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Good post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Good lad Dazza,
Us, Irish seem to be moaning more than the Pohms these days.
Stand up for the boys in green instead of putting them down all the time.
Heres to 6 pts v Sweden and Austria.
In Trap we trust
Think you meant to post this in the Ciaran Clark thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by the doc
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Originally Posted by Olé Olé
- it had a touch of hypocrisy alright
O'Dea reminds me of Alan Kernaghan, who had a few solid outings as injury cover - notably away to Denmark - before eventually being torn apart against Albania and Spain in '93 due to his lack of pace, and general clumsiness. I remember Kernaghan getting a good bit of stick back then, though in the pre-Internet age it seemed more like exasperation and pity than the ill-articulated ridicule we see on various message boards and comment sections today.
Having said that, I must admit I'm never comfortable seeing O'Dea at the back for us in competitive games, and I hope a viable alternative comes along in the near future.
Just seeing O'Dea (О Ди) was substituted off 46 minutes into his debut for Metalurh against Karpaty Lviv last Saturday: http://metallurg.donetsk.ua/ru/matches/events/
The game ended 1-1, although not sure how O'Dea played.
Good old О Ди
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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
What's the Ukrainian for 'Oh good Jaysus, he's shoite!'
О, добре Ісуса, він лайно.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwenGoal
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Originally Posted by the doc
The doc certainly needs to follow his own advice, he does plenty of "putting them down" of others.
O'Dea is another lad who seems sound and hasn't really done a lot wrong for us. He was one of our centre halves for the game in Moscow FFS! Sure he hadn't a great night against Germany, but the same could be said for the whole team that night and for Trap for putting out an untried formation for the first time against the 2nd best team in the world. Doh...
COYBIG
In Trap we don't trust
Taken off as he wasn't fit enough to play the 90 minutes after the travelling.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Assuming he only travelled over when he signed, he must have still been adjusting to the time. It'll be a long season for him, especially if they reach the Europa League.
edit: actually they were knocked out!
Were they knocked out? I thought they hadn't played yet and are to play against an Albanian team next week. I think the only Ukrainian team to play in Europe so far was Chernomorets Odessa, who beat Dacia Chisinau in the "derby" and now play Red Star Belgrade next week. Dinamo Kiev and Dnipro enter the Europa league at next stage (play-off) like Spurs, Fiorentina etc.
correct, Metalurgh are playing Ks Kukësi of Albania on 1st August
Ah, my mistake, I was looking at last year's.
Irish players left in European competitions.
Irish players in Europa League:
James McCarthy, Chris McCann, Rob Kiernan* (all Wigan) - At least Group Stage
Kenneth McEvoy*, Roman Michael-Percil* (both Spurs), McGeady (Spartak Moscow) - At least play-off Stage
Patrick Cregg (St. Johnstone)- At Least Qual R3
Irish players in CL:
Liam Lawrence (PAOK), Anthony Stokes, Paul George* (Celtic) - At least Qual R3 (if defeated will enter Europa League play-off stage)
* = Youth player
There are other players in academies (like McConnell and Byrne at Man Utd) but these haven't generally played first team football at any clubs.
Cillian Sheridan in the Champions League as well with APOEL, playing Maribor on Wednesday
Darren got his first goal for Metalurg this weekend. It was a tap-in but you can see it here
i almost didn't recognise him with the new haircut.
Did he even score it? I love the name on the back of his shirt - "O D"
O'Dea admitted himself on twitter that it was an OG but the commentators seemed to give it to him and he listed as the goalscorer on the FIFA results page.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
It's O'Di isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
O Dи.
Sounds like the commentator's about to say "Oh Je...sus" though.
It was normally "Oh Dear" in some of the club games I've seen him appear in...
taken off after 34 minutes tonight in the Europa League, can't find if it was an injury, or tactical
Seems to be in and out of the team/squad, or has he been injured lately? They seem to know him simply as Darren.
http://metallurg.donetsk.ua/data/img/team_2013.jpg
started their last game, a 1-0 loss on 1st September, and has been in the matchday squad more than out of it since he joined: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/ClubDetails?clubID=8010
Next game is Hoverla on Sunday afternoon
Probably ensures he feels more at home playing with his silky Brazilian team-mates, Alexandre and Daniel.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
O'Dea played 50 mins in the Donetsk derby (home to Shakhtar) on Saturday, he was then subbed off. Metalurg were 1-0 up, they ended up drawing 2-2.
Four minutes their clean sheet lasted minus Darren... clearly a game changer!
surprised at the lack of coverage on his omission from the squad - no mention of whether or not he was informed prior to the announcement, etc
I thought King said something like he's got a right to feel disappointed but that's life. The press have highlighted O'Dea, alongside Keogh and Cox, as a Trap stalwart left out. I don't think it warrants much more discussion really. Nice lad, very committed, head screwed on and a decent player but it's a moot call as to whether he's more deserving than McShane of a place.
I would say on current form most people would pick O'Dea ahead of McShane, simply because O'Dea has at least been playing. McShane's only featured in the league cup this year for Hull, one match where they won 1-0 at L'Orient, he hasnt played a minute in the PL and that would be a slight worry at this stage.
Vote for Darren O'Dea (Даррен О`Ди) as Metallurg Donetsk player of the season: http://metallurg.donetsk.ua/ru/vote/?votename=20
Done. He's looking good with almost 60% of the votes so far! :)
Just voted for him there.
So, how has he been playing this season?
Well looks like he doesn't need my vote, he is well in the lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
As I have never seen the team play I would not too keen on voting anyway, I mean we would not want players selected
based on Martin and Keane looking as some dubious rigged internet poll results would we!!
If it was a close run thing I might throw in a vote for him though!!!
Aside form that it seems like in Ukrainian an 'r' is a 'p' and a 'n' is a 'h'. the vowel a e o seem to be the same and the и is an e.
It's seem to be pretty much the same as the Russian Alphabet and perhaps the Greek, so it might come in handy if i ever get stranded
in such desolate places!!!
Ah, c'mon, sure if Ronnie O'Brien can be Time Magazine's 'Man of the Century', there's no reason why Darren O'Dea shouldn't be Metallurg's 'Player of the Season'.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
The Ukrainian League has now been postponed indefinately. Darren was due to play a home match vs Chernomorets Odessa last weekend (which obviously didn't happen) and the away fixture (vs Arsenal Kiev) had already been cancelled as Arsenal had been expelled from the league a few months ago. There are rumours that the Metalist Kharkov owner has pulled the plug on that team (and Devic, the league's top scorer, has already been sold to Rubin Kazan) and Chernomorets have released most of their foreign players, but Metalurg Donetsk's owner (Taruta) has just been made govener of the region, and they still seem to be signing players from overseas... Either way it could be a while before Darren is playing competitive football again.
As far as I know, Kharkiv's owner hasn't pulled the plug, but he has fled the country. The club was in disarray already over long-standing non-payment of wages, etc.
Think the stick O'Dea gets is out of line. He never put a foot wrong for us, apart from the Germany game, and nobody came out of that one smelling like roses.
He could come back to play in the LOI. His experience of the Ukrainian League's chaos and other shenanigans could serve him well.Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo