I think Owen Coyle would be a good mentor for young McCarthy. He comes from the same type of background, born Scottish but with strong Irish link. Coyle is bright, enthusiastic and knowledgable.
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I think Owen Coyle would be a good mentor for young McCarthy. He comes from the same type of background, born Scottish but with strong Irish link. Coyle is bright, enthusiastic and knowledgable.
Lastest news , is that Wolves have offered double what Burnley have for the lad which is somewhere around 2 million and that includes add on's .
yeah, it's in today's Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...5875-21503284/
Yes, but he's manager of BURNLEY!Quote:
Originally Posted by Claret Murph
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scram
Yes, but he's manager of BURNLEY!Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
whats ur point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scram
Wolves and Burnley fighting it out for him is a bit of a let down after being told he turned down a move to Liverpool couple years ago and aparently had clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid interested
Yes, a team that have the correct attitude, that are going the right way, that have a good history and that play football the right way. They will stay up and id much rather seeing a good footballing team like them stay up rather than the likes of Bolton, Hull and StokeQuote:
Originally Posted by Scram
Also didn't Palermos chairman last year say that they were lining up a 6 million euro offer for him?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Steven Gerrard apparently told Benitez to sign him up, this seems weird.
Wasn't that all before he'd even played in the SPL?
yeah so u would think after a season where he won the SPL young player of the year award he would be more sought afterQuote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Looking at recent winners, Aiden McGeady is still at Celtic, Shaun Maloney went to Villa then back to Celtic, Steven Naismith isn't a regular at Rangers, Derek Riordan went to Celtic then back to Hibs, Stephen Pearson left Celtic for Derby, James McFadden went to Everton and now Birmingham City, Kevin McNaughton is at Cardiff and Stilian Petrov is at Villa.
I don't think winning the SPL Young Player of the Year award is a sign of someone who will become a top class player (Petrov would be the nearest, imo). Maybe, scouts who watched him against better opposition were less impressed with him.
I will say one thing carloz talk about hitting the nail on the head , I could never have put it better myself , only one thing thou you forgot about Blackbum as they are going to to dire under Sam again this season . :)Quote:
Originally Posted by carloz
As for the kid, well at 18 some really do go to make it big and other just seem to fade away remember the jury is still out if he can cut it in the Prem .
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Originally Posted by Scram
Did I say he wasn't.
Burnley have been sniffing around McCarthy.
McCarthy agent has links to Spain - hence all these bullsh!t links to the likes of Real and Barca - no substance in them at all.
I believe when he was on trial at Liverpool he scored a cracker in a training session and an onlooking Gerrard said "sign him up"! Gerrard was not knocking on Rafa's door insisting they sign him up :rolleyes: bit of a difference.
If Rafa could have got him at a decent price couple of 000K than might have.....
Liverpool were never going to pay millions for him than
As far as I can remember, the story at the time was that Liverpool made an offer of 1 million for him but he didnt want to leave HamiltonQuote:
Originally Posted by kennedmc
Would it not be better than the guy joins the likes of Wolves/Burnley with the opportunity of regular first team football, rather than waste away under the stewardship of Benitez. After the treatment of Keane wouldnt want any Irish player to go near. Name one player that has come through the ranks to regularly feature in the first team under Rafa...............
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Originally Posted by elroy
True. But maybe the players coming through at Liverpool aren't good enough. It's not as if players went on to prove Rafa wrong by pulling up trees at other clubs if you know what I mean. I'm torn between the lure of first team, football (which In fairness he's been getting that for a good whil now) or the opportunity for improve by playing regularly with better players.
Wolves have offered 1 million for McCarthy, in a take it or leave it deal: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/footbal...6908-21518556/
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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Take it!
I dont think its a bad move regardless of if they stay up or not if hes good enough hel play and if hes good enough someone else will buy him if they go down, alot of managers are reluctant to take players from scotland because the standard is so bad. A year in the Prem at 18ish should do him no harm
Hamilton's manager hopes McCarthy will stay with the Accies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/8150680.stm
Hopefully not.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...436731,00.html
Being reported on SSN that a fee has been agreed with Wolves - Still not a done deal though. Its says £2m in the link though Ive read £1.5m elsewhere.
http://www.skysports.com/football/tr...,14896,00.html
fee agreed with wolves just came up on sky sports
Great move by Wolves. Small fee and if he puts in a good season they will be able to sell him for big bucks. Delighted; can't wait to see him in the Premiership. At Wolves he should get plenty of playing time too:cool:
great move for him. undoubtedly a step up from the SPL.
He'll get the chance at Wolves to prove whether the hype is justified. If he does he'll get a big move in no time.
Hopefully he'll be smashing!
With a bit of luck our midfield could be shaping up a lot better this season.
Even 2 or 3 of the following actually happening would make us a whole lot stronger in that department:
1. Stevy reid overcoming his injury woes to show the world just how good we all think he is
2. Stevy ireland realising he's being an eejit and coming back
3. Darron Gibson establishing himself as a genuine first team premiership player at man u
4. Obviously McCarthy doing the same at Wolves
5. Chris McCann doing the same at Burnley
All 5 of the above and world cup qualification by christmas... now that would be nice
Hope Mick McCarthy doesnt stick him out of position on the right wing or something like that like he did with Darron Gibson
Bugger - this mean he won't be coming to Dublin next week?
Is James likely to obtain a starting position at Moulineux immediately?
Who is his competition for a central midfield spot?
He's going to be similar to Stephen Ireland imo. He'll start to shine once he gets the opportunity alongside really good players. Players that will make the quick simple passes look that bit better, offer themselves for the passes, read his runs forward, etc. He plays a simple game and that's not going to stick out in a relegation fight.
Wigan have had a 2 million bid accepted by Hamilton, just announced on NewsTalk
A move to Wigan would definitely be the best option imo. I couldn't see Big Mick playing him centrally and Martinez likes to play an quick passing game which will suit McCarthy down to the ground.
Martinez was linked with him as well when he was manager of Swansea, so this isn't too surprising
i see wigan being relegation fodder this year though, or there or there abouts,sold a lot of their better players the last year or so, even if martinez has done well in the past
I agree that Wigan should be vulnerable to the drop, but Wolves are hardly guaranteed mid-table safety themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Not trying to be funny, but is he going to get the chance to play with "really good players" with Wolves?Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Just dont want to see him move up then fall off the earth like Stokes.
With that said I a mdefinitely happy for the move, its just there are like 0 Championship league games on here so I did not watch Wolves recently.....
The sun says he has turned down Wolves and will have medical at Wigan tomorrow.
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...k-26m-Mac.html
In Stokes' defense, he is only 20 years old and is under contract with a Premier League club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
At Sunderland he has largely been played out of position (wing as opposed to forward), and has been used mainly as a substitute.
If Stokes went to a mid-upper level Championship club, and was given a chance to be a starter, I think we'd see him shine once again.
I wouldn't write him off just yet, and I think he'll be a good option for us in his mid-twenties.