Irish Abroad 2010/2011

[tetsujin1979]

Carling Cup on tonight in England. Plenty of Irish in action but of most note in context of the Armenia game is probably that McShane was substituted on 22 minutes and St Ledger was substituted at half time, suggesting both got injuries of some degree. Defenders are rarely taken off that early. O'Dea was subbed on 60 minutes for Ipswich but it looks like it was part of a double substitution so was probably tactical or match fitness related.

I'll let Tets deliver the full details!

Full details delivered:
Tuesday 24th: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Game...ate=2010-08-24
Wednesday 25th: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Game...ate=2010-08-25

Been up the walls with work and a wedding yesterday. I've been updating the site regularly, but I can't find time to write up the summaries

[TheBoss]

Did you forget to add Sheridans game last sunday ?

[tetsujin1979]

Did you forget to add Sheridans game last sunday ?

All the stats you sent me had the month set to September, and one was for November, so I didn't add them.
I never add a game before it has been played. Who did they play last week?

[TheBoss]

I re-sent it to you.

[tetsujin1979]

I re-sent it to you.

Thanks, but you're still entering the month as "9", August is the 8th month.
I've changed the form slightly for the next set of games, you select the month from a drop down box, rather than entering it manually

[TheBoss]

I typed:
'22' in the first box
'08' in the second
'2010' in the third

??

[tetsujin1979]

hmmm, that's odd, it's being sent with the month set as 9. I'll investigate

<EDIT>

think I have it fixed now, stupid zero-based month system (i.e. 0=january, 1=february, 2=march, etc)
Sorry about that Boss, my bad

[tetsujin1979]

Irish Abroad for Saturday, 28th August 2010: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Game...ate=2010-08-28
Kevin Doyle picked up his first booking of the season
Mark O'Brien made his first appearance, as an unused sub for Derby
Ben Burgess scored his first goal of the season

Irish Abroad for Sunday, 29th August 2010: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Game...ate=2010-08-29
Daryl Murphy scored a penalty on his first start for Celtic
Cillian Sheridan scored his first goal for CSKA Sofia
Seamus Coleman made his first appearance of the season for Everton as a second half substitute

I've added back in the links section - http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Links - and as promised TheBoss and irishfan86 are listed as contributors

[tetsujin1979]

There's no games for the Premiership, SPL and Championship clubs this month, so I'll compile the August stats tomorrow, and archive off the stats for last season
By default, I don't include clubs outside those 3 leagues, so should I include Sheridan and McGeady in the monthly stats?

[Stuttgart88]

Tets gets an honourable reference in today’s Indo, but with a “must try harder” footnote

Anoraks of a particular persuasion can chart the progress of any Irish-qualified individuals on the various rungs of the UK football ladder. But they missed the man with the cliche-inducing surname, and a distinctly Irish complexion.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...o-2319399.html

[tetsujin1979]

damned with faint praise!
For the record, I added Green, and his record from last season, as soon as he was called up

[Closed Account]

I didn't hear any member of the 4th estate calling for his inclusion at any stage?

[tetsujin1979]

Irish Abroad Statistics for August 2010: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats
David Norris won 5 games to reflect Ipswich's strong start to the Championship season, scoring 4 goals to also top the goalscorers table with Adam Rooney, and picking up 4 bookings along the way
Ipswich won 2 and drew 1 of these games, while Inverness Caledonian Thistle won both games that Rooney scored in
Damien Duff drew 3 games in August
Darren Randolph is the unfortunate owner of the most losses in August, although this does include 2 losses in the Europa League preliminary rounds
Thanks to these extra European games, Randolph is also joint top of the most starts table, with 6, along with Paddy McCarthy, Wes Hoolahan, Marc Wilson and David Norris
Of these only Randolph, Norris and Wilson completed 90 minutes in every game.
Along with starting the most games, Wes Hoolahan was the most substituted player in August, the Norwich winger was withdrawn from the action 4 times
Conversely Ronan Murray was the most introduced substitute. The Ipswich Town player came off the bench 4 times
Unsurprisingly, two goalkeepers top the most unused substitute table, Shay Given and Saul Deeney both remained on the bench 5 times

I've added in some facebook and twitter (they're the latest thing!) buttons to attract more attention to the site using social networking

[Onefootednopace]

Damien Delaney played for Ipswich reserves yesterday http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetai...148029,00.html

[tetsujin1979]

Following Padraig Amond's transfer to Portugal, and Barry Maguire's recent declaration that he wants to play for Ireland, I'm looking for a volunteer to track both player's progress in the Portuguese and Dutch leagues respectively, for the Irish Abroad site, similar to what irishfan86 and The Boss are doing for me with McGeady and Sheridan.

It takes about 5 minutes, and involves filling out a short form on the site about the game itself, and if the player in question played or not.

If nobody volunteers by the end of the day, I'll offer it to ybig.ie

[SkStu]

Hogan Ephraim scores for QPR.

penalties for both Shane Long and Ian Harte for Reading.

assists for Anthony Stokes and Daryl Murphy for Celtics goals today.

[tetsujin1979]

Hogan Ephraim scores for QPR.

Was there anything more about him declaring for Ireland? He's played U17 and U19 football for England, but has yet to be called into the U21 squad

[robbie_B]

I spoke to him yesterday after the game and he basically said that at the moment he isn't thinking too much about his international career, he just signed a one-year contract extension at QPR and under Warnock he looks a much, much better player.

His mother is Irish and he qualifies for Nigeria through his Dad and obviously played for England at youth level. He said if he can keep up his good form and QPR keep winning he will see what happens with regards international football.

[tetsujin1979]

threw this together this afternoon: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/GameDayStats

[Charlie Darwin]

If anyone's watching New York Red Bulls v Colorado Rapids on Setanta right now, Wicklow man Danny Earls was an unused sub. He was a regular starter until recently losing his form and dropping to the bench.