QuoteI saw him play against Millwall at the den during that loan spell, was the best player on the pitch
17 when he went on loan to Barnsley
I saw him play against Millwall at the den during that loan spell, was the best player on the pitch
He has ability to be class. Watched good few of his game in Holland and everything went through him. Might be better off moving back thereOriginally Posted by tetsujin1979
Anyone see him play more recently for Brirmingham? Plenty of appearances but going the wrong way down the divisions, even if he is just 23. Young skillful players can flatter to deceive when breaking though. No pressure, nice touches, neat and tidy but get to a point where they need to impact games.
In terms of full games, saw 2 of his Birmingham starts. He was very good in both but wasn’t playing as a 10. He was much deeper, kinda where Thiago plays for Liverpool, spraying passes from deep, combined with comfortably dribbling forward when under pressure.
Has been released by Birmingham.
I still think he can turn out to be a useful player for us, but he turns 24 in August. His next move is an important one and it'll be very interesting to see where he ends up.
I agree we are screaming for a number 10 style player
Go to Belgium or back to Holland son
Could never understand his move to Birmingham in the 1st place. You would wonder why players dont look at the style of play a team plays to see if it suits them before moving. Jack Byrne did the exact same thing.
To be fair when he signed they had a Spanish manager and the football suited him. He played a lot the first season. Then they brought in Karanka and he didn't want to use a 10 and Crowley was dropped fairly quickly.
Not much a player can do in that situation. Creative attacking midfielders like Crowley and Byrne are particularly vulnerable to manager changes as a lot of managers don't use that kind of player. The only thing they can do is try to broaden their game and get involved in the more physical stuff as a midfielder, but Crowley from what I've seen of him is unlikely to be able to do that.
Keane O'Shea Given Best Smallbone
Finally Crowley got picked up - got a short-term deal until January at Cheltenham Town: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58774976
Played 90 minutes against Exeter last night in the FA Trophy: https://www.ctfc.com/news/2021/octob...n-3-2-on-pens/
Stokes. Kennedy. Crowley. All terrible underachievers.
As was Sean Thornton. Let's hope Danny Grant gets fit and starts doing well otherwise we could add Grant, Thornton...
I'll get my coat.
Was close to signing for them back in July until his agent moved the goalposts at the last minute according to Michael Duff. Apparently his agent being hard to deal with is why a few clubs didn't sign him. Was on trial with a few clubs.
is it fair to lob crowley in with the two boys? kennedy is a funny one. the dancing on the car bonnet thing was covered off in an interview and it seemed like a turning point - end of his international career and recognition he had missed his big chance maybe - he turned it around and is now doing well coaching. Stokes on the other hand is a very different prospect.
does crowley have discipline issues or is he just an average footballer on the basis that success is a formula of talent+health+ application + decision making...
the stick for kennedy is that he failed given the talent at his disposal.
MCphail was let down by his health
crowley could come good yet.. even Wes was 24 when he got the move to blackpool...
Sorry, it was a bad joke. Stokes Kennedy Crowley was Ireland's biggest accounting firm, rebranded KPMG Ireland after KPMG bought them. They were the independent observer on the televised Lotto wheel spin, some friends reminded me during the week.
Grant Thornton is another big accounting firm. Hence the Thornton / Grant thing...
Too cryptic
Last edited by Stuttgart88; 06/10/2021 at 3:37 PM.
Sorry, it was a bad joke. Stokes Kennedy Crowley was Ireland's biggest accounting firm, rebranded KPMG Ireland after KPMG bought them. They were the independent observer on the televised Lotto wheel spin, some friends reminded me during the week.
Grant Thornton is another big accounting firm. Hence the Thornton / Grant thing...
Too cryptic
Dan Crowley is not the Messiah at the moment anyway.
Before his move to Birmingham he was doing well in the Eredivisie, you'd have to have something good about you to be a nr.10 in the Dutch league.
I'm still a believer.
***** tumbleweed ******
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