If you're looking at a team before this Villa iteration then it was probably Villa in the early to mid-90's - McGrath, Houghton, Staunton, Townsend and Gareth Farrelly may have played in a team together.
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If you're looking at a team before this Villa iteration then it was probably Villa in the early to mid-90's - McGrath, Houghton, Staunton, Townsend and Gareth Farrelly may have played in a team together.
Equally though, time was the Liverpool / Man U match would have been the one with the larger number of Irish players. Funny how times changes.
Houghton left the year before Farrelly made his debut unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
The good ol' days.Quote:
Originally Posted by amaccann
In 1986 there were 3 regulars for the champions Liverpool, Beglin, Whelan and Lawro
3 regulars for FA cup winners Man U, Moran, McGrath and Stapleton
1987
Champions again, Liverpool had Lawrenson, Aldridge, Houghton, Whelan and young Stan cleaning the boots. Man U had Moran and McGrath
Villa v Everton a couple of weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Edit: Danny beat me to it!
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Originally Posted by Colbert Report
When Mick McCarthy ran on to complain about a penalty! :)
it was a different game then though innit. All those fackin forriners innit? Takin Irish jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Which got me thinking about Sunderland who not so long ago had an embarrassingly large collection of Irish journeymen.
Which got me thinking about another great green-white-gold hope Roy O'Donovan who has now settled at the bottom of the Coventry squad who themselves are sitting not bery pretty at the bottom of the Championship.
I think most of the rest have retired.
Leeds had a strong Irish presence when they were at the top of their game around the new millenium Keane, Harte, Kelly, McPhail, Maybury and O'Leary at the side. They usually have a few in the squad the current squad being no exception.
Just substituted against City, with his right arm held in place by one of the Villa medical staff. Fingers crossed it's not a dislocation.
Nasty fall there for Dunne, looks to have been his shoulder. Hope he's not out too long.
Dunne walks off with a shoulder injury in stoppage time against Manchester City. Took a bad fall after challenging for a header with Joe Hart. Hopefully not too bad.
Just saw that, well not the incident itself but just after, looks to me like he might have done his collar bone.
I'm not an expect but I was holding my shoulder in a similar fashion when I did mine.
Yeah, that's how you can tell if a cyclist has done his collar bone.
Dislocation or collar bone - you'd think he should still be fit for the Euros. A 5 week break right now could actually do him good.
Anyway, if he's injured we can draft in McClean :)
Suspected dislocated shoulder. He'll be out for 8 to 10 weeks if in need of an operation: https://twitter.com/#!/YouBoysInGree...79575118143489
Bad news. That's the kind of injury that can reoccur easily and plague players long-term. Hope he gets back and stays off it before June.
Some more info from Villa: http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetai...608682,00.html
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Richard Dunne faces an anxious wait to discover the extent of the shoulder injury he sustained against Manchester City.
Dunne is being assessed by a specialist after landing awkwardly in an aerial challenge at the end of the Sky Sports Sunday game.
Manager McLeish was waiting for a definite prognosis on the problem but confirmed it looked like being at least a month on the sidelines for the defensive giant.
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McLeish said: "Dunnie's not going to be back for the next game, that's for sure.
"I don't know at this moment exactly what's happened. He's definitely damaged his shoulder which is part of the bad luck we've been having recently.
"We have a specialist right now looking at him. We always have specialists in the crowd for different parts of the body.
"One of the guys was looking at him as I came up for the press conference.
"I don't know what's going to happen with the Big Un.
"Whether he is going to go tonight to hospital? I don't know what they do if it's dislocated.
"I can't give you an answer just now. I do believe he will be out for at least a month. That's serious enough.
The guy we can least afford to do without imo. Just as well it happened now and not on the last day of the season or something horrendous like that.
I agree. He is the only indispensable player in the Irish squad. Losing any other regular starter would not be ideal, but we do have cover.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sullivinho
Definately Dunne his shoulder in.
dunne is certainly the one man we can't afford not to be on the plane, although i'm not really satisfied with the greek IMF bailout deal
Just seen the incident on MOTD look a very similar fall to when I came off my bike and broke my collar bone although
the consensus seems to be a dislocated shoulder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLUQSTTFFw
Maybe it is, there seems to be a sort of sheering blow to the shoulder which may have dislocated it.
Looks pretty nasty though I mean falling from about foot onto your shoulder is quite a blow to the body The keeper knocks his head which sends him spinning in mid air.
It seems like a dislocation. What the recovery time for such an injury?
lol I was somewhat bewildered by that post until I read the McClean thread! (recommended reading to others who may be bewildered)Quote:
Originally Posted by the bear
Dislocated shoulders, if surgery is required, generally take 2-3 months to recover from (if that is indeed what he injured).
My one concern with Dunne is that if he's out for a while he'll put on some weight. Don't me wrong I'd take an obese Richard Dunne over anyone else, but he is one of those guys I'd rather after a season of play rather than after an offseason if you know what I mean...
Hopefully it's something more minor than that but I doubt it.
Confirmed as a fractured clavicle. 8 week layoff.
He requires surgery, that prediction of an 8 weeks layoff sounds unrealistic?
Though it was the collar bone, it hard to see how you could dislocate it by landing on it as that pushes the joint in not out.
Must be pretty bad if it requires surgery, mine didn't and there was a clear gap of about 1/2 inch where the break was.
Mine was a nice clean break though, I though it would never heal up by itself but the doctor said he had seen people
with their arms half hanging off who had no problem recovering. It's amazing how bones can heal themselves like that
and totally re-engineer the bone, it some how managed to bridge that gap and get the bones back to the right length. At first it seems to make a big lump of bone material and then reshape it to the right length and
shape.
Agreed, knowing Dunne it'll surely only be 4 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Daily Star reported this morning that Dunne could be out until the end of the season
However, Dion Fanning posted this on twitter this afternoon: https://twitter.com/#!/dionfanning/status/173383394640670720
Panic over!Quote:
Aston Villa say their club doctor confirmed this morning that Richard Dunne remains on course to return in six weeks
Different sport I know but Bradley Wiggins was back competing only a few weeks after breaking his clavicle last summer.
No way he misses Euro. We would be Dunne without him.
That one's already been Du-... Oh, wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Apparently he's doing better and has started jogging
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/du...d-3066092.html
McGrath on Dunne
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/m...an-188757.html
(or slightly different stories)
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...314050103.html
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...y-3065043.html
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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I think I was back cycling pretty soon after breaking mine (it's a common cyclists injury, sticking out hand to break fall)
as long as you keep your elbow down it was fine, and a cyclists elbow is usually down. It was reaching up that was a bit painful
ie doing stuff like washing your face. But most of the time it is a not load bearing so a convenient bone to break. I damaged my ribs
at the same time and they gave me a lot more grief, worst bit was getting in and out of bed which puts a load of stress on them.
and riding
Frauds. I thought Trap said he would climb it if they qualified?
Given he is 73 thoughi I can understand he might not be able for it. Tardelli has no excuse though!
Seems to fit the hierarchical order, An Trap giving his blessing to An Taoiseach before the latter scurries up The Reek.
Anyone hear anything lately? It's been over 2 months now since the injury, he'd really want to be getting a bit of game time before the end of the season. I'm just getting a bit fidgetty.