Quoteyeah but duff and keane were well flagged from a young age and duff took a few years before he began to make any impact for ireland.too early to tell about any of these guys.
Duff and the 2 Keanes are other more recent examples.Originally Posted by klein4
yeah but duff and keane were well flagged from a young age and duff took a few years before he began to make any impact for ireland.too early to tell about any of these guys.
O'Brien plays week in week out for Bolton who look to me to be a better team with better players than Blackburn (you mentioned Stephen Reid). I don't think it's overly optimistic to assume he might turn out to be a half decent player.
Stephen Reid is not proven at international level either. He's only had a bit part in a handful of games so I don't understand how you can be more excited about the prospect of him playing for Ireland considering he's been around for a while now and is never going to be anything other than an average premiership player.
thats brilliant!!!!! genius!!!!
now just replace stephen reids name in your post with any of the names you mentioned and you might understand what I am on about!! btw I would put money on reid bein a regular in our midfield under staunton.
Blackburn have been flying and Reid has been key to this success.
Good Lord. I fully agree with Klein4.
give it a rest
It was meant in a humourous context. Take it or leave it.
Stuttgart have you seen the doctor yet.
In Trap we trust
why, is he gettin sick in the mornings???
worrying time for you Neil!!!!
Last edited by klein4; 16/02/2006 at 3:24 PM.
Stephen Reid is 25 and in reality is not likely to improve much as he's at an age whereby he should be at or near his peak. Garvan is only gone 18 while O'Brien and Ireland are 19 so if you know anything about football you might agree that there's a good chance they'll improve over the next few years so I stilll don't really understand your point about replacing any of their name's with Reids. Do you?
We have a number of young midfielders getting regular games for their clubs (add in Barry Cogan, Keith Keane, Mc Geady and Chris McCann to the 3 mentioned in the earlier post) and the odds are not all but some should come good.
o dear me. reid is our most in form midfielder this season and how can you say at what age he is going to reach his peak. Most footballers seem to reach them at around 28-29 and not around 25 as you have suggested. He can be a very important player for us, and can improve massively from where he is now, he is a good dynamic player though.
He's only been a regular starter for Blackburn the last 6 weeks or so. Earlier in the season (and last season) he was s**te. You're missing the point, Reid is unlikely ever to be a top player in the Premiership. Stating anything else just proves that you probably have never even watched him playing a full game (highlights on MOTD). O'Brien, Ireland and Garvan are making all the right noises where they possibly could be top players though I'm not assuming that all 3 will make it.
in fairness to reid he was injured for a good while.
blackburn are in fact above bolton in the premiership table.
when ireland garvan and o brien are 25 we will have a better idea of how good they are or how much of a contribution they can make. a few bad performaces in green and i'm sure you will be just as quick to write them off and hype up some other young player.
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