Handily enough Cork could really use about €800,000 around now.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
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Handily enough Cork could really use about €800,000 around now.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
That would be 800,000 pounds, so more than a million €Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
I thought Cork had negotiated a 30% sell on-clause, and that's why his initial fee was so low...Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
I see this one has popped up again:
MK Dons captain Keith Andrews looks set to join up with former boss Paul Ince at Blackburn after Rovers bid £1.3m for the 27-year-old Irish midfielder. (Daily Mirror)
I remember Keith Andrews captaining Wolves as a 19-20 year old and Don Givens refused to pick him for the Irish U21 team because years earlier he had decllined an offer to join Arsenal whom Givens was Youth Team coach at the time. Injuries set this lad back years, would be delighted to see him get a big move.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I see Sunderland have signed Cisse on loan. Bad news for our No. 3 striker, Murphy, I suspect.
Conrad Logan on loan to Luton til January.
http://www.teamtalk.com/football/sto...024522,00.html
I dont see what these english clubs see in cisse.He was a failure when he was last in england.If an irish player cannot at least contest a first team place with cisse then maybe they are not good enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Not a complete failure. He was there for 2 seasons and had that broken leg. Benitez played him on the wing a lot in the 2nd season and he still scored a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
UEFA Super Cup: App. 0 (1) Gl 2
Premier League: App. 19 (14) Gl 9
English FA Cup: App. 3 (3) Gl 2
UEFA Champions League: App. 6 (7) Gl 6
Cisse has 40 odd caps for France. I don't think our 3rd or 4th choice striker needs to be better than him.
If your figures are correct they are better than I expected.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Mind you liverpool worked hard a moving him on and his present french club are trying to get him off the wage list.He was a speed merchant and not a good finisher(goals per chance).Is he still as fast after his injuries?How many goals has he scored for france.I will be shocked if he is a sucess at sunderland.Good luck to him but better luck to the Irish lads.
Diouf, Cisse and Healy added to the squad in the last few days how many strikers do they need and where will that leave Stokes and Murphy? At least Murphy can play on the left. Looks like Stokes should be loaned out to the Championship or the SPL again.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
As did all day sessions down Wolverhampton's Emerald Club every Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Great potential, strong in the tackle with a good range of long & short passing but after becoming Wolves youngest ever captain let it all slip. Would be great to see him make it, but reckon that blooding Garvan, O Toole or McCarthy would be more beneficial.
Diouf was signed as an attacking right side player like he played at Bolton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
Still though, it doesn't bode well for Stoke?
How good is Healy???
doyle to villa??
probably - he's saying he expects something to happen before the close of the transfer window. Would be very unlike Doyle to say that unless something was almost certain to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wexford Delboy
Not sure it would be such a good move for Doyle. Who would he be replacing in the squad, Maloney? who has just gone back to Celtic. Carew and Agbonlahur (sp) are almost certain to start up front, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by neutrino
Who cares about Stoke?Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_peepee
A few Irish lads play for them :)Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
It may be bad news for Stokes but tbh he's way too far down the pecking order for it to be a big concern to any Ireland fan.
Stokes really needs to go on loan to a championship to kick start his career again, it really hasnt happened for him at Sunderland.
Villa would be a decent move for Doyle, im not sure he would start every game but he would certainly be on a par with Carew and maybe Agbonlahor too. there has been alot of talk of this transfer on this site but its the first Ive seen anything concrete from either party.
Maybe Doyle could be heading for Manure? Old red nose is having problems finding a striker that he knows is capable of scoring at that level. Time is runing out for the Berba deal, Saha is injured again, other potential targets like Silva and Huntelaar look like dead deals. Young lads like Fraizer Campbell and Danny Welbeck are too unexperienced. A 7 or 8 million quid gamble on Doyle might not be a bad idea, especailly since he's come out and said that both he and Reading are ready for him to move.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
I love Kevin Doyle. I hate Man United. Kevin Doyle is not good enough to play for Man United.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
Agree, way off the class Man U would be looking to bring in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Think he would do alright actally, but not on any planet will Doyle join Man Utd.
He will be bought as back up, just isn't as good as those two.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
If Villa is his only option I think he would be better off playing at Reading than warming the bench. If he does well in the Championship (get 10-15 goals by Christmas) there'll be a good few Premiership teams after him.
His all-round game is far superior to Agbonlahor, but he has a standout attribute pace, whereas Doyle has none really.
However Carew is a good bit better than Doyle in everthing bar mobility.
That may be right, but pace really tells in the top flight. I'd not noticed so much before, but he looked terribly slow in the game against Columbia. Defenders were able to make up amazing ground to beat him to the ball, when initially it looked like there was no risk of him losing the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishultra
Hmm... I don't think he lacks too much in pace... I think he is getting stronger and better at holding the ball up and creating space for others... I was impressed with him yesterday and on Wednesday. I actually think he would start for Villa in the majority of games, with Agbonlahor.
I think Agbollahor's technical ability and finishing is superior to Doyle's.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishultra
Anyway, if he goes to Villa he would more than likely be competing with Carew as he is more like him than Agbonlahor.
in the post match interview on Sky Sports News, the Blackburn assistant coach said they hope to have Keith Andrews at the club by the end of the week
Steven Gerrard's cousin Anthony(Walsall), apparently set for Birmingham, played for the Ireland Under-18's, thought he was found to be ineligible.
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/acrosst...ws.asp?n=33768
He was, to the best of my knowledge. He thought his grandfather was from Ireland, and played a few friendly games for the U-18s but when he went to claim the passport, it turned out to be his great-grandfather
Keith Andrews move to Blackburn finally looks like going through.
http://football365.com/story/0,17033...060696,00.html
Back of the Herald today that Hunt is to make a move to Everton (yes I know its the herald)
Any sign of Doyle goin anywhere? 10% of anything would be welcome before window closes:(
I hope for Ireland's and Cork's sake he gets a big money move to the premiership. I don't think he'd get into the Villa first team though.
I don't get why he needs to play in the EPL to benefit Ireland. Ireland play like how many games a year? 5....its more for personal reasons I want him to move.
I would much prefer Doyle to be playing for Ireland on the back of a hat-trick for Reading than on the bench coming on 'to change a game' for Aston Villa.
Not sure Doyle is up to it at the Premiership level. Just a personal observation as he lacks pace. Will be delighted to be proved wrong. A good season in the Championship might do him the world of good.
Ah Jesus..'lacks pace'...he's not Ronaldo circa 1998, but he's no slouch. His accelleration isn't so good, but he can definetly run. He has good intelligence...all be it he's no Riquelme...:D
He's easily...EASILY Premier League standard. 6 goals in a team that was struggling with really only Hunt and Shorey(he's overrated) creating with no penos...that is ok.
I agree, Im not convinced with Doyle, would like nothing more than to say he is a top premiership striker but im not sure. He is however capable of great goals like the one away in slovakia but not on a consistent basis and he has been on a downward spiral the last 12 months or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fergie's Son
But he's not a 'top' English League striker, but he wouldn't look out of place at an Everton, Blackburn or Newcastle IMO.