Drogs boss refutes McManaman link

[dcfcsteve]

In fairness, dont be stupid, bestie is dead and pele is too old - ronaldinho is a possibility though - hopefully ho doesnt get jealous of fabio though

Hang on - George Best is dead....?!?!

[Vitruvian Man]

Farrelly doesn't drink though does he?

Who knows?

He doesn't drink with me anyway.

[Rochey]

Mcmanaman wouldnt make the cork derry or shels team.

Get real will you, of course he would. Would he want to thats the question.

[sullanefc]

Get real will you, of course he would. Would he want to thats the question.

He's a has been. He wouldn't get on to any of those teams these days. 7-8 years ago he could have walked on to any team in the world not any more. He is more into his horses these days i'm afraid.

[Raheny Red]

AFAIK he hasn't been training or involved in any competitive games since March!

Therefore he would be lacking in fitness/awareness/sharpness as well as all round game play.

I agree with sullanefc that he wouldn't get into the cork derry or shels team.

Now Rochey regardless if he wants to or not join the eL - why do you think he would not make it into any of these teams??

[pineapple stu]

He's a has been.

In fairness, if he's a has been, all of the players in the eL are never weres. Let's not get rose tinted glasses about the quality of the players in the league. Yes, they're good (better than me anyway), yes, the league's getting better and yes, travelling to Ballybofey for a game of a Saturday does for some reason beat sitting in the pub watching a game 200 miles away in a foreign country, but that doesn't mean that someone who scored a goal in the Champions' League Final just a few years ago would be anything other than a brilliant signing for the league.

I assume it's pure idle speculation. But it's better to see "Drogheda deny McManaman link" in the papers rather than "Doncaster deny McManaman link".

[diamond]

cant believe i agree with stu
i think people are seriously over rating players in the league. cork fans are still congratulating themselves over 'producing' kevin doyle. best player in the el scoring goals in division 1. fair enough but mc manaman had great career, playing for the to best clubs in europe, possibly the world, liverpool and real madrid. he could be playing with the third best drogheda and would be by far the best player in the league. of course we have no idea what his attitiude would be like and whether he'd just be collecting wages but thats beside the point. he would still be technically head and shoulders above anyone in the league.
as i said doyle is scoring goals in the second tier in england but how many others in the league would. 1 maybe.
the rumour was started when doolin went to england to watch a young striker.not interested in him now, never was lookin at stevie. not true anyway but worth the arguement.

[sligoman]

He wouldn't make the Cork City, Derry City or Shelbourne first teams!

Course he would. Sure he's probably unfit now but if he signed for a team then he'd be back training so he could get back to full fitness and then he'd walk into any team here.

[Slash/ED]

He'd have the quality obviously, but he is clearly not going to be willing to put any amount of effort in on match days or in training. I'd imagine he will be woefully out of shape and disappear for large periods of most games. I honestly wouldn't want him at Shels, though if he did come over and actually give his all he would quite obviously be sensational.

[pineapple stu]

Can't believe I agree with stu

Hey, I'm always right! If we disagree - say, about Doolin having the managerial nous of a brown rat, to pick an example quite at random - then it's obvious you're the one who's wrong!

[sullanefc]

Paul Gascoigne was a class act in his day too. But I was delighted to see City turn him down last year. This league is not going to progress if we sign cross the water has beens. Teams should be looking towards young up coming players.

I'd wager that people on here singing his praises are probably sad, sad, deluded Liverpool fans who worshipped him once upon a time.

[Soper]

I'd wager that people on here singing his praises are probably sad, sad, deluded Liverpool fans who worshipped him once upon a time.

Agree 100%

[pineapple stu]

Gazza was about 38 last year. McManaman's 32 or so. Big difference.

[sullanefc]

Massive Difference

Are you a Liverpool fan?

[ndrog]

A fit mcmanaman would make any team in Ireland ,easy.How do people know so much about his attitude ? For the record i dont think theres a pups chance in hell of us signing him.

[EnDai]

A fit mcmanaman would make any team in Ireland ,easy.How do people know so much about his attitude ?

^^

In a nutshell. He'd need intensive training to get back to standard, but how anyone could write him off is beyond me, provided of course he gave his all.

[Dodge]

Gareth Farrelly as a player is too good for this league and he's only 29/30.

Get ****ing real, he's not even bohs best midfielder. Just because he's an international doesn't mean he's any use...

[Snoop Drog]

A fit mcmanaman would make any team in Ireland.

And I'd wager that a not-fully fit mcManaman would probably STILL make any team (and I'm not a Liverpool fan).

When Dwight Yorke arrived at Sydney FC he wasn't fully fit but was still head and shoulders above the rest of the side (ok, strange logic there...)

[Thunderblaster]

Who on earth can afford McManamon? There would be a better chance of Jason Byrne getting 25 goals a season for Liverpool than Steve McManamon signing for Drogheda United. What next, Paul Gascoigne to manage Cobh Ramblers?

[sligoman]

I'd wager that people on here singing his praises are probably sad, sad, deluded Liverpool fans who worshipped him once upon a time.

I'm singing his praises but I'm a Man U fan so it would be quite the opposite. I don't like Liverpool but I still know a good player when I see one and McManaman would definitely make it in the EL, if he tried his best. Anyway, he won't be coming here so let's shut up now.