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Thanks for that, I thought he was excellent yesterday against Arsenal, he was at Leicester City, he turned down a one year extension there for a two year deal at Mansfield a few years back, I think Mansfield offered first team oportunities and even a better contract at the time as Leicester were skint, but they did want to keep him and Levein said he would have played games, first team ones had he stayed, could have had a different career path maybe.
Still, nice read.
Noel Hunt grabs Readings opener against Milwall tonight.
assist from Shane Long.Quote:
Noel Hunt fires in a goal from just inside the area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Reading 1-0 Millwall.
Brendan Moloney to sign a new contract at Forest, despite spending most of his time on the bench or in the reserves. Jim Gannon wants Jay O'Shea to remain longer at Port Vale.
Plenty of Irish interest in the Emirates tonight
Wilson RB
Whelan CM
Delap LM
Walters CF
Walters playing more on the left, sort of a 4-5-1Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
Can't find the link but in the preview Wenger said something like "This will be a tough game, Stoke have very good players like Jon Walters (and a few others)".
Whelan was getting high praise from the Stoke fans after the match, was supposedly outstanding (I only saw the first half).
second game in a row all 4 have started, first time that's happened this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
Great to see, I think we know what we have in the other three, but Wilson is the one with improvement still in him, and Stoke is a club he should be able to get in the 11 of if he is to have the career we hope he will. A decent side but, one he should hopefully become a mainstay of, I was concerned he hadnt played a bit more to be honest but hopeully this is the start of it for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
25 year old Marc Tierney is currently playing left back on the Norwich team. His brother Paul Tierney has previously represented us at U21 level. Might be worth looking into if we ever have a crisis at left back.
I see Joe Mason of Plymouth earned * his side a penalty at the weekend which in turn secured the three points.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot..._2/9401907.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mason
* I say earned, I mean of course, felt the faintest of touches and hit the deck as though he had been sniped. With all the money troubles at Plymouth he is likely to get chances to develop his game if good enough, and even more likely to be sold if he does start to turn heads. Probably not a bad thing as that club look like spiralling a la Luton.
Just to update this : Kevin Doyle stated in an interview that fellow Wolves player Richard Stearman has an Irish grandparent and is keen to play for Ireland.
Irish Abroad statistics for February 2011: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=2
Graham Stack's return to the Hibernian side seem him top the wins table, with fellow player Richie Towell. Similarly Darren Randolph and loanee Gavin Gunning of Motherwell won 4 games, with Paddy Kenny, Stephen Carr and John O'Shea completing the win table
Gunning also received the most bookings, the Blackburn player was shown the yellow card 4 times
Reading's Ian Harte and Shane Long drew the most games, with 4
Sheffield United's Michael Doyle lost the most games in the second month - 5
Darren Randolph, Sean St Ledger, Damien Delaney, Michael Doyle, Paul Keegan, Mark Kennedy and Shane Long all started 7 games
Of these, Randolph, Delaney, St Ledger and Kennedy completed 90 minutes in each game
Leon Best was substituted 5 times, he has yet to complete 90 minutes this season for Newcastle
Michael Collins and Sean Scannell were both introduced 5 times in February
Rene Gilmartin was the most unused substitute player, staying on the bench no less than 7 times. Of the outfield players, Darren O'Dea and Conor Doyle were the most unused players
Shane Long and Adam Rooney shared the top spot in the goals scored table, with 4.
Alex McCarthy played well for Reading tonight, making a great save from Osman. He does not seem to have played any underage football and would be a good young addition. Anyone know anything about his eligibility? It would be good to get one McCarthy on board!
I believe he saved a penalty at the weekend as well...was looking for his eligiblity and couldn't find anything, though he has played for the England u21s. He's been second fiddle to the injured Federici this year but McDermott may have a headache on his hands when he comes back.Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
According to today's tabloids, Doncaster want Joe Murphy on a free at the end of the season. Would be a good move as Scunny look odds on to go down. Ipswich want Simon Cox on loan with a view to make the move permanent. Lastly The Daily Record claims McGeady might join Zenit St Petersburg on the lowly salary of 120k a week. Poor Aiden!
on loan Ipswich Keeper Ian Mclaughlin has made his debut for Stockport county during the week
Brady and Matt Dortherty on target for there clubs reserve team
Wolves also had Nathan Rooney and Anthony Forde ..both in our youth set up.
Man utd had Sean Mc Ginty on the bench
Left back Shane O'Connor made his come back for ipswich in a reserve game they won 4 - 0 mid week
Richie Towell got an og yesterday and Sean Murray made the bench for Watford. Murray has a big future from the comments I have read on Watford forums.