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Great Call tets On for full second halfQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Had a look at his Twitter feed and, much like every other teen player we have, it's dominated with Conor McGregor. In all honesty, it wouldn't be a bad idea to leverage him in the circumstances we are finding ourselves in with Rice, Kelly and Grealish. Whatever you think about his actions and words etc, he is very proud of his Irishness.
Given the hysteria around declan rice switching can we assume coventry will be capped against denmark or wales?
No we can't
Coventry omitted from the West Ham U23s squad for their game against Leicester. The Hammers' senior team is suffering a bit of an injury crisis ahead of their game against Leicester as well....
Could be something, could be nothing.
great call tets. Maybe now we cap him in Denmark?
Linked with a loan move in January, Crawley and Charlton interested according to Twitter
nice to see him make the bench tonight
Does anybody know how Coventry qualifies exactly?
Not sure but he made some positive noises a couple of months ago: https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/...8-ireland-duty
I cringe at myself posting about "positive noises" given that Rice couldn't have made any more positive noises than kissing his badge etc. Christ.
Irish mother, so a more direct link than RiceQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Ah very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by greendeiseboy
That said, Rice's father might say he's Irish himself too! Obviously not Irish-born so you are right that it's less direct.
https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...-38211107.html
A good Mammy's boy!
i'd say his mother left pretty young though, spoke to her after a 21s game and she had a pretty strong London accent. (She also seemed just being with pride for him)
As far as I'm concerned Sean Rice is Irish, she's Irish and as long as he feels it, Conor is Irish.
Has joined Peterborough United on loan, for the season AFAIK.
Championship football time for him in a side he should get in.
How Arter, who's been in notable decline for at least three years - as further evidenced by his drop down to the third tier and Charlton today - made it into the squad ahead of of talented young players with careers on the rise like Coventry, Kilkenny and Doyle-Hayes is well beyond me.
Coventry has 3 senior appearances for West Ham in the league cup, 7 for Lincoln City in League One, and none for Ireland. Arter has more to offer a squad than Coventry. Maybe not for much longer, but for now he does. Frustration with the lack of quality available to us doesn't magically make the untested young fellas ready to take on Portugal. If this loan goes well, and Coventry is playing steadily in the Championship, he'll be in line for a cap before long.
Arter did praise Kenny quite a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
It's a great move. For him, for Posh, and for West Ham. He's been a great player for us at 21s, and his partnership with Molumby - fleeting as it was - was promising.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Every time I hear his name I have this mindseye image of him in the centre circle moving a pass from Molumby on the right, one-touched with the inside right boot behind him across to the left to Dara O'Shea undercutting him on the outside. The type of move I literally cannot remember seeing an Irish senior midfield player doing in my adulthood, if ever.
Recalled by West Ham having had minimal impact & little playing time for a poor side.
I am not surprised. He didn’t have any impact since the move. Similar to his lack of impact at Lincoln.
While he’s a nice passer, he always seemed to me to lack the natural athleticism to make it at the top level in midfield. Let’s see if he can drop down a division or two to finish the season strongly on another loan, rather than dwindle at PL2 level. He’s at a crucial juncture of his career.
Heading to MKDons on loan now. Should see him get some more playing time. Could still be a solid longer term option as defensive midfield cover, at the moment he's probably fallen behind Kilkenny and is well behind Cullen now in the pecking order.
Nice to see him go well with MK Dons. MOTM in todays 2-0 win with Troy a close second. Up to 3rd in table.
Saw his game yesterday as they were playing my team Charlton, I do not think I am being biased, but he was MOM with a brilliant assist also, close behind was Troy, definitely now playing as an attacking midfielder, ran everywhere, in a good way, missed a one to one with the goalkeeper (Troy), when he made a brilliant run, ball lobbed through to him, but miscontrolled with only the keeper to beat. looking forward to seeing more of both.
Lovely little through ball. It must do something to highlight the gap between second and third tier though if his loan spell at Peterborough was ended early but he seems to be a hit at MK Dons. (There can be other factors too of course, but that should be one)
It's definitely one alright. The Championship is a tough league to play in and it's the strongest second tier league around. If it was a stand alone league it would probably rank high enough.
MK Dons as a team might suit his style better than Peterborough. There's also the fact his loan move happened at the last second so didn't get a pre season with his new team, which might have helped when playing for a team just promoted.
Hopefully we get to find out next season if MK Dons get promoted and he returns to them on loan. Compare him with Cullen and their careers look a bit similar. While Cullen had the season and a half at Bradford starting week in week out for a play off team, when he got the loan move to Bolton in the championship they dropped him after ten games and didn't renew his loan in January. Ended back up in League One next season with Charlton who went on to win the play offs. While Charlton got relegated their first season up he was starting week in week out for them.
Great to see - if he can continue to get minutes and Smallbone continues to establish himself at Stoke and if O'Dowda, Hendrick and Brady can get their careers back on track, then our midfield will start to look a little less threadbare
I don’t think we’ll ever see Brady in green againQuote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
If Brady is starting and fit he'll be back in the squad come September.
Can't see Coventry getting much minutes at West Ham. Won't be too many matches this season where West Ham are out of the game so easily. And still only got a minute in a game that was over long before that.Quote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
Agree if he is fit and playing he’d be an improvement on a number of current squad members and an option for LWB position.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
Absolutely. His quality on the ball is miles ahead of McClean and Stevens, he would be an improvement as you say.Quote:
Originally Posted by third policeman
Totally. By far our best option at left wing back gives him space to use his quality. Equally as bad defensively as mcclean as McLean showed for Ukraine s goalQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Starts tonight for West Ham in the conference league play off.
Fantastic stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
How’s is playing?