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There was some Ian Harte stuff in amongst the waffle actually so I'll repeat it here.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
As mentioned Watford are rumoured to be interested. Leicster are also said to be thinking about it and he's supossed to have had talks with Jim Magilton at Ipswich.
Think you missed a few pieces of rubbish...I would of thought you'd of deleted the reference to " halcyon days" under McCarthy :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
Last april I happened to be standing in the players lounge at sunderland next to Harte while he was talking to Stephen Wright and he said something like ''ya mate, i'm gonna be ressie of the year''.I stopped listening then and got back to my chicken drumsticks and tea.
Harte gone on two weeks trial with Wolves according to today's Star.
Maybe the McCarthy stuff that Gustavo deleted may have been relevant after all....! ;)
Well he was offered a short term contract at Wolves but has turned it down apparently. He will probably end up with some low ranking Championship side though I suspect.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...rs/7543385.stm
Is there any truth in the rumour that Ian Harte is going to join an american football team as a goal kicker?
Bad move on his part imo, he's hardly snowed under with offers....Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Is it just me that thinks Harte can do a job for one of the promoted teams?
He's got experience at the top level, and will always do his best for the team. Ideal for say Hull considering he's a free agent, even if he doesn't have the pace that he may need to force a successful return to the Premiership.
He better sign somewhere quick. He'd be a good fit at a League 1 side like Leeds.
Whomever said that he'd fit in with one of the newly promoted teams needs to watch a video of the Everton/Sunderland match from this past season. He doesn't belong in the Premiership, or even the Championship at this point. He should sign a one year deal with someone like Leeds or Tranmere.
You don't just judge a player on 1 performance. Look at Finnan against Cyprus, yet a few months later he was in the Champions League final.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
If you saw many of Sunderland's matches last season, you would agree that Hartey did his job adequately, nothing great, but he can at least stake a claim for a place at a club like Hull.
I love Harte more than anyone on here, but even I'll admit he's good only for free kicks. Very poor defensively. If he was as good as you say he was, Roy Keane wouldn't have let him go for nothing when he has little cover at left back. Wolves wouldn't have insulted him with a month-by-month contract either. He needs to go all the way down to League 1, prove his worth this season, and then try to get on with a Premiership team for next. Retirement is another option, he's on the wrong side of thirty now remember.
Was it love at first sight :eek:?Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Sure harte is OK on the ball and decent from a dead ball situation. however defensively his positiong in certain situations is terrible, and could cost you a game. IMO his strengths are not sufficent to compensate for his weaknesses, So id vote no to the poll.
Ian Harte played for Charlton Athletic reserves on Tuesday night while he is on trial at the club. Looks like Ashley Grimes junior might be one for the future though - anyone know if he is son of Ashley Grimes from 70s/80s Ireland squad?.
Also interesting to see that Mark Kinsella is reserve-team manager at the Valley.
Grimes brace sinks second string
Charlton slipped to a reserve reverse at The New Den on Tuesday afternoon.
Two goals from Millwall striker Ashley Grimes consigned the Addicks to a 2-0 defeat across the capital, their fourth successive totesport.com Combination League loss of the season.
Grimes grabbed the opening goal at the third time of asking moments before the break after two good stops from Rob Elliot.
And he gave his side some breathing space from the penalty spot four minutes after the restart.
Mark Kinsella handed a first second-string start for almost a year for midfielder Harry Arter in a game that also saw Dean Sinclair return to action.
He played at right-back, with a trialist in former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland man Ian Harte on the opposite side of the rearguard.
Another trialist, Darren Powell, also featured for a second time for the reserves in central defence while youngsters Grant Basey, Josh Wright and Jonjo Shelvey operated in midfield alongside Arter, recovered from an Achilles injury. Izale McLeod spearheaded the frontline.
Charlton started brightly and young Lions keeper Preston Edwards was a busy man in the early stages. He bravely dived at the feet of Basey and then denied McLeod with his legs before the hosts started to get into the game.
Elliot saved brilliantly to flip a Danny Spiller free-kick over the bar with 15 minutes on the clock and the visiting keeper could do little as the Lions took the lead shortly before the break.
Elliot had saved an effort from Scott Barron and then parried the follow-up, but was powerless as Grimes pounced on the loose ball to put his side in front.
The hosts then doubled their lead from the penalty spot early in the second half as Grimes cleaned up from 12 yards after Marcus Bignot was fouled in the box.
Grimes went close to a treble in the closing stages but by then the derby had already been settled.
Charlton: Elliot, Sinclair, Harte, Powell, Long, Christensen (Tuna), Wright, Basey, Shelvey, Arter (Lozano-Calderon), McLeod. Subs (not used): Christie, Stavrinou, Mambo.
as far as i know that Harry Arter guy is irish too... not sure if Grimes is anything to Ashley Sr.
He has been capped for us at U-19 level.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I wouldn't have him in the squad now just because he hasn't kicked a ball in an age. However if he earns his stripes again somewhere I wouldn't close the door. Good luck to him if Charlton offer him a deal but I was hoping he'd re-sign for Leeds United.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Some of the football in that division is downright inter-pub and he'd get plenty of goals there without being too heavily examined defensively. It'd give him a chance to get back to his best before having a crack at championship level or even a promoted premiership side next season.
Incidently -just on the highlighted bit, I believe some greater stato than I can confirm that at his peak (back when he was playing regular for us and Leeds basically), even with all the barracking about poor turn of pace, positioning etc... he was still more likely to be involved in getting you a goal than conceding one.
At his peak, there's no way you could leave Harte out of a side with his dead-ball ability.
At that time, we had Kilbane in front of him who really made up for his defensive liabilities and lack of pace.
Even in the unlikely situation where he regained that form from the turn of the millennium, I don't think we could play him down the left with Duff.
I hope he gets his career back on track, but I honestly think his Ireland days are done.
yeah i was a huge harte fan but its all over for the lad. theres no way a Il Conservatio Trap :eek: would even consider someone like harte because of his style of play. ask andy reid about that one.
He was on the books at Man City for a while, and as far as I know he isn't. The Millwall manager used to be involved in the youth setup at Man City, and signed him when he took the job at The New Den.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
Its amazing how quickly Harte's career has gone downhill. He's only about 31 and seems he can't get a club now.
I'd say he could get a club, it's just that he's being picky about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RiffRaff
I've no doubt a team in the lower echelons of the Championship would give him a contract, but he's holding out for something bigger, i.e. trials with Wolves, and now with Charlton.
Fair play to him for pushing himself, at this stage he could be forgiven for getting an automatic starting place at a lower side.
Potentially the best free kick taker perhaps, but even at the peak of his career he could be a liability at the back end- I doubt he's improved in this department.
I watched a few games when he was at Levante, and he was by far the worst out of their back four when it came to the defensive side of things.
That said, he took all of their corners and free kicks and looked very dangerous.
If his set piece ability is still there, I'd have in the squad and put him on in the last 15 minutes if we were down a goal in case we got a free kick.
Barring him scoring a bunch of goals from free kicks and being bought by a team that gets promoted, I doubt we'll see him play for Ireland again.
He was definitely one of my favourite players at his peak, but I fear his best days are behind him.
Hopefully he stays fit and can come back into the reckoning. If there's any spot on the field that's up for grabs, it's left back and centre-mid.
he was one of my favourite players too. he may have been defensively dodgy, but so are all the best attacking left backs, he contributed so much to us going forward. hes a left back and has 11 international goals, enough said
Least he has all the attractions there?:)
Blackpool is a complete kip stuck in a 50's timewarp:eek:.......poor ol' Hartey!Quote:
Originally Posted by celticV3
...maybe he's into old school rockabilly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
It's actually a fairly decent sign even if it is month to month contracts. He was training at Thorp Arch with Leeds United for a while and I think they were trying to agree a deal.
That probably just means Leeds couldn't or wouldn't meet the salary demands but I'm happy enough for Hartey that he got a championship club. If he gets a game he'll get goals there.
I think Hartey played every game of the 2002 campaign and did very well, chipped in with a few goals, the one at home to Cyprus was quite tasty. He struggled a bit in the WC culminating with the penalty miss in the Spanish game and he never really played well for Ireland since then.
Very talented player at set pieces but his lack of pace exposed him defensively. Dont really see him as an option for Ireland anymore unfortunately. Ive often said if we could as they do in American Football bring on and off a kicker to take free kicks, corners etc he would be very useful.
Good to see him getting a club again however.
Blackpool on a one month contract! So he couldn't hold out any longer ;) From the BBC website:Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
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Blackpool have signed former Leeds United and Sunderland defender Ian Harte on an initial one-month deal.
The 31-year-old Republic of Ireland international was a free agent following his release by Roy Keane from the Stadium of Light in June.
"They're a good bunch of lads here," Harte told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"I knew a few of them here anyway and they have made me feel very welcome and I'm looking forward to the challenge that's ahead."
The Drogheda-born player has been training at Bloomfield Road for the last 10 days after trials at Championship rivals Wolves, Sheffield United and Charlton.
It's been a good career and hopefully I can finish it with a club like Blackpool
He believes it has given Blackpool manager Simon Grayson a decent opportunity to see what he can offer to the Championship club.
"I was due to sign for Charlton before Alan Pardew left, and got a call off Simon asking me to come in for a week and take it from there.
"For someone like me who's not got a team you've got to make sure you keep your fitness levels up, and hopefully when the opportunity does come you hit the ground running.
Harte, who has won 64 international caps, began his career at Leeds and spent nine years at Elland Road after joining them from League of Ireland club Home Farm in 1995.
He helped the Yorkshire club reach the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2001, before losing the two-legged tie to Valencia.
After joining Spanish side Levante in 2004, Harte returned to England three years later, but made only eight appearances before being released.
"I'm experienced and I've looked after myself and I just want to play for as long as I can.
"It's been a good career and hopefully I can finish it with a club like Blackpool."
He will be available for selection for Saturday's trip to Nottingham Forest.
Where did you hear that? Genuinely interested. As far as I know he's been training wih Blackpool the last couple of months?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Why he turned a monthly contrcat from Wolves down in August is beyond me.....
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Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
Perhaps he figured he was worthy of a longer deal, then tried elsewhere, only to find Wolves called it right.
I've always been a defender of his but he was being self delusional in the current climte if that was the case. I'd imagine he'd have had a decent craic of teh whip under McCarthy to boot. Still, maybe for the best when you see how Stephen Ward is developing in his position at Wolves now. Harte was originally a forward player as well actually....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Leeds own site. He was training with the squad at Thorp Arch to keep his fitness up and played in at least one reserve team game (behind closed doors according to LUFC.com)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
Macca mentioned him directly in an interview too saying they were having a look and hoping they could work something out. He even qualified his expectations on the basis that IH was away having a trial with Charlton that week.
My guess is Leeds were happy enough with his calibre and fitness to offer him some sort of a deal but the finances had to be right from their end. Meanwhile Harte reckoned he'd score a deal with a Championship club sooner or later which he's managed to do.
Cheers, I was away in Oz for a month so was a bit out of the loop, could've done a job in League one but given how shaky Leeds are at the back at present I doubt he'd have been the answer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
I've great time for Harte. During '02 WC had a nightmare but was still to the forefront of all goal celebrations. A lesser person could have sulked due to their own performances being bad (Hakan Suker and Turkey)
Too funny!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Den Perry
Funny............I was watching that game and the Ian Harte I saw playing was taken off because Man of the Match Matt Jarvis ran him all over the place!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciaran
Ha!! The end of Harte as an actor who's one role was pretending to be a footballer!
That's a bit harsh. I wasn't the greatest fan of Harte but he played for Ireland on 64 occasions, scoring eleven goals, which is an excellent return for a fullback.Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler14