Paul Tierney has signed for Blackpool on a free transfer following Livingston's relegation
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Paul Tierney has signed for Blackpool on a free transfer following Livingston's relegation
Alan Mahon has completed his switch to Burnley after finishing the campaign there on loan from Wigan.
A bargain at £200,000 I feel.
Yeah that's pretty cheap alright. Maybe he had a decent wage at Wigan and they wanted to get rid of him as quick as possible?
Damien Delaney has signed up until June 2009 with Hull.
Southampton rumoured to be looking to buy Mark Yeates
I hear Also that Alan McCormack who spent last season on-loan at Motherwell from Preston is set to make to make a permanent move, he's Irish as far as I know though I stand to be corrected.
Anyone know of any other talent available to us who's playing up there aside from the obvious McGeady and Foran. What does anyone know of Richie Byrne the Aberdeen left-back. Is he a viable option?
Colin Healy's agent Eamon McLoughlin revealed Championship trio Ipswich, Stoke and Leicester are all interested in Healy.
23 year-old striker Noel Hunt has signed for Dundee United from SPL rivals Dunfermline renewing his association with former strike partner Craig Brewster who is now manager at United.
Mark Kennedy has been offered a new contract at Wolves.
yep http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/fron...?newsid=154220Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_peepee
Thanks for that info lads. This is a story which interests me greatly. I'm a big fan of Healy. He's a lad with great character and I genuinely believe he has a future in international football.Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_peepee
Live in the now man!!!... It's Eirebhoy and Richie Partridge all over again!!:D
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Originally Posted by TheJamaicanP.M.
yeah, id love to see him at leicester, even on a pay as you play jobbie to cos if he got it together he could still be quality, fine player. but leicester signed 2 midfielders yesterday so its less likely now id say, pennies are tight at lcfc.
Colin Healy's on trial with Ipswich...
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Originally Posted by dr_peepee
Really? There is a thread in the Cobh Ramblers section saying that he is about to sign for them. I really hope its Ipswich. Would love to see himself and Owen Garvan in midfield together.
http://www.foot.ie/showthread.php?t=36611
Linked with Cork City as well, according to 2FM
New recruit for the youth set-up, Southend Utd's Ricky Byrne, centre-half
http://www.soccerscene.ie/p884.html
Norwich's highly-rated Irish defender Michael Spillane, 17 has signed a three-year professional contract with the Canaries having broken into the first-team at the tail-end of last season.
Coventry have signed Brentford midfielder Jay Tabb on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Tottenham midfielder Mark Yeates has again been linked with Southampton, possibly in a loan move. Yeates enjoyed a successful spell on loan with Colchester last season where helped them gain promotion to the Championship.
nice one kaiser, i think this is a good move for him as coventry were a fast improving side in the latter half of last season and have made a few signings as well,(young players as well,for a change as far as Adams is concerned) i think they may be in the play-off shake up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser
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Originally Posted by dr_peepee
bbc east teletext says Colin Healy will line out for ipswich in a pre-season game v boston on july 8th. new manager Magilton goes on to say he is one of a number of players currently under consideration.
BBC Teletext reports that Damien Duff will sign a 2 year extension to his Chelsea contract this week.
Two more years of stagnation for Duffer I fear. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
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Apparently Englands performance in the World cup has been enough to inspire Gary Cahill to commit to them.
do you have a link for this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
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Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/acrosst...p?newsid=23287
Aiden McGeady played the whole game, while Darren O'Dea was an unused sub as Celtic lost their first game in a preseason tour of Poland to Legia Warsaw 1-0. From various reports I've seen, McGeady impressed and his first touch was excellent, considering it was only the first game of preseason.
Review here: http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2006-07-04_2328gk'
can't believe we're into preseason already, the World Cup isn't over yet!
I watched the Celtic game and McGeady played well, best player on the pitch. He seems a bit bigger than last season and stayed on his feet when he was been hacked at. He scored a legit goal which the was wrongly disallowed for offside.
So long then Mister Cay-hill. Thanks for wasting our time and good luck for your future career as an international nobody. I predict a glorious career highlight of two England caps if you're lucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
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comments like that are hardly constructive. Cahill never publicly said he wanted to play for Ireland, all the noises about him came from Stan's camp. AFAIK the only comment he made was that he was flattered but not really interested. Which is fair enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy
I'm sorry Tets. Do your emotions ever drive the way you think or post? Well, mine do. Hence my less-than-"constructive" comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Must try to be more rational next time...
Then why entertain the notion at all? That makes him just another chancer as far as I can see - waiting to see how England get on before choosing them or "the Republic". Thanks but no thanks Mister Cay-hill. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
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Staunton has been an embarrassment trying to persuade players who have already committed to other countries to change alliegance, for example Aaron Lennon. Pathetic. Shows how much faith he has with the current squad.
For "chancer" read "opportunist". After all, they mean the same thing, albeit that the former term has a more pejorative overtone.Quote:
Originally Posted by totalfootball
Yes, Aldridge was a chancer (but that's not to belittle his subsequent record with, or commitment to, the Ireland team). Yes, Morrison was a chancer (but again, his record for and obvious commitment to the Ireland team is not in question). Cahill's prevarication over clarifying his position with respect to opting for Ireland also smacks of the same opportunistic approach. So, yes, I see him as another chancer.
So no, no hypocrisy to see here, people. Move along... ;)
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Birmingham have handed a trial to Sean St Ledger, who has been talked about on this forum before.
Also someone mentioned Birmingham may have an Irish back 3 next season, well maybe an Irish back 4!
I agree the man is an absolute mongo. It should be a privilege to play for Ireland in Croke park in front of 80 thousand fans. I'd chew me right arm off for the chance. To have to beg these English rejects to play for us makes a joke of our national football team and consequently our nationality also.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Staunton another great appointment from the FAI and another 4 years (at least) of nothing.
I have no problem with English-born players deciding to play for Ireland or Staunton asking players with Irish connections to play for us, but I do have a problem when he approaches a player like Lennon who was a CURRENT member of the English U-21 set up.
Kerr was criticised for not bringing new players into the squad, the only non-Irish players he approached were Nolan and Macken (well, that we know of). Staunton has approached Lennon, Cahill and Nolan, got a "thanks, but no" reply from Lennon and Cahill and left it at that. Which is the way it should be. Criticise him for results and performance over the term of his management, not for isolated incidents. We've all made mistakes in our jobs, it's just we don't have to answer to the whole soccer-following population of Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
Spillane signs 3 year deal with Norwich
PROMISING Academy youngster Michael Spillane has signed a three-year professional contract with the Canaries.
Spillane, 17, is joined in the pro-ranks on July 1 by fellow youth team products Andrew Cave-Brown, Matthew Halliday, Robert Eagle and Andrew Fisk, who have each signed one-year deals.
It was reported last month on First News that the quartet would be offered deals, with Spillane now the latest name to win a professional deal.
The five lads, pictured below, are already joining in full training sessions with the rest of the professionals, with their green Academy kit ditched in favour of the full black garb worn by the senior players.
Spillane made two full senior appearances at the end of last season before injury prematurely ended his campaign.
The Republic of Ireland U19 captain started at right-back in the matches against Sheffield Wednesday and QPR.
He made his senior debut as a substitute in the FA Cup match against West Ham at Carrow Road, with Cave-Brown also making his only first team appearance to date from the bench.
The Club also has one-year options on the contracts of Cave-Brown, Halliday, Eagle and Fisk, allowing the Canaries to extend their deals if they impress sufficiently in the initial 12 months.
Academy Manager Ricky Martin said it was a proud day to see five of his players signing as professionals.
"The lads all came in to see the manager and club secretary Kevan Platt to sign their professional contracts and it was great to see them putting pen to paper," he told First News.
"Michael Spillane is slightly different in that he's a lot younger than the others and is still an under 18. In theory, he should still be with us. But we don't want to hold any of our Academy players back and Nigel was very keen that Michael should move across to the first team in time for pre-season.
Nope - he's just joined Preston North End. I can't find any reference other than on here to the fact that he's Irish-qualified. Can anyone else find anything to this effect?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
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Anyone hear anything new about Anthony Stokes at Arsenal?
Kevin Maher is hoping to catch Staunton's eye now that he is playing in the Championship.
I accept that it may be a big deal to readers of this forum, but these approaches barely hit the radar abroad.Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish