Robbie Brady (M Preston b.1992)

[Demesne Lad]

Brady was forced off with a calf issue at Swansea City, just before Christmas, but there is better news ahead of Preston NE's cup game v Chelsea.

"Robbie is training today, actually," said Lowe, on Thursday. "We have just had that news. I am not sure how far off he is, but if he comes through today and tomorrow then he will be part of the squad...." (Lancashire Evening Post, 4 Jan).

[Demesne Lad]

Scores at Deepdale, v Blackburn.

[zero]

i wonder if he'll go another season.

[Fixer82]

Scores at Deepdale, v Blackburn.

Very classy, confident finish

[texidub]

Scored a peach today in a pre-season friendly against Liverpool. I hope he's keeping one of these in his locker for the England game :)

https://x.com/reptracker/status/1814380092027744572

[liamoo11]

Scored a peach today in a pre-season friendly against Liverpool. I hope he's keeping one of these in his locker for the England game :)

https://x.com/reptracker/status/1814380092027744572

Be great if he could get a full preseason for fitness. I really don't think he has the ethleticism you need to be a modern wingback unfortunately. Classy footballer

[JR89]

Is that Kelleher in goals?

[elatedscum]

Jaros

[elatedscum]

Kelleher picked up some kind of injury last week. Liverpool have these videos on LFC TV called Inside Training and they show clips of goalkeeper training and general training. Kelleher has been absent since the video posted on 12/07. Was involved in every one up until then.

As an aside, it was his brother in arms, Conor Bradley who Robbie Brady robbed to score that goal…

[seanfhear]

Kelleher picked up some kind of injury last week. Liverpool have these videos on LFC TV called Inside Training and they show clips of goalkeeper training and general training. Kelleher has been absent since the video posted on 12/07. Was involved in every one up until then.

As an aside, it was his brother in arms, Conor Bradley who Robbie Brady robbed to score that goal…
Conor Bradley was very generous there. Must be a lovely fella.

[Demesne Lad]

Joins Will Keane on the Preston NE bench, away to Cardiff; came on for the last 18 minutes of the Preston win. (11Dec).

[Drummerboy2]

Good to see him back. He was having a good season at Preston and played his best football for Ireland in quite a number of years

[Trequartista20]

Starts today.

[SkStu]

Watched it. He got 60 mins and did well. Steady, reliable, effective. Fans seem to love him there.

[rebelmusic]

Having a great game so far today. Sublime goal from a free kick.

[the 12 th man]

Having a great game so far today. Sublime goal from a free kick.


https://x.com/reptracker/status/1895824584861237562?s=48


Cracker.

[seanfhear]

Having a great game so far today. Sublime goal from a free kick.Robbie Brady is certainly one of those ~ ~ How much better could his career have been, but for all of the injuries that he had ?

[rebelmusic]

Robbie Brady is certainly one of those ~ ~ How much better could his career have been, but for all of the injuries that he had ?

Agreed. He went off with an injury today as well. Didn't look too serious but pretty much sums up your point. Seems to have persistent ankle/ligament issues. Considering the lack of seniority in the Irish team though and lack of left back options, I think he's worth a place in the squad

[tetsujin1979]

Believe it not, it's his first goal in the FA Cup!

[seanfhear]

Believe it not, it's his first goal in the FA Cup!Nice one to start with !

[Razors left peg]

Ireland Mens Senior Player of the year, took me by surprise if Im honest, but Im not sure I could make a good argument for anyone else either!

I did find it kinda funny that our player of the year has been discussed on here so little that I had to scroll to page 6 of the threads page to find him... the likes of Georgie Kelly, Conor Masterson and even Terry Dixon have more recent comments. Doesnt exactly scream "Stand out player of the year"!!!

[Buckett]

Anytime I see his thread on page one, I'm surprised to see he was born in '92, he seems way older! Congrats to him

[John83]

Ireland Mens Senior Player of the year, took me by surprise if Im honest, but Im not sure I could make a good argument for anyone else either!

I did find it kinda funny that our player of the year has been discussed on here so little that I had to scroll to page 6 of the threads page to find him... the likes of Georgie Kelly, Conor Masterson and even Terry Dixon have more recent comments. Doesnt exactly scream "Stand out player of the year"!!!
Fair point. I guess he gets it at least in part for the whole Lazerus effect.


Anytime I see his thread on page one, I'm surprised to see he was born in '92, he seems way older! Congrats to him
He was a Man Utd youth player. He's been on people's radar for 15 years.

[elatedscum]

There really weren’t any standouts for a variety of reasons.

GK: Kelleher was pretty good with one clanger as a strong asterisk to his name and another goal he should have done better from.

RB: Coleman injured in all but one game. Doherty ended the year with some good performances but had a really bad performance early in the year and lost his place to guys like Omobamidele, O’Shea, O’Brien.

CB: Collins was an ever present and was mostly good but had a few clangers and half asleep moments. Scales began and lost his place after England. O’Shea, O’Brien, McGuinness all made appearances but not enough to be contenders.

LB: Good performances from Brady, starting 8/10 games (all 8 he was fit for), nothing exceptional bar the goal and assist against Finland but consistently one of our best players.

Midfielders:

Probably only Knight and Cullen played enough to be contenders with all of Smallbone, Azaz, McGrath, Molumby, Taylor, Moran, Browne getting some game time at each others expense - Azaz with more game time could have had a chance. Not sure either was consistently good enough

Attackers:

Ogbene’s injury ruled him out. Johnston probably didn’t play enough. Ebosele had one or two good moments but nowhere near enough. Szmodics did well for us and possibly a contender but he’s still without a goal. Then you’ve got centre forward: Evan struggled due to a lack of club football but he took the majority of the game time, ruling out Troy Parrott and Adam Idah.

You in the end you’re left with 6 players, none of whom had exceptional seasons for us.

[Predator]

Brady was our best player in the last year, definitely, and he is a good example of someone getting their head down and earning their place back in the team. He might be in the twilight years of his career, but he has shown himself to be the best option at LB still. Good for him. I think when we look back on this period in a few years, we'll come to appreciate the likes of Brady more.

I always think of what might have been for Brady. When I first saw him for the U19s and U21s he was head and shoulders above everyone as a left winger/inverted forward. Injuries hindered him and then too many managers preferred him as a wing-back/full-back. I felt he had a lot more to offer further up the pitch, but he didn't get as many chances in those roles at club level. Still he has had a decent career all told. A long-time Premier League player with 70 caps for Ireland and double figures in the goal department. He's now one of only a few players to win senior international player of the year twice. He joins Paul McGrath, Roy Keane, Shay Given, Richard Dunne, Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane and Shane Duffy in that club.