Would Alan Judge not fit that role at the moment .Quote:
Originally Posted by triggsrevenge
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Would Alan Judge not fit that role at the moment .Quote:
Originally Posted by triggsrevenge
I think both Judge and Arter can fill the advanced midfield role, in different ways.
I was listening to the radio commentary for both friendlies, and Kerr was on co-commentator duties each time. I know he's a great player, and has a lot of respect from teammates and media alike, but he really went over the top in his praise for Wes.
How could Wes Hoolahan retire from international football . Sure, he has only just started international football.
My thoughts upon reading it too. Time to put an arm around him, tell him he is needed and the qualifying campaign will be build around his wizardry while mentoring Judge being phased in. Please.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Ronnie Whelan 'not buying it'
Awful piece I think, pure waffle.
Wes oozing quality so far v Man United.
Brady not doing too bad either, snazzy crew cut too.
Big opportunity for Norwich actually. United seem to have left the likes of Rashford and Martial out of the squad completely for whatever reason. They look completely one paced without them.
Rashford and Blind 'rested', Martial was named in starting XI but pulled up in warmup.
Olsson on last week about how they are not worried by Wessi at all, that he isn't that strong so can easily be bundled off the ball physically. For the big tall swedes that will be childs play then.
I never understood why he didnt seriously bulk up, I had this argument on here around the Italy game when i felt he got bundled off a few times too many and too easily. I think the general consesus now is that he does have a tendency to get dispossessed too easily due to his phsyicality or lack thereof. Hopefully he proves us wrong, but i dont see it Monday anyway.
Was this the same Italy game where you thought he was poor but then changed your mind when you saw on TV that he actually dominated things and won two very physical challenges? :)
I'm not concerned with his lack of physicality. He always seems to be able to make time and space for himself. He has done very well at club level against better defenders than Sweden have.
And bulking up only does so much good. It's not rugby. Size is useful if you're a centre back or centre forward, much less so if you're a playmaker. Technique and awareness can protect the ball far better than a couple of kilos of muscle.
Yes. It's the less heralded facets of Hoolahan's game that were perhaps most impressive in that game. He won tackles, chased things down and showed a willingness to win back the ball whenever he lost it.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36498740
Norwich have taken up the option to extend his deal by another year.
Hoolahan often has maybe one moment in a game where he gets himself into a bit of trouble and can't recover due to his lack of physicality. It happened against Georgia off the top of my head and I've seen it plenty of other times, but it is usually only an average of one per game at most I think. It's usually deep in opposition territory as well. A tiny price to pay considering everything else he gives us. It's no worse than a loose pass really but he does kind of look like a little kid when it happens, but a non-issue overall I think.
Funny, but I was thinking France really lacked a player like Wes tonight, someone capable of getting between the lines. I thought France looked flat and leggy but they were bailed out by a moment of quality.
If he gets bundled off the ball he should fall over and claim a foul :)
Someone do him up a Duffer compilation. He's probably the best I've seen at winning fouls. I always loved the scowl he'd have after to show that if he hadn't been bundled over he'd have gotten himself out of the cul de sac he'd found himself in with two defenders behind him and probably gone and scored.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
A genius. A world-class winger who was never a luxury in any Ireland team. God, I miss him.
cracking finish from Wes tonight against Coventry: https://twitter.com/NorwichCityFC/st...22793099304960
Terrible but like most players/people, once they retire, they're soon forgotten. I can remember his goal against Saudi Arabia obviously but I am hard pressed to remember the other 7. No doubt there is an anorak out there who can remember them without the use of Google. Delorean ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
Apart from the Saudi goal, the goal and performance against Russia at home in 2003 is what I remember. He was exceptional that day.
Duff scored a lovely solo goal in a low key friendly win over Canada.
I'm flattered! I do have a freakish memory for certain things, certain goals, certain games, what I was doing that day, etc. but Google is very much my friend for other stuff. I used to watch my recordings of Ireland highlights over and over too when I was young, not so much in the noughties though so I'm not as sharp with some of that decade.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Off the top of my head I remember that deflected goal in the Russia game that is mentioned above, him banging one into the top corner against Croatia after cutting in from the right in a friendly, another deflection against Sweden in Stan's awe-inspiring first match (in fact he may have been lucky to have been even credited with that one if I remember correctly) and against Wales en route to Nations Cup glory.
I wouldn't have remembered that he scored in that Canada game, although I'm pretty sure Keane got the other two. That's six accounted for including the Saudi one, the other two aren't coming too freely to me at all.
Scored against Norway in Kerr's first home game in charge as well. That was my first time in Lansdowne Road.
I've zero recollection of that goal. I barely even remember the fixture which is kind of surprising seeing as I remember Kerr's first game pretty well, the 2-0 win in Scotland. Kilbane scored a header in that, who got the other one? I think it was another header.
A scuffed last-minute effort in Georgia, hit into the ground and bouncing over the keeper.
Was it the first goal under Staunton? Into the area, past a defender and into the near bottom corner.
One of the goals in that silly Home Nations thing in Lansdowne Road.
A great goal in a friendly against Canada when he ran from inside his own half.
That's the best I can do I think!
Edit - didn't see the second page...
Here's the answer if you do want to give up. Don't click if you want to keep guessing!
Morrison I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Remember listening on the radio; wasn't on TV as I recall. (Or else it was only on Sky and I wasn't bothered going down the pub to watch)
That's another one that escapes me! Must check the score as I presume that was a qualifier, can't remember us heading to Tblisi for a friendly anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Morrison sounds right, although I'm less convinced it was a header now. Kind of had a centre back type goal in my head. Yeah, I don't think it was televised which makes it more surprising I remember it but not the Norway game with any detail.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I checked there and we have the lot now with Tets adding Norway and you adding Georgia. I really can't remember that Georgia one, yet another 2-1 against them! Was it a winner?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Just been googling - the curse of the internet!
Morrison is right alright, and it wasn't a header. The Guardian's live-blog of the game is still up.
The Georgia was a qualifier alright - but it was Doherty who got the late winner (and nearly got taken out by a glass bottle, which you could hear hitting the stanchion just as Doherty ran past celebrating); Duff's was the opener.
Ah... I actually do remember the Doherty winner now. We beat Albania 2-0 around that time as well to give the campaign a little bit of a lifeline. Think Doherty might have scored or set up a goal in that too.
yeah, it was Morrison. I lived pretty close to my manager in work at the time, we met in the pub to watch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
ya i remember that goal from Doherty, sure it was a huge deal at the time and everyone making out he had saved kerrs skin/face. was it the 86th minute he got it? didnt click the link - but I can remember the goal well.
Every team has had a lucky escape from Georgia, we have had more than our fair share of them. Its like Ireland used to be in the rugby chasing the elusive scalp, cursing decisions/what ifs/what could have been. Still they must be feeling somewhat hard done by they havent had a few down the years.
doherty with a late header in Georgia with Breen knocking the ball across the goal I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
I don't remember beating Albania 2-0. It was 0-0 in Tirana I think, and then a horrible 2-1 (or 3-2) home win when we got an OG to win deep in injury time, Doherty putting the unfortunate defender under pressure.
Having lost the first two group games we started climbing the table prompting the non-football media to call Kerr a miracle worker.
Yeah, 0-0 out there and 2-1 in Lansdowne Road alright. Wasn't that the game Dunphy was giving out about the fans celebrating like mad at the end? Never mind that last-minute winners always feel more special anyway.
I thought I had clicked on the Wes Hoolahan thread.
Any news on him?
Staying with Norwich, not retiring from international football?
There was a goal he scored in a home game where him and Connolly both went for it. I think it was the game where Doherty scored the jammiest late winner. Came off the defender and went in after Doherty miskicked it. Was it Latvia or Albania? Or Georgia?
Wessi just scored twice v Hannover
Goals online here, both complete **** takes of the Hannover defence
Robbie Brady didn't play, calf strain apparently
He's pure class, that touch to take him through for the second goal was unreal.