Jason Byrne

**pete** · 16/01/2007, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by kingdom hoop

interesting that sheffield utd paid �2m for a striker from helsingborg, luton shelton a 20 year old jamaican. this lends credence to the argument of trying to keep players in ireland til an older age

I noticed that too. 2m for a Jamaican international who only scored 10 goals in Sweden looks like stupid money as that league not in great shape. Then again West ham tried to pay 10m for england U21 international with a few months Premiership experience.

**republicofwhite** · 16/01/2007, 11:03 AM

Pete...Would I be antagonising if I sparked off a discussion about George O'Callaghan moving to Ipswich on this thread, in the Ireland section? "He should be in the next Ireland squad IMO"

**ifk101** · 16/01/2007, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by pete

I noticed that too. 2m for a Jamaican international who only scored 10 goals in Sweden looks like stupid money as that league not in great shape. Then again West ham tried to pay 10m for england U21 international with a few months Premiership experience.

He is a decent player but not worth �2 million. There is a few cases of players leaving Sweden for Britain in the last few seasons who were all highly regarded as top players in Sweden but have failed to make the grade in Britain; namely Andreas Johannsen (Wigan), Tobias Hysen (Sunderland) and Bj�rn Runstr�m (Fulham). All went to the UK on "big money" deals so if we compared their performance to recent ex. LOI players, ie Doyle (Reading) and Murphy (Sunderland), its pretty obvious that LOI clubs are selling themselves short and Swedish clubs are the bee-knees when it comes to transfer dealings.

**Schumi** · 16/01/2007, 11:49 AM

The Swedish league is very over-rated at the moment. Their recent European record is much worse than ours yet the Swedish league would be much better thought of.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 16/01/2007, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

This is the big move for the EL. If he's as successful in division 1 as Doyle then fee's for EL will increase a lot.

I think he can be a successful as Doyle. He was scoring more goals in Ireland than Doyle and is now reaching the peak of his career.

**paul_oshea** · 16/01/2007, 12:55 PM

I wonder will wardie be a hit "cross channel"?!

**pete** · 16/01/2007, 1:00 PM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

I think he can be a successful as Doyle. He was scoring more goals in Ireland than Doyle and is now reaching the peak of his career.

I can guarantee you Jason Byrne is not as good as Doyle. I would be surprised ih he made it in the Premiership but he is well capable of making a Championship career for himself. He cannot take penalties & he can crack badly under pressure. He won't create much for others as is pure striker.

Cardiff have not bought him for the reserves so i expect to see him in match day squad fairly quickly.

**citizenerased** · 16/01/2007, 3:30 PM

he wont make the grade, he is too much of a bottler, i never seen a player bottle it so much in europeon games

**GavinZac** · 16/01/2007, 3:38 PM

from ninianpark.com

Originally Posted by Bluebird2005

Yesterday, 07:25 PM
im looking forward to seeing him play,i know its a massive step in class from where he usually plays but he cant do any worse than the strikers we got now can he

another supergretna i think. i mean, southend are MASSIVE opposition compared to deportivo.

**pete** · 16/01/2007, 3:47 PM

The reason i think he shoulld do ok in the Championship is that defences not so great & if he plays he will get enough chances to miss some & score some.

**paul_oshea** · 16/01/2007, 3:51 PM

you are taking two extremes there in fairness Gav, but i see your point.

**tetsujin1979** · 16/01/2007, 7:23 PM

Originally Posted by GavinZac

from ninianpark.com

another supergretna i think. i mean, southend are MASSIVE opposition compared to deportivo.

Don't think he was on the windup, what would the average Cardiff City fan know about the eL?

**Soper** · 16/01/2007, 11:57 PM

Nothing.

They think it's the same as Welsh League.Ignorance

**Dr. Ogba** · 17/01/2007, 8:54 AM

Originally Posted by Soper

Nothing.

They think it's the same as Welsh League.Ignorance

Why would they no anything about the EL?? How much do you know about the Welsh league?

**Soper** · 17/01/2007, 9:04 AM

Quite a lot.

**Dr. Ogba** · 17/01/2007, 9:16 AM

Dammit only just looked at your location now!!

Maybe should rephrase that...How much would the average Irish football fan know about the Welsh League?? Not a lot I'd say. Sure I'll be honest here, I'd struggle to name half the teams....Barry Town, TNS....eh......

**gustavo** · 17/01/2007, 9:24 AM

Ask Longford Town fans...

**Irish_Praha** · 17/01/2007, 10:34 AM

Apparently his registration won't be completed quickly enough for him to feature tonight against Spurs. However, the Irish U-19 player, Simmonds, who they have on loan from Chelsea, will be in the squad.