Have a look at our current national squad and cast a look over the individual careers of the players. You'll find examples there.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
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Have a look at our current national squad and cast a look over the individual careers of the players. You'll find examples there.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Off the top of my head, Graham Kavanagh, Lee Carsley, Dean Kiely, Stephen Carr, Phil Babb (briefly)Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Roy Maurice Keane :pQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Graham Kavanagh (no great redemption here)Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
1990–1991 Home Farm
1991–1996 Middlesbrough 35 (3)
1996 → Stoke City (loan) 3 (1)
1996–2001 Stoke City 202 (33)
2001–2005 Cardiff City 142 (28)
2005–2006 Wigan Athletic 48 (0)
2006–2009 Sunderland 14 (1)
2007 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 7 (1)
2008 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 16 (1)
2008–2009 → Carlisle United (loan) 14 (3)
2009– Carlisle United 50
Lee Carsley (ditto)
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1992–1999 Derby County 138 (5)
1999–2000 Blackburn Rovers 47 (11)
2000–2002 Coventry City 47 (4) (Premiership when relegated)
2002–2008 Everton 166 (11)
2008–2010 Birmingham City 48 (2)
2010– Coventry City 24 (0)
Phil Babb (ditto)
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990–1992 Bradford City 80 (14)
1992–1994 Coventry City 77 (3)
1994–2000 Liverpool 128 (1)
2000 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2000–2002 Sporting CP 11 (0)
2002–2004 Sunderland 48 (0)
Carr was injured and staged a miraculous recovery (all Premiership teams as well)
1993–2004 Tottenham Hotspur 226 (7)
2004–2008 Newcastle United 78 (1)
2009– Birmingham City 74 (0)
Dean Kiely - I'll give you him. :)
Anyone know if Stokes is starting tonight.
Doesn't look like it, from another forumQuote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Quote:
BBC confirm teams
Zaluska
Wilson
Majstorovic
Mulgrew
Izaguirre
Brown
Kayal
Ki
Commons
Samaras
Hooper
Subs: Cervi, Stokes and I missed the rest
third time in a row he hasn't started against Rangers, after starting the first two Old Firm games this season.
To be fair, Samaras has played well against Rangers, but it's still a little odd.
I don't think it's that odd. Geysir noted correctly that samaras has troubled Rangers in the last few games. Lennon would be mad to not pick him. I can't believe I'm not watching the OF game. The cricket replay is on the other channel. I was following most of it on my phone via the BBC live updates but got to a TV for the last 4 overs.
Well, he went from League 1 to the Premiership, and forced his way back into the senior international side after more than 5 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Again, was thinking more along the lines of his return from the international wilderness, but fair enough, he never played lower than the ChampionshipQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
No way he only played 11 times for Sporting Lisbon, he won foreign player of the year while he was there, and appeared in the Champions LeagueQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Not directly Anthony per se, but still funny to see his dad has barred the Queen from coming into the family pub. That's one big banner.
That's bound to make his son's stay in Glasgow all the more pleasurable.
Portuguese wiki gives him 37 appearances, which sounds more like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I presume he's against his son paying taxes to HM's Treasury and doesn't show British football games in his pub too?Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
was listening to this on joe duffy(i know), what a hypocrite, the same shilling that was paying for him to sit and drink with the wife in The Wishing Well palmers green in north london, while they were paid to drink by the Fans of Arsenal football club(indirectly) who pay taxes to the crown, and live over for a few months.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
How so? Are you saying his da only spends his sons wages whilst over on the pi$$ with his mrs? Perhaps he earns his own spending money and his conscience is clear?Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Ah, we should probably leave it to off topic or poor old Anthonys thread may be derailed.........:-)
I couldn't make head nor tail out of what Paul was writing, he only writes proper when he's annoyed with me.
"while they were paid to drink by the Fans of Arsenal football club"
Some people get paid to drink, by the fans of a football club?
Tony Adams for one.
Sheer poetry.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
No when he was over at arsenal as a youngster, they were put up for a while and given "expenses" or so he was telling the locals in teh pub...im not sure how long months are, by the sounds of it he was a bit of a mouth anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Thanks fly can you do your href and underline italic thingie?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
Geysir im never annoyed with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Or annoyed with anyone on a forum. Even if i have 10k+ posts!
You can add niall quinn to that too and a few others at that time. The quiet serene pubs of winchmore hill/palmers green were a safe haven for them :)Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Usually 30 or 31 days but there is an awkward little fecker known as February Which has 28 days and sometimes 29 - madness so it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
You're welcome Paul
I was worried I thought you were going to give another defintion of a "month" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Junior
I usually know how long a month is by my wife's attitude towards me!
I believe Arsenal paid for his family to live with him in London for a while as he went over when he was only 15. He was also his 'agent' for a while
His Dad seems like a complete c**t given the fact his son is a high profile pro foootballer and in particualr the club where his son plays.
He still get all all the dozy 'Ra heads in though - go an da fookin' celts - deadly buzz.......
he worked with one of the agent's companies to help Irish players settle on moving to England as well, he was involved in Conor Clifford's transfer to Chelsea
some more here:
http://www.tribune.ie/archive/articl...dollar-babies/
and here:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Footba...E.-a0142532742
just heard on the radio he's agreed to take the sign down anyway
What did he replace it with:
"Old firm game on live on every screen in this pub"
Ive a mate who is working for a fairly well known agent over here. He is trying to cover the irish sector, hopefully he will get more through as he is a decent fella, like brings them out to meet people and stuff not just the "normal" expected tasks of an agent.
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...0.html?start=2
All this is great advertising for the players lounge, especially in the time of a recession. Great PR. The likes of tourists from Britain or NI likely to visit this was very small anyway given its location, however given its location, it will get even more stupid ra heads from surrounding areas now. Gotta hand it to him.
The reasons for him being forced to take it down are tenuous to say the least though imo.
There is no real legal issue with it being up that I can see. Seems a gard just had it in for him and got his way!Quote:
Originally Posted by boovidge
I’m quite sure you need planning permission to erect a sign on a building if it’s over a certain size. I know Mick Wallace won a case against Dublin City Council because he attached one to scaffolding, not a permanent structure. And the Guards probably used the line that the sign was liable to cause public disturbances if it remained up. Though admittedly less of a disturbance than having three people shot on the premises (http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0726/fairview.html), which might have influenced their thinking.
Stokes on the bench again today for the Scottish League Cup final.
Pity he didnt get a run out. Samaras and Hooper were off the pace today, unlike recent games against Rangers. I definitely would have given him a run out on 60 minutes or so.
He hasnt featured so much in the last few months with the introduction of Samaras on a more regular basis (Samaras has just signed a new 3 year deal) and as a result the blossoming partnership with Hooper has gone off the boil a little. Still Celtics top scorer this season though.....
All this psycho-analysis aside and partnerships aside.
Perhaps Lennon just doesn't trust him enough for these sorta games?
Thats partly it Paul. He trusts him enough to have him on the bench. On this occasion his first choice partnership were not delivering, something needed to be changed and Stokes was the obvious choice for me, though he opted for Paddy McCourt in order to improve the supply but alas it never worked.
Ya but if neither are paying off and you get the supply in then it doesn't really matter.
I mean trust him in more than one way, the kinda personality being a big part of that too - not just getting sent off, but in terms of has he the experience/comfortable/confident enough to handle all the pressures, trials and tribulations, the events and how he reacts of a big game, big day like this.
Anthonys media happy daddy is very upset at Stokes snub yesterday.......
I wanna be in the gang with the fancy links thingymejig
Celtic striker Anthony Stokes is ready to hand in a transfer request after losing his first team place, according to the player’s father.
"It is crazy Anthony didn't play when he is Celtic's top scorer,” he told the newspaper. “Neil Lennon needs to understand that.
"He isn't going to be at Celtic if he isn't going to play against Rangers or in the big games. My advice to him is to move from Celtic and put in an immediate transfer request.
"I think he will because he has told me he wants out.”
"What is the point of being a Celtic player if you don't play in games like that?,” Stokes snr asked.
"For whatever reason Lennon just doesn't fancy him. They obviously don't trust him to play against Rangers. He was absolutely furious on the bench. I know he is furious that Lennon doesn't have the confidence in him."
The player's father also insisted that his son could have turned a tight game and that Celtic may have been lifting winners' medals had he been introduced to the action.
"It is an absolute disgrace he didn't play against Rangers," he added. "He had a fantastic partnership with Gary Hooper but Lennon has decided just to break it up by putting Georgios Samaras in.
"The game was crying out for Anthony to come on when they were 2-1 down and looking for another goal.
"I have no doubt if he had played he would have won the game for Celtic."
'Celtic used all three substitutes during the match, which went to extra-time. Ki Sung-Yueng, Glenn Loovens and Paddy McCourt were all introduced in an effort to change the game, with Stokes kicking his heels on the bench.'
Only McCourt (the 3rd sub) was used to change the game.
Pretty sure his father won't let him sign for Queen of the South, or Queen's Park Rangers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior