Towell gone to Brighton on a two and half year contract. Loss to our league.
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Towell gone to Brighton on a two and half year contract. Loss to our league.
From a purely selfish point of view I hate that he has left as he was a fantastic player for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by strikeforce
I'm delighted for him though as its a great move to a good club and I've no don't but he will slot right in. As long as he hits the ground running and stays injury free I would expect him to be in the squad for the Euros.
It is disappointing that a player of Richie's talent and dedication is forced to play for an English club in order to have any chance of playing for Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Richie was happy at Dundalk and playing outstanding football but the English football fans at the FAI slammed the door in his face.
I hope it goes well for him. He was a terrific player for us.
Does he have a thread in the Ireland forum? Be fitting if a Dundalk fan starts it up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Sad day for the league but with my Cork City hat on this is good news for us. His performance at the Cross at the league game last season was particularly excellent, as good as anything seen at the ground by a visiting player, in my humble opinion.
Signed for a high-flying championship team...that's as good a transfer as he could have got I think.
It'll be interesting to see how he fares against a better class of opposition.
Great to see a player stuck to his guns and has backed himself. Hopefully now he can establish himself over. Going to be tough with Brighton already flying it.
That is my concern.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
A mid season move to a team that is playing well. Possibly promoted at the end of the season. Not an easy team to break into.
Really? I thought the general consensus of Cork fans was that he spent most of the time sitting on his arse or doing a dying swan impersonation...Quote:
Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
Big loss to the LOI but to have any chance to get near the international squad he had to go. Its sad that a player with such talent wouldn't be considered for inclusion when you see some that make the international team squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by strikeforce
Good luck to him. I hope he's a great success over there.
He did spend a lot of time on his arse but he's not the only one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Its an unfortunate part of the game nowadays.
A lot of comments about Towell (and not just here) focus exclusively on getting in the Ireland team.. but I would be amazed if better money and prospects weren't a huge part of the move.
Towell's main motivations for moving
1) money
2) better standard of football/training
3) prove himself after problems in Scotland
4) wants to have better platform to impress Ireland manager
I'd say it's that order too.
If Dundalk offered more money than Brighton I'm sure he still would have went across.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
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Originally Posted by Dodge
You swear he was trying to further his career or something crazy like that.
And would thus become the first footballer in history, to play for less money then he could possibility have earned.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Yeah. you're probably right. Let no one think that we can compete financially though so its not like tht was an option for himQuote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
I don't think anyone has said anything contrary to that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Even if he became the outstanding player in the Championship with 15 goals from January and was a Premier players by Euro 16, I still feel he would miss out - settled squad, not enough time to assess him properly, doesnt fit in the system etc rolled out when in fact it would boil down to be that a LoI player has turned out to be good enough for an international call up so soon after a move. Rather than it being used as promotional of LoI in some way any possible call up would cause terror and panic around the corridors of Abbotstown!Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Or it could be that he'll go straight into the next squad as has happened previously with players who have gone across the water. What you're describing is probably what should happen but sure ye know yerself!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Are there actually people that believe that there are some in the FAI actively worried that an LOI player might make the Ireland squad? Why?
And it makes perfect sense to me that players in the Championship are ranked ahead of those here. Even if in a full time team here, many opponents they face aren't.
Championship is miles ahead of our level I don't like this rating us to a English division lark anyway there are different dynamics , conditions etc many teams in the English championship would hockey our teams out of it but wouldn't get through several rounds in Europe like our teams have done over the years I don't find the standards that comparable.