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Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
Well he didn't have much success in the EPL but is managing to score a few goals at a lower level.
I thought he was unlucky at Wigan. The ball just wouldn't go in for him. He certainly didn't look completely out of his depth anyway.
Scored again today. Sixth goal of the season; five of those in the last eight weeks. Seems to be finding his footing alright.
i agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
Yet, most people would agree that he looked almost out of his depth at League of Ireland level. Something doesn't add up.
I think you'd find very few people who'd agree that. Even fans of the clubs he played for - who seemed to be his biggest critics - merely argued that he was over-rated (and opposition fans almost always rated him very highly).
Well, he never played for Harps, and I never really rated him. So, there's one exception anyway. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Another goal today, although "only" against third flight Tranmere in the Cup. Derby leading 4-0 at the moment.
The thick plottens. Trap reckons Sammon is better than Norwich's Grant Holt For England, and is looking to pair him up with Hoolahan.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/tr...n-3368408.htmlQuote:
"I actually think that Hoolahan and Sammon, without any disrespect to Grant Holt, Sammon is better. He has more technical characteristics. He's quicker and more agile and I think the link play between the two could be better and more exciting than what you see in the existing set-up at Norwich.
"We'll see. But I think Sammon and Hoolahan could offer a very interesting combination."
Trap has been busy lately.
Oh dear. That'll be fun.
Good god!
I read that in the Herald but I didn't believe it at the time.
I blame those who urged Trap to go to places like Derby and watch our players in action.
He also said once that he saw Robbie in the Totti role and the next day he still put out a flat 4-4-2. This is defelctionisim we will al be so relieved that he didn't do this Sammon thing that we won't complain that he is still sticking to the same old tactics.
74--------70
Holt-----Sammon
58 PAC 80 PAC (pace) +22
72 SHO 61 SHO (shooting) -11
59 PAS 49 PAS (passing) -10
60 DRI 71 DRI (dribbling) +11
54 DEF 42 DEF (defending) (-12 but ignored)
84 HE 72 HEA (heading) -12
So a +33 and a -33 leaves them level ignoring defending.
That's the stat's, Sammon is quicker and a better dribbler but loses out in the other 4 areas. I think Trap makes some good points, you can ignore the defending stat somewhat on the grounds they won't be doing much of that.
Any stats that have Sammo's heading ability at 72 can only be nonsense.
I have not seen enough of him playing to have an opinion on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
He misses a header here but I think maker of that video was somewhat biased in his opinions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyHJNQ5bMPc
EA Sports has so, so much to answer for...
'Trapattoni - Sammon remains good option for Sweden match': http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/art...on-for-sweden/
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Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has said that Conor Sammon remains a good option for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Sweden next month.
The former League of Ireland striker was handed his debut by Trapattoni last night and played the full 90 minutes in the 2-0 win.
“I think he’s a good option for Sweden because, like Poland, there is technical football and also strong football. For example in the past you saw Walters, physically in football is also important. So Sammon is a good option for this next game.”
Trapattoni was also fielded question about Wes Hoolahan, who came on as a substitute and got Ireland’s second goal. Hoolahan may continue to miss out on a starting place as the Italian looks to continue with two strikers.
“[He did well], not only the goal. In the past with many questions about Hoolahan I said we know very well about Hoolahan. We need two strikers with our team because with one striker all of the team play for the one striker.
“Hoolahan we know many times. With Marco I repeat, maybe we have overlooked him because in this club he play well in this position but his club is no Manchester or Arsenal but he is a good tactical option. In the future we will consider it.
"Two strikers with one (dropping) in midfield is not easy. In his club he play with one in this position. International football is not the club football.”
Trapattoni spoke about the three objectives that he had for his side and that he was please at how his side had played.
“We had three objective for this match - Evaluate the performance of the new players. We wanted to see their quality, personality, their attitude and also their commitment for the 90 minutes. And the last, which is usually the first objective; the end result. It was very important.
“In life, not only in football, it gives trust and confidence. Particularly with the new players we need confidence because we can grow more with the players, new and the ones coming back, McCarthy continue to grow.
“We won but in the first half Poland were superior. We were a little bit tense and missing many easy passes. After the goal, we were more confident and in the second half we played better and we deserved to win.”
Oh dear...he was awful last night.
Terrible first touch but I can't believe it is as bad as that. He has afterall played Premiership football both in Scotland and England. He probably saw more of the ball than any other player, even if he kept giving it to the opposition. Not to be totally negative, he did make life uncomfortable for their defenders and was a nuisance all evening and kept going for the 90 minutes.
His touch was good in the first half (one lovely first time pass to McClean in particular) but it seemed to desert him in the second half, particularly in front of goal. I'd put it down to inexperience at this level, definitely something he can iron out.
He wasn't awful. Or certainly no more so than others in what was a generally poor game. Long, for example, was anonymous too. It was Sammon, it should be noted, who controlled, turned and played in McClean (?) to win the corner from which we scored our opener; created that out of a very tight space. And mostentimes, the service he got was awful.
His first touch does need improving obviously, particularly when he was clean in (you can only allow that he was maybe taken by surprise at the wild clearance from the Polish guy, but he still should have scored).
What's interesting is that he was thrown in for his full debut (and 90 minutes at that) on his first call-up, whereas Trap usually allows people a couple of call-ups before even bringing them on as a sub. I wonder did nerves/inexperience get to him a bit last night, and would he have been better served by a few more call-ups before a debut?
The bald wonder was proud to play in Green:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21381407
No mention of our most experienced striker of them all?Quote:
[Sammon] continued: "We have great experience in the striking department with Kevin Doyle, Shane Long, Jon Walters and Simon Cox.
David Connolly?
Grabbed one for Derby tonight against Cardiff.
And people say this is the weakest Irish team in memory!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Hit the post with a penalty for Derby yesterday to go with his two yard sitter against Bristol City. Luckily for him Paul Coutts was quickest to snap up the rebound, although he should have been pulled for encroaching. Sammon was really poor overall unfortunately.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...89_634x373.jpg
Interesting one. He's technically one of the best penalty takers I've ever seen in the LoI - certainly UCD's best - but I think this is his first penalty since moving to Britain. Was always surprised he didn't take penalties elsewhere, and a bit surprised he missed this one.
Clearly stung by all the criticism he's been receiving on foot.ie.
No, thats his regular face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Scored Portsmouth's winnerQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Afraid not, he missed a late penalty a few weeks back to level a game against Palace, smashed it down the middle but keeper got something on it deflecting it on to the bar. Jamie Ward is Derby's regular penalty taker but he missed one recently as well, and was injured for the Leeds game in any case. I'm surprised to hear he had a good technique while taking them in the LoI, he basically just blasted the one against Palace and scuffed the one against Leeds, probably a confidence thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...48_634x286.jpg
I think this wigan fan sums up Sammon ''Connor Sammon was keen but couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo and Di Santo is not much different in my view'' :D
Think he scored 6/6 for us, generally aiming for (and hitting) the inside of the side netting.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Edit - except for this one, which is pretty much a perfect penalty (2:25) -
Perfect alright, if risky. I prefer the guys who take them sensibly like 2:35!
Those 'highlights' were a very hard watch but some of the penalties were first class.
Sammon's one was the very definition of unstoppable.
Why is it risky? I'd say the traditional "just make sure you hit the target" approach is riskier. As Stu said, he's a technically good penalty taker, so why not try to place the ball where the goalkeeper won't get it?Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean