Bit about Tom Cannon's connection to Connacht in the Tribune
https://connachttribune.ie/connemara...-hot-shot-090/
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Bit about Tom Cannon's connection to Connacht in the Tribune
https://connachttribune.ie/connemara...-hot-shot-090/
https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...371654889.html
This journalist really should learn the rules
It's p*ss poor
"John O’Shea has hinted at a senior debut for Leicester City striker Tom Cannon in Tuesday’s friendly away to Portugal – which would formally tie the attacker to Ireland for the next three years"
Irish journalists are ****e = = Too much of a cosy club !Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
Do they not even talk to each other though? I know Dan McDonnell knows the rules, and he's with the same paper, surely they'd have a 10 minute chat through the eligibility rules at some point in the office since they're both covering the Irish team as part of their brief?!
Like it's actually wrong for two reasons, not just one (he's over 21 and it's a friendly). It's incredibly poor journalism.
I loved his first touch to take down a high ball, and second touch to take it around the defender. Probably should have scored. Getting a shot on target was the easier part though I think he slipped before shooting.
He looks a good playerQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Yep we knew what Jake O'Brien and Kelleher could do from their club formQuote:
Originally Posted by Jolly Red Giant
We hadn't a breeze if Cannon was up to it
Cannon looked the part immediately when he came on. Again just to repeat what we all know
The goal keepers and defence are strong and our attacking players are good too. It's the midfield that's killing us.... and of course not having an experienced professional football manager.
Full/wing back is going to be as bad as centre mid soon, and they're more important than ever in the modern game. I've no problem playing the older players if they're the best options available, but we're a couple of injuries to players who send their physios Christmas cards from asking McClean back.
Dara O Shea would be one to switch to right full.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
We still have numerous options at CB
LB is going to be an issue. I thought scales was horrendous v Portugal
The wing back thing doesn't work for us. We need 4 at the back and 5 in midfield.
Also ~ 4-5-1 is actually very adaptable if the will is there to make it adaptable !Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
I think most players were horrendous against Portugal, and Scales has the excuse of being up against Ronaldo most of the evening, but I know the point you're making. I think there's still a bit of concern about his passing ability - or he might delay a pass and get into trouble as a result - and it'd be interesting to see how next season goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
I'm not sure he's a left-back though. Yeah, he played there for UCD and Rovers, but arguably he could get away with it because of his natural ability at a low level. He really struggled there for Celtic and only when he went back into the centre did he stay to improve.
I'd be wary of calling O'Shea an answer to our problems at fullback/wingback for the same reason. I don't know how long we can expect to call up Brady/Stevens/Coleman/Doherty there. But who are the alternatives? Manning - not a world beater but i think he has to be a main option. Browne/O'Dowda? Square peg in round holes. Festy? Needs to improve a lot based on his cameos. Adaramola didn't massively impress in Belgium. MacNulty I guess. Roughan seems solidly L1 level.
It's a huge issue - we've no midfield and are 12 months from having no fullbacks. There's only so much Kelleher and Ferguson can do on their own for us! :(
At a push O'Shea could play left-back and Omobamidele could play at right-back - but they would have to be full-backs rather than wing-backs. If you want wing-backs you have Ogbene for the right - but we are badly stuck on the left beyond Ryan Manning.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I think it's inevitable that we will start playing at least one centre back in a full back role against stronger opposition before long. It's an obvious tactic against better teams, get an extra natural defender on the pitch and sacrifice an element of attacking from the back in the process, which is probably fine as we won't see much of the ball in those games anyway.
Unless John O'Shea gets the job of course, in which case he'll just play Coleman and Brady until they're 45.
According to Football League World, Leicester are willing to let Cannon go, but only if they get the new signings they want. Stoke are waiting to take Cannon, whose season at Leicester was blighted by injury.
Stoke City: Tom Cannon and Sam Gallagher could thrive (footballleagueworld.co.uk)
Yeah, saw that & I think even if its how he sees it, its poor from Copper to play it that way publicly and I'd wish him ill for it. The guy is a seven million signing. Clotheslining him like this because the window hasn't gone well ( players not wanting to play for Steve Cooper is a factor in that BTW ) but refusing to let him leave in case he needs him says more about Cooper than Cannon to me.
Thats an outrageous comment by Cooper. Cannon has proven himself to be a very decent Championship striker who they paid good money for. To dismiss a young player like that is disgraceful
Was an unused sub tonight. Clearly not fancied there at the moment so I'd say he'll move to the Championship in the next few days now.
Hasn't been a great few days for Leicester PR wise in terms of Irish players with the Shane Flynn stuff as well. Weird that they've never had an established Irish international player in the Premier League in all the years they've been there.
More from Cooper, no doubt aware that Stoke City are keen to take Cannon:
"For sure Tom’s a good young player who has a future in front of him. It’s our jobs as managers to put the best team out to win games, but it’s also to make sure we put the right programmes on for the younger players. We will do that with Tom. What that looks like at the moment I don’t know, but he’s very much part of today’s work. Until things change, that’s how it will be. But I’m probably better to answer that one closer to the end of the window.”
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/spor...-stoke-9497524 (21 August)
Being reported this morning that, in Cannon's case, Leicester's "right programme for the young player" is to cut their losses and sell him to the highest bidder.
Peter O'Rourke reporting a £5M Hull bid, Alan Nixon reporting a £6M Luton bid, and John Percy reporting a £5M Sunderland bid but Leicester want £10M for Cannon.
Pays £7.5mil, player plays 13 games and does nothing of note other than be injured a lot.
"We want £10mil please!"
I didn't hear them say please.
Joins Stoke on a season-long loan.
https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/202...to-city-scene/
I see Jon Walters has sacked Stoke's manager after a poor start to the season. Norwich coach has been approached.
Might have consequences for Cannon and the other Irish there (Lawal, Moran, Strevens, Bonham...)
Apparently the reason Cannon chose Stoke over about 10 other teams was so he could work again with Peter Cavanagh, one of Schumacher's backroom staff who coached him at Everton. However he's gone now along with the manager.
Has now been appointedQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/202...ed-by-potters/
Andy Moran must be thinking Deja Vu after similar happening at Blackburn last season. Lets hope the replacement manager likes him more than the replacement at Blackburn did.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Wasn't a great penalty shootout for the irish boys last night as all of Tom Cannon, Mipo Odubeko and Ryan Grayden missed penalties with Cannon saved, Odubeko over the bar and Grayden hitting the post. Ex LOI lad Phoenix Patterson also missed his penalty. Overall a pretty woeful 3 scored from 9 penalties.
Tommy Lonergan and Darius Lipsiuc didn't take penalties. Enda Stevens and Andy Moran had been subbed, and both Irish keepers were on the bench, Harrington rested and Jack Bonham not selected - along with Ronan Coughlan who was also rested
It's something I've noticed in general - Irish players seem to miss an inordinate amount of penalties in shootouts for their clubs. Hardly any of our senior squad are regular penalty takers for their clubs (are any of them?). And of course the last time we were in a shootout ourselves it was a mess. We haven't been remotely competitive enough to even worry about such things in the last few years, but at some point we'll be in one again and I'd have my fears about how it might go.
Evan has missed his last two. Szmodics missed his last penalty.
Idah has taken some pretty important ones for Celtic and has scored every one I can remember for Ireland. I’d also trust Robbie Brady and Troy. That’s pretty much it across a big squad
I think I remember Cullen taking a penalty at some point?Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
And Kelleher has taken them too of course!
cannon on a hattrick heading into the second half at home to Portsmouth.
4 goals now, Goal and assist for Moran. Mark O'Mahony got the only goal so far for Pompy
Any stattos able to tell us who was the last Irish player to score 4 in championship? If any? I can't recall any in Premier League anyway.
Robbie Keane scored four for Spurs against Burnley in 2009Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
https://www.premierleague.com/match/6769
Can't find any in the Championship since 2006, but Troy Parrott did it only recently for AZ against Heerenveen
First Stoke player to score four in a game since Peter Thorne in 2000.
My controversial Irish football opinion/hill that I'm willing to die on is that I honestly think Tom Cannon has a higher ceiling than either Troy Parrott or Adam Idah. Might not be quite as controversial an opinion after that tonight.