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Oh how the mighty have fallen. Just goes to show you that you can't predict even at 19 or 20 which players are going to make it or not. He looked class when he first joined Sunderland.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
In fairness his problems have been as much off the pitch as on it. I hope his brother lives up to his potential though he's very injury prone.
Maybe Malaga will come back in for him....:D
His brother has a bit of a discipline issue as well.... Mickey Adams has had to pull him up a couple of times too... Will be interesting to see how he gets on with dowie.
leicester v wolves 1-4
just Logan for leicester, he did save 2 one on ones in this game but didnt convince on crosses at all, this is currently his biggest failing, he just doesnt come and deal with the ball as you would want your keeper to. Keogh also made him look foolish from the spot.
for wolves, Keogh, Potter, Breen, Ward and Gleeson all featured at some point, and were all on the field at the end, good to see so many of our young players in an emerging side.
Keogh was the pick of the bunch by some margain, although you have to bear in mind he was against a pretty poor lcfc defence, most of whom have no future at this club and played as such.
he started quietly and hit a post on 20 when he should have scored but thereafter, he excelled, in no particular order, he: chased down and intercepted a leicester kick-off, disposessed the player and surged to the edge of the area, then played a great ball over the full back to put his winger in a great position; he took down a kickout and although forced wide by several players he somehow got a shot on goal which lobbed Logan from a tight angle and hit the post; his header from a setplay was parried but led directly to wolves opener; created half a dozen shooting oppertunities for teammates with presice passes released at the exactly right moment with superb awareness of the movement around him while in pressurised posession;
he got the leicester captain and centrehalf sent off for a foul in the 2nd half; he took the complete pi$$ out of Logan from the spot late on, dinking it down the middle like a golf putt.
the wolves fans sing his name to the tune of the man u tune for Keane, high praise.
he didnt win many ariel battles but more than compensated with his ground play, as ive said, you must bear in mind the opposition, but i cant wait to see how he does on the summer tour.
Ward got half an hour and from his first touch he did well when he showed at a throw and linked with Keogh, found space and immediately got it back all the while bearing down on goal, he and Keogh linked,maybe, 3 or 4 times like this in the halfhour they were together including the occasion which led to the wolves pen when the one two-ed superbly at pace and Ward was hacked down.he also did well.
Breen looked comfortable and showed the old pro experience at times, wasnt over troubled in this one, and Gleeson only played the last 3 + injury time, but was in posession twice and made sure he didnt give it away with a couple of quick basic 10 yard passes.
Potter played the deep midfield role, he impressed me more on prevoius occasions, but while not doing anything eyecatching, he didnt mess up either, always having an out ball, assured in posession, doing the right thing simply all the time, he was ridiculously booked early on for kicking it away when he had in fact just knocked it against the advert board for it to come straight back,one of those moments when both sets of fans agree on what a tit the ref is. another one who i will be interested to see in the summer games.
thats it for this season from ol'CTP boyos and girlies:), been a pleasure.
That puts my mind to rest as to who can play that role out of the Stan's current squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Great work mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Nicely done CTP, the 2007/2008 promotion push starts now!Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Yeah...John O'Shea :rolleyes:
Funny reading that Kevin Nolan has not even been selected for England B.
Off topic just a little, well he has been in Irish underage squads.
Michael Keane released by Rotherham: http://www.themillers.premiumtv.co.u...020943,00.html
Looks like he is looking for an EL club. Wilo Flood also looks like he is going on loan to St Pats from Cardiff.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Irish Abroad for 12 May 2007
Football League Championship
Southampton 1-2 Derby
Southampton's Irish Players: Leon Best(introduced on 55)
Derby's Irish Players: Jonathan Macken(substituted on 77)
Football League Two
Bristol R 2-1 Lincoln
Lincoln's Irish Players: Lee Frecklington
Scottish Premier
Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen
Celtic's Irish Players: Aiden McGeady(introduced on 61)
Celtic's unused Irish substitutes: Darren O'Dea
Falkirk 2-0 Dundee Utd
Falkirk's unused Irish substitutes: Stephen O'Donnell
Dundee Utd's Irish Players: Sean Dillon
Hearts 2-0 Hibernian
No Irish players.
Inverness CT 2-1 Dunfermline
Dunfermline's Irish Players: Jim O'Brien(substituted on 81)
Motherwell 2-3 St Mirren
Motherwell's Irish Players: Paul Keegan(substituted on 79)
St Mirren's Irish Players: David van Zanten, Billy Mehmett(introduced on 54)
Irish goalscorers: Billy Mehmett(59)
Scottish Division 1
Airdrie Utd 2-3 Stirling
No Irish players.
I see that Jeff Kenna was on the losing side in the FA Trophy today ..... which is a bit scary.
Also a McGrath & McMahon on the two benches - I suspect these may be two x under 21 players.
Keith Treacy on the bench for Blackburn today
Just finished watching the Liverpool-Charlton game on livefooty, Darren Randolph played the entire match and was deservedly named MOTM. Wasnt at fault for either liverpool goal (indeed he nearly saved Kewell's penalty) and made a string of outstanding saves. Another good goalkeeping prospect for us.
He was on Soccer AM showboat so here's a better clip:Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxBvhokHHx8
ugh, hope he doesnt go the way of John O'Shea after he nutmegged Figo....
Wes Hoolahan had the winner for Blackpool
Highlights here:
http://www.footballclips.net/forum/s...6911#post26911
Check out the flip the defender does :D
Irish Abroad for 13 May 2007
English Premier
Blackburn 3-3 Reading
Blackburn's unused Irish substitutes: Keith Treacy
Reading's Irish Players: Stephen Hunt(substituted on 70), Shane Long(substituted on 66), Kevin Doyle
Irish goalscorers: Kevin Doyle(58)
Bolton 2-2 Aston Villa
No Irish players.
Chelsea 1-1 Everton
Everton's Irish Players: Lee Carsley
Irish bookings: Lee Carsley
Liverpool 2-2 Charlton
Liverpool's Irish Players: Steve Finnan
Charlton's Irish Players: Darren Randolph, Matt Holland
Charlton's unused Irish substitutes: Robert Elliot
Irish goalscorers: Matt Holland(2)
Man Utd 0-1 West Ham
Man Utd's Irish Players: John O'Shea
Middlesbro 3-1 Fulham
No Irish players.
Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal
Portsmouth's unused Irish substitutes: Andy O'Brien
Arsenal's unused Irish substitutes: Joe O'Cearuill
Sheff Utd 1-2 Wigan
Sheff Utd's Irish Players: Paddy Kenny, Derek Geary, Stephen Quinn(substituted on 56)
Wigan's Irish Players: Caleb Folan(introduced on 77), Kevin Kilbane
Irish bookings: Derek Geary, Caleb Folan
Tottenham 2-1 Man City
Tottenham's Irish Players: Robbie Keane(substituted on 81)
Man City's Irish Players: Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland
Irish goalscorers: Robbie Keane(10)
Watford 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle's Irish Players: Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Alan O'Brien(introduced on 67)
Irish bookings: Alan O'Brien
Football League Championship
Wolves 2-3 West Brom
Wolves's Irish Players: Gary Breen, Stephen Ward(introduced on 78), Darren Potter, Andy Keogh
Wolves's unused Irish substitutes: Stephen Gleeson
West Brom's Irish Players: Dean Kiely, Paul McShane
Irish bookings: Paul McShane
Football League One
Oldham 1-2 Blackpool
Blackpool's Irish Players: Wes Hoolahan
Blackpool's unused Irish substitutes: Ben Burgess
Irish goalscorers: Wes Hoolahan(87)
Scottish Premier
Rangers 0-1 Kilmarnock
No Irish players.
With the end of the season more or less upon us, I've been collecting the Irish Abroad data for the whole season, not just the games I started posting on a few weeks ago. I'll be posting a few stats when the English season ends completely after the Champion's League Final, and I'll make the season data available for anyone who wants to use it.
Apart from the normal top scorer/most booked style statistics, is there anything in particular that you would like to know, e.g. who had the most home wins, who played in the most draws, what goalkeeper conceded the most goals, etc?
Reply with your suggestions and I'll do my best to figure it out.
Note: Unfortunately I can't get anything to do with assists or captaincy, because soccerbase.com (where I get the information from) doesn't record either.
What the fawk am I paying you for motherfuker:pQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I look forward to that Tets. Maybe minutes on the pitch would be another one, and if possible to see if the player's team did better with or without him. Is there any site that does ratings for all the matches I wonder, that'd be good one
Recent call up to the U-19's Paul Marshall has been rewarded for an impressive season at Academy and Reserve level with a professional contract from Man City: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pa...&newsid=428121