Can anyone tell me a bit about Glenn Fitzpatrick? I hear we're looking to bring him to the Oval. Is he any good? Could he do a job for the Glens? Is he tall? What sort of player is he? I'd be grateful for some information.
Cheers.
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Can anyone tell me a bit about Glenn Fitzpatrick? I hear we're looking to bring him to the Oval. Is he any good? Could he do a job for the Glens? Is he tall? What sort of player is he? I'd be grateful for some information.
Cheers.
He's brilliant.
you lot should defo sign him....
in fact if you are interested in him, i'll even drive him up to belfast myself....
Realistically he'sa tall forward who couldnt hit a barn door last season for us....
He would be a decent player in the right team. Started his career well with Rovers but never really lived up to his potential elsewhere. Still has something to offer in my opinion! He is tall and needs a goalscorer alongside him.
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Originally Posted by Forza Glentoran
I hope you's do
Gary Hamilton would fit that role nicely then! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
So should Linfield be worried about this Fitzpatrick fella?
Has anyone got his goals/appearance stats?
I've seen him and thought he was brilliant and then other times he is rubbish. He looked abetter player than Jason byrne on Shels Euro run but Byrne was scoring for fun i nth eelague while Fitzpatrick struggled.
I haven't seen much of him at pats but he appears to have plenty of talent but doesn't score enough goals for a striker.
For Pats last season
Joined in July
Started 5 games
Sub 6 games
Goals 0
Shots on Target 0
He is a skillful target man. Like previous posts he doesn't score enough goals. He did however score two goals against a top notch French team at Lansdowne Road on Shels good European run.
He can be very effective in a narrow strip of the field about forty yards from goal. Which isn't much use to a striker.
In fact he started his career poorly with UCD, continued it poorly with Athlone and somehow did quite well with Rovers and has gone back downhill since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
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Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
League of Ireland:
Pld: 174, Gls: 26
Irish League:
Pld: 3, Gls: 0
I'm gathering from the responses so far that he certainly has the skill, but doesn't seem to use it often enough. Would that be a fair assessment?
All senior footballers have a certain level of skill, the ability to demonstrate it consistently is what sets the good ones apart. Fitzpatrick isn't one of the good ones. He's poor in the air despite his height, has no discernible pace or agility, gets easily discouraged and can't finish. Other than that he's class.
Definitely - I remember seeing him play at the Brandywell for the first time, and it was the best performance I'd seen from a young opposition player for a long time and I expected him to go far.
His career has really petered out since.
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Originally Posted by Forza Glentoran
From Walkthechalk.com
Ht.6'01" DOB 26-01-81, Dublin.
A former Cherry Orchard schoolboy who has had spells with UCD, Shamrock Rovers and most notably, Shelbourne. Famously scored twice for the Reds v Lille in a Champions league tie back in 2004. Has a delicate touch on the ball, and holds it up well, always looking to bring others into the game. Joined Drogheda United from Shels in December ’05, but never commanded a regular starting role. Had appeared in approximately half of Drogs' 2007 league engagements (8+1 as sub, 2 goals) before joining title rivals St. Pats in July 2007.
He's potentially an excellent player, but is one of those who is completely reliant on confidence.
Unfortunately he seems to lack it more often than not
Didn;t he have a short spell in England? Huddersfield perhaps?
Hes very good at holding a ball up, and given the right team he could do very well. As mentioned earlier he does better as the support striker.
Not a bad signing.
I think DJ tried to sign him about 3/4 years ago... although not sure if it was him or Mark Farren.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
As schumi pointed out, he in fact started his career with UCD, scoring four goals in 54 games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
Everything except for the bit where you say that he certainly has the skill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Forza Glentoran
I think Huddersfield were interested at one stage, but he joined Shels instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by monutdfc
Vague feeling he played for an IL team briefly between UCD and Rovers - Glenavon possibly. It was either directly before or after his non-descript stint with Athlone.
Well he was the type of player you were always glad was on for the opposition team, could'nt hit a barn door, I for one was always glad when i heard his named in the team :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Forza Glentoran
Hopefully he will start for yeah in the setanta :p
He had a superb game for us in windsor v Linfield. Man of the match for Drogs that day .Just cant put the ball in the back of the net .Great at holding the ball up and bringing in other players but just cant seem to score .On his first return to utd pk with pats he missed a totally open goal , worst miss ive ever seen :eek:
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Originally Posted by Danny
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fitzpatrick reminds me of paul keegan who played for us three years ago( ex bohs ,bray) not drogs one!! Am i correct in assumin that glenn fitzpatrick played for newry up north???Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrog
Glenn scored 2 magnificent headers against Lille in Lansdowne road to earn a 2-2 draw that Shels scarcely deserved in the UEFA cup a few years ago. They were really superb.
However, contrary to rumour, Glenn has never done anything before or anything since that warrants a mention...
Ultimately, Glen is a striker who doesn't score goals then. ;)
He played a bit on the wing for us aswell ...but all in all he wasQuote:
Originally Posted by Sniffer
fairly useless. Was nicknames GLENEINEM after bleaching his hair.
Does anyone know is he still under contract at Pats ? I thought I'd read somewhere that he was only signed till the end of last season, but that may just be wishful thinking:) Mind you, if he is still under contract, he's an excellent striker, well worth 20k of anyones money ;)
Will probably end up top scorer in the IL.
You should definitely make an approach for Neale Fenn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Forza Glentoran
Is that suggestion made tongue-in-cheek, or do you seriously rate Fenn? You'll have to forgive me, as I'm not very well up on players in the Eircom. Have to say though, I'm intrigued by this lad Fitzpatrick. If he can score two goals against a top French side, surely he must have something?
P-O-T-WeekQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny
Also scored for Shamrock Rovers in the home leg of their Intertoto Cup win over Odra way back in 2003Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinoAsprilla
Highly unlikely. We might not have the same strength in depth in the IL. But there are still good quality players in our league and many would easily make it in the Eircom League level.Quote:
Originally Posted by harry crumb
Aww well, what else can you expect from a pig but a grunt ;)
Getting rid of Fitz was the best bit of business Drogheda done last season, 10k and we brought Bates in 4 nothing:D:D. I would have paid someone 10k to take him away and get him off our wages:D
Typical Drogheda attitude to money. ;)
please sign him.