Derry clean up

**MariborKev** · 27/11/2005, 10:29 PM

As expected the point was lost on "The Georgie and Gamble Guys"

Lads,

If you are going to moan about who won the award restrict it to the Cork forum, this one is about the Derry City players who won it.

**RedX** · 27/11/2005, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

Lads,

If you are going to moan about who won the award restrict it to the Cork forum, this one is about the Derry City players who won it.

Is this not the Cork City forum??....

Your jealousy from losing the league will obviously take a while to get over...

**A face** · 27/11/2005, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

If you are going to moan about who won the award restrict it to the Cork forum, this one is about the Derry City players who won it.

Ah hello ...... where are you ??

Look up at the top of the page !!

**dancinpants** · 27/11/2005, 10:38 PM

RedX I think I was too harsh on you in the Derry forum, you seem to be genuinely indifferent to who won the PFAI award - and fair play to you for that. Others though seem to have had there feelings hurt...poor little mites, there there now

**MariborKev** · 27/11/2005, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by A face

Ah hello ...... where are you ??

Look up at the top of the page !!

Maribor retreats to the cave he recently inhabited

Apologies for the OTT reaction lads, though have to say its is similiar to the wailing and gnashing of teeth going on here

You won the league, you're in the Cup final, give over ffs!

**A face** · 27/11/2005, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

Maribor retreats to the cave he recently inhabited

Apologies for the OTT reaction lads, though have to say its is similiar to the wailing and gnashing of teeth going on here

You won the league, you're in the Cup final, give over ffs!

Maribor .... i'll tell you fella ... there is no hard feelings with me. I genuinely say that. I was just delighted that we had two in the running.

FFS lads, its great there is even such a big deal made of them this year .... i dont know if you remember but the same awards were on five years ago .... and some of the players didn't even know they were on. I mean if that is a measure of them this year then f�cking hell, its has come on a bit !!

Its a short playing career for any player ... anything they pick up along the way is a bonus, fair play i say !!

**Soko** · 28/11/2005, 12:26 AM

I'm sure the lads will prefer their league medals rather than these awards, personally I think Gamble was better but who cares?

**patsh** · 28/11/2005, 7:04 AM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

And the fact that it was his first full season in the premier division doesn't say anything? (broke through, in the play-offs 2 years ago, spent most of last season on the treatment table) To be 3 goals shy of Jason Byrne say's alot for the lad!!

AND he is part-time too!
It's absolutely amazing how those Derry players can manage to make a game at all, heroes every one of them!

**razor** · 28/11/2005, 8:25 AM

The way to look at it is that it was voted for by the players.
Therefore it depends on how popular the individual players are amongst other players. More a popularity contest as opposed to who was genuinly the best player in the League last season. I can't imagine George is too popular with other players not sure about Joe.
The soccer writers awards should come our way alright but the cup is more important than any of these.
McCourt was class for Rovers, carried them on his own but didn't figure hugely in Kennys plans after that and spent a lot of the rest of the season on the bench. Scored more goals against Derry than for them.
Farren started off excellent but scored 5 goals in the last 4 months in the League, so these were obviously voted for ages ago.

**liamon** · 28/11/2005, 8:42 AM

George was never going to win it after some of his "falling over" antics this season. Bound to have annoyed a lot of opposition players. As for Gamble, do hard working midfielders ever win these awards when faced against players that bang in buckets of goals?

Fair play to the Derry lads. They had a good season and deserve some credit.

But the CCFC lads deserve the medals!

**tiktok** · 28/11/2005, 8:57 AM

I've no problem with a Derry player winning the award, but from what I've seen of them this season, Killian Brennan, Hutton (who was nominated) and Martyn were all better than Farren this season.

Liamon is spot on though, it's a player's vote, apart from the three games they play aginst teams all that will catch their eye week in week out is the goal scorers, so Farren got it.

McCourt is inconsistent IMO, but hard to argue with his award at the same time.

**Dricky** · 28/11/2005, 9:23 AM

Well all the players must hate Jason Byrne, Farren getting it ahead of him was strange, as for McCourt, what did he really do???
Fair dues to both of them but I just find it strange.

**Macy** · 28/11/2005, 9:31 AM

Lads (and rico given his bleating on the radio this morning), I suspect Cork suffered from several nominee's spliting their vote. Can only really go on United, but it happened loads of times with Numpties like Ginola getting it ahead of Cantona et al as there'd be two or three United players on the shortlist. Just a fact of life when you have overall quality rather than one or two stand out players.

**Dricky** · 28/11/2005, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by brandy86

Some terrible comments from Cork supporters on this thread, how about accepting the fact that its not possible to win every award going and give credit to the lads that did win.

PETE: Sympathy vote for Derry no doubt.
Sour grapes anyone

Bul.l****ter. Only Pete at that time had upped any Cork Player. There are other players outside Cork and Derry you know.

**Dricky** · 28/11/2005, 10:04 AM

Maybe Mark knew how to rub opposition players up the 'right way' and Georgie and Gamble rubbed them up the wrong way.

**Dricky** · 28/11/2005, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by tiktok

I've no problem with a Derry player winning the award, but from what I've seen of them this season, Killian Brennan, Hutton (who was nominated) and Martyn were all better than Farren this season.

Liamon is spot on though, it's a player's vote, apart from the three games they play aginst teams all that will catch their eye week in week out is the goal scorers, so Farren got it.

McCourt is inconsistent IMO, but hard to argue with his award at the same time.

Totally Agree that Hutton really would be above farren, he was some leader for you this year. He would of got mine

**Colm** · 28/11/2005, 10:13 AM

The jealousy strikes again!

We are City, We are City,
We are City from the Cross,
No-one likes us, no-one likes us,
We are City from the Cross!

**football fan** · 28/11/2005, 11:17 AM

Cork did win an award.............. Alan Kelly was voted Referee of the Year!!

**pete** · 28/11/2005, 12:13 PM

No sense of humour on the Foyle again

I think Farren faded at the end of the season so only 2 goals in October & November which impacted on my impression of him. He barely got a sniff of the ball in the 2 big City games at the cross. Saying that i rate him better this season than Jason Byrne (couldn't score against top teams) but unless he can repeat next season won't get credit.

Overall all city fans rate Farren (a lot of us feel we wouldn't have won league earlier if had Farren instead of O'Flynn mid-season) but I still believe O'Callaghan & Gamble were better this season mainly because of performances in big games.