Troy Parrott F AZ Alkmaar b.2002

[tetsujin1979]

Ah in fairness I think that was sarcasm!

[Razors left peg]

One of your regular cringey call-outs. Parrott is scoring goals at a reasonable level and as such deserves strong consideration to start against Bulgarian. When he wasn’t meeting that criteria, which was nearly always, he shouldn’t have been so rewarded. He has 26 caps which is probably 15 too many. Please don’t start your hallmark ranting, I have a headache.

Silly boy

[Snapshot]

Of course it was. He has it on cut and paste. I’m surprised “he might as well retire” didn’t get a run.

[pineapple stu]

[Razors left peg]

Of course it was. He has it on cut and paste. I’m surprised “he might as well retire” didn’t get a run.

You were caught being a clown, now take your medicine and settle down like a good lad

[Snapshot]

You were caught being a clown, now take your medicine and settle down like a good lad

The sarcasm came lamely from yourself in your Sh1te post. No credit to Pstu and Tets for letting you off the hook. I was supporting Parrott and castigating you for your bandwagon jumping, you having previously labelled Parrott slow of mind and body.

[Razors left peg]

The sarcasm came lamely from yourself in your Sh1te post. No credit to Pstu and Tets for letting you off the hook. I was supporting Parrott and castigating you for your bandwagon jumping, you having previously labelled Parrott slow of mind and body.

Actually, Ive been the one defending Parrott on here.... try keep up champ

[SkStu]

There's a way to look at a posters history in the thread. On full site mode, you click on the total number of posts in the thread and you get to see who's posted how many times. Click on that number and you get their full posting history on the thread. I went through 4 pages of posts going back almost 3 full years (before tapping out) and, without doubt, Razor has been remarkably consistent and positive about Parrott in Holland, Preston and MK Dons. Not sure where you get some of these notions from Snappers. You bring a vitriol to every interaction that is so unnecessary and often very misplaced. I hope you are happier in real life than you seem on here.

[elatedscum]

One of your regular cringey call-outs. Parrott is scoring goals at a reasonable level and as such deserves strong consideration to start against Bulgarian. When he wasn’t meeting that criteria, which was nearly always, he shouldn’t have been so rewarded. He has 26 caps which is probably 15 too many. Please don’t start your hallmark ranting, I have a headache.

Parrott has in his short Irish career been an incredibly decisive player.

- Losing 1-0 to Andorra after 58 minutes, he scores 2 in 3 minutes to gain us the lead.
- Scores the early second goal in a 3-0 win over Scotland
- Scores a 97th minute winner against Lithuania
- Scores a 92nd minute winner against Hungary

I think you're also forgetting how bad things were in terms of a squad 5 years ago. I picked a random game early in covid (nations league v bulgaria). Starting front 3 were Daryl Horgan - James Collins - Ronan Curtis, off the bench came Troy Parrott and Seanie Maguire (in that instance 14 of the initial 26 man squad were ruled out due to covid or other similar stuff). That's why he accumulated so many caps so young. There was a window where all of Shane Long, David McGoldrick, Jon Walters, Daryl Murphy and Kevin Doyle were gone and there was very little replacing them...

[CraftyToePoke]

you having previously labelled Parrott slow of mind and body.

When ?

[Razors left peg]

When ?

This feels like a good time for one of Tets famous "You have 24 hours to produce the evidence" scenarios

[Snapshot]

Yeah that was me who said that. There are lots of players that lack pace and still do well, but I thought at times he looked cumbersome. Not only a lack of speed but also a lack of quick thinking.

Ive completely flip flopped on my opinion of Parrott. Its not that long ago I was calling for him to start for Ireland. I thought he would get a big confidence boost after his first goal but that never happened and hes actually looked worse since.

The Stokes or Graham Barrett comparisons look fairly accurate right now

You were caught being a clown, now take your medicine and settle down like a good lad

When ?

This is the post I remember, it took me a while to find it. To be fair to RLP, I thought it was more recent. He has made similar comments on others.

[Snapshot]

Parrott has in his short Irish career been an incredibly decisive player.

- Losing 1-0 to Andorra after 58 minutes, he scores 2 in 3 minutes to gain us the lead.
- Scores the early second goal in a 3-0 win over Scotland
- Scores a 97th minute winner against Lithuania
- Scores a 92nd minute winner against Hungary

I think you're also forgetting how bad things were in terms of a squad 5 years ago. I picked a random game early in covid (nations league v bulgaria). Starting front 3 were Daryl Horgan - James Collins - Ronan Curtis, off the bench came Troy Parrott and Seanie Maguire (in that instance 14 of the initial 26 man squad were ruled out due to covid or other similar stuff). That's why he accumulated so many caps so young. There was a window where all of Shane Long, David McGoldrick, Jon Walters, Daryl Murphy and Kevin Doyle were gone and there was very little replacing them...

Thanks for that reply - it's interesting and well compiled and I take your criticisms on board. The irony of the spat is that I was hailing the recent achievements of Parrott and would pick him alongside Ferguson for the game. I think he has a good career ahead, albeit outside the EPL. I do believe, however, that he was capped too early and too often. It was almost a case of reverse ageism. I apologise for my part in unbalancing the thread.

[Razors left peg]

This is the post I remember, it took me a while to find it. To be fair to RLP, I thought it was more recent. He has made similar comments on others.

Fair is fair that's a good find...it must have been after a particular poor performance a long time ago that I wrote that and Ive no memory of it. There was a period of time when his career was at a crossroads. I think it's fairly clear I've been one of his biggest supporters in recent years

[SkStu]

Fair is fair that's a good find...it must have been after a particular poor performance a long time ago that I wrote that and Ive no memory of it. There was a period of time when his career was at a crossroads. I think it's fairly clear I've been one of his biggest supporters in recent years

1 post out of 130+, posted 4 years ago when he was coming off a bad spell. You're forever tainted.

[Razors left peg]

1 post out of 130+, posted 4 years ago when he was coming off a bad spell. You're forever tainted.

I'll go mass on Sunday and ask for forgiveness

[John83]

Lads, would ye ever discuss the football rather than who is or isn't a heretic, please?

[Supreme feet]

I do believe, however, that he was capped too early and too often. It was almost a case of reverse ageism.

In ordinary circumstances, Parrott and Idah wouldn't have won so many caps so young, but 2020-2022 wasn't an ordinary time. As elatedscum said, we'd lost six established forwards (Keane, Walters, Doyle, Long, McGoldrick, Murphy) to father time between 2016 and 2020, and capped the likes of Curtis, Collins, O'Brien, Horgan, Maguire, Hogan and even Graham Burke in the pre-Kenny years. Robinson was a sicknote. We were absolutely desperate for a technically good forward with any kind of finishing ability, or someone up there with a bit of pace and physical presence.

Will Keane is the only one you could argue lost out on merited caps because of Parrott and Idah (you were banging that drum quite loudly if I remember correctly), but his best club form coincided with Obafemi's - who was better for that short time than almost everyone I've named above. And poor old Will really fluffed his audition against Lithuania, when Parrott came on and dug us out of a hole. I do think Parrott and Idah unfairly became a proxy for Kenny's management/philosophy, and tended to polarise opinion beyond any real perspective, when it was our appalling midfield that was the issue - then, and now. They were worth the risk in 2020/21 imo, and are easily among our best five strikers now.

I wish we had a young player of the 2020 Idah/Parrott potential in central midfield now.

[tetsujin1979]

I'll give you three guesses who the journalist is

[yurt]

That nearly reads like they asked AI to do a round up on Irish players without actially fact checking the output.