Saw an interview with Roy Hodgson at the weekend where he said they were short up front and he was hoping to bring in someone before the season kicked off.
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Saw an interview with Roy Hodgson at the weekend where he said they were short up front and he was hoping to bring in someone before the season kicked off.
I hope this move goes through. Off all the clubs he's been linked to over the summer WBA will suit him best I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
I agree. Long impressed last season and looks well capable of stepping up a league. I think he'd combine well with Peter Odemwingie and a manager like Roy Hodgson will be good for developing his leadership skills too. Then he'll be ready for Celtic. ;)
:ball: PP
From Dan McDonnell's twitter:
"Shane Long missed Ireland training this morning as he was doing a medical with West Brom. Good move for him, in my opinion."
I would echo those sentiments. Very good move for him. WB doing well under Hodgson
Guaranteed first team, premier league football under a very good manager. Not bad at all.
Great move. Delighted that's all done and dusted.
Interesting reversal of his recent Ireland fortunes on the cards too. Cox keeping him out of the side then and Shane (in all probability) about to return the favor at club level.
Wouldve loved to see him promoted with Reading but this is as near as next best thing. Good solid manager, team on the up, assured of plenty of action and not under a huge amount of pressure at the club.
It would be great to see Long and Cox form a solid partnership upfront - one can only dream!
Dirty.Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
Will Cork City receive any of the transfer fee as a bonus, seeing as how he was there as a youth player, or has he passed the age limit on this?
compensation/solidarity payments to former clubs are not available for players who move after age 23 afaik.
As far as I know they never stop. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's first club got a big chunk of his transfer to Barcelona: http://www.goal.com/en/news/596/excl...ifa-solidarity
Does the Cork City that sold Long actually exist any more?
Yep, the supporter-owned club inherited all of Cork City's history.
Did they inherit just their soccer history or the rights, assets and liabilities of arkaga it whatever that yoke was called?
No, the company itself was liquidated but had already sold the name and rights to the supporters' trust.
you could very well be right Charlie. I wasnt 100%. On reflection it must be the Training Compensation payments that stop at 23.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Long time coming for Albion target: http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/...albion-target/
A fan's opinion of the signing of Shane Long (written before the deal was completed)
A goal against the champions on his first day at work. Good man Shane.
Dodgy goalkeeping but great start for Shane. Thrilled for him.
Get in, Shane Long! That keeper's looking dodgy from long shots.
good thing United have Gibson in their own ranks!
Heard on the radio it was a mistake by the keeper but I have not seen it yet, will check out youtube lol.
Great to see him score. Will give him a huge confidence boost. Wouldn't be surprised to see him get a second in this game.
[edit - video removed as expected ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4AXKnztSM
Weird goal, the keeper did not see able to get down quick enough, looks different from different angles, bot
sure if it is fair to put it down as a mistake by the keeper but he hardly covered himself in glory.
The will probably delete the video so be quick!!
It wasn't really a mistake by the keeper; people are making a big deal about it because all eyes are on De Gea to see how he starts at United. He just made a pretty lame effort at getting down to stop it but nothing too out of the ordinary. Long did very well to get a shot in and score from the angle.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Yea I think it's always hard for a big keeper to get down to the ground quickly, afterall they have a *Long* way to go ;)
You can't fall faster than the law of gravity dictates so gotta give credit to Long for getting a quick low shot in.
shame about the own goal from Reid, nothing he could do about that
Credited to Doyle on Errortel. God bless RTÉ.
Great to see. Wouldn't underplay how poor the keeping was though - slow reaction, bad technique.
I think the main problem is Shane gets in pretty close with a quick shot, it is hard for the keeper to get down quick enough.
I even did the maths (I was bored) assuming the centre of gravity of the keeper is 1 meter high it takes him 0.44 seconds to
get to the ground. Only takes about 0.2 seconds for the shot to reach the net. Mind you, he should be able to get a hand to it quick
enough so that was a pointless exercise lol.
I think the problem is the shot seems to dip viciously and the keeper expects a much higher ball, but it is still poor keeping,
I can't see Shay Given missing that one!!
I uploaded the video to my Cliche-O-Meter and the resultant print-out said: 'You have to save those at that level.'
Still great for Shane to be joint top of the premiership scorers table!!
(with 11 others including Stephen Ward).
Looks like the Brom player at the back post could have been in line for a tap in even if the keeper had managed to get down.
and Wes Hoolahan.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
All ex-LOI players.
Yes I had a quick scan though the to list to make sure I had not missedQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
anyone out, I didn't do a a very good job!! Apologies to Wes for that!!
I remember thinking when I heard he scored that people will have to pay more
attention to him now, it seems I have a short memory!
If there was no LOI these players would just head over to England straightaway and get discovered much earlier. Just think, if Kevin Doyle hadn't had to play for Cork City he would have just gone over and played for a League 2 team and would have been scouted much earlier. Time to get rid of the LOI, I was looking at the league table there yesterday and there's a team that has lost twenty matches in a row! What a joke, you'd never see that in the Premiership.
Hey maybe Kevin Doyle didn't want to go to England at a much younger age!
Yeah, because the greens of Ireland are filled with world class players who didn't want to leave their mammies at age fourteen to become professional footballers in England.