Call him up Trap!
McLaughlin can set Forest alight, insists boss O'Driscoll
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...l-3333151.html
And call Barry McNamee up while you're at it!
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Call him up Trap!
McLaughlin can set Forest alight, insists boss O'Driscoll
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...l-3333151.html
And call Barry McNamee up while you're at it!
These words should now incur an instant infraction.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
Have only seen bits and pieces of McLaughlin from watching the LOI on RTE, but how does 'Stephen McLaughlin/Derry/2012' compare to 'James McClean/Derry/2011'?
McLaughlin is a more cultured player than McClean and always has been, but probably lacks the physicality and explosiveness that made McClean such a splash in England.
Ah the good old magic aeroplane. Has he now become a better player than he was a week ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
Obviously. There's something in the water over there.
McNamee's deal should go through soon too. Apparently, the fee for both players has been arranged, but "agency 'mishaps'" are to blame for any delay now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20760667
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Forest manager Sean O'Driscoll told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I think the fee has been arranged with Derry.
"There are just one or two agency 'mishaps' that we need to clear up, but there's nobody trying to stop the deal going through."
McLaughlin is a better player now than McClean was when he left Derry IMO.
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Originally Posted by kev mcq
No, but If they make the grade at Forest, potentially they could be at an EPL club next season. Which is a big jump from regular LOI.
Though if they're so good, a bit surprised no-one else has come in for them...
Pay attention AB, Declan Devine revealed that several clubs were watching McLaughlin in particular. Now, that they don't all happen to be English Premier League clubs is of little consequence. Let's not forget that McClean almost ended up at Lincoln or Peterborough.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
I just hope Derry and Finn Harps are getting their just rewards for producing these players for the clubs a
cross the water.
Not looking great for McLaughlin with McLeish having now left Forest, although a club in turmoil might be precisely the kind of place where a bolter can emerge from the reserves. A bit of a funny aside that the Kuwaiti owners were trying to convince McLeish to bring in a number of Kuwaiti internationals, the best part being that he actually signed one.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...xit?CMP=twt_gu
McLeish had nothing to do with the McLaughlin transfer as far as I'm aware.
No, he came in under O'Driscoll but the turbulence can't be good for the fringe players at the club. In fact, I just read that Keith Burt - the scout who headhunted McLaughlin - was sacked last month so it's hard to know what's going on. Hopefully the club's reluctance to sign players during the transfer window means there'll be opportunities for the likes of McLaughlin now.
I just hope a new manager comes in who likes to give some everyone a chance and doesn't just stick with the same team that's been playing all along.
Macca certainly has the ability to make it at very minimum at Championship level, I believe he's better than James McClean and most definitely has his head screwed on right, and could make it all the way provided he gets a bit of first team action before the end of the season. I'd fear for his future otherwise if he's lurking in the reserves for the next year or two.
I think he's better than McClean talent-wise but that will all be nothing if he can't make the grade in terms of strength and fitness and that's where I'd be worried. It will take him a few months to get acclimated to the pace of English football, so I hope he can make it.
He's certainly one of the strongest/fittest players I've seen come out of the League here in a long time. I get your point though about getting up to speed with the English game, but he's most certainly strong enough to make the step up.
He is a big unit alright, but McClean is a bit of a wrecking ball and I don't think he'd have made the breakthrough if not for his size. McLaughlin is big for the LOI but players brought through the English system have years of physical training he doesn't. That said, if a manager gave him a chance I think he would be able to make it, but I just hope he doesn't have to sacrifice technicality for good old-fashioned English bulk.
And now he will have another new manager to contend with - the Forest owners have a lot to answer for, particularly getting rid of O'Driscoll who seemed to bring a degree of consistency to the club in his short time there.
Saw it reported on Facebook that McLaughlin made Forest's first-team bench yesterday although didn't see any action. Was that his first time on the first-team bench?
Looks.....manly.
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...5-OuL7_98hv8Rd
yep, first involvement with the first teamQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
McLaughlin moved from Forest to Bristol City yesterday. He'll be on loan until the 2nd of January and joins up with Sean O'Driscoll again.
Good move for him, hopefully it works out for him and he either gets a move or goes back to challenge at Forest.
Unused sub for Bristol City tonight in their win 2-1 over Bristol Rovers.
Why can't he crack the lineup for BC. Harps?
Probably because he only joined them the day before.
Why didn't he join a day earlier then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Because he's finished. RIP Stephen (1990-2013)Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Good that we didn't c*ll h*m *p.
On the bench today. Davies's dismissal may work in his favour.
Starting for Forest at Leeds today. On SS1 now.
And McLaughlin has a dream debut start, setting up Matt Derbyshire with a beautiful through ball after only one minute, finished with aplomb.
That's fantastic news! I'll have to catch it later.
It was a lovely pass. A huge hole in the Leeds defence but he weighted it perfectly. They're up 2-0 now but I missed the second goal.. Derbyshire again.
He made the situation himself, beating one man to find himself in space.
Tidy enough after that but the ball spent so much time in the air I had to keep reminding myself I was watching footy.
Good debut, definite talent.
Great to see him getting a look-in finally after having bad luck with manager changes and injuries. He and Patterson could be a very exciting pair of wingers, particularly when Reid returns. That Forest team really should be challenging for promotion considering the talent in their squad.
Supposedly lost a considerable amount of pace due to his numerous injury problems since signing from Derry..
There's no way anyone could know that.
On a side note, I caught about half an hour of the second half on TV and it looked like he was playing in midfield rather than the wing. Interesting. He certainly looks like he has the spatial awareness to play there.
Yeah. Was reading one of the Forest forums and his future may lie in CM because he lacks the pace to play on the wing.
Are they basing that on his performance today, watching U21 games, Bristol City? He might not have the pace but I'm not sure there's a whole lot of evidence to suggest he has lost it yet.