QuoteWhere? I just read over the posts in this thread since McCarthy was sacked. Yours aside, the only really negative one reckond Byrne wouldn't last the year. That was it, really.Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Sorry, just applying Poe's Law. I guess my sarcasm detector must be a little off beam.
Where? I just read over the posts in this thread since McCarthy was sacked. Yours aside, the only really negative one reckond Byrne wouldn't last the year. That was it, really.
I actually wasn't directly referring to this forum. It's rampant on YBIG and the 42 and Off The Ball were presenting it as a disaster for Jack when Mick was sacked.
Fair enough.
Starting today, looks like he’s going to be given a chance under the new manager. Got about a half hour off the bench in the last two games. Hopefully has a good game.
Playing Apollon who are top too, so it’s a real vote of confidence. 0-0 half time.
hooked at half time.
Jack Byrne out for 3 months with a back issue, will obviously be out of Kennys squad , if he would have made it anyway i guess.
Wonder is it the same issue he had late in the season after the international break. Certainly wasn't the same player towards the end for Rovers, culminating in a poor performance in the cup final by his standards. Id put in down to his bad dose of covid but maybe it was more the back problem.
I dont know for sure but i noticed him holding his back regularly in the last game of the season against Shels before the cup final plus he missed all of the second pre season so its possible
I'm fairly certain he had a back injury for the latter stages of the league campaign. Picked it up playing golf during the break was the rumour I heard at the time. Bradley mentioned it in an interview but I can't find it now. Possibly got worse as he was hit hard at one point, I think in that Shels game. Remember being in a rage about it at the time as I knew he was carrying a knock and it looked like he'd been targeted.
Hope he gets sorted and kicks on now.
It can't have been too obvious as he'd have had to pass a physical in Cyprus.
Obvious enough if you were watching him for Rovers but yeah, he was still able to get out and play with it.
He's had a back injury since the start of the 2020 season. I don't know if this is the same one but it did hamper his playing and keep him out of the March squad last year.
Interviewed on OTB today. Really good interview. Sounds like he is already invested into the set up at APOEL. Was given the opportunity to do his surgery and recovery in Ireland but refused it. Speaks about the different nationalities in the dressing room and how he is enjoying the integration. Speaks very well of Mick McCarthy and Stephen Kenny and others.
Yeah, I heard the interview as well and I can understand the love for him on this forum a lot better now, as he seems like a really warm person.
Making the great sacrifice of insisting to rest and recover on the harsh beaches of Cyprus. Fair play!
He had a little joke about the weather too- "you've made a good decision in terms of weather, Jack. It's about 20 degrees over there now at this time of year." "No, it's colder today, Eoin. It's only 19."
It was great to hear that Mick McCarthy and Terry Connor, as well as Stephen Kenny, all reached out to him before his surgery to wish him the best. As he said each time, "he didn't have to do that."
Looks like he'll have a short term loan to the UK until January, then move to new MLS club Charlotte FC in 2022: https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-40779363.html
Think Chris McCann had a similar arrangement before he went to Atlanta
He could go back to Rovers?
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