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I welcome him! - Decision made early - Unlike Will Keane
I would say someone in the management apparatus did talk to him. Whether it was MMc who knowsQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
There's a pic on his instagram from Nov 2015 where he's 'watching football with the little bro'. He's wearing a nave tracksuit top with green stripes and the young lad is in an Ireland soccer kit.
So it seems he's been, at the very least, dropping hints the last three and a half years that Ireland was where his hat would be laid.
Have you read the document I refer to? do you know what the process involves? I doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
It's quite clear in the well hidden document at FIFA HQ that the association the player wants to switch to ( in this case the FAI) has to make the request to FIFA on behalf of the player. If a player informs the FAI that he wants to switch to the FAI, the next step is from the FAI to initiate the paperwork. Part of that paperwork is a statement from the player.
He kept in touch with the FAI scout and the scout was well informed as to Dan's intentions re a return to Ireland. In all that time that the FAI knew (the scout), nobody got back to contact Dan, despite the fact that Mick was trawling the dredges trying to persuade players to sign up.
I haven't a clue who in the FAI finally contacted him but I guess he was informed by somebody to contact the FAI directly or was contacted by the FAI and asked to confirm his intentions and request the FAI to start the paperwork.
Here's a new video -
(best viewed on mute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW3lii9lbgY
"I remember crying my eyes out when Spain won that penalty shoot-out."
Grandad Aleister has strong Charleville connections. https://forum.ybig.ie/smileys/smiley32.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Independent.ie
"England is a country I love because I grew up there and my friends live there. I wore a lot of kits as a youngster but never owned an England kit.":)
You've gotta love the lad's insistence on convincing. He's like a figure standing in the battlefield smoke of the Ricegate wars, arms aloft, imploring the cautious greens to ignore the accent and search him for hidden England kits. You can practically hear the Irish guns being uncocked at the sound of "Ireland were the team I supported at the Euro 2016 finals."
I didn't read the document but I assumed that's how the initial part of the process works.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Scored today v AZ Alkmaar
I wonder if Noel King was able to identify him.
He is the lad with the union Jack jocksQuote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
Watched the first half of his game today and he looks a player.
The commentator was saying that he has created 40 chances going into today's game, 19 more than any other player in the team. Was raving about how important he is to them.
There is definitely a look of Wes of him. Could be very good addition
Incidentally there was an Irish flag in the corner of the ground with his number 14 on it.
What’s the reality of the level he’s actually playing at though?
Tenth in the Eredivisie,where would that be? mid-championship standard? There doesn’t seem to be many Dutch players getting a look in outside of the Eredivisie top four but there’s a few from Huddersfield, Palace etc.
I would be doubtful he would start for any premier league team at present due to his physical limitations but that may come with games. Mount had a similiar season in Holland last season and he is having decent season at derby now. He might never be good enough for the physical demands of a top league but he will certainly give us creativity against the likes of georgia which we so badly have been missing or in home games when we need to turn draws into wins if we want to qualify for tournaments. If we need to beat denmark or switzerland at home and the choice is to pick him or arter in a 3 man midfield with mccarthy and hendrick Id certainly take crowley even though he might never have the physical tools to play at the level arter has.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fizzer
Isn't there an argument that we don't play against physical scrappy teams at international level, and certainly not in games that we struggle in? We struggle against the technical teams that make us run around like eejits because we can't keep the ball. We need to lose the idea that you're club side is what dictates whether you play international ball or not. There is very little difference between the bottom half of the premier league and the championship.
There's an argument for picking players who are used to getting their foot on the ball, or players who are used to winning games regularly. Crowley fits into all of those brackets.
That was always what was thrown at Wes too, too small to play at top level. But yet he was always our most creative playerQuote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
https://www.bd.nl/willem-ii/doelpunt...m-ii~a394b30e/ I assume this is the kind of attitude issues that people have raised about crowley. Hopefully matures with age
At least he didnt refuse to come off, thats a positive after what was seen in the League cup final yesterday :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
What's the gist? I can't get a translation of the page.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
He wasn't happy about being substituted
According to my translate...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
"The Brit was angry when trainer Adrie Koster decided to sacrifice him for tactical reasons."
:D
My Dutch is far from great, but...
"Daniel Crowley scored for the first time in teh competition in front of his own fans, but was also furious after his substitution, and his team, Willem II? They won"
The 2-1 victory from Willem II yesterday agains AZ came as a surprise to many. But not for the staff and players of the club from Tilburg, who in spite of three defeats and the way they played still believed in themselves. "We hunted AZ aggressively all over the field", said Daniel Crowley, the playmaker for Willem II. The difference is that it was all a bit more aggressive that the previous weeks. In the last three matches we conceded unnecessary goals. We understood that we desperately needed a result."
Some stuff about Willem II's season...
"The small Brit, who Willem II signed at the start of last season from Arsenal, once again served as the great creator. Inside three minutes he had already been part of two big chances..."
"Crowley didn't initially realise he had scored his first competitive goal in his own stadium. He had put his frustrations over his substitution 20 minutes from the end to the background. The Brit stamped off when manager Adrie Koster decided to sacrifice him for tactical reasons. He also didn't even look at assistant Gery Vink. With a dull thump on the dug-out, which was clearly audible, he made his displeasure clear."
"That's always been part of my character" said the technical player from Coventry, who would like to return to the Premier League via Willem II. On the field he knows how to control himself. "The next step is to be able to deal with a situation like this." said Koster with a smile." "How long did I stay angry about the substitution? Until the 90th minute" said Crowley.
"After that the disappointment disappeared. "The most important thing is that Willem II got three points", realised Crowley, who saw AZ come back to 2-1 ten minutes from time, Guus Til was able to finish with a hard shot in the near corner.
Crowley restrained himself on the bench. By bringing another defensive midfielder onto the field in the shape of Vurnon Anito, Koster reacted to a couple of tactical changes from his colleague John van den Brom. The AZ coach let his team take more risks approaching the final whistle.
Willem II were worried that they would be pegged back but the defended well. Also, Timon Wellenreuther, freed from teh pressure of competition from a similar keeper, seems more comfortable between the posts. With a reflex save from a header from Koopmeiners he had earlier saved Willem II.
"But we could have finished the game off just after the break" stated Crowley about a pair of big chances, and with a big smile on his mouth "if that had happened, I probably could have stayed on the field for 90 minutes"
Do the big 4 clubs ever come in for players from these little clubs :)
Good points these. And I would go even further. We need to get all of our players (including the goalkeeper) playing possession football, so we can see the opposition run around like eejits for a change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Are you daft? If he ain't in the PL, he ain't no good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Daft is my middle name,Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Quick run through his squad mates might give an indication of the standard - seven have senior international experience, but only two have more than ten caps, one for Armenia and the other for Peru - the other five played for Sweden, Ecuador, New Zealand, the Netherlands and KosovoQuote:
Originally Posted by Fizzer
Big game for him tonight at home to AZ in the semi final of the KNVB Cup.
Ajax beat Feyenoord 3-0 last night in the other semi.
Willem II go through 2-1 on penos....
Daniel was one of 6 players to miss
Went to a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw. Crowley missed his but Willem II won 2-1 to reach the final.
Delighted for him. Brave move for a 19 or 20 year old to move to Holland in sure he would have had offers down the leagues in Britain. Shows maturity and cop on he did well on loan in Holland so went backQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Picture of him online celebrating the victory holding a tri-colour aloft! What more do we need to be convinced? Get him in the team Mick
https://twitter.com/irish_pics/statu...366225408?s=21
nice clip of him here and nice Fr. Ted gif in the thread! :D
some photos of him here with the tricolour from getty images: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos...t=best#license
Well said Fixer. In all honesty there will be a boat load of disappointed people (myself included) if Crowley isn't in the squad for Gibraltar. The pressure is on Mick already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
It doesn't appear his paperwork will have gone through by then.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark12345
That's a real kick in the teeth. How long does it take to dot a few i's and cross t's?