Poor Cillian Sheridan.
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Poor Cillian Sheridan.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/s...we-285210.html
"The match in Turners Cross last night between Cork City and Shamrock Rovers featured a player who (if my sources are correct) has more European appearances than all of the starting 11 for Ireland last Wednesday night, bar Given, combined. Dan Murray, captain of league winning teams at Cork in 2005 and Shamrock Rovers in 2010 and 2011, played over 35 times (he, himself, does not know the exact number) in European club competitions."
Sheridan warmed up for Barcelona this week by scoring the winner for APOEL against Ermis at the weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNQnSAn5J8&t=1m42s
Two goals this weekend for Sheridan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7N1j_mF1F0
first goal right at the start of the video, second on 1:26
APOEL playing PSG on wednesday night.
The loser has to stop using their acronym
The keeper for the first one :eek:
A little piece about Sheridan's GAA background. They overstate the importance of last night's game somewhat.
From the Cavan U16s to the Champions League
Ha ha very good :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Useless, he was not much better for the second, half asleep slow uncoordinated the reactions of a sloth.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Can't see him saving anything unless the ball actually hits him.
goalscoring return for Sheridan this week, scored the second for APOEL in a 3-0 win over Olympiakos in the Cypriot Cup
goal here on 0:56, nice headed finish
he's left apoel - destination unknown.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/...lian-sheridan/
fair play to him - took a chance on playing abroad and got to play in the champions league. played at the nou camp, not many others in the squad can say that. given and o'shea (maybe) spring to mind.
Don't think O'Shea played there, I think the only opportunity would have been the 2008 semi final when he was an unused sub. McGeady would have played there for both Celtic and Spartak Moscow. Stokes also.
Roy Keane and Denis Irwin would have played in the Nou Camp for Man Utd in the Champions League.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Edit: Current squad, my mistake
The only three in the current squad to have played in the Nou Camp
Shay Given - Barcelona v Newcastle 11th Dec 2002
Aiden McGeady - Barcelona v Spartack Moscow 19th Sep 2012
Anthony Stokes - Barcelona v celtic 11th Dec 2013
Must be old news but it's new to me. Joined APOEL's city rivals Omonoia Nicosia last month and is expected to make his debut tonight.
Oops... that was actually last night, he didn't make his debut and they lost 1-0
:o
Paul McCartney supported Omonoia. Wrote a song about them too.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
http://youtu.be/geHngfHR0Vk
Barstooler.
Did some digging on Omonoia's website, found the news post for his signing: http://www.omonoia.com.cy/?section=news&nid=3332#
That's some beard
Interesting reading about the club. They're basically a breakaway from APOEL, like how many rival clubs in the one city are formed I suppose, due to political factors. They've had some serious domestic success, especially considering they were only established in the late 40's. Omonia means concorde in Greek, or unity in English. The green/shamrock is a seen as a symbol of hope and Wikipedia says it also represents anti-British and anti-colonial sentiments. They share a stadium with APOEL so Sheridan will be used to his surroundings. This is a presumably biased account of their history from their largest fan group, Gate 9, but worth a look at Wikipedia as well for both APOEL and Omonia's histories.
OMONIA - GATE 9
Omonia Nicosia went through to the next round with a 2-0 win at home.
Sheridan got an assist on the second goal (first was a penalty) and also hit the frame of the goal twice
Highlights here
Nice one, good assist and very unlucky with the headers. Bit of a menace in the air.
Played 90mins of Omonia's Europa qualifier last night, a 0-0 draw in Poland against Jagiellonia Bialystok.
Christ!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Next round they play Frogmella Spudulika.
.... It's pronounced spijooooolika!!
Sheridan with the winning goal as Omonoia progress past Jagiellonia Bialystok.
https://twitter.com/EmeraldExiles/st...77114976608261
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he meant that as a shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4szM...ature=youtu.be
Don't see what else you could call it. Great movement to get himself into that position to start with.
Without question he is shooting. Great start for him to score such an important goal.
He does manage to bring a large Irish support with him (on the video). Very Impressive.
Just curious.
Has anyone seen him play out there?
I think there's an argument for drafting him into the squad, and certainly to be in the enlargened provisional squads.
I haven't a clue if he's good enough or if the standard he's playing to is sufficient but calling him up would definitely send a message to younger players that are hesitant to foreign moves and instead flounder, from an international viewpoint, at League One or SPL level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
I think Anthony Stokes could do well to follow in his footsteps. It would probably rejuvenate his career to get him away from the fishbowl and all its vices, but I don't know if that is what he wants. I don't think he has the temperament in one sense.
It's hard to gauge the level he's at alright but, and without meaning to be disrespectful, his inclusion would interest me far more than Daryl Murphy to be honest.
There does seem to be a fear for Irish players to move to Europe. It seems that only Britain and the US are the two countries that matter in football. A few players have gone aboard and done alright. The likes of Dominic Foley, Darren O'Dea and Sheridan. It does seem to be that Irish and British players have a fear of moving to a foreign country. The success rate isn't that great but that's down to players not willing to include themselves in the culture. Gareth Bale hasn't learned Spanish yet, Gary O'Connor complained that he couldn't get British TV and goods in Moscow and Ian Rush said playing for Juventus is like playing in a foreign country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Gareth Bale has been learning Spanish. I think that was just a media myth to make it seem like he was unhappy.
He's been there for two years. I'd hope he'd at least expressed an interest in learning the language.
Here's a link from earlier this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...k-Spanish.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
That's from his agent. But a lot of British/Irish players don't bother with the language. Mark Hughes didn't bother to learn Spanish or German when he was at Barca and Bayern. Compare that to players coming the other way. That's the big problem we have. Not just footballers but us in general.
Those are examples of British players. I haven't seen any examples of Irish players not bothering to learn the language.