QuoteWas saying recently how much he loves QPR. But at 27 and doing well, if he gets that opportunity then he has a decision to make.
Linked with a move to Sheffield United - so potential for him to get back into the Premier League next season if that comes off for him.
Was saying recently how much he loves QPR. But at 27 and doing well, if he gets that opportunity then he has a decision to make.
He's loved at QPR too. And they're on an incredible run. From bottom 3 to chance of playoffs. I'd think very carefully about moving.
He should go if the move is on. Sheffield United will probably get promoted. QPR could as easily be bottom half by the end of the season and then the opportunity has gone. It's a short career, players need to grab opportunities when they come around. Irish players seem to be especially overly loyal to their clubs in this regard for whatever reason.
Definitely move if he can. He has really come up the hard way woukd be great to get a proper pay day and chance in Premier leagueOriginally Posted by Stuttgart88
Gotta make the dough in the mo !
ah yeah, if it's a material upgrade in pay, of course he should do it. Twice in my own career I "upgraded" for a bit more money and each move was a disaster. In all jobs, including football, I think there's a lot to be said for staying in a job you like, where you're settled and where you feel valued - unless of course the alternative is really compelling. Moving comes with risks but a hefty pay rise is a good mitigant! With Sheff U, you can easiy see a situation where he's back in the Championship before long so I don't really see it as a glamour move.
I think for him he would need to show established premier league clubs he can cope at Premier league level before they woukd take a chance on him and tge Sheffield utd move might give him that exposure. Lenihan likely will never play at premier league level now even though 2 years ago it seemed he was on a premier league trajectory.
QPR have rejected Sheffield Utd's bid for Dunne, according to West London Sport today.
https://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/...ited-for-dunne
Dunne left out of the QPR squad on Saturday. Sheffield Star and West London Sport both think a deal will be done before the deadline on Monday.
This one might go to the wire! Sheffield Utd reported to be looking at alternatives to Dunne, as their latest offer (about £2m stg) has been rejected. On the other hand, Dunne's contract expires in the summer, so QPR could lose him then - for nothing.
Jimmy Dunne:
“I’ve been asked in the past [about representing NI], my granny is from Enniskillen, just over the Border, so it’s been an option,” said Dunne, who was first called into an Ireland squad in 2018 by Martin O’Neill. “But, to be honest, [being from] Dundalk, I don’t think you can consider it too much. I don’t want to go missing or anything!”
Only one solution. An All-Ireland team
Folding my way into the big money!!!
~ lol ~
I suppose we have that ~ It's just that not everyone wants to play for that team, for now anyway !
Exactly - we already have an All Ireland team. Some players who are eligible for it play for other teams, but that is what it is
No harm to Dunne, who I'm sure is a decent fella as well as a decent player, but things have moved on since the initial "NI talk" a few years back.
For Dunne simply wouldn't get into the present NI team as a RB. We have Conor Bradley as our first choice, plus Trai Hume (Sunderland) as back-up. In addition to that we have Paddy McNair, who has played RB for us many times and 20 y.o. Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield) a RB who has done well for us filling in at LB. Also Terry Devlin who has been playing there for Portsmouth and who at 21, may have more of a future ahead of him than 27 y.o. Dunne.
Now I don't believe Dunne ever had the slightest interest in representing NI, which is fair enough, and I think he possibly only disclosed Michael O'Neill's earlier interest in order to make a point to Martin O'Neill. But even if it had somehow been a possibility, that ship has sailed and is now far over the horizon.
(We're not too badly off for CB's either)
Irsih Times article says he's a real breath of fresh air in the changing room. I texted some mates after a TV interview I saw a while back saying he seems like a really engaging character.
Lets be honest, if the lad was playing for Real Madrid every week youd probably still stay that NI have better options and dont need him
Its really not that complicated!!!
No, I wouldn't. - that is your interpretation, not mine.Lets be honest, if the lad was playing for Real Madrid every week youd probably still stay that NI have better options and dont need him
Facts are, Bradley is in a different league to Dunne (literally) and at 23, Hume is a nailed-on starter in his natural position at a significantly better team than QPR. Also has 19 international caps. While Devlin is playing RB for a similar standard team, but is 6 years younger; ditto Spencer, who is 20, with 18(?) caps. And of course, we've got McNair, Paddy McNair, so there's one thing you gotta understand, he is an Ulsterman, he's better than Zidane, he's Paddy McNair from Ballyclare...
But I'll give you this, when Dunne does sign for Real Madrid, then I'll revise my opinion and move him up to, let me see, third on the list?
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