QuoteOriginally Posted by Paddy Garcia
Well he didn't have much success in the EPL but is managing to score a few goals at a lower level.
A simultaneous pat and slap....
Well he didn't have much success in the EPL but is managing to score a few goals at a lower level.
I thought he was unlucky at Wigan. The ball just wouldn't go in for him. He certainly didn't look completely out of his depth anyway.
Scored again today. Sixth goal of the season; five of those in the last eight weeks. Seems to be finding his footing alright.
i agree
Folding my way into the big money!!!
Yet, most people would agree that he looked almost out of his depth at League of Ireland level. Something doesn't add up.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I think you'd find very few people who'd agree that. Even fans of the clubs he played for - who seemed to be his biggest critics - merely argued that he was over-rated (and opposition fans almost always rated him very highly).
Well, he never played for Harps, and I never really rated him. So, there's one exception anyway.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Another goal today, although "only" against third flight Tranmere in the Cup. Derby leading 4-0 at the moment.
The thick plottens. Trap reckons Sammon is better than Norwich's Grant Holt For England, and is looking to pair him up with Hoolahan.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/tr...n-3368408.html"I actually think that Hoolahan and Sammon, without any disrespect to Grant Holt, Sammon is better. He has more technical characteristics. He's quicker and more agile and I think the link play between the two could be better and more exciting than what you see in the existing set-up at Norwich.
"We'll see. But I think Sammon and Hoolahan could offer a very interesting combination."
Trap has been busy lately.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
Oh dear. That'll be fun.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Good god!
I read that in the Herald but I didn't believe it at the time.
I blame those who urged Trap to go to places like Derby and watch our players in action.
He also said once that he saw Robbie in the Totti role and the next day he still put out a flat 4-4-2. This is defelctionisim we will al be so relieved that he didn't do this Sammon thing that we won't complain that he is still sticking to the same old tactics.
74--------70
Holt-----Sammon
58 PAC 80 PAC (pace) +22
72 SHO 61 SHO (shooting) -11
59 PAS 49 PAS (passing) -10
60 DRI 71 DRI (dribbling) +11
54 DEF 42 DEF (defending) (-12 but ignored)
84 HE 72 HEA (heading) -12
So a +33 and a -33 leaves them level ignoring defending.
That's the stat's, Sammon is quicker and a better dribbler but loses out in the other 4 areas. I think Trap makes some good points, you can ignore the defending stat somewhat on the grounds they won't be doing much of that.
Last edited by tricky_colour; 29/01/2013 at 11:03 PM.
Any stats that have Sammo's heading ability at 72 can only be nonsense.
I have not seen enough of him playing to have an opinion on that.
He misses a header here but I think maker of that video was somewhat biased in his opinions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyHJNQ5bMPc
Last edited by tricky_colour; 30/01/2013 at 1:50 PM.
EA Sports has so, so much to answer for...
'Trapattoni - Sammon remains good option for Sweden match': http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/art...on-for-sweden/
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has said that Conor Sammon remains a good option for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Sweden next month.
The former League of Ireland striker was handed his debut by Trapattoni last night and played the full 90 minutes in the 2-0 win.
“I think he’s a good option for Sweden because, like Poland, there is technical football and also strong football. For example in the past you saw Walters, physically in football is also important. So Sammon is a good option for this next game.”
Trapattoni was also fielded question about Wes Hoolahan, who came on as a substitute and got Ireland’s second goal. Hoolahan may continue to miss out on a starting place as the Italian looks to continue with two strikers.
“[He did well], not only the goal. In the past with many questions about Hoolahan I said we know very well about Hoolahan. We need two strikers with our team because with one striker all of the team play for the one striker.
“Hoolahan we know many times. With Marco I repeat, maybe we have overlooked him because in this club he play well in this position but his club is no Manchester or Arsenal but he is a good tactical option. In the future we will consider it.
"Two strikers with one (dropping) in midfield is not easy. In his club he play with one in this position. International football is not the club football.”
Trapattoni spoke about the three objectives that he had for his side and that he was please at how his side had played.
“We had three objective for this match - Evaluate the performance of the new players. We wanted to see their quality, personality, their attitude and also their commitment for the 90 minutes. And the last, which is usually the first objective; the end result. It was very important.
“In life, not only in football, it gives trust and confidence. Particularly with the new players we need confidence because we can grow more with the players, new and the ones coming back, McCarthy continue to grow.
“We won but in the first half Poland were superior. We were a little bit tense and missing many easy passes. After the goal, we were more confident and in the second half we played better and we deserved to win.”
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