Official Transfers Abroad 2012

**AlaskaFox** · 07/07/2012, 8:47 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Lovely. Another journalist who is most misinformed about the league.

Sweeney also played 12 games "last season".

**CraftyToePoke** · 08/07/2012, 2:22 AM

Ben Burgess gone to Tranmere Rovers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18296150

**Charlie Darwin** · 08/07/2012, 3:41 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Bray's Pierce Sweeney signs for Reading.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...l-3161124.html

Anyone know anything about him? I don't.

Schoolboy football to LOI to Premier League. Hang on, that isn't supposed to happen is it?

Only seen him in a couple of full games but he looks a super talent. Only 17 too but his reading of the game is better than most experienced defenders in the league.

**CraftyToePoke** · 09/07/2012, 11:31 AM

Mark Connolly - Crawley Town

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18767733

**paul_oshea** · 09/07/2012, 1:14 PM

Its sad after a European Championships that all we can hope to hear about is fellas going to league 2 and below ;(

**mark12345** · 09/07/2012, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Its sad after a European Championships that all we can hope to hear about is fellas going to league 2 and below ;(

Get used to it. That performance in Poland is going to affect our status / the image of our players for years to come.

**Charlie Darwin** · 09/07/2012, 10:41 PM

You can't seriously think a player released by Bolton's prospects have been in any way impacted by Ireland's performance at the Euros.

**CraftyToePoke** · 10/07/2012, 2:33 AM

Luke Chambers - Forest to Ipswich

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18736692

A year ago he looked like he might be a handy recruit, had been player of the year at Forest and had Prem interest, ended up being released and moving to Ipwsich.

**paul_oshea** · 10/07/2012, 8:50 AM

A year is a long time in Football.

**Stuttgart88** · 10/07/2012, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Its sad after a European Championships that all we can hope to hear about is fellas going to league 2 and below ;(

But only a few posts earlier we saw a highly rated 17 y/o defender being signed from the LOI by a Premiership team with a new, rich, ambitious owner and a really good manager.

**Charlie Darwin** · 10/07/2012, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

Luke Chambers - Forest to Ipswich

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18736692

A year ago he looked like he might be a handy recruit, had been player of the year at Forest and had Prem interest, ended up being released and moving to Ipwsich.

Is Forest to Ipswich a step down?

**paul_oshea** · 10/07/2012, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

But only a few posts earlier we saw a highly rated 17 y/o defender being signed from the LOI by a Premiership team with a new, rich, ambitious owner and a really good manager.

Ya like the other thread where i posted about exceptions Stutts, the same applies here. Everyone here is great at pointing out the example! :P

Again, not directly related to the European championships either.

**CraftyToePoke** · 10/07/2012, 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Is Forest to Ipswich a step down?

I suppose you could argue not, but I think you would be hard pressed to describe his career as having kicked on due to it either. I would say its a marginal step back in terms of immediate promotion prospects of the respective sides, yes. Nottingham is also a nice midlands city, close to lots of other cool places, Ipswich is a provincial back water in the far end of nowhere, not someplace you end up living ideally if your career is thriving and providing you better options. Anyway, good luck to him.

**paul_oshea** · 11/07/2012, 8:59 AM

Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

I suppose you could argue not, but I think you would be hard pressed to describe his career as having kicked on due to it either. I would say its a marginal step back in terms of immediate promotion prospects of the respective sides, yes. Nottingham is also a nice midlands city, close to lots of other cool places, Ipswich is a provincial back water in the far end of nowhere, not someplace you end up living ideally if your career is thriving and providing you better options. Anyway, good luck to him.

Thats a very interesting point you make Crafty, I have this strange feeling about so many places like that in England, how depressing it must be to live there, with little hope or much to look forward to, and if you were to have kids there, what hope for them?! I'm not really sure what i base this on, experience from being in these places? Not meeting many people from these areas(in London, hence a believe that you can't get out/no one dares venture out/no one is edumucated to get out)? Hearing strange, obscure news bits from these places? But when I consider Ireland or similar places in America, I still don't see them the same way. My god I definitely need to get out of this country before its too late, the alternative likes Surrey don't seem very appealing either!!!

**seanfhear** · 11/07/2012, 1:15 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Is Forest to Ipswich a step down?

I believe that some very wealthy Arabs have bought Forest so he may be missing the gravy train there. The guy that owns ipswich is well off too (from Arms dealing; military stuff!) but they don't seem to be getting fanciful expenditure at the present.