QuoteTalk in the media of Roy Keane being the favourite to take over.
Odds slashed on Roy Keane to become new West Brom manager:
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport...-brom-manager/
Steve Bruce, Sacked ~ ~ Who didn’t see that coming ? ~ ~ Maybe those that were daft enough to give Bruce the West Brom Job.
Talk in the media of Roy Keane being the favourite to take over.
Odds slashed on Roy Keane to become new West Brom manager:
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport...-brom-manager/
Would be great crack but it’s probably just the media spinning a story ~ ~ Mind you West Brom did appoint Steve Bruce the last time so they are capable of going against what football history suggests not to do.Originally Posted by Trequartista20
Yeah, probably. A Roy Keane story always makes good copy. He's favourite with the bookies and was seen at West Brom's match with Preston recently, but I doubt if there's a lot in it.
Would be fun though.
Speaking to West Brom News (24 April) Rajpal Brar, a specialist in Physical Therapy and Sports Scientist, said he expects O'Shea (24) to recover from his campaign-ending knee injury in June. “It doesn’t seem like it will cost him the pre-season and he should have ample time to be ready if all things go to plan. If he is unable, the best way to return to fitness would be to get game minutes in other formats, U-21s for example, and then in ...(substitute appearances) ... with the 1st team.”
So it seems unlikely that O'Shea will feature in Ireland's next competitive matches.
He's back jogging on it, heavily strapped up but good to see him on his feet again. Seniors have a four day training camp in England before flying to Turkey so would assume he'd show up to that even if he's not fit enough to actually play. They'd probably have the camp in Loughborough University which is based in the midlands so not far from West Brom.
According to the Daily Mail (end of April), West Brom had borrowed £20million from MSD Capital to avoid selling players in January, but would "struggle to secure more lending while they are still in the Championship. To compound matters, their parachute payments from the Premier League will reduce to around £15m next season, so selling players such as Dara O’Shea and Karlan Grant is the only way they can survive.” One wonders if West Brom might have made it into the playoffs if O'Shea had been available for April/May (W3 D2 L4).
Will he play for Burnley though? They have Jordan Beyer and then a huge drop off to a load of centre backs that aren't Premier League quality. I'm surprised to see Burnley cheap out and not spring for Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who was excellent all season long next to Beyer.
Newcastle have shown interest in Taylor Harwood-Bellis and he's still underage again for the U21s so worth a few quid cause he won't need to be registered for any squads next season. City could even decide to keep him around to give minutes to as they're planning to do similar with James McAtee who had a good season with Sheffield United.
Deal completed and signs a four year contract.
Manager Vincent Kompany added: "It’s great to welcome Dara to Burnley and we know he can play a big part in the progression of our football club. Strong at the back as well as confident moving forward, a leader with experience and knowledge of playing at the highest level.
"Dara will be a great addition to our squad and we can’t wait to start working with him.”
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/...s-now-a-claret
He will be in good kompany there.
That is just a fantastic move for him all round I think. Moving to a club that I think has a good shot to stay in the premier league this season, he'll step up a level and do so under a progressive coach who was also a bloody good defender. I think O'Shea can get even better. Bit of a steal for Burnley too if you ask me.
I agree, I think he should play regularly. Hes got a bit of class about him and has Premiership experience already. Good move for him and good signing for Burnley.
He does block Luke Nally though so Id expect him to look for another loan move.
Could we end up with a fully EPL based back line? Suppose it depends where Doherty ends up as we'd need to play him on the left.
A newly promoted club is always at high risk of going straight back down, but that aside, this is a great move. You'd expect Kompany would know a good defender when he sees one, so this is a nice sign that O'Shea is as good as we think.
You can't spell failure without FAI
It's a shame Collins didn't stay put.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
If he did they probably wouldn't have signed O'Shea. It seemed a good move for Collins at the time, but Wolves were bit of a mess and he suffered for it. He'll be fine, I'd expect him to play regularly this season at Wolves or maybe Brentford
I'd be surprised if Doherty id in the prem
Unless manning gets a premier league but will he be picked for Ireland is another question.
I actually didn't realise he was on the team of the year( championship)
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