Jason Byrne

**Donal81** · 12/01/2007, 9:19 AM

Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

Any thoughts?

He should be a regular in the Ireland squad anyway if the move goes through.

That sounds like the thoughts of a signed up member of the ole ole brigade...No discussion allowed of Irish players who play for Eircom League sides in the international section, even if they are moving to a club in another country.

**eirebhoy** · 12/01/2007, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

Any thoughts?

He should be a regular in the Ireland squad anyway if the move goes through.

Keep the sarcasm to the Ward thread if you wish.

**gustavo** · 12/01/2007, 11:29 AM

It is relevant here though as he has been in the squad in the last year and there have been threads about him here before. It certainly cant do his chances any harm especially if he starts banging them in . Although isnt he only over there for a week though on trial.

**eirebhoy** · 12/01/2007, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by gustavo

It is relevant here though

Perfectly relevant but that's not the reason JC_GUFC posted it.

This will be one of the most interesting EL in a long time if it goes through. If he goes on to get about 20 goals next season then it'll do much more to EL prices than Doyle's transfer did.

**OwlsFan** · 15/01/2007, 4:38 PM

Shelbourne has confirmed that striker Jason Byrne is to move to Cardiff City for an undisclosed sum.

Dublin-born Byrne, a cousin of Tottenham and Republic of Ireland international forward Robbie Keane, has scored over 100 goals in the last four Eircom League seasons.

Byrne (28) played for Bray Wanderers before joining Shelbourne for whom he scored 30 league and cup goals in 2005, including five in the Champions League.

In a brief statement released this afternoon, Shelbourne said that Byrne, who recently had a week's trial at Ninian Park, was joining the championship club subject to passing a medical examination.

"We wish to thank Jason for the many great moments he gave us over the last number of years and wish him every success in the future," the club said.

Byrne, who has two senior international caps to his name, joins former West Ham goalkeeper David Forde at Cardiff, after he signed a two-year-deal from Derry City at the start of the year.

Cardiff currently lie in 8th place in the Coca-Cola Championship.

The news comes as a serious blow to Shelbourne who have lost a number of high-profile players recently. The Eircom League club must also resume their search for a successor to Pat Fenlon after Pete Mahon told the board of UCD that he has turned down a chance to take over the reins at Tolka Park.

� 2007 ireland.com

**Lim till i die** · 15/01/2007, 4:40 PM

He signs for an English club and straghtaway gets his own thread in the Ireland forum

You people are beyond pathetic

**OwlsFan** · 15/01/2007, 4:42 PM

I am sure the people in Cardiff will be delighted to know that you think they're English

.

Actually, I should have posted in the JASON BYRNE thread and apologies for that

**Lim till i die** · 15/01/2007, 4:44 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

I am sure the people in Cardiff will be delighted to know that you think they're English

.

They don't scare me

**eirebhoy** · 15/01/2007, 5:32 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

He signs for an English club and straghtaway gets his own thread in the Ireland forum

You people are beyond pathetic

That better be sarcasm.

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.

**JC_GUFC** · 15/01/2007, 7:24 PM

Why does he have to "prove himself" in the Championship.

If Cardiff are prepared to sign a 28-year old from the "part-time league" in Ireland then they clearly do think he's good enough. As I said before as long as the Irish public and media keep on putting down the league here English clubs will keep on paying pitiful transfer fees.

Unfortunately as it is a majority of the general public in this country would choose sitting in a pub watching conference football rather than going to an eL game.

**ger121** · 15/01/2007, 7:51 PM

Shelbourne must really be wishing they'd sold him to Djurgarden when they had the chance. I'm sure they didn't even get a third of the price they were offered last time.

**Royal rover** · 15/01/2007, 8:57 PM

Does anyone think he will be successful at Cardiff,i always rated him and he has played some good games in Europe, it will be interesting to see if he starts or not,and will probably make the Ireland squad with the news of doyle's injury

**eirebhoy** · 15/01/2007, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

Why does he have to "prove himself" in the Championship.

atm clubs are accepting fee's of around �200-300k for the best players in the league. If Byrne scores about 20 goals next season an EL club could easily demand up to �1m for the next player to go and score 20-25 goals in the LOI if he's at a young enough age. It'll basically be showing if you can do it in the EL then you can do it in the Championship, at least. Nobody's going to risk big fee's until more players start to prove themselves. All it takes is Byrne to go and do it imo.

**JC_GUFC** · 15/01/2007, 10:42 PM

To be honest I don't think he'll do that well. Although he was the top goalscorer for the last 4 years in the eircom League I still don't think that he's the best striker in the league. As long as he doesn't start taking penalties he may have a chance though!

**Qwerty** · 15/01/2007, 11:15 PM

Cardiff really need a striker, if Chopra gets injured they have problems. Dave Jones on Byrne: "He's scored a lot of goals at the level he's played, can he do it at this level? We'll find out soon."

Kevin Campell has yet to score this season, they have a few young strikers but none has really made an impression. Unless they sign somebody else soon Byrne should get plenty game time to prove himself.

**Soper** · 15/01/2007, 11:23 PM

His main problem is that he is quite similar to Steven Thompson.So the choice seems to be between him and Byrne, partnering Chopra.Would having two similar players like Byrne and Thommo up front together work?

**eirebhoy** · 15/01/2007, 11:34 PM

I wouldn't say he's similar to Thompson. Maybe in stature but Byrne is a lot more mobile. I think they could work well together.

**Soper** · 15/01/2007, 11:37 PM

All the Cardiff fans seem to think they're the same.I didn't see much of Thompson last season, but he was much more mobile this season than he was at Rangers in the games I saw.Still, I think Byrne will play, be it at Chopras or Thompsons expense, because they're both playing brutally at the moment.

**kingdom hoop** · 16/01/2007, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

atm clubs are accepting fee's of around �200-300k for the best players in the league. If Byrne scores about 20 goals next season an EL club could easily demand up to �1m for the next player to go and score 20-25 goals in the LOI if he's at a young enough age. It'll basically be showing if you can do it in the EL then you can do it in the Championship, at least. Nobody's going to risk big fee's until more players start to prove themselves. All it takes is Byrne to go and do it imo.

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