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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Silly boyQuote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
Of course it was. He has it on cut and paste. I’m surprised “he might as well retire” didn’t get a run.
You were caught being a clown, now take your medicine and settle down like a good lad :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
The sarcasm came lamely from yourself in your Sh1te post. No credit to Pstu and Tets for letting you off the hook. I was supporting Parrott and castigating you for your bandwagon jumping, you having previously labelled Parrott slow of mind and body.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Actually, Ive been the one defending Parrott on here.... try keep up champQuote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
There's a way to look at a posters history in the thread. On full site mode, you click on the total number of posts in the thread and you get to see who's posted how many times. Click on that number and you get their full posting history on the thread. I went through 4 pages of posts going back almost 3 full years (before tapping out) and, without doubt, Razor has been remarkably consistent and positive about Parrott in Holland, Preston and MK Dons. Not sure where you get some of these notions from Snappers. You bring a vitriol to every interaction that is so unnecessary and often very misplaced. I hope you are happier in real life than you seem on here.
Parrott has in his short Irish career been an incredibly decisive player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
- Losing 1-0 to Andorra after 58 minutes, he scores 2 in 3 minutes to gain us the lead.
- Scores the early second goal in a 3-0 win over Scotland
- Scores a 97th minute winner against Lithuania
- Scores a 92nd minute winner against Hungary
I think you're also forgetting how bad things were in terms of a squad 5 years ago. I picked a random game early in covid (nations league v bulgaria). Starting front 3 were Daryl Horgan - James Collins - Ronan Curtis, off the bench came Troy Parrott and Seanie Maguire (in that instance 14 of the initial 26 man squad were ruled out due to covid or other similar stuff). That's why he accumulated so many caps so young. There was a window where all of Shane Long, David McGoldrick, Jon Walters, Daryl Murphy and Kevin Doyle were gone and there was very little replacing them...
When ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
This feels like a good time for one of Tets famous "You have 24 hours to produce the evidence" scenarios :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
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Originally Posted by Razors left peg
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Originally Posted by Razors left peg
This is the post I remember, it took me a while to find it. To be fair to RLP, I thought it was more recent. He has made similar comments on others.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Thanks for that reply - it's interesting and well compiled and I take your criticisms on board. The irony of the spat is that I was hailing the recent achievements of Parrott and would pick him alongside Ferguson for the game. I think he has a good career ahead, albeit outside the EPL. I do believe, however, that he was capped too early and too often. It was almost a case of reverse ageism. I apologise for my part in unbalancing the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Fair is fair that's a good find...it must have been after a particular poor performance a long time ago that I wrote that and Ive no memory of it. There was a period of time when his career was at a crossroads. I think it's fairly clear I've been one of his biggest supporters in recent yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
1 post out of 130+, posted 4 years ago when he was coming off a bad spell. You're forever tainted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I'll go mass on Sunday and ask for forgivenessQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Lads, would ye ever discuss the football rather than who is or isn't a heretic, please?
In ordinary circumstances, Parrott and Idah wouldn't have won so many caps so young, but 2020-2022 wasn't an ordinary time. As elatedscum said, we'd lost six established forwards (Keane, Walters, Doyle, Long, McGoldrick, Murphy) to father time between 2016 and 2020, and capped the likes of Curtis, Collins, O'Brien, Horgan, Maguire, Hogan and even Graham Burke in the pre-Kenny years. Robinson was a sicknote. We were absolutely desperate for a technically good forward with any kind of finishing ability, or someone up there with a bit of pace and physical presence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
Will Keane is the only one you could argue lost out on merited caps because of Parrott and Idah (you were banging that drum quite loudly if I remember correctly), but his best club form coincided with Obafemi's - who was better for that short time than almost everyone I've named above. And poor old Will really fluffed his audition against Lithuania, when Parrott came on and dug us out of a hole. I do think Parrott and Idah unfairly became a proxy for Kenny's management/philosophy, and tended to polarise opinion beyond any real perspective, when it was our appalling midfield that was the issue - then, and now. They were worth the risk in 2020/21 imo, and are easily among our best five strikers now.
I wish we had a young player of the 2020 Idah/Parrott potential in central midfield now.
That nearly reads like they asked AI to do a round up on Irish players without actially fact checking the output.
Into the Dutch cup final now after beating Heracles in a penalty shootout in which he missed his. They’ll face Go Ahead Eagles in the final, who pulled off an upset yesterday by knocking out PSV in the other semi
AZ beaten yesterday. Troy played the full game, but seems to have had a quiet enough game. Perhaps saving it for Thursday v Spurs
He was good against Spurs today. Missed his big chance 1v1 which he'll be gutted with but his all round play was impressive. I'm sure they were a few spurs fans would have been thinking that they could have done with him as an option this season with all of their injuries.
Would still make Spurs 80-20 favourites to go through in the tie though.
I thought he done well. He is a good link up player. I reckon he done enough to start alongside Ferguson against Bulgaria; thats if he even makes the squad.
Was very heartened by his performance last night. A lot of the talk pre match regarding attack was surrounding which combination of Parrott/Idah/Ferguson/Azaz would play.
Ended up being Parrott and Azaz - the two with the most goal contributions and most regular football for their clubs.
More chat during the week (Irish Independent podcast) speculating that Ferguson could get the start to support him in his quest for minutes and regain of form. HH took a more pragmatic approach and this proved sensible.
Parrott looked very sharp overall. I think Azaz was good in support. Manning and Johnston did fine but in more "water carrying" type roles and not necessarily creating a pile of chances for Parrott. Parrott's movement and link up was good. His assist for Azaz's goal was splendid really. Quality that everyone knows that he has in his locker so not particularly surprising to anyone. Giving assurances on his suitability for the centre forwad role all around is the bigger thing for him and playing games and developing as a player is bringing him on in that regard.
Assume he will start Sunday and I'm keen to see how he does with a couple of chances which will surely fall to him at home.
I hope he does start on Sunday, has found it very tough to make the step up from underage star to senior international, but I think he's finally cracking it, deserves to be the main man right now, and hopefully he grows with that responsibility.
Still not convinced that he's an out and out 9 to play against better teams, but he definitely has a big role to play for us, either as a support forward or an impact sub.
He's starting to remind me of Tom Rogic.
He's not v fast which makes the traditional 9 job trickyQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
But Robbie wasn't fast either tbf
I thought Troy looked like the best footballer on the pitch last night. I do think he can play the 9, but I thought he would have been better in the Manning position yesterday getting on the ball and making space for the CF. Azaz and Parrott in front of the midfield could open up a lot of defenses
A goal and an assist for him so far away against Nijmegen. Ends a run of six domestic games with a goal or an assist. Seems the international window might have done him good
18 for the season now
Will he attract interest elsewhere in the summer? Surely clubs in Germany and Italy are looking at him and thinking they'll double or triple AZ's outlay on him?
He could do. He has had two years in the Eredivisie now and impressed in both seasons, there will definitely be teams keeping an eye on him. At the same time he has only spent one of those seasons at AZ so they might want to get another year from him before they sell. He'd still only be 24 if he moved next summer.
From interviews with him it sounds like he's in no rush to go back to England, he has probably worked out that the slower pace and more technical style on the continent suits him better. Will be interesting to see if someone will be willing to pay €10-€15m to sign him, I think he's a player that could go well in Germany or France.
Sporting will be looking for a replacement for Goykeres. They could do worse
Are you Troy's agent ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
You might want to work on the selling spiel if you are ! ( wink )
Scored again
He's been brilliant this season. It takes real character after a few terrible seasons on loan in the championship. To be on track to finish in the top three goal scorers in the Dutch league
( ahead of anyone from PSV or Ajax)
Another goal last night. Thats 19 so far. Brilliant to see him doing so well. Second highest scorer now in the Dutch league. It will be interesting to see if another continental club come looking for him although he seems content to stay where he is at the moment.
it may not be up to him if one of the bigger clubs come in. AZ paid e8m, i guess if they doubled their outlay that would tempt them, especially if they don't make europe this season. as it stands i'd like to see him stay another year - he's learning and improving and is guaranteed minutes, along with scoring goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drummerboy2
Just looking at AZ's striker sales in recent transfer windows, Pavlidis went to Benfica for 18m last summer after scoring 33 goals in the 2023/24 season and Boadu went to Monaco for 17m in August 2021 after scoring 15 goals in 2020/21
Troy is currently on 17 goals, they could easily ask for what they got for Boadu, and get a 13m (minimum) return on the 4m they spent on him last summer
Parrott's on 19 now after his goal last nightQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979