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I was looking up Damien Delaney stats for Hull City after checking out your man Mickey Keane and saw that Leicester paid £50,000 to Cork City for him.I don't remember that much money being mentioned at the time.It would have been a lot for a young player who was only in the City first team for a couple of months before he was signed up.
Michael Keane, used to be at Preston and was highly rated, broke his leg last year and was out for most of the season, was on loan at Grimsby before Peter Taylor picked him up, there's a few Irish players in the first team at Hull, Damien Delaney (left full from Cork), Ben Burgess (who was knocking them in for fun last season) and Jonathon Walters (striker who used to be at Bolton, big Sam offloaded him last season, scored twice on his debut for the U-21s)Quote:
Originally Posted by DolansWaistcoat
Delaney was Peter Taylor's first signing after taking over, he had him at Leicester so he knows all about him
Nice 1 tetsujin.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I remember when Delaney was at leicester and they played united at old trafford Delaney had a great game and kept Giggs quiet for the game.
Just watched the second half of the Chelsea match and Duff was the best player by far. I think Spurs was his first game back, he came off the bench and was his usual self running by players. Since then he was averaging less than 2 fouls on him a game and was only doing everything simple. I didn't know whether it was his choice or Mourinho's but now I'm certain it was Mourinho telling him to play conservative. The last 2 games he has been his old self which is good.
Thanks eb, you are a mine of information.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
:)
Man City reserves beat Newcastle reserves 3-0 with Stephen Ireland and Paddy McCarthy starting, Karl Bermingham came on as a late sub.
Stephen Brennan was at right full for Newcastle.
Ireland got an assist for the last of the three, and his free kick led to the first goal.
Read the man city review here
OR the newcastle slant on things here
You may need to sign up for premiumTV to read the newcastle report, I signed up for it ages ago when it was still free so I get access, any problems reading it and I'll post the review in the thread.
I see Owen Garvan (16) and Shane Supple (17) where both on the bench for Ipswitch recent league match. Garvan’s dad, Gerry, used to play with Shels and Drums in the early 1970s.
Richie Ryan scored the goal as Sunderland reserves beat Blackburn 1-0.
Eirebhoy,
Good list, I am one of these 'saddos' who keeps an eye out for Irish players and this list will help.
One query to all - did Gavin Mahon of Watford not play or get picked for Ireland at U21 level. I think it was when he was playing at Brentford. There is nothing on the Watford website to confirm this.
Also I believe that Scott Fitzgerald ( stricker) has been looked at by the Irish camp last season when he was scoring goals. Could just be paper talk.
On Mahon, not as far as I know. He does qualify for Ireland though. As does Scott Fitzgerald, about whom the Watford Observer ran an article last season in which he talked of his mother being from Galway.
:) PP
I'm pretty sure Mahon was interviewed in FourFourTwo a few months back as one of the "ones to watch", he did mention he qualified, but didn't know if Brian Kerr had been to see him or not.
Stephen Ireland added to Man City matchday squad for Boro game on monday night, but unlikely to make the bench, see here
Joey O'Brien has joined Sheffield Wednesday on a month's loan.
Yeah and the closest player money wise that they bought that season was some young lad for £750,000.00 .... we were robbed. One of the single dumbest moves our club ever made. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by DolansWaistcoat
You wouldn't want to be the eejit who oversaw the sale of Roy Keane from Cobh to Nottingham Forest and never inserted a sell-on clause in the contract... :o
:D PP
I've never heard of him EB, what's the craic with him? Where's he coming from?Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
He's eighteen and apparently has been in great form for Bolton's reserves so far this season. I don't know much more than that.
:) PP
Paul McShane included in the travelling squad for ManU - Fenerbache, along with Miller and O'Shea. No sign of Tierney though :( - read it here
I don't know much myself, basically what PP said. He's the Bolton reserve captain too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donal81
O'Brien scored after 8 minutes last night. :D