derek is ready to sign a 3 year contract for the club
"i want to play for city for as long as possible"
he will sign on a part time basis and is nearly back from injury
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derek is ready to sign a 3 year contract for the club
"i want to play for city for as long as possible"
he will sign on a part time basis and is nearly back from injury
excellent
3 u21 games and put him in the first team
what???????? r u madQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
with dolan he will probably have to spend a season with the u-21s a la hoggie and SOF :D
on the basis that one of the u21 centre backs gets injured, of course :rolleyes:
good back up player dats all id imagine him being
dont know all about thatQuote:
Originally Posted by golly
with murrays form of late,id throw coughlan straight in there
dont think dolan will im not dans biggest fan i just cant c it happening
Great news. He was one of our best players before he left for Bohs. From what he said in The Echo, he doesent think he will play much this season. He said he might be better letting the injury fully heal and then get a solid pre-season under his belt. I think murray and bennett have done reasonably well this year but Derek will put them under pressure for a place and if he manages to get himself into the starting 11, he will be hard to shift.
Thaddy Quill wroteDerek might be hard to shift but he's easy to turn. At best a good squad player. Great cover but we won't be winning anything with Derek as our regular centre half.Quote:
hard to shift
IMO he;s good cover at best
At least it will put pressure on the current incumbents, that there is a solid back up player just waiting to take their place.
Dolan will hardly re-instate a Murray Coughlan partnership will he? Id like to see what Derek d Benno could do.
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Originally Posted by Gary
ur not wrong there.on current form IF anybody is going to lose it,it should be murray.......and i said IF
It is a relief to see that the relationship between Derek and Dolan did not descend into an awkward stand-off. :)
OK, we might have different opinions about the guy's abilities.
But:
1. He is a useful player and will, IMO, put Dan Murray under pressure to hold his place.
2. In a month which was mostly filled with bad news, this is a good development. It was sickening to see him in danger of drifting out of soccer.
3. Now we can stop thinking "if only", and get to see what the guy is made of.
My guess: He will be in City's starting line up by the first game of next season.
Why would it have become an awkward stand off?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy
People have being saying for months that there has been a stand off between Derek and Dolan.
Does anyone here have any proof of this? Apart from 'net ill-conclused (if thats a word) conclusions!
Coughlan has been injured.....badly by all media accounts. He is welcome back, he welcomes his welcome back, so where is the problem?
Well I for one am delighted to welcome Derek back to the city fold. His arrival strengthens the squad and provides quality competition for places-just what city need.
he hasn't signed yet. just spillane taking a few quotes and making ahuge thing of it. for the record I'd like to see himself and Benno in the centre of defence IF he signs
Bohs won with Derek as first choice centre back.Quote:
Originally Posted by yiddo
Derek and Benno would be my first choice
Bohs fan.
Send on your right arm and you can have him back. Send on your left arm and you van have some more of our squad players ;)
I'd love to have the Derek Coughlan of 98 or of the Bohs league winning team back but I think that player is gone. With a year out of the game I think he'll struggle to get back to that level. Hope I'm wrong but I cant see it.
As regards Dan Murray I'd have Coughlan at his best ahead of him anyday. If City are to progress it has to be Bennett and an other as regulars. Not Benno and Murray/Coughlan 2004 vintage.
PS I never said that our squad was chock a block with better players than Coughlan
PPS The rovers boys will call round tonight to collect your arms for delivery to the Shed Friday night ;)
Excellent points, find it very hard to disagree with any of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsFan
Derek & Benno it is then. Maybe move Dan Murray in to the midfield.
Or even up front, maybe he's the John Glynn replacement we have been waiting for ?
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Originally Posted by razor
I would like to see Murry give it a go in mid field as well, storng little nut and at least when he makes runs from mid field he won't be caught ou of place. give him a couple of cracks at goal as well. Benno can pass the ball DC is a wall and it's what we need.
actually, thats interesting, dan was played in midfield a couple of times and looked ok. he does like to push forward and i'd say he relish the idea of being the midfield general captain of the team.
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Cant wait for football manager to come out :D
I think competition at the back will do no harm but Derek might not be back before the end of the season according to same report.
jaysus lads,murray in midfield
u see how lazy he is in the back 4 and how many wayward clearances
keep him out of my midfield
sorry brianQuote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
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Originally Posted by GavinZac
no,no call me thecorner
hows ur ol'doll anyway getting boned down in limerick ;)
if it gets me on talking terms with noel o'connor i dont mind :DQuote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
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Originally Posted by GavinZac
if not more ;)
feck, that'd be some video for the unofficial site, noel o'c in teenage threesome :eek: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
edt: im not a teenager :(