If Only Eamonn Dunphy was still in his Prime and had the Hots for Jack ~ ~ ~
Just think Jack ~ ~ You could have been another of Eamonn Dunphy’s ~ ~ " Not Playing Messiahs "
You have been spared that Jack Byrne ! ! Praise the Lord ! !
Old Dunphy would be very unlikely to have the hots for a LOI player mind ! !
Hi. I think im lost. Was looking for the "Glen Crowe for Ireland" thread and must have took a wrong turn..
"I'm married to someone who could be offered the Euro millions jackpot tomorrow but if she was told she'd have to move away to claim it and wouldn't be able to see her family for weeks on end I can absolutely guarantee she'd turn it down"
I'm getting this on a t-shirt
Last edited by youngirish; 02/10/2020 at 3:49 PM.
A Fifpro survey from four years ago doesn't have any relevance to now. Right now, most players in the league are full time, don't work other jobs and for the most part train during the day. There's a few reasons for that but the numbers of professionals have gone up quite significantly in the past few years.
I'm not saying it to have a superiority complex, I'm saying it because you seem to be basing your knowledge off google. Of the 10 Premier Division clubs, eight of them train during the day, which precludes most supplementary work. The other two, as Nigel pointed out with Harps, have a large number of players who also do nothing but get paid to play football. I know there are players who still work outside of football but it's a small number. In fact, there are plenty of players who will drop down to the First Division or lower so they can keep their day jobs because it is no longer feasible to do both.
He's linked in a FIFA survey of LoI players, which you've dismissed for no reason at all (I've already responded to Nigel who tried to dismiss it for being four years old) while insisting that you know better just because, it seems, you watch the games.
I don't think your argument is reasonable here.
Fine, I'll drop out of the discussion. The vast majority don't have second jobs but no point arguing the point.
In fairness, you never really entered the discussion.
Your sum contribution is -
Just your opinion.You can continue saying Jack Byrne is playing against part-timers and it will continue not being true.
I can understand where the superiority complex accusation came from reading this.I'm sure your sources are fantastic but some of us actually follow the League of Ireland.
It really does, for reasons that have been discussed on the thread.A Fifpro survey from four years ago doesn't have any relevance to now.
So in effect, you've just waded in, made a claim, given no back-up for it whatsoever, and then gone into a strop when people have challenged that with actual evidence (ie Fifpro)
Those making the case on the part-time nature of the LoI may still be wrong of course - but at least they're trying to enter into a discussion. Your position is that you're right, and any evidence to the contrary must be wrong.
That's not a discussion.
Heard from a reliable source that he's been offered a contract with a Cypriot team. The fella said it's the club where Mick is.
Mr Bungle mentioned APOEL as a possible destination for Byrne some weeks ago. Do we think this would be a good move?
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-39832173.html
The Cypriot League is ranked 14th by UEFA, ahead of the Greek and Swiss leagues, the LoI behind Luxembourg's and Liechtenstein's.
Lot of Pro's and Con's really.
Pro's:
Lot of money among the top teams there.
Naturally, be playing in warm weather and on good pitches for the vast majority of the season.
Knows the manager already.
Likely be an English speaking group, with McCarthy in charge.
Probably a decent wage bump for him, although it's said there's a very healthy offer on the table from Shamrock Rovers for him.
Con's:
It's not the most stable league (same can, of course be said for the LOI)
APOEL have had 9 managers since 2017. (As well as a tenth interim manager)
Attendances are poor enough in Cyprus, not a whole lot better than LOI for the best part.
Well out of the way for Stephen Kenny to go to watch him play.
APOEL have had a poor start to the season and are highly unlikely to win the league this year, barring some sort of miracle turnaround, so there'd be a race to even qualify for the Europa League, never mind the Champions League. Cypriot teams only start in the next qualifying round to the LOI sides. They failed to qualify for Europa League group stages this season too.
There's a fair whack of money pumped into the top sides in Cyprus, so that's the single best thing he'll get out of it. Standard of the top teams is undoubtedly higher than that of the LOI, so it'll be more competitive for the best part.
I'm not entirely convinced of the move to be honest, and that's without a shred of LOI bias here. I'd like to see him hold out for a bigger move tbh. Rumoured interest from England and MLS too. Somewhat cliché by now, but somewhere like Belgium or Holland would be a far better suit for him.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I was slightly underwhelmed by the link to be honest, but it does represent a step up in standard, and the likes of Hungary, Finland. Norway, Slovakia and Greece are happy to call up players from the Cypriot First Division.
Kenny can get Mick to send reports. Or he can probably watch a stream if needs be.
Liechtenstein doesn't have a league btw, so while the LoI is behind it in the UEFA coefficients, it's not correct to imply we're behind the Liechtenstein league. Their coefficient is FC Vaduz, who are just a Swiss first/second tier side who happen to play in Liechtenstein.
APOEL are only 6/7 points off Europe less then half way through the season. Long way to go yet.
I think it's a clear step up for him. It's only a pity APOEL are out of Europe, because it is the kind of league where you may well find yourself moving on by the end of the season.
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