I guarantee if Long or McCarthy does up end moving to Liverpool, our attendances at home matches will automatically increase.
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I guarantee if Long or McCarthy does up end moving to Liverpool, our attendances at home matches will automatically increase.
Apparently, Long was linked with a move to Newcastle in FM104's sports news today.
Pardew has been interested in Long before: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...hane-Long.html
Lazio also reportedly interested, according to the Star and Mail - surely Champions League football and a potential scudetto would trump the freefall at St James's?
I bet Trap would love him playing there. Screw going to Carrow Road or Stoke to watch Irish players live in action, when you can head to the Stadio Olympico!!Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
I really hate Lazio...
I did Nazi a move to Lazio coming for Shane.Quote:
Originally Posted by JGKyne
Lazio scouts look out, Long puts West Brom 1-0 up at QPR in the FA Cup.
From BBC: "Shane Long breaks the deadlock at Loftus Road to put West Brom 1-0 up against QPR. George Thorne broke into the box and when his shot was blocked, Long was on hand to stroke the ball home from 12 yards."
Not even in the squad today to face his old club Reading. I haven't heard anything about an injury and he was in all the papers yesterday saying he was dying to play.
Injury news about Shane Long is considered classified information at West Brom.
I'm sure Trap will fill us in now that I think about it. Panic over!
Leg injury according to fantasypremierleague.com
Picked up in training yesterday according to M.O.T.D. Can't help but wonder if a bid has gone in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
EDIT - The Lazio thing is in to 3 to 1 on this : http://www.skybet.co.uk/football/spe...nsfer-specials
Has been injured ALOT! in West Brom career.... sense of fore-boarding about his longevity at top level...
Or he's just been injured since early in the season and his manager has insisted on playing him instead of letting the injury heal. And then criticising Long's international manager for letting the cat out of the bag about his revolutionary injury management strategy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafter
Well better he is injured than being dropped for being carp I guess.
Hopefully he will be back before Long - if that's possible :)
Goal Long. Throughball puts Lukaku in, rounds the keeper but his shot lacks power. Heitinga somehow mis-controls, the ball goes straight up in the air, and Long heads in to the empty goal from 6 yards out.
Defensive error alright but great to watch the sharpness and determination of Long to sniff the chance out and beat Heitinga and the other Everton defender to the ball to head home.
Was thinking the same thing - he took a gamble and got his reward. just like he did against Sunderland. Robbie would be proud.
'Premier League - Paper Round: European giants target Long': http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/p...GlvbnM-;_ylv=3
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The Daily Mirror reports that both Serie A side Lazio and Liga powerhouse Sevilla are keen on securing the Irishman’s signature.
West Brom also face a battle to keep Long from clubs closer to home as he has "also attracted attention from Tottenham, Newcastle United and Liverpool."
The paper explains: "Lazio were keen on Long before the transfer window closed last week and are keeping tabs on him along with Sevilla.
"Long will enter the final year of his contract at the end of the season but Albion have an option to extend it for a further 12 months.
"However, they are keen to secure his long-term future and are set to offer him a new four year deal."
He is 26 going on 27, wants to start delivering on the promise, put the rest behind him. He has 2 good years or so after this year, it seems 30 is too old for a striker these days.
Drogba? Some players peak young, many don't. Long, if he can put his injuries behind him, still has his peak to come. The fact he didn't play an awful lot of football in the early part of his career should stand to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I'd love to know where these transfer rumours come from. Sevilla are stone broke and there's no way they would be able to match what WBA are paying Long, let alone fork over the transfer fee.
I think Long has delivered on his promise, Paul. He is a prove Premiership striker and has done well at an international level despite playing most of his international career under a manager that doesnt really appear to like or believe in him.
Good news on Long who should on present form, be the first choice forward.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29099883.html
I think there's alot of HYPE surrounding Shane Long's input to the Irish team and WBA.... Lets be honest, he has not played over a consistent period for WBA for 18months.... his last truly outstanding game for Ireland in my opinion was against Uruguay in Feb 2011....
To be honest, I think he's been overrated for the most part this season by the Irish press....
In that case he's also been overrated by the English press. He has been very impressive for West Brom, particularly in an isolated role against the best sides, but he has been struggling massively with niggling injuries.
WBA v Arsenal the game here this morning. Long won the penalty very, very well. Superb touch that left that pr!ck Mertesacker for dead and caused him to scythe Shane down from behind and get the red card. Very likely Long would have scored had he not been fouled. Has worked tirelessly and has been left isolated for long spells. No coincidence that Lukakus introduction has allowed more success for Longs industry.
Just missed a great chance to equalize with a couple of mins left.
He's got to bury that. I'm longing for a goal from him.
Is that typical Shane Long? Very good player, difficult to defend against and scorer of a reasonable amount of goals but not as many as he should be scoring?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Sounds about right to me, unfortunately. If top hurlers could earn the same amount of €€ as soccer players I think he'd have chosen the hurling. He still moves like a hurler, to my eyes.....the runs he makes...Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
It's a wonder he doesn't get caught offside more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
Overall play excellent. Peno was all down to his own good play. But he then missed a chance he should have buried (skyed it not unlike his chance against Sweden). Had another good chance not long after and completely missed the ball (possibly sun in his eyes but still a poor effort). Subbed soon after. He needs to be more clinical to be considered a really top player. Still our best forward IMO.
Anyone see Long goal versus Saints yesterday... did he mean to play it through keeper or was it a hit and hope as I felt?
Don't think he's a natural finisher and will struggle once his pace inevitably goes in the next 3 or 4 years...
A poor man's Craig Bellamy? Too harsh?
He scored 23 goals in the Championship in 2010-2011. I presume he finished them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafter
i'd agree, I thought it was a poor enough effort that was lucky to go in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafter
He may have scored 23 in 2010-2011 but I feel he leaves a few too any chances out there to be considered a top quality goal scorer. Sure, there's more to his game and he's a beast to play against but he's far from clinical.
I agree Stutts. He lacks that last degree of finishing or whatever. If him and James McC could get that last touch we would be in better shape.
The odds are long he will ever be a consistent scorer for us I feel like.
His finishing could do with a bit of work, but there's no doubting that this guy is one of the most technically gifted players in that whole West Brom squad.
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Originally Posted by Grafter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZUiR9tGGUM
Hard to say really. He is not left footed is he? Hence I expect he was concentrating on hitting the target, at least that gives you chance.
He also got a man sent off, went down like a sack of spud :)
It looked like a good finish to me. He could have hit it to the keeper's left but it would have been a very tight angle.