Scratch that, here's Liam Brady scoring the opening goal for Inter in a 2-1 win against Roma in May 1986
Goal at 0:45
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Scratch that, here's Liam Brady scoring the opening goal for Inter in a 2-1 win against Roma in May 1986
Goal at 0:45
Did he look quite fast in the build up to that goal? I can't figure him out. Sometimes I think he's too slow and not big enough to justify being a 9. Then he looks no slouch there and has three separate possessions (including a finish) in a fast break goal.
You are a flippin' encyclopedia of Irish football. More power to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Two goals in the group stages, both winners thus earning €420,000 in prize money, with tonight's goal guaranteeing a spot in the last 16, adding €500,000 to the prize pot, plus an extra game in front of a packed house - the €4m AZ shelled out for him is looking like money well spent.
Not really, I just know how to look stuff up. There's only been a handful of Irish players in Serie A, which meant checking their history wasn't time consuming. Wikipedia has lists of foreign players for most of the bigger competitions, here's the Irish players in Serie AQuote:
Originally Posted by mark12345
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...lic_of_Ireland
I know that Robbie Keane, Ebosele and Abankwah haven't scored in the competition, so no need to check their histories. Transfermarkt has added a load of historical data, and you can limit a player's history to their goals
Here's their record of Brady's goals, the penalty against Roma is a little over half way down
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liam...spieler/165411
Took a chance that it was on YouTube, and got lucky.
A friend of mine replied on Twitter that Paddy Sloan scored for AC Milan against Roma in the 1948/49 season, again discovered using transfermarkt
https://www.transfermarkt.com/paddy-...spieler/583738
Couldn't find any video footage of that game, and it almost certainly doesn't exist, but one quick Google of the game came up with this history of Roma site, with photos from the game in question, including one of Sloan's finish!
https://www.almanaccogiallorosso.it/...ilan-Roma.html
The 1984 European Cup Final was one that jumped to mind too, but while three Irish players were involved, none of them scored, even in the shoot-out. (Wiki says Roma needed to bribe the referee to get past Dundee United in the semi-finals - football was so much more competitive and interesting in the olden days!)
Roma have never played an LoI side in Europe - though Ards did score one against them in the 60s.
Gary Kelly and Ian Harte played for Dave O'Leary's Leeds side against Roma in March 2000, with Alan Maybury on the bench - https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleagu...roma-vs-leeds/ - but none of them scored
Kelly and Harte appeared in the return leg in Leeds, joined by Stephen McPhail - https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleagu...leeds-vs-roma/
McPhail had played against Roma for Leeds before, in Rome in October 1998 - https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleagu...roma-vs-leeds/ - and in the return leg in Leeds two weeks later, alongside Harte - https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleagu...leeds-vs-roma/
Very cool! The image is unfortunately in a bad way from being reproduced in a paper, so I tried a few online AI image enhancers, with this the best result:Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
https://i.imgur.com/0R9jN1s.png
Its the other image. I ran that image through Google Lens, and the text readsQuote:
Originally Posted by John83
https://www.almanaccogiallorosso.it/...a/Immagini.jpgQuote:
Sloan is one on one with Risorti. He completely missed the ball; a Giallorossi defender will definitely be responsible for averting the threat
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Against the Giallorossi, Mi'an, who with the inclusion of Nordahl have regained confidence in their own abilities, clearly imposed themselves from the first half. Here are some of the highlights of the contest: Annovazzi's goal scored from a free kick; Sloan beats Risorti for the second time; the Roma keeper's dive on a move by Gudmundsson; a shot by Nordahl that will be blocked; Valle prepares to overturn while Delli Innocenti keeps Nordahl at bay.
Impressive nonethelessQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Follows Idah with a European goal of his own. Came on after an hour; scored his 13th of the season as AZ nearly came back from 4-1 down against Ferencvaros to draw in injury time; ended 4-3
They were through anyway and I think now meet either Sociedad or Galatasaray next
Robbie Keane's first win as Ferencvaros manager too actually. They're also safely through to the next stage
He's not the strongest or the quickest, but that's a goal that reminds you of what a talented footballer he is. Intelligent run and a great finish. It probably won't happen, because it's us, but there's still a possibility that we could have some genuine international quality forward options by Euro 2028 in him, Ferg, Cannon and Idah.
Just confidently tucked home a pen to put AZ one up.
I think that puts him up as second top scorer in the Eredivisie. He's on an excellent run to be fair to him.
Scores another pen, this time against 3rd Tier amateur team Quick Boys in the cup.
And the fascist thugs employed by Ferencvaros as stewards attacked the Dutch fans during the gameQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I read a story about how the Ferencvaros Ultras actually dressed up as stewards and attacked the AZ fans, it wasnt stewards employed by the clubQuote:
Originally Posted by Jolly Red Giant
Robbie sure picks his clubs.
True, he should have become Shamrock Rovers manager... their fans are always the best behaved :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
That is the story the club put out - both anti-fascist groups in Hungary and the Dutch fans said they were stewards. Even if it was a case the weren't official 'stewards' - it is pretty clear that the club did nothing to prevent this from happening. Remember, the president of the club is a party director of the far-right Fidesz party of Hungarian prime minister Orban for the past 20 years and a vice-president of the far-right party for the past ten years. Ferencvaros President Gábor Kubatov has been vocal in calling for Fidesz to establish it own paramilitary army modelled on the Nazi SA. By the way - up until recently Fidesz were in the same European Parliamentary group as Fine Gael.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Scores again, in a win against MacNulty's PEC Zwolle
Turning into a consistent scorer lately. 7 in his last 11 games, and those across 7 different games.
second top scorer in the league, 5 behind Sem Stijn of FC Twente. you'd love him to push for a golden boot.
it'll be interesting to see who HH goes for in March - you could easily see any of Parrott, Idah, Ferguson, Szmodics, Cannon or Robinson start depending on how the next month goes
I think Robinson is finished with us.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
He doesn’t have much to offer.
Parrott and Ferguson and hopefully Cannon are the future
Ah he did well in his last game for us against Greece, he's still in his 20s and he's scored 6 in his last 8 games for his club and he's in double figures for the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Robinson is arguably our best performing striker at his club this season, relative to the strength of the league he's playing in and the standard of club he's at within that league.
Robinson: 58 Championship and 6 Premier League goals so far. Not spectacular for a player just turned 30, but not shabby either.
I am not sure that his hamstrings are that reliable, to be adding international football to the football work-load !
I just don't see him being effective for us. He drives me insane not he pitch. He's done well for us. But I don't see much of a future for him in a green shirt. I would take a fit an sharp Obafemi over him any day, but that's obviously a rarity
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
I read this first without the context of previous messages and thought you were saying you'd take Obafemi over Parrott and I honestly thought you had lost you mind :D
My main concern with Parrott and it’s less of a concern than just a reality is that I’m not sure he can lead the line as a lone forward, especially if we are playing on the counter.
I suspect he’ll be used in situations where we’re chasing a game and need a second striker up top or when we’re playing against inferior opposition.
Not a bad guy to be coming on in those situations I just don’t know if he has the pace or physicality to lead the line alone for 90 minutes if we have less of the ball.
But he has been leading the line as the lone striker for his club for the last 2 seasons and done very well. Im not sure he has the raw pace to ever be a top level Premiership striker but I wouldnt be surprised to see him end up at a top club in ItalyQuote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
Totally agree with this. Think Parrott was born in the wrong decade, think he would be a tremendous 2nd withdrawn striker, aka Sheringham,, Beardsley. Etc. Not sure he has the presence to play as a lonel striker or the speed to play out wide in a top league.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
The lad is 2nd top goalscorer in Dutch Eredivisie and 3 goals in Europe this season while playing as a striker, but lads on football forum still think he cant play as a striker. Strange world!
It's all about the level he can play centre forward at though, obviously he can play it at some level. Eredivisie isn't a great standard, if it's in the context of us needing to beat Hungary to make a WC playoff, Hungary are better than almost every team in that league.
You have players being sold from the Dutch league for big money all the time. It might not be one of the top 5 leagues in football but it's one of the better feeder leagues. If you do well there it's a good stepping stone to better things. I just find it stupid for anyone to say he's not a striker when he clearly is
Only issue I'd have about Parrott leading the line as a lone striker is do we have the midfield and wide players to support him.
If we could get February-September 2022 Obafemi back, he'd leapfrog Parrott in my mind - has an Irish player ever produced two moments in one game as audacious as his goal and assist against Scotland? Even Robbie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
His candle burned very bright for a very short space of time. He'd be a top class striker if he keep on the trajectory of how good he was for those few monthsQuote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
To be clear I have no doubt he can play as a striker. The issue is can he play there effectively for us, who will inevitably have less of the ball when it matters most. In a premier league context, he’s the kind of forward that would thrive at a top 5 club but I don’t think would be effective at all in the bottom half of the league. I’m not happy about it but we are in a bottom half of the league situation and I don’t think his skillset is optimal for what we require.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
To be clear I hope I’m totally wrong about this and he goes on to be prolific for us.
I have watched a few of the European matches where AZ is the underdog and Parrott has in some of those matches been coming off the bench, not playing from the start which factors into my assessment.