QuoteJust scored the winner for Derby in the last minute, firing past Shay Given at Pride Park.
Mick fishing for Sammon.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29807094.html
Just scored the winner for Derby in the last minute, firing past Shay Given at Pride Park.
...gently lobbing over Shay Given more like.
My way sounded more dramatic and Sky Sportsy.
My Gifs/Images seem to have a habit of disappearing lately so here's the link if you can't see it.
did he mean it?
From the linked articleOriginally Posted by SkStu
shame on me for even asking the question.
Of course he meant it, he was in the perfect position to receive the ball and whack it into the net, just the LB got in the way and disturbed the flow of the ball.
Whether he would have managed it without the LB, is another matter
Bit difficult to see what went on there on the gif, looks like it took a deflection or two, or was a bit of a miss-hit
but it ended up in the back of the net and that is all that matters.
If that was Zlatan, he'd have meant it.
Course, if it was Zlatan, he would have meant it.
Classy bit of play to put Craig Bryson in for Derby's second on Saturday.
Think the stick Sammon gets is a bit unfair. He's as good an option as Walters and Cox.
nope - he is not
What attributes do Cox and Walters have that Sammon doesn't? Goalscoring? No. Crossing? No. Hold up play? No. Heading? No. Link up play? No.
Walters runs around like a headless chicken more, does he?
I remember Ireland losing to Kazakhstan until Long and Doyle came on for Cox and Walters, ironically enough. And Walters being at fault for the Alaba goal in Dublin too. And being completely ineffective while keeping better players like Brady, Long and McClean out of the team. But he seems to be immune from any kind of criticism?
Sammon has played a combined total of about 240 minutes for Ireland. It's not really enough time to make a definitive judgment on his abilities. He even got a couple of assists, almost scored against Spain and showed signs of decent link up with Keane.
If Cox or Walters were setting the world on fire I would understand but they have played over 60 games for Ireland between them and have been pretty poor and they became regulars around the time the malaise in the Trap era set in.
Sitting on the fence there I see
Derby are certainly steamrollering up the Championship 6 straight wins on the trot, could well be Premiership next season, about 2-1 at the bookies.
Has anybody here watched a full Derby game since McLaren took over? I haven't, but from watching Middlesbrough he always seemed like a manager who could set up a team to play decent football, which I think would suit the likes of Hendrick and Keogh. Sammon probably won't ever be a Premier League striker, but he has some utility in a lower-PL club, as his spell at Wigan showed.
I think his spell at Wigan showed he is not a PL striker full stop, although he seems a decent bloke and Wigan fans liked him. I saw Derby at Wigan a few weeks back, very impressed with them. Keogh had a decent game.
I saw their game against a fairly makeshift Blackpool the other week. They won 5-1 having trailed 0-1 at half time. To be honest, they should have been well ahead, even by the break, but it took a very dubious penalty to prise the floodgates open. In fairness to Nigel Clough, he had them playing some very decent passing football this season but they just couldn't really defend and, inevitably, struggled for consistency. McClaren seems to have introduced an improved defensive structure without limiting their attacking prowess. Coincidentally, Danny Mills was talking about playing under McClaren at Middlesbrough on MOTD the other night, saying that each player knew their basic defensive roles inside out. He can't believe some of the goals that are being conceded in the PL at the moment, given it would only take a small bit of video analysis and a half hour on the training ground to get it right.
They were also struggling to win games at home under Clough, but I was at their game in Yeovil (and friendly v Bohs) earlier in the season and they gave a bit of an exhibition. Granted there is very little pressure on the ball from the Yeovil players, but this is one of their goals from that game: (Only heard it on the radio as we only made it in for second half)
I'd agree that Sammon isn't a PL striker, or anywhere near it really. He's very much a Derby sub these times barring injuries, but good to see him contribution when he gets a chance. I'd wouldn't be as dismissive as botn in relation to his Ireland prospects though, he wouldn't be anywhere near my first choice but I really don't see anything substantially better about Simon Cox I don't think, and is possibly on a par with Kevin Doyle right now.
Last edited by DeLorean; 17/12/2013 at 8:34 AM.
McClaren is enjoying his honeymoon period at Derby at the moment, he didn't really have one at Forest, it pretty much started in divorce.
Remains to be seen how long it will last, but they are the form team in the division at the moment.
Funny how the fortunes of a manager change he looked like a complete idiot at Forest!
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