Looks like none of our strikers did well today, no one in the squad scored.
Scorers were:
Peter Gain (Peterborough)
Alan Lee (Ipswich)
Andy Keogh (Wolves)
Lee Frecklington (Lincoln)
Barry Conlon (Mansfield)
Keith Andrews (Milton Keynes Dons)
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Looks like none of our strikers did well today, no one in the squad scored.
Scorers were:
Peter Gain (Peterborough)
Alan Lee (Ipswich)
Andy Keogh (Wolves)
Lee Frecklington (Lincoln)
Barry Conlon (Mansfield)
Keith Andrews (Milton Keynes Dons)
Mc Shane had a great game today, highly involved, Did well for his goal and made a barnstorming run on goal before being hacked down for a professional foul by Gray. Looked impressive.
Was he playing full back??
yes, right backQuote:
Originally Posted by dr_peepee
At this stage it's all about getting through the last club game without injury.I saw snatches of Lee Carsley on Sunday and I have never seen him look so commanding and confident.
Would it be worth considering playing McShane right back, Finnan left back and Dunne and O'Dea at Centre Backs??
Carsley had a great game yesterday against Arsenal. Even hit the bar. If he can control the area in front of the backs on Saturday that will be the key because he'll be able to break down a poor Welsh team and especially if he can pick out key passes up to Robbie and Doyle to run onto.
That was probably Stan's biggest selection mistake, not to bring him in against Cyprus. That was ****!n baffling and he was one of the in form midfielders in the premiership at the time. He may have been key in Cyprus and we now would be sitting on 8 or 10 points and in a much better situation to qualify headin to Croker.
Manchester City's Academy side won their area's Premier League Academy Group, and are now in the nation semi finals, against the winners of the other 3 regional groups.
The league was won with a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town, with a side including Garry Breen, Karl Moore and substitutes Michael Daly and Donal McDermott.
After reaching the final of the FA Youth Cup last season, this is another honour for the academy at Man City, who do have a recent tradition of bringing academy graduates into the senior side - just this season there's been Stephen Jordan, Nedum Onuoha, Micah Richards, Joey Barton, Stephen Ireland, Ishmael Miller, Daniel Sturridge and most recently Michael Johnson. With any luck we might see more of the Irish lads in the senior set up before long.
Man City review: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pa...&newsid=412213
No review on Huddersfield's site, but there's a mention of a recent call up of striker David Heagney from their academy to the Irish U-16 squad: http://www.htafc.premiumtv.co.uk/pag....html?ptvParm=
Patrick Cregg got man of the match against Celtic yesterday. He had a great game.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...rk/6464875.stm
Michael Daly and Donal McDermott were part of the Manchester City Pontin's League side who defeated their Tranmere Rovers counterparts, coached by former Irish international Jason McAteer, 1-0
Tranmere Rovers review: http://www.tranmererovers.premiumtv.....html?ptvParm=
Man City review: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pa...&newsid=412987
Defender Eddie Nolan's gone to Stockport on loan from Blackburn & Adam Rooney has gone on loan to Yeovil from Stoke
Two interesting moves as they're both highly rated players.Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_peepee
Blackburn's Tony Kane seems to be doing well in Belgium.
http://www.cerclebrugge.be/index.php?catnr1=10
If you click on the orange ball beside each match (his first was 24th Feb) they have a fans poll at the bottom of each. He's a right back.
Stephen Elliott expected back in 3 weeks according to Sunderland official site
ive missed a couple of leicester games, i was at home for a spell, not a great deal to tell really,just the usual suspects up to their usual tricks , except for Mark Yeates returning to the starting 11 at home to q.p.r. and doing so poorly his substituion was met with the loudest cheer of the day, not good.
he was rumoured to be a loan deal with a view to a 3yr deal when he arrived, from spurs, i dont have a clue if theres any truth in this, but i do know most leicester fans now hope there isnt.
althouth definately talented, his first handfull of apperaences aptly demonstrated his ability, he has really fallen away, he needs to gather it quickly and cop on, cut out the practical joking during warm ups etc etc and put in a few decent 90's.
Garry Breen and Karl Moore were part of the Man City reserve side that beat the Oldham reserves in the Manchester Senior Cup semi final. They now go on to play Man United's reserves in the final.
Man City review: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pa...&newsid=414614
No review on Oldham site yet.
Maybury on the takeover at leicester, and the coming season.from the 'bluearmy' site
Maybury: It's now or never
By Bill Anderson
It is "now or never" for Leicester City's squad who are playing for their very future under the Milan Mandaric regime.
With long-needed financial backing, City can expect a vast influx of new players in the summer.
City's ambitious owner will try to set a base for progress but, at the same time, it is a big challenge to those already here.
City defender Alan Maybury - who has seen it all since the Craig Levein days, through the relegation struggles through to the takeover - is under no illusion of what is now required.
He said: "There are going to be changes in the summer so you have to play well and show you want to be part of it.
"You can't just drift along and it is a case of now or never. A new man has come in with money, his own goals and ambitions which will help to drive the club forward.
"People have different ideas but you need to show you want to be part of it.
"There have not been many changes since Mr Mandaric took over, but we all know a lot is going to happen in the close season.
"The uncertainty of the takeover has been replaced by the uncertainty of what is going to happen in the summer, what direction he will be taking the club in."
This gives an added edge to the remaining eight games of the Championship season.
City are certainly looking to move onward and upwards next season, and it is up to the current crop to make sure they are not left behind.
There have been suggestions that the number of new arrivals could be in double figures, in all departments, so claims will have to be staked as much as possible until the end of the season.
But Maybury is not losing sight of the immediate tasks.
He said: "We realise we are four to six points short of what we need to guarantee our place in the division, and we have eight games left to do it in. That is the immediate target.
"There are a few of the lads in different situations, who have come here on short-term contracts. I have a year left, so we have to concentrate on those eight games first of all.
"My attitude is you work hard, make sure those points come in as quickly as possible and see what the summer brings."
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Stoke Citys view on Adam Rooneys early days at Yeovil on loan
http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.....html?ptvParm=
Premiership:
Bolton - Sheff United
No Irish interest for Bolton
Kenny in goals for Sheffield United, Geary on the bench
No sign of either of the Quinn brothers
Charlton - Wigan
Holland on for Charlton
Folan up front for Wigan, Kilbane on the bench
Fulham - Portsmouth.
No Irish interest, Andy O'Brien not even on the bench
Liverpool - Arsenal
No Irish interest, Finnan not even on the bench, possibly rested for Champion's League
Man United - Blackburn
O'Shea on for Vidic. Vidic off with a serious injury, could make a spot for O'Shea?
No Irish interest for Blackburn, Eddie Nolan on loan at Stockport
Newcastle - Man City
Given in goals for Newcastle, Carr and Duff start
Ireland out injured for City, Dunne at centre half
West Ham - Middlesbrough
No Irish interest
Championship:
Barnsley - Derby
Colgan on as sub for Barnsley
Jon Macken up front for Derby
Burnley - Luton
Graham Coughlan and Chris McCann started for Burnley, James and Garreth O'Connor on the bench
Keith Keane and David Bell started for Luton, Kevin Foley on the bench
Cardiff - Sunderland
McPhail started for Cardiff, Byrne on the bench
Miller, Murphy and Connolly all started for Sunderland, Stokes on the bench
Colchester - Norwich
No Irish interest for Colchester
Gary Doherty started for Norwich, Spillane on the bench
Crystal Palace - Sheffield Wednesday
Morrison started and scored for Palace, Kennedy on the bench
Glen Whelan started for Wednesday
Hull - Southend
Damien Delaney started for Hull
Richie Foran up front for Southend
Ipswich - Plymouth
Garvan, Lee and Walters all started for Ipswich, Clarke and Supple on the bench
Garvan and Lee both score
No Irish interest for Plymouth
QPR - West Brom
No Irish interst for QPR
Dean Kiely and McShane started for West Brom
Stoke - Leicester
Liam Lawrence started for Stoke
Maybury started for Leicester, Logan on the bench
Wolves - Southampton
Breen, Ward and Keogh all started for Wolves. Breen scored an OG
Ward substituted in the 65th minute
Best started for Southampton, scored on 55 minutes
League 1:
Hoolahan scored for Blackpool
JJ Melligan scored for Cheltenham
Adam Rooney on the bench for Yeovil
Joe Murphy, James Goodwin, and Cliff Byrne started for S****horpe, is Ian Morris injured?
League 2:
Eddie Nolan on as a sub for Stockport
Scottish Premiership:
Dundee - Celtic
Jon Daly started and scored the equaliser
McGeady and O'Dea started for Celtic, Sheridan was on the bench
Falkirk - St Mirren
Cregg and O'Donnell started for Falkirk, O'Donnell scored Falkirk's second
Billy Mehmet started for St Mirren
Motherwell - Dunfermline
Paul Keegan started up front for Motherwell, Molloy on the bench
James O'Brien started for Dunfermline
Rangers - Inverness Caledonian Thistle
No Irish interest on both sides
Good work there Tets.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I know it's been mentioned on here before but Is McGoldrick at Bournemouth (on loan from southampton) Irish too? He scored today.
Thanks, was bored in the house, had skysports.com open, and time on my hands!Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
What I wouldn't give for a google-type API for the skysports database, I could whip a page up like that in minutes!
Noone's really sure about McGoldrick, I'm convinced I read about him declaring for Ireland, even though he was born in England, but I can't find anything to back it up :(
His soccerbase profile lists him as Irish - http://www.soccerbase.com/players_de...playerid=37797 - and his wikipedia profile has him in the "people of Irish descent living in Great Britain" category - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McGoldrick
Scorers:
Clinton Morrison (Crystal Palace)
Owen Garvan (Ipswich)
Alan Lee (Ipswich)
Liam Lawrence (Stoke)
Leon Best (Southampton)
Wes Hoolahan (Blackpool)
David McGoldrick (Bournemouth)
Barry Corr (Shrewsbury)
Robbie Williams (Accrington Stanley)
Jon Daly (Dundee United)
I listened to the 2nd half of the Sunderland game. Murphy and Connolly started up front, and I didn't hear much of Murphy as Stokes came on for him midway through. Connolly was caught offside a few times and he also had two passes that Stokes or John could've scored off of. Bryne came on late for Cardiff and the only thing that stuck out was one cross late in the match
From http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...028094,00.html
Quote:
The key to him (Nigel Spink, Birmingham goalkeeping coach) is the rise in goalkeeping coaches - though perhaps he would say that, as he is one, at Birmingham City of all places for a Villa hero. The good news there is that a keeper as fine as Maik Taylor has been pushed aside by someone coming through the ranks. The bad news is that Colin Doyle is a Republic of Ireland man, but the principle still works as he started out as a trainee at the club.
Paddy Kenny was supposed to be excellent yesterday.
Richard Dunne got another 2 bonus points in the fantasy football. Defender of the season so far?
Interesting to see Leon Best back at Southampton, starting & scoring. Just shows the benefit of a good loan spell. Hopefully it'll work for Adam Rooney.
I saw highlights of Wolves vs Southampton on ITV. I thought Andy Keogh looked quality and could have had a hat trick with more luck. I didn't notice Ward or Potter much but the 0-6 result was quite misleading. The fans were singing "one Mick McCarthy" at the end.
Interesting that Colin Doyle is holding down his place at Brum.
This goes on here all the time but can anyone confirm if Best still wants to play for Ireland? I think he does but other people have a different opinion that seems to stem from him being in an England U19 squad a few years back. He's Irish in Championship manager anyway as Tetsujin mentioned but then again so was Marlon King a few seasons ago????????????Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
He also doesn't seem to show up in many of our current underage squads. I only ask because I rate him. He'll be decent in the future I'd say probably has more potential than Keogh, Ward, Clarke or (A) Rooney.
stoke v leicester 4-2
just Maybury for leicester and Lawerence for them who weighed in with a goal also. Logan on the bench, no sign of Yeates.
http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...33981,00.html?
Christopher Fagan scored the equaliser for Man United in the FA Youth Cup Semi Final, they've qualified for the final and will now face holders Liverpool in a two-legged final.
Man United review: http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pa...=416322&page=1
Arsenal review: http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.a...es&fxid=306722
Nothing categorical, but I'm under the impression he's still keen to play for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
Interesting that james simmonds is apparently back in the fold.
(Sorry if he's been mentioned already recently, but I had an enforced sabbatical from cyberspace!)
Been a little bored at work lately, so I whipped up a program to scan the day's soccer results across the pond based on soccerbase.com's homepage, and write out the results, together with any Irish players that played in each game, stayed on the bench, and list any scorers or bookings separately, and include links to the relevant soccerbase.com page (team, match or player)
Here is the fruits of my labours for saturday's games.
Some known issues with this is that it only works for the current day's games, so I can't run it against the games of weekends past, so I'm going to have to keep an eye on the soccerbase homepage for when it gets updated, and also it doesn't list sendings off or assists. Other than that it's pretty nifty!
English Premier
Bolton 1-0 Sheff Utd
Sheff Utd's Irish Players: Paddy Kenny
Sheff Utd's unused Irish substitutes: Derek Geary
Irish bookings: Paddy Kenny
Charlton 1-0 Wigan
Charlton's Irish Players: Matt Holland
Charlton's unused Irish substitutes: Darren Randolph
Wigan's Irish Players: Caleb Folan
Wigan's unused Irish substitutes: Kevin Kilbane
Fulham 1-1 Portsmouth
Liverpool 4-1 Arsenal
Man Utd 4-1 Blackburn
Man Utd's Irish Players: John O'Shea
Newcastle 0-1 Man City
Newcastle's Irish Players: Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Damien Duff
Man City's Irish Players: Richard Dunne
Watford 0-1 Chelsea
West Ham 2-0 Middlesbro
Football League Championship
Barnsley 1-2 Derby
Barnsley's Irish Players: Nicky Colgan
Derby's Irish Players: Jonathan Macken
Burnley 0-0 Luton
Burnley's Irish Players: Graham Coughlan, Garreth O'Connor, Chris McCann, James O'Connor
Luton's Irish Players: Keith Keane
C Palace 1-2 Sheff Wed
C Palace's Irish Players: Mark Kennedy, Clinton Morrison
Sheff Wed's Irish Players: Glen Whelan
Irish goalscorers: Clinton Morrison
Cardiff 0-1 Sunderland
Cardiff's Irish Players: Stephen McPhail, Jason Byrne
Sunderland's Irish Players: Anthony Stokes, Liam Miller, Daryl Murphy, David Connolly
Irish bookings: Stephen McPhail
Colchester 3-0 Norwich
Norwich's Irish Players: Gary Doherty
Norwich's unused Irish substitutes: Michael Spillane
Hull City 4-0 Southend
Hull City's Irish Players: Dean Delaney
Southend's Irish Players: Richie Foran
Irish bookings: Richie Foran
Ipswich 3-0 Plymouth
Ipswich's Irish Players: Billy Clarke, Owen Garvan, Alan Lee, Jonathan Walters
Ipswich's unused Irish substitutes: Shane Supple
Irish goalscorers: Owen Garvan, Alan Lee
QPR 1-2 West Brom
West Brom's Irish Players: Dean Kiely, Paul McShane
Stoke 4-2 Leicester
Stoke's Irish Players: Liam Lawrence
Leicester's Irish Players: Alan Maybury
Leicester's unused Irish substitutes: Conrad Logan
Irish goalscorers: Liam Lawrence
Wolves 0-6 Southampton
Wolves's Irish Players: Gary Breen, Darren Potter, Stephen Ward, Andy Keogh
Wolves's unused Irish substitutes: Stephen Gleeson
Southampton's Irish Players: Leon Best
Irish goalscorers: Gary Breen, Leon Best
Irish bookings: Darren Potter
Football League One
Blackpool 2-1 Crewe
Blackpool's Irish Players: Wesley Hoolahan
Irish goalscorers: Wesley Hoolahan
Bristol C 1-1 Nottm Forest
Cheltenham 2-1 Leyton Orient
Cheltenham's Irish Players: JJ Melligan
Irish goalscorers: JJ Melligan
Gillingham 2-1 Brentford
Gillingham's Irish Players: Gary Mulligan
Huddersfield 2-2 Port Vale
Millwall 2-0 Swansea
Millwall's Irish Players: Alane Dunne
Swansea's Irish Players: Thomas Butler
Northampton 0-2 Brighton
Oldham 1-0 Yeovil
Yeovil's unused Irish substitutes: Adam Rooney
Rotherham 0-2 Bournemouth
Rotherham's Irish Players: David Worrell
Bournemouth's Irish Players: David McGoldrick
Irish goalscorers: David McGoldrick
S****horpe 2-0 Bradford
S****horpe's Irish Players: Joe Murphy, Cliff Byrne, Jim Goodwin
Football League Two
Barnet 2-1 Darlington
Barnet's Irish Players: Barry Cogan
Boston Utd 0-1 Bury
Boston Utd's Irish Players: Colin Cryan
Bury's unused Irish substitutes: John Fitzgerald
Hereford 0-0 Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes's Irish Players: Jonathan Hayes, Keith Andrews
Notts Co 2-0 Grimsby
Peterborough 3-3 Wycombe
Rochdale 2-0 Lincoln
Lincoln's Irish Players: Lee Frecklington
Swindon 2-1 Shrewsbury
Swindon's Irish Players: Barry Corr
Irish goalscorers: Barry Corr
Torquay 1-0 Stockport
Stockport's Irish Players: Eddie Nolan
Irish bookings: Eddie Nolan
Walsall 3-2 Accrington
Wrexham 0-0 Mansfield
Mansfield's Irish Players: Stephen Dawson
Mansfield's unused Irish substitutes: Barry Conlon
Scottish Premier
Dundee Utd 1-1 Celtic
Dundee Utd's Irish Players: Sean Dillon, Jonathan Daly
Celtic's Irish Players: Darren O'Dea, Aiden McGeady
Celtic's unused Irish substitutes: Cillian Sheridan
Irish goalscorers: Jonathan Daly
Falkirk 2-0 St Mirren
Falkirk's Irish Players: Patrick Cregg, Stephen O'Donnell
St Mirren's Irish Players: David van Zanten
Irish goalscorers: Stephen O'Donnell
Kilmarnock 1-2 Aberdeen
Aberdeen's Irish Players: Ritchie Byrne, Gary Dempsey
Irish bookings: Ritchie Byrne
Motherwell 2-0 Dunfermline
Motherwell's Irish Players: Paul Keegan
Motherwell's unused Irish substitutes: Trevor Molloy
Dunfermline's Irish Players: Bobby Ryan
Rangers 1-1 Inverness CT
Did anyone see the Liverpool game? Fullback's are usually more underappreciated than goalies but Finnan's performacne was so outstanding that my mother (hates football) could tell he was MOTM. 2 assists and flawless defending. If we play him on the right and let him find his form he and doyle will be a lethal combination.
European Cup
PSV Eindhoven 0-3 Liverpool
Liverpool's Irish Players: Steve Finnan
Football League Championship
Burnley 4-0 Plymouth
Burnley's Irish Players: Garreth O'Connor, James O'Connor, Chris McCann
Burnley's unused Irish substitutes: Graham Coughlan
QPR 1-0 Preston
Preston's Irish Players: Sean St Ledger
Preston's unused Irish substitutes: Wayne Henderson
Irish bookings: Sean St Ledger
Football League Two
Rochdale 0-0 Swindon
Swindon's Irish Players: Barry Corr
Irish bookings: Barry Corr
Shrewsbury 1-3 Bury
No Irish players.
Scottish Premier
Motherwell 0-1 Kilmarnock
Motherwell's Irish Players: Trevor Molloy, Paul Keegan
Wow nice work Tets!
Here's the Liverpool fans thoughts on Finnan:
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/...topic=168622.0
Tets, that is a piece of rare, rare quality, brilliant and thanks.
Cheers lads, I'd been noodling the idea around for a bit and finally got around to it.
If you notice any players missing (Robbie Williams and Michael Welch are missing from Saturday's games) let me know and I'll make sure they're in the following weekend's games.
Any other improvements you think are needed, even in layout (overuse of the word "Irish"?), don't hesitate and I'll do my best (within reason, I'm not going to add facemaps or club logos!) .
At the moment, it covers the 2 European Cups, the 4 leagues in England, the Scottish Premiership, and the 4 Cups (English and Scottish FA and League cups), but if you want the lower leagues in Scotland and the Conference added in I'll add them in.
Sheridan and Cahillane get the goals as Celtic make the youth cup final.
http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2007-04-04_2101gk'
Good man Tets, quality work. Can you create a programme to select the team, or unearth a quality central midfielder?
Scottish Premier
St Mirren 1-1 Hibernian
St Mirren's Irish Players: David van Zanten, Billy Mehmett
European Cup
Roma 2-1 Man Utd
Man Utd's Irish Players: John O'Shea
Cheers mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Err, nope, what I did was comparatively simple! Just use Football Manager 2007!