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PFAI eircom League of Ireland Premier Division Team of the Year 2007
1. Brian Murphy (Bohemian FC)
2. Brian Shelley (Drogheda United)
3. Simon Webb (Drogheda United)
4. Joe Gamble (Cork City)
5. Ken Oman (Derry City)
6. Graham Gartland (Drogheda United)
7. Keith Fahey (St Patrick’s Athletic)
8. Adam Hughes (Sligo Rovers)
9. David Mooney (Longford Town)
10. Mark Quigley (St Patrick’s Athletic)
11. Derek O’Brien (Galway United)
Well done kerryman, congrats :)
Fair play, happy for Derek. Well done!
Well done Derek now all we need to do is tie him down to a new contract.
Fair play, 100% deserved!
Top marks Derek well done. Hope you stay.
Congrats Derek:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tir Oilean
Fair play to Derek for signing a new deal even though he had an offer from another club with more money
afaik he has signed for us, I'd say it's just a bad error on the Independent's behalfQuote:
Originally Posted by Vinchenzo
I met him yesterday and he told in person that he is staying.
The printed version of the paper states that he is staying.
ya, he has definitely signed.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
Of all the papers to get it wrong, I am surprised at that one considering who their soccer, and general sports, correspondent is.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinchenzo
“And the reason why I can’t name anyone is that we put forward a very good offer to Galway United winger, Derek O’Brien, having had him watched on a number of occasions. We felt he would do well for us, we spoke to him and everything appeared to be agreed and settled. We actually agreed terms with him offering extra incentives if he did well at the Brandywell. I’ve been informed that he said his goodbyes to the Galway players after their last game of the season and we expected him to arrive in Derry with his wife and two children the following week.
“However, the player experienced a complete turn-around within 24 hours of his club’s final game of the season when he returned to them to sign a new deal which saw him earning 200 euro less than he had been offered by us! That’s why we will not be making any announcements until the names are signed on the dotted line.”
http://www.derryjournal.com/journal-...?articlepage=2
Didnt know derek got married and had a second child.
What's a euro?! ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
Maybe Derek saw the mess Derry are in at the moment and thought better of it.
Delighted he's staying with us anyway!
Love the way Derry can't believe he chose to sign for a club, and the decision wasn't based on money.
maybe it was the missus who didnt want to move?.... i cant see many from the south been too tempted by a move up north, we know the troubles have all but ended but it's still in the society up there and i for one wouldnt be too keen to move there!
Maybe, just maybe, he was influenced by his last unhappy soujourn in the North West?
i dont know the fact he seems to have agreed everything could point to the fact of been non-football related?Quote:
Originally Posted by MyTown
I dare you to go on to Cityweb and suggest that! :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
i just reckon he wanted to not have to bother with the whole uprooting kids and missus (wife?). he surely wanted GUFC to come close enough to what was offered by Derry and was then happy enough to stay. doubt it is anything to do with sinister sectarianism or anything like that, the lad is settled and happy in galway. in fairness i reckon he used derry to see what he was worth and used it as a tool to get a better deal at united, and fair play to him, nothing at all wrong with getting paid what you are worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
He didnt get married and he only has one child.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
No it wasnt his partner that didnt want to move. It's was all Derek's own choice to stay with UnitedQuote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
Well done to Derek, he really has excelled in the past year or more. Sligo supporters must be bemused by his improvement seeing as they think that all players go downhill after leaving them !!!
Have you got a link to where anyone has said that please or are you just making that up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry
He doesn't have a link; he's just making it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Do you think players improve when they leave Sligo Rovers?
I have 2 links on the end of the straps of my watch if thats any good? ;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Just saying SM that if you look at posts where sligo supporters talk about Derek they still rate him as the player that played for sligo and not the player he has become, couldnt be arsed looking for those posts to be honest !
Some do, some don't. Depends entirely on the player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Have you got a link or are you just making that up? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
i'm not one 4 trollin but, if u wanna go back over ye're posts last year, check them out.... im not sayin it's ur comments but an awful lot of ye slatted him, for reasons good, bad or indfferent, the sooner ye accept he's a good player, the better :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman