Irish Abroad 2010/2011

[SkStu]

Jaysus, that's some A+ research on the ma's name.

A1, Sharon, A1.

http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/image_thumb/en/pat_laffan?pad=1&maxheight=110&mode=fillcropmid&maxwidth=110

[CraftyToePoke]

Conrad Logan got another chance at Leicester tonight, and made a game changing howler by all accounts after his side had goten back on terms at 1-1

taking heavy criticism from several here http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=68897&st=0


he has had a few opportunities now, I thought his time as a Leicester player was over a couple of seasons back when the club used 6 or 7 different keepers but never bothered to recall him from the loan he was on, but with the place awash with cash now, and Sven fond of the big name signings and a contract running out, it may soon be time to try to get established elsewhere, most likely the lower leagues.

[seanfhear]

I don't know much about the lad but what a great name.

"CONRAD LOGAN" Just made for the movies or wrestling !

[tetsujin1979]

With Sven's history, I'd expect them to be linked with Kasper Schmeichel in the near future

[bwagner]

Andy O brien going to leeds http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/9139586.stm

[AlaskaFox]

Connor Sammon scored again today. 7th goal of the season.

[CraftyToePoke]

Sean Rooney

Apologies if this has been done already.

21, striker, 4 in 7 this season, Newcastle Jets, A-League, same side as Michael Bridges + Francis Jeffers (who also quailfied to play for us, I believe) involved in the Austraila U20 set up.

here:http://www.limerickleader.ie/sport/Sean39s-star-is-on-the.5703594.jp
and:http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_playerstats
also:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Rooney_(footballer)

I wonder how the Aussies would react to it...

[tetsujin1979]

Irish Abroad statistics for October 2010: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=10
Liam Lawrence won the most games in October, the Portsmouth loanee ended on the winning side 4 times, and also topped the scoring charts with Jonathan Hayes. Both players found the back of the net three times. Portsmouth also failed to lose each of these games, winning twice and drawing once
Paddy Kenny drew the most games, with his games finishing all square on four occasions
Crystal Palace teammates Paddy McCarthy and Owen Garvan reflected the form of their sides by starting 4 losses, Jonathan Walters and Connor Sammon also finished on the losing side 4 times
5 seems to be the magic number for starting players, with Darren Randolph, David Forde, Paddy Kenny, Kieran Westwood, Stephen Carr, Alan Maybury, Paul McShane, Paddy McCarthy, Sean St Ledger, Ian Harte, Kevin Foley, Cliff Byrne, Richard Keogh, Eddie Nolan, Sean Dillon, Mark Yeates, Owen Garvan, Stephen Quinn, Lee Carsley, Liam Lawrence, Jon Daly, Jonathan Walters and Shane Long all lining out for their side 5 times
Of these, Paddy Kenny, David Forde, Kieran Westwood, Darren Randolph, Stephen Carr, Alan Maybury, Paddy McCarthy, Kevin Foley, Cliff Byrne, Richard Keogh, Sean St Ledger, Eddie Nolan, Sean Dillon, Lee Carsley and Liam Lawrence all completed 90 minutes in every game. None of the strikers that started 5 games finished all 5
Jim Goodwin, Seamus Coleman, Keith Fahey, Stephen Ireland, Wes Hoolahan, Liam Kelly, Alan Lee, Jon Daly, Jonathan Walters, Shane Long were all substituted 3 times in October.
Ronan Murray was introduced from the bench more times than any other player, the Ipswich midfielder was introduced to the fray 4 times
Shay Given and Conrad Logan again topped the most unused substitute table, both players remaining on the bench in 5 games
Alan Dunne, Alan Maybury, Darron Gibson, Marc Wilson, Noel Hunt and Anthony Stokes were the most booked players, each player shown the yellow card twice

[AlaskaFox]

Thought this would be the best place to put this:
http://greenscene.me/2010/11/greenscene-players-of-the-month-for-october/

James Collins Junior scored twice already for Burton. Maybe he'll be a future Ireland striker alongside Brady or Roberts?

[gastric]

Bad news for Gary Deegan. I found this when I was looking for an update on Stephen O'Halloran. Does anyone know if he is playing reserves or is he still injured? I am also trying to find out similar info on Joey O'Brien. Does anyone know?
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/coventry-city-fc-news/2010/11/03/coventry-city-s-gary-deegan-out-for-rest-of-the-season-92746-27591273/

[AlaskaFox]

Had a look on the Bolton forums, but nothing recent about Joey. Physioroom has him out indefinitely.

[tetsujin1979]

Independent journalist Daniel McDonnell started following the twitter feed for Irish Abroad.
I'm very tempted to block him.

[AlaskaFox]

Independent journalist Daniel McDonnell started following the twitter feed for Irish Abroad.
I'm very tempted to block him.

Probably stealing your research as we speak.

[Charlie Darwin]

Probably reading this thread as we speak.

[Junior]

probably setting up a new hotmail account as we speak.

[gastric]

Two goals from Garvan tonight as Crystal Palace try to get of the bottom of the table, securing Palace a win!

[frenchman]

http://www.football-lineups.com/country/IE/Players/Playing_in/?q=CY makes for easy ready even if it's not up to date

[AlaskaFox]

http://www.football-lineups.com/country/IE/Players/Playing_in/?q=CY makes for easy ready even if it's not up to date

Better and more up to date:
http://greenscene.me/player-lists/irish-players-in-europe/

[bwagner]

Two Irish on target for the young gunners: Webb and Roberts:

Arsenal Under-18s brushed aside rock-bottom Portsmouth 3-0 at the London Colney on Saturday.

Alban Bunjaku gave the home side the lead in the second minute and Phil Roberts added another on the quarter-hour. Calum Webb completed the scoring 15 minutes from time.

Arsenal TV Online subscribers can now watch extended highlights of the match by clicking the 'Video' tab.

[bwagner]

http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3311416/youth/arsenal-yth-v-portsmouth-yth?tab=report

Sean McDermott was in goal while Steven Smith was on the bench.

[bwagner]

Carl Walshe, who was playing for Portsmouth is from Dublin also.

[gustavo]

I think Tadgh Purcell is out for the rest of the season too

[bwagner]

Carruthers scores for villa reserves :http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3305171/reserves/arsenal-res-v-aston-villa-res?tab=report
Conor Henderson played for Arsenal along with James Shea
The Star today repots about Rhys Murphy written a letter to the FAI to declare for us.

Yes I am mega bored at work here :O)

[TrapAPony]

The Star today repots about Rhys Murphy written a letter to the FAI to declare for us.


If he can get over his injury problems he might be a useful player in the future.

[AlaskaFox]

Nice new feature on Greenscene:
http://greenscene.me/2010/11/saturday-football-live-commentary-13-november-2010/

[HarpoJoyce]

Gary Dicker Brighton and Hove Albion, ex-UCD ex-Stockport County scored against the monkey-hangers (ex-monkey-hangers).

[Closed Account]

Long Harte Hunt down Madejski way.
http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~2218779,00.html

[boovidge]

Add new Lewes striker Paul Olima to the list! He got a brace today and is already a fan favourite. Call him up, Trap! :wink:

[theworm2345]

Add new Lewes striker Paul Olima to the list! He got a brace today and is already a fan favourite. Call him up, Trap! :wink:
I don't think he's new, he's banged in a few already this year.

[AlaskaFox]

He was with Thurrock at the start of the season before signing for Lewes.

[zackmorris]

Chris Fagan on trial at Gateshead, scored against Middlesbourgh reserves.

http://www.theimp.lincolnfans.co.uk/news/0267_chris_fagan_given_gateshead_chance.shtml

[zackmorris]

Lee Lynch and James Cronesberry are down at Jerez Industrial with Glenn Hoddle in Spain:

http://glennhoddleacademy.com/lee_lynch_signs_up_with_gha.html

http://glennhoddleacademy.com/james_cronesberry_joins_gha.html

[Closed Account]

Sheffield United snap up another Airtricity League player:
Seamus Conneely from Galway United
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1332804/Sheffield-United-cut-deal-Irish-ace-Seamus-Conneely-Burnley-stopper-Cort-joins-Preston.html

Please don't start a new thread for the lad, at least give him a chance to do something.....

[Dodge]

Add new Lewes striker Paul Olima to the list! He got a brace today and is already a fan favourite. Call him up, Trap! :wink:

Just seen this.

He was with Pats schoolboys and reserves for years...

[tetsujin1979]

Richie Ryan looking to move abroad as well: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/player-of-year-ryan-sets-sights-on-move-abroad-2434747.html

[theworm2345]

Tets, I'm not sure if you'd been tracking Kieran Murtagh who had played for youth teams, but he will now be representing Antigua and Barbuda (whos players names, off the top of my head, include Farrell, Carr, Dublin, and McCoy) in the Caribbean Cup.

[gastric]

Paul Ince interested in signing Alan Judge on a permanent basis. Judge could do better IMO.

http://www.football.co.uk/notts_county/ince_on_judge_hunt_rss1516358.shtml

[gastric]

This is the nearest I can get to an update on Stephen O' Halloran. It doesn't seem that he is due to play any time soon. It was a surprise that Aidy Boothroyd signed him in the first place considering his injury situation.
This account is written in relation to Martin Cranie.

"He had 20 minutes against Kettering yesterday but it is still very early for him so we will just keep ploughing through and getting on with it and with a bit of luck we will find a winning combination in the back four. ?We are having to deal with the injuries and suspensions like everyone else and that has meant we have had to shift things about with Ben Turner being injured and James McPake coming back, so we will get on with it and whoever I think is right to play there will play there.? Asked if he hopes to give summer signing from Aston Villa O?Halloran a run before end of season, the manager revealed: ?If he proves ready for it and shows me he can dodo it then absolutely. But if he doesn?t then I won?t.?" Coventry City left-back puzzle for Aidy Boothroyd [Coventry Telegraph - Nov 24 2010] (http://www.silobreaker.com/coventry-city-leftback-puzzle-for-aidy-boothroyd-5_2263886363831042139)


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[gastric]

It seems that Selcuk Tidim is still alive and at St Pauli, but how he is going is anyone's guess. Any one got any more info?

I had found a photo of their U19 team, but can't copy and paste it!

[zackmorris]

Richie Towell makes his debut today as a sub for Celtic.

[SkStu]

so Lennon throws the Towell in?

[AlaskaFox]

Another goal for James Collins today:
http://greenscene.me/2010/11/irish-goalscorers-27-november-2010/

[tetsujin1979]

Irish Abroad statistics for November 2010: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=11
Stephen Elliot is the surprise winner of the most wins category, the Hearts striker taking home 3 points on 4 occasions in November
Reading's Irish trio of Ian Harte, Shane Long and Noel Hunt drew the most games in November. The Royals finished level 4 times
not a good month for Joe Murphy, Cliff Byrne, Jim Goodwin, Damien Delaney, Kevin Foley and Kevin Doyle. Each player finished on the losing side 4 times in November
Burton Albion's loanee, Villa striker James Collins started the most games, 6, but an incredible 28 players all started 5 games: Joe Murphy, David Forde, Kieran Westwood, Ian Harte, Richard Dunne, David van Zanten, Jim Goodwin, Kevin Foley, Cliff Byrne, Stephen Carr, Alan Maybury, Andy O'Brien, Alan Dunne, Damien Delaney, Richard Keogh, James O'Connor, Liam Miller, Patrick Cregg, Liam Kelly, Lee Carsley, Paul Green, Jonathan Hayes, Jay O'Shea, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long, Conor Sammon, Richie Foran and Adam Rooney)
Collins only completed 90 minutes in 3 of his games, but 16 of those 28 completed 90 minutes in their games: Joe Murphy, David Forde, Kieran Westwood, Stephen Carr, Andy O'Brien, Richard Dunne, Alan Dunne, Cliff Byrne, Richard Keogh, James O'Connor, Lee Carsley, Paul Green, Patrick Cregg, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long and Adam Rooney
Kevin Kilbane and Richie Foran were removed from the action more times than any other player, both players were substituted 4 times
Coincidentally, Ireland's Stoke duo Marc Wilson and Jonathan Walters were introduced from the bench 4 times
Unsurprisingly, goalkeepers again top the most unused substitute table with Shay Given, Rene Gilmartin and Colin Doyle all remaining on the bench 5 times in November
Connor Sammon was the highest scorer in November, finding the back of the net 7 times in just 5 games. Kilmarnock went on to win 3, draw 1 and lose 1 of these games. Fellow Scotland-based striker Adam Rooney scored 6 goals in 5 games (including a hat trick against Hibernian) and Inverness went on to win each game he scored in
Patrick Cregg and Ciaran Clark were shown the yellow card more times than any other player, each player was booked 3 times

[Colbert Report]

so Lennon throws the Towell in?

*crickets*

[SkStu]

indeed....

http://scrapbookprintables.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/tumbleweed_on_highway162.jpg

[tetsujin1979]

Richie Towell makes his debut today as a sub for Celtic.
Towell intent on becoming a regular at Celtic: http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/towell-intent-on-becoming-a-regular-at-celtic-2444730.html

[Closed Account]

Well done to Matt Doherty who named in the Wolves Matchday squad on Saturday, less than 5 months after joining from Bohemians.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/doherty-rises-fast-through-wolves-ranks-2449850.html

[seanfhear]

Well done to Matt Doherty who named in the Wolves Matchday squad on Saturday, less than 5 months after joining from Bohemians.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/doherty-rises-fast-through-wolves-ranks-2449850.html

In fairness Mick is a great manager for Irish players. I hope they can repay his faith.

[gastric]

Jeff Hendrick on the bench for Derby today. I don't know if this is his first time on the bench, but I am sure someone will tell me!

[Charlie Darwin]

WELL now that you mention it, I just read in the Conor Doyle thread that Kendrick was named on the bench once last month :p