, decisive with it. No dallying. If there was a gap, he attacked it; if the overlap was on, he made it. |Twice I made out he offered himself as the out-ball for when Duff had exhausted his own options and delivered two beautiful balls into the box.
Defensive errors can be worked on and weeded out, a certain amount of attacking can compensate too, if we have full backs that can offer something going forward, it requires the oppostion with something to think about.

Very positive performance, and if he does as well against Wales, I'd be handing him a start against the Macedonians.

[SkStu]

have to say i was not convinced by Cunningham being a viable option at LB for Traps tenure. I honestly thought he was only including him because he wanted to be visibly seen to value Mancini's opinion (i truly believe Trappatoni is overly concerned with his own image as a manager). After his performance yesterday i can foresee a good future for Cunningham (my namesake!). Did very well overall for such a young and inexperienced player. One of the few positives of (another) abysmal performance.

[paul_oshea]

Go on skstu...

[irishfan86]

skstu I sincerely doubt Trap gives a f*ck what Mancini thinks

[paul_oshea]

I doubt he does, his spite of Trap is getting to him, but he might have a point going on "previous". Another word that seems to be coming more popular....

[drummerboy]

Lets be honest here, I'd never heard of Cunningham until he was picked by Trap, who was obviously tipped by Mancini. Stephen Ward would have been the obvious choice to cover for Killer.

On a side note, I heard there is another Cork kid at City who is highly rated. Anybody know about him.

[tetsujin1979]

Lets be honest here, I'd never heard of Cunningham until he was picked by Trap, who was obviously tipped by Mancini. Stephen Ward would have been the obvious choice to cover for Killer.Cunningham had played at U17 and U19 level too, it's equally as obvious that he spoke with the managers of those sides before calling up Cunningham

On a side note, I heard there is another Cork kid at City who is highly rated. Anybody know about him.Have you a name?

[geysir]

I think Trap does respect Mancini and respect him enough to value his opinions, though not blindly follow.
Trap did appear to repeat Mancini's line on Shay staying and fighting for his place there. Trap has acknowledged he communicated regularly with Mancini about Cuningham. I think that is Trap doing his job, following the progress of a talented player who was out of the limelight under a manager who he knows well, before calling him up into the squad against Algeria.

[Charlie Darwin]

I'm surprised Trap ever became aware of Cunningham since he's never watched a match or scouted anybody in his life.

[Stuttgart88]

Shame on anyone here of sufficient tenure who had never heard of Cunningham. It's as good as saying they've never read Tets' Irish Abroad contributions :)

[Charlie Darwin]

Probably too busy sipping martinis by the pool in their Italian villas.

[geezer]

was never a fullback underage, he was some striker when very young. This lad can play football, his uncles (one played for shels i think in the seventies), grandfather (played for kilmarnock for 5 years in the sixties)and granduncles were all marvellous footballers according to older people in his home town.

[tetsujin1979]

his twin brother plays as well

[tommy_c12000]

Another solid performance 2nite from Cunningham in their 1-0 win over Notts Forest.

http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=69487

[Charlie Darwin]

Loan extended until the summer

http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/cunninghams-safe-at-city-2450924.html

edit: player and managers have agreed to it but waiting on club to confirm it

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/sport/backs-line-longer-loans/article-2975228-detail/article.html

[The Fly]

Cunningham's loan deal set to be extended

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/sport/backs-line-longer-loans/article-2975228-detail/article.html

[CraftyToePoke]

Player ratings from Leicesters 5-1 win v Doncaster today http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=69674&st=0

Seems most are very happy with Cunningham apart from in the early stages, and he nearly scored from a free kick. Generally positive though.

[tetsujin1979]

Sven looking to extend Cunningham's loan at Leicester: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11712_6580813,00.html

We hope that we can keep him (Naughton) for the rest of the season. We hope with Cunningham as well - the left-back. I mean those two loan deals which we have done are very, very good for the club.

[CraftyToePoke]

Got a bit of a chasing today according to a few on here, granted, there are a few right mongs on this site, but a few informed puters also.



http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=69935

[Charlie Darwin]

I think he's going to have poor games, especially when the team plays poorly. Naughton on the other side is a couple of years ahead of him development-wise so he's better able to cope with poor team displays.

[alfs]

cuningham also had a brother who was very good not sure if it was his twin or not though/ but he was meant to go to newcastle on trial and a few other clubs where sniffing around but he was invloved in a freak accident where a firework went off in his face an damaged one of his eyes , think after a few ops he's back playin again for his hometown team .. but they def have good footballing family

[rebelmusic]

Surely should be our LB starter now with Killer moved to a League One side

[TrapAPony]

Surely should be our LB starter now with Killer moved to a League One side

It seems everyone but Trap knows what Kilbane's current level is. It will be embarrassing if he continues to pick him for the Irish squad never mind the team.

[Sullivinho]

Surely should be our LB starter now with Killer moved to a League One side

Cunningham playing regularly in the Championship. / Killer individually relegated to league one.

How badly does Trap want to spite us? Shaping up to be a no-brainer surely.

[Colbert Report]

Our next competitive match isn't for another three months, a lot can change in that time. If Cunningham keeps playing week in and week out then surely he'll get the start.

[Yard of Pace]

Seems like he's being stretchered off at the moment. Sounds serious but hopefully it's not.

[Jicked]

It seems everyone but Trap knows what Kilbane's current level is. It will be embarrassing if he continues to pick him for the Irish squad never mind the team.

Where's the huge number of left-backs that Kilbane can be dropped for? Cunningham is having the first run of games in his entire career, there just hasn't been an option to replace Kilbane until now and even then it's a very, very raw replacement that we'l have to be using unfortunately.

[Charlie Darwin]

Seems like he's being stretchered off at the moment. Sounds serious but hopefully it's not.
Cue the "Cunningham with two broken legs would still be better than Kilbane" comments.

[CraftyToePoke]

Looks like a broken leg. Maybe tibia.



http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=70028&st=0

O.S. reports it as a red card late tackle

http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2255708,00.html

[Colbert Report]

Well that's the end of that then. Kilbane will continue to start for us. Cunningham will be back next season I'm sure.

[tommy_c12000]

Can't believe it. Another young promising Irish player, another serious injury. Best of luck to Greg in his recovery.

[Charlie Darwin]

Terrible news. Best of luck to him.

[tricky_colour]

Tibia is the main bone in the leg.
Hope it not a bad break, end of his season for sure.

[Spudulika]

undergoing an operation right now. Hope he comes back stronger, terrible tackle.

[tricky_colour]

undergoing an operation right now. Hope he comes back stronger, terrible tackle.


I don't like the sound of that, if you need an operation it must be a bad one.

[Sullivinho]

Can't believe it. Another young promising Irish player, another serious injury. Best of luck to Greg in his recovery.

'Being an Irish International prospect: the health effects' by Greg Cunningham and David Meyler. Foreword by James McCarthy.

Awful news.

[Stuttgart88]

Unbelievable.

[tommy_c12000]

Tibia is the main bone in the leg.
Hope it not a bad break, end of his season for sure.

I would have thought your femur (largest bone in the body) would have been the main bone in the leg, but hey, who's here to give an anatomy lesson??

[Serb]

'Being an Irish International prospect: the health effects' by Greg Cunningham and David Meyler. Foreword by James McCarthy.

Proof-read by Terry Dixon.

Disaster anyway. I thought Cunningham looked superb in the friendly against Norway. Really gutted for him that he'll be out for the rest of the season.

[Yard of Pace]

Ed. by Shane Duffy! Amazing bad luck for us as an international side in the last few years.

[tricky_colour]

I would have thought your femur (largest bone in the body) would have been the main bone in the leg, but hey, who's here to give an anatomy lesson??

That's right, I mean of the main bone of the lower leg, the other smaller one is like the ankle bone, I know because I broke my ankle bone a while back, I think I might have fractured the tibia too (not sure). I be surprised if the smaller bone was not broken as well, but what would I know.

I just saw it on The Football League Show, Gregg came flying in, it would be hard to blame the other guy, it was a 50/50 ball.
Pretty hard to see exactly what happened at that speed, just a painful looking clash of legs.
Looking on the bright side, going around on crutches is good for your upper body strength.
I wish him a speedy recovery.

[Colbert Report]

He wasn't that good to begin with, not much of a loss. Kilbane should be able to cover the LB spot for another couple of years at least.