Cillian Sheridan (F Inverness Caledonian Thistle b.1989)

[tetsujin1979]

I wish there were more like him. He's the only Irish lad playing in a country where English isn't the spoken language.

And it's doing him the world of good.

He probably has more Champions League/Europa League experience than anyone in our squad.

According to wikipedia John O'Shea(75) has more than twice the number of appearances in European competition than Sheridan (35)

[DeLorean]

McGeady gas played 55 games in Europe too.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

200K bid rejected by Omonia; Polish window closes towards end of February.

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/510767/cillian-sheridan-to-stay-in-cyprus-as-omonia-nicosia-reject-e200000-bid-from-polish-league-leaders/

[Park_Lane]

Interview in today's Sunday times

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

On the verge of completing a move to Jagiellonia Bialystok.

[KrisLetang]

I think I had that for dinner at a Cambodian Buffet once.

[zero]

http://in-cyprus.com/omonias-sheridan-to-transfer-to-jagiellonia/

they've lost a bit of ground in the last few weeks and now sit 4 behind lechia gdansk, another side unfamiliar with topping the table.

[tetsujin1979]

deal complete: https://twitter.com/Jagiellonia1920/status/836548980435746816

@CillianSheridan (https://twitter.com/CillianSheridan) witamy w Jadze! Więcej info niebawem na jagiellonia.pl.
Translation: @CillianSheridan (https://twitter.com/CillianSheridan) Welcome to Jadze! More info soon at jagiellonia.pl.

[RiffRaff]

fair play to Sheridan, the easy option would have been to spend his career with the likes of Kilmarnock and Motherwell. I bet he's twice the player he was when he went abroad and definitely worth a look at for the international team.

[OwlsFan]

fair play to Sheridan, the easy option would have been to spend his career with the likes of Kilmarnock and Motherwell. I bet he's twice the player he was when he went abroad and definitely worth a look at for the international team.

I am not sure why a spell with two Cypriot teams would make him twice the player he used to be, despite some success in Europe. Will be interesting though to watch his progress with Jagiellonia Białystok. Give us a J...

[zero]

I am not sure why a spell with two Cypriot teams would make him twice the player he used to be, despite some success in Europe. Will be interesting though to watch his progress with Jagiellonia Białystok. Give us a J...

Based on the (small) handful of times I've seem him recently he seems more confident and aggressive that before - plus he knows his strengths a bit better so tends to take up better positions.

In any case it will be interesting to see how he gets on in Poland. I would suggest he will enjoy it...

As an aside, I'm liking the shirt.

http://www.newstalk.com/Cillian-Sheridan-seals-move-to-Polish-top-flight

[DannyInvincible]

I don't know a huge deal about Jagiellonia Białystok, but they are presently second in the Polish league, which is ranked higher than the Cypriot, Scottish, Israeli and Swedish leagues, so I'd imagine they're of a decent enough standard. The club finished 11th last season and 3rd the year before.

Anyway, I hope the move works out well for Sheridan. It's an interesting one. He'll be the first Irish player to play in Poland; a real trailblazer. I hope someone from the FAI will be tracking his form closely.

[irishfan86]

Not to jump two steps ahead, but this could be a precursor to a move to say the Bundesliga. I imagine plenty of German teams look to Poland to snap up players -- this is a big step up in terms of exposure.

[Fixer82]

Not to jump two steps ahead, but this could be a precursor to a move to say the Bundesliga. I imagine plenty of German teams look to Poland to snap up players -- this is a big step up in terms of exposure.

Good point. Never thought of that

[SkStu]

Still only 28 (older in my mind for some reason) so well worth keeping tabs on and, dare I say it, taking another look soon.

[Charlie Darwin]

He's 6'5 according to wikipedia. I knew he was tall but jesus, call him up Trap!

[tetsujin1979]

Straight into the starting XI for his debut today: https://twitter.com/Jagiellonia1920/status/838377384806137856

[DannyInvincible]

Just kicked off. Live stream here: http://tvtoss.me/pages/player.php?ch_id=1970848408&ctd=11&t=Poland%20TV%20Channels

(Use of adblocker and anti-maladvertisement software is advised when opening that link.)

[kingoffifa]

He's not 6'5 - 6'3 at a push.

sure what did ya think i was reading ? :)

[DeLorean]

He got off to a winning start anyway, with Jagiellonia recovering from going behind early on to win 4-1. He came off in the 75th minute but had a 'solid' debut according to this report. (http://sport.interia.pl/klub-jagiellonia-bialystok/news-jagiellonia-bialystok-slask-wroclaw-4-1-w-meczu-24-kolejki-e,nId,2363151) He seemed to be involved in at least one of the goals.

Jagiellonia moved to within a point of Lechia Gdansk at the top of the table, who lost 1-0 to Lech Poznan yesterday. Poznan are only one point further back in third.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Goal and assist for Sheridan against Korona.

2-1 lead at half time.

[DeLorean]

It's down as an own goal on the LiveScore app. They'll go top if they hold on as Lechia Gdansk lost earlier.

[tetsujin1979]

goal online here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ejygc
Close range finish in off the keeper. Could be an OG alright

[DeLorean]

That's definitely an o.g. I'm afraid. It's coming back out off the post when it hits the keeper.

[samhaydenjr]

Should be like the NHL - no OGs - would have been credited to Sheridan

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Damn.

Was going to use this a reason to implore MON to call up Sheridan.

[tetsujin1979]

Scored a penalty today late on to win
Jagiellonii Białystok now top of the Polish league, one point clear of Legia Warsaw in second

[DannyInvincible]

Scored a penalty today late on to win
Jagiellonii Białystok now top of the Polish league, one point clear of Legia Warsaw in second

Video here of the atmosphere inside the stadium today:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7J_r2B7LO8?t=3m24s

It doesn't show any of the action on the pitch (presumably for rights reasons), but you do get to catch a glimpse of Sheridan commencing his run-up for the penalty and the net subsequently rippling as the crowd behind the goal burst into celebrations.

[nigel-harps1954]

Penalty here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYIOY6953Gg

[tetsujin1979]

Two goals for him tonight in Poland, and hit the post late on to be denied a hat trick

[DannyInvincible]

Some (limited, grainy) footage of Sheridan's goals, assist and chance against Zagłębie Lubin this evening (from 5m01s):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8XQZU1MM3k?t=5m1s

His second goal was a penalty.

[DannyInvincible]

Much better highlights here actually:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp37olRMgvU

[DannyInvincible]

Some Sheridan-focused highlights from his debut against Śląsk on the 5th of March:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWrxfWFYrpo

[samhaydenjr]

First goal was a cracker but while I consider myself open-minded, I don't know if I can get on board with an Irish international sporting a man-bun.

[bennocelt]

First goal was a cracker but while I consider myself open-minded, I don't know if I can get on board with an Irish international sporting a man-bun.


and the dodgy beard,lol

[samhaydenjr]

and the dodgy beard,lol

Ha! Although, in fairness it does appear that the more hirsute he becomes, the more his career advances, so I guess we shouldn't complain.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Excellent technique for his second goal.

Has some composure for penalties, too.

[DeLorean]

Has just given Jagiellonia the lead after 25 minutes at Piast Gliwice.

[SkStu]

Piast Gliwice.

I think that's close to how I pronounce St Pats Athletic when I've had a few too many.

[DeLorean]

I think this is the final game of their 'regular' season. Looking at their Wikipedia page for 2015/16 there seems to be a Scottish type 'split' after today with a further seven games each.

[BonnieShels]

That's a savage shirt I must say.

[kingoffifa]

https://youtu.be/nlmDPfeNvkQ?t=15

6'3" *confirmed - thanks cillian :)

hungry for the ball by the sounds of it.

walters is 6 even.

long is shorter.

just saying...

[DannyInvincible]

Some footage from the Jagiellonia's 1-0 win over Piast on Saturday:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdqii--S69I

Sheridan's goal is at 2m23s.

[DeLorean]

I think this is the final game of their 'regular' season. Looking at their Wikipedia page for 2015/16 there seems to be a Scottish type 'split' after today with a further seven games each.

Just reading a bit more about this. It's a strange kind of format as the points from the regular season are halved (and rounded up if necessary) going into the playoff round. It seems a bit unfair but I suppose there are plenty of competitions where they start from scratch in the playoffs, completely disregarding who have performed better during the regular season.

In this case Jagiellonia retain their one point lead at the top, but the gap to third place has reduced from from four points to two and the gap to eight place has reduced massively from twenty points to just ten. On the plus side they are rewarded with four home games (out of seven) along with the rest of the top four.


Each team plays a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After 30th round (at the end of April 2017), league will be split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team will play 7 more games (1-4 and 9-12 teams will play four times at home), starting with half the points achieved during the first phase of 30 matches. So, finally each team played a total of 37 matches. This is the fourth season to take place since the new playoff/playout rule has been introduced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Ekstraklasa#Play-offs

[DeLorean]

Balls.ie got a hold of Sheridan for their Football Show podcast.

https://www.balls.ie/football/cillian-sheridan-2-362587

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

https://youtu.be/nlmDPfeNvkQ?t=15

6'3" *confirmed - thanks cillian :)

hungry for the ball by the sounds of it.

walters is 6 even.

long is shorter.

just saying...

Where did 6 ft. 5 come from?

[Charlie Darwin]

Where did 6 ft. 5 come from?
Mainly my posts it seems. I am fairly confident I didn't make it up but I'm becoming less sure.

[seanfhear]

where did 6 ft. 5 come from?

man bun.............

[Closed Account]

Has just scored to put them 1-0 up

[DannyInvincible]

He scored a well-placed header after getting his head to a good cross into the box from the left corner.

Stream here, if anyone's interested: http://live.robinwidget.org/streamvideo8/jagiellonia-vs-pogon-szczecin-live-stream-215393.html

It's half-time at the minute; Jagiellonia still leading 1-0.

Edit: That stream has switched to Everton-Chelsea for some reason. Here's an alternative for the Jagiellonia-Pogoń game: http://tvtoss.me/pages/player.php?ch_id=1970848408&ctd=11&t=Poland%20TV%20Channels