Monaghanman James Hand was released by Huddersfield and read in the Monaghan Post today that he is going to Shamrock Rovers.
As for Conlon, he was linked with the Drogs b4 but not sure what the story is now, dont think we are talking to him at the moment.
Well they haven't played for some 15 years, but they did once reach the semi-finals of the old Cup Winners' Cup. Not that I see what Europe has to do with any of this. The point is, if Byrne can't get a game at a poor Championship side (and especially if he subsequently returns to Ireland and proves prolific again) it shows that your league is not the same standard as the Championship.Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
So how is Cardiff's recent record in Europe?
Have you the formula for that.......
He's been out injured for the past 4/5 weeks with ligament damge. I was talking to him in Dublin airport a few weeks ago. He's not the greatest trainer but is going to be giving his all in preseason to get up to the fitness of the others. He is confident it will work out for him.
RE: Cardiff's record in Europe , they tanked us 4 -0 on 1988! That was our first round of games with our great treble winning team.
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Yes.
Put simply, player X scores many goals in league A. Player X is obviously good enough to score plenty against defences in that league.
Player X then moves to league B, finds himself against new defenders, and fails to make the same impact.
It can be deduced that the defenders in league A are of lower standard than those in league B, and therefore league B is better, unless there are vast amounts more goals scored in general in league A than league B.
The Shevchenko thing is not comparing similar circumstances, as Shevchenko is playing at a club who tend to favour a lone striker and also have their league's best players. Move him to Arsenal or Liverpool and it would change I feel.
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What from reality?Change the record....
Are you saying Sunderland would struggle against any team on this island? Birmingham? Derby? Wolves? WBA? Southampton etc etc etc - Would they struggle?
The Championship is a greater standard than the SPL let alone LOI.
Yes, the LOI is getting better and better, but there is a long, looonnnng way to go to reach Championship standard.
If you put together a squad of 20 in the LOI of your best players, You might live in the Championship, but you wouldn't be pushing for promotion.
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I had not realised he was injured again. In which case, that casts a slightly different light on the situation.
We'll see how he gets on next year, though I expect plenty of new players to go to Cardiff in the summer. If they keep hold of Chopra and get another striker of proven quality in, I'd think he'd be a fringe player for much of the season as Chopra's place in the team is safe as houses.
Where is Wes O'Hoolihan? He always impressed me when he played for Shelbourne.
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Thats a far cry from the point he argued though Steve. Your original point wasWhat from reality?
Are you saying Sunderland would struggle against any team on this island? Birmingham? Derby? Wolves? WBA? Southampton etc etc etc - Would they struggle?
The Championship is a greater standard than the SPL let alone LOI.
Yes, the LOI is getting better and better, but there is a long, looonnnng way to go to reach Championship standard.
If you put together a squad of 20 in the LOI of your best players, You might live in the Championship, but you wouldn't be pushing for promotion.
Now you're saying a full squad would survive in that league.I think the step up from LOI(or IL) to the Championship in England is emense and only a few players on this island would be able to make the transition.
Nobody here truely belives we're anywhere near the standard of the championship as a whole, so please stop trying to argue against the POV nobody shares. What most posters have said is that the odd team (possibly Drogheda) could maybe survive in the championship and other teams have players who are good enough for that level. Which is the point you've just made yourself, so don't try and force an arguement where none exists
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1st of all Drogheda would get embarrassed in the Championship. I think it'sa laugh anyone would think that any taem on this island could live in the Championship. There's no one that good - or near it.
Also the word "maybe" is indicative that I am not convince that you could have a squad capable, but I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt. But if there was a squad, they would be a relegation struggling team. But it is all hypothetical.
one a side note. Has anyone got a comprehensive list of all players from the LOI who has went across the water to Scotland or England. Because it would be interesting to see how many actually have made a break through.
There are of course some notable ones especially Doyle, who is a great player.
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He has been the best player I have seen on this island in the last few years. Good to see him doing well. I reckon a player of his calibre is definately capable of Championship standard.
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Agree. Very talented player - technically he's capable of playing at a much higher standard than League One. But alas size does matter. If he only drank more milk when he was younger ....
Well, at least he managed to make it further than Accrington Stanley.....
Off the top of my head from the last 2-3 years
Daryl Murphy
Doyle
Long
Forde
Danny Murphy
Dillon
Hawkins
Harris
Bennett
Ryan
McChrystal
O'Callaghan
Hoolihan
Byrne
Molloy
Keegan
around 10 of those are regular first teamer for their team , others can say better whether individual cases have been success or failure
Check the sticky at the top of this forum, and steve to counteract you maybe, I used possibly AND maybe when tlaking about Drogheda (if you want to be that pedantic...)
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Thats ridiculous. You're simply selectively picking the example that suits your arguement best. Stephen Ward only scored two goals for Bohs last season but he scored 3 in his first month with Wolves. I suppose you'll say now that Ward wasn't getting the service with us or something but I could reverse that around and say perhaps the players Byrne had around him at Shels were better than those at Cardiff. Kevin Doyle is more prolific in the Premiership than he was over here. I suppose this all adds up to show that while the LOI is not as good as the Championship, it is better than the Premiership and QED the Championship is better than the Premiership. Hopefully the powers that be realise this and Sunderland, Birmingham, Derby and WBA can look forward to Champions' League football next year.
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All of this has happened before. All of it will happen again.
The Derry lad?
Who did he go to?
Ah, but Bohemians had a bad season last year, and likely scored few goals overall. On the other hand, Wolves would have been a side who would go on to make the play-offs in the Championship. Thus, Ward would get much more goalscoring opportunities at Wolves.
The same argument can be used to counter your theory that Byrne had better players around him at Shelbourne. They were simply a team that dominated their league and created more chances than Cardiff do.
Secondly, Ward, Byrne, O'Callaghan, Doyle etc. (all the players who've gone to the English leagues recently) have all been top-level players in the League of Ireland. So naturally, if the two leagues are on a par, you'd expect all of them to be top top players at Championship level also.
Of those four named Doyle and Ward have established themselves at Championship (and Premiership in Doyle's case) level, while Byrne has not played much for Cardiff, and O'Callaghan last time I checked was making sub appearances off the bench for Ipswich.
Now the other Irish lad Hoolahan who plays for Blackpool is a very good player at our level (League One), just as he was in Ireland. I would the standard of the top teams over there is more like that.
Though, that said, really I haven't seen enough to form a real opinion. I am trying to watch as much as possible though, and reading and posting here has got me interested. I may go and watch a game during the UK off-season.
Again, are people claiming this?
I think the claim is that 2 or 3 eL teams could survive in the Championship.
City and Shels the past few years and Pats and Drogs at the moment.
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