Well said. Pesky facts ha.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
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Well said. Pesky facts ha.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
of course he was :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciaran
Bit OTT there rambler14, Harte was always a decent skin. Granted he's not the best full we've ever had, but he always turned up, and did a job for us. Never complained about being out of the squad, was the first player in an age to play in Spain, and the first since John Aldridge to score in the Primera Liga.Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler14
Once he left Leeds his career was finished!
If he had stayed at Leeds his career would have been finishedQuote:
Originally Posted by rambler14
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
Always liked him. Lacked pace in a big way but was very good on the ball and held his postition on a very strong Leeds side. Great at set pieces. Had a nightmare WC in 02 but was one of our best performers in qualification.
yes, pretended to be our topscorer on the way to WC 2002 :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler14
heard at the time that he had to get injections in his foot to see him through games. apparently could hardly feel one of his feet during the games due to injuryQuote:
Originally Posted by BarelyLegal
Definitely shouldn't have taken that penalty against Spain so:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
There was definitely something up anyway cos I thought he had been faultless in qualifying.
Signed for St Mirren today.
http://www.stmirren-mad.co.uk/news/l...TMNW&id=431089
Former Leeds United defender Ian Harte says he hopes to use a move to St Mirren to resurrect his dream of playing for Celtic. (Daily Record)
Looks like the deal has fallen through:
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...901155,00.html
I wonder where he'll end up now?
Such a stupid thing to say. Doh! Almost like saying he's signed for Man City to resurrect his dream of playing for Man Utd. Very disrespectful of St. Mirren.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
well not quite...........:DQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Harte is quoted in the Daily Record as sayingQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
"Joining St Mirren gives me a chance to put myself back on the radar. We'll see what happens from here.
No mention of dream moves.
It was a case of Elroy taking one meaning from different unrelated quotes.
Anyway it's a compliment to St Mirren that they are inside some football radar:)
More so a copy and paste from the BBC Sport website rather than my own opinion. I dont think Hartey is or will be an option any more for us but I still like to follow the progress of our ex internationals. Looks like this deal is dead now anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
The principle is the same though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Surprised Harte didn't move to St. Mirren. Weird move to say yes and then suddenly not sign, unless he got an offer from a better club.
Anyway, Harte's international career is long over. His last match I think was the em, memorable match against San Marino....
Ok but more Stockport County to Man U:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
No, more like WBA to Man U.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
I see he is the 10th highest goalscorer of all time.
http://www.ireland-mad.co.uk/news/lo...ED22&id=432614
Razor didn't score many but boy one or two of them were crucial.
Mad when you see Keane is 16 goals clear of our next top striker and the guy still gets stick!!!
Yep, strange one ok. Doesn't help himself with his arm waving but I couldn't care if the whole team did it if they scored half the goals Keane has scored (none crucial of course :rolleyes:).Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
Moved to Reading in the transfer window. He's the same age as Kilbane, he's playing at the same level as him, and left back is his natural position. Is it beyond the realms of possibility that he could come back from the wilderness?
These days, at least you wouldn't be shot down for making such a suggestion.
Even at his worst defensively, Harte was always a real threat from set pieces and open play. I don't think we ever got back what we lost after he was dropped, even though we've been defensively more solid (freak Staunton results notwithstanding).
It is never beyond the realm of possibility, at least that is what I have to keep telling myself :oQuote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
Definitely a good set piece specialist but a lack of pace and all left foot were major drawbacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Hasn't his pace now completely gone? I always had a soft spot for Harte, but I think it's surely too late. Wouldn't make any sense trying to push Killer out the door only to give the Hartebreak Kid a game. Best to stick with youth. But fair play to the guy for the career renaissance.
He was never quick to begin with but he basically walks around now. Centrehalf at the lower level still works for him.
Maybe at centrehalf he can get away with it, but out wide as a fullback I think he would be totally exposed.
i can only agree he would be exposed at full back, but there is part of me that thinks Killer is being exposed just as much as Harte would be likely to be, and those free-kicks are a threat.
Zenidine Kilbane can still run a bit (Ian was slow on his fast days) and Ian is all left foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
World class set piece taker in his prime. If only we could have special teams for the set pieces (a la american football)
Shane Long and Ian Harte have both scored penalties for Reading today - I think Harte took the second penalty as Long had been fouled to win the penalty.
http://greenscene.me/2010/11/ian-har...heir-horizons/
Ian Harte thoughts on Irish players playing abroad taken fom the star. Not sure what the full Star article says and its probably taken out of context but I find the part about Brian Kerr telling Harte that if he moved to Spain he would not be picked for Ireland a bit ludicrous? sounds unbelievable to me.
If true, (and in fairness Ian Harte is a fairly candid character) what a ridiculously small-minded attitude from an international manager.Quote:
“Brian Kerr said that if I went to Spain I would be out of the picture. I wasn’t picked in an Irish squad for about a year and a half. It was a fantastic experience but it was disappointing to miss out on a load of caps. Brian did eventually bring me in for the Israel and San Marino games, and I scored in both of them.”
I think Harte's exclusion from the Irish picture had a lot more to do with his massive injury problems during his time with Levante. At one stage he missed nearly a year of football, and it seemed like he never really got a long run with the team.
That said, I don't get why Harte would lie about Kerr saying something like that, so who knows?
Cracking free kick at the weekend. He's now scored more goals for Reading this season than Shane Long and Noel Hunt combined!
to be honest i do vaguely remember an accusation along those lines thrown at Kerr but cant remember if it was related to Harte. I thought i read it on here too.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
I remember the accusation but as I say it was totally irrelevant given the fact that Harte always seemed to be injured every time internationals came around.
Scored his 7th of the season for Reading, doing well at left back for them this year. He's a year younger than Kilbane, performing in a division higher than him and is a specialist rather than a converted left back. Why isn't he on the Irish squad exactly?
Because he's crap defensively. Go back and watch the Spain match from the 2002 World Cup. Scary stuff. I remember Roy Keane gave him a chance when he was at Sunderland and Ian Harte shipped seven goals to Everton and never played in the Premiership again.
If Harte returned to our starting eleven, I'd have to install a defibrillator in my living room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator