One. Think squat and speedy full back and lumbering centre-half who started his career with Bray Wanderers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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One. Think squat and speedy full back and lumbering centre-half who started his career with Bray Wanderers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Graham Coughlan and Derek Geary
Yep so list is Graham Coughlan, Derek Geary, Alan Quinn, Glen Whelan and Keiren Westwood.
and there was I going to stick up John Sheridan:D
19 years since he played for them. Still hopeful Sheridan might make it as a manager albeit out of work at the moment since he left Plymouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
I wonder how Carsley will get on at Brentford. Says he only wants the job until the end of the season but if his first game is followed by similar results, he mightn't get that long !
Speak of the devil. http://foot.ie/threads/205268-RTE-Jo...Newport-CountyQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Certainly starting at the bottom again.
Just noticed Judge is 3rd in the championship stats. He is also joint top with 4 MOTM awards out of 12 games, that is pretty good going.
+ Strengths
5 goals an 2 assists
Tackling Very Strong Crossing Strong Key passes Strong Passing Strong Long shots Strong Holding on to the ball Strong Defensive contribution Strong
.
Some pretty impressive attributes there!!, how many players do we have that would tick all those boxes?
Quite a few would nbe more weak weak weak...
- Weaknesses
Aerial Duels Weak Finishing Weak
Swansea City transfer rumours: Swans linked with Brentford midfielder Alan Judgehttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/f...swans-10317614Quote:
Swansea City are reportedly eyeing Brentford star Alan Judge. Reports claim the Swans and Bournemouth have both shown an interest in the 26-year-old midfielder who joined from Blackburn in 2014.
Swansea scouts are said to have watched him in recent weeks, with reports suggesting he could potentially become a January transfer target.
The Swans' wide scouting network often sees them linked with players who they watch, and it remains to be seen whether anything concrete will come of it.
Brentford's Alan Judge interesting Swansea, Bournemouth - sources
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/267674...mouth-interest
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Premier League duo Swansea and Bournemouth are weighing up moves for Brentford midfielder Alan Judge, sources have told ESPN FC.
Judge, 26, helped Brentford win promotion from League One after his arrival from Blackburn in January 2014 and has maintained his impressive form in the Championship.
He has scored five goals and chipped in with two assists for Brentford so far this season, and was called into the recent Republic of Ireland squad for the recent Euro 2016 qualifiers with Germany and Poland.
Weak in Aerial Duels? Come on Alan - grow a few inchesQuote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
When I saw him in earlier years, Judge was a more creative type and often a winger. I've heard he's been playing more defensively in midfield of late but to see him rated as 'Very Strong' is a big positive for someone who probably wouldn't have forged a career at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Also, how does he have 5 goals and his finishing is deemed weak? I'm sure there are a few strikers at Brentford who would love to have 5 to their name so far this season e.g. Austrian striker, Marco Djuricin who we'll be facing in the World Cup qualifiers.
http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/958...lton-Brentford
True to form for Judger: goes and scores and assists the other two against Charlton. Earns a rating of 9.6 from Whoscored.com. Brilliant.
EDIT: Hats off to Alan McCormack also. Second highest rating against his former club.
Highlights of Brentford's win at Charlton about to begin on Channel 5 + 1 now. I'm taping it.
He's a must start for our next set of friendlies.
I was at The Valley yesterday and Judge was fantastic yesterday. As a Brentford supporter I can say that we are lucky to have him and that if he can keep performing at that level then I hope he gets his chance to show what he can do in the green shirt.
He did well to get this first gola to dip under the bar, looked like it was going way over the top. at 0.25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ilSWu964Q
Brentford caretaker manager Lee Carsley: "Alan Judge can be Ireland’s ‘Young’ Wes Hoolahan" - http://www.ciarano.me/post/131881277...ands-young-wes
I have a terrible feeling Judge will be Dunphy's next cause célèbre - "ignored by successive managers", "an intelligent, streetwise player", "another example of disgraceful treatment of talent", "a hungry young footballer", etc, etc
Conveniently ignoring that he's 26, and spent the majority of his career to date in League One or the lower reaches of the Championship
So he is 26, how has he been transformed to this, in such a short space of time?
Was he not getting the opportunity to display his talent at a lower level, or is this being overblown? Be interesting to see if he moves to a premiership team in January if he keeps up these performances.
I wasn't sure if we would be seeing you on here again for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I think, like Hoolahan, he's been developing for a few years. Had a bad experience at Blackburn and had to drop down the leagues and has steadily worked his way up. Was part of the Brentford team that nearly gatecrashed the automatic promotion spots last year, so clearly hasn't happened overnight.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Didn't get go back to Blackburn though and get promoted with them, but was sold soon after promotion.
They used to call him the Irish Messi at Notts County so the Wessi Hoolahan parallels have been long-drawn!
He was at Blackburn and was quality for Notts County in League One so Blackburn bought him again. I'm not sure what happened there but the move didn't work out and he got no gane-time so moved back to League One with Brentford, came up with them and is in his second proper season at Championship now really.
He'll be 27 in two weeks time so I think a January transfer might be good. Getting out of the Championship is a nightmare with the same team these days.
sorry to disappoint! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
For all its faults, this place is far more preferable to ybig!!
On Judge, he really has physically developed over the last few years and I wonder if that has helped his overall performances in the rough and tumble of the Championship and for his guile and technique to now be supported with brawn and stamina.
Hes gone from looking like Richie Partridge to closer to the Andy Reid look.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...-a3099341.html
This article throws Leicester into the mix, alongside Bournemouth and Swansea.
It seems to me that, in general, there are much more cases of players who have plied their trade lower down the leagues before coming back up to the PL. Hoolahan is an obvious instance from our own perspective but there have been many English cases i.e. Grant Holt, Rickie Lambert and Jamies Vardy.
i remember seeing him ages ago when he was a new prospect so to speak and all I remember is
him showing fantastic pace down the wing and then putting in one of the worst crosses I have ever seen,
so I got the impression he was a sprinter with no footballing ability, however that seems to be far from the case.
Anyhow if 5th place Leicester are showing and interest as well as Swansea and Bournemouth he can't be that bad.
Leicester have been linked with him in the last couple of windows, under Pearson, without anything happening, if they moved for him under Raneiri and now operating in the other half of the table then it would be a very pleasant surprise.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Saskatoon's skstu not that.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...-31570864.html
The faultometer dropped a bit while you were away (sulking or whatever).Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Coincidence or what??
But no doubt we should be honoured by your presence considering all our faults :)
Woah...passive aggressive much? I've always been fond of you and your crusty ways Geysir. I didn't think I was alone in thinking that a couple of posters on here dragged the forum down for a while until their disappearance! That's all I meant! I took a break from the forum cos I was getting far too crusty and bothered by it all myself. So you're probably right!
There's been some developments on that case recently actually. It's all a bit mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Any link please Stu? That is all, indeed, a bit mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
well, funnily enough, I was just on my way to work and it turns out he has just been found not guilty of all the accusations that his wife made against him. Judge gave a very short summary claiming she was not credible, her stories had inconsistencies and had made up the allegations of threats, assault and sexual assault so that she could leave Canada. The tone on the radio show was one of puzzlement. As I find a link to the breaking story, ill post here for you YOP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
Jesus. I've followed that story for a while now, I didn't expect that outcome given some of the reporting on the case on both sides of the water.
Ingenious way of staying on topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Well played, sir!
Two things have to be considered there though:Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
1. Ranieri probably hasn't much say in player recruitment so far (they've signed Nathan Dyer but not Stefano Fiore) so Judge is probably on the radar of the same recruitment set-up
2. While Leicester's league position has improved on last year so have Judge's performances.
Swansea or Bournemouth would be a safer move at this stage, probably the latter in terms of game-time but with a potential relegation on their hands.
Assist for Judge as Brentford take a 1-0 lead against QPR.
No, not passive aggressive, I was being sarcastic towards a general condescension expressed by yourself towards this board, that you return here to a low standard board only because some other discussion board was even worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I'm glad I have inspired a more expressive and responsible post from yourself and I am delighted that you are posting here again.
As with the unnamed wánk*er/s who you may be referring to, I support the total boycott method and usually father time will win out.
alright lads, take it to the inbox if you want to continue this conversation