QuoteThere is absolutely no point in bringing Mark Kennedy back a this stage IMO. Much rather see us blood Greg Cunningham or whoever instead.
I dunno, look at David James on Saturday - still easily the best keeper England have got, and he's 40. If Kennedy can come in and do a job for 2 years, he'd be well worth a go.
There is absolutely no point in bringing Mark Kennedy back a this stage IMO. Much rather see us blood Greg Cunningham or whoever instead.
Last edited by TrapAPony; 16/05/2010 at 7:39 PM.
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Always though he was vastly over rated to be honest. Probably the fault of the Sunday World, which described him as a cross between Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes and Ian Rush whilst he was on Liverpools radar at Millwall. Some doing if he goes up with Cardiff, given he went up with City and Wolves previously also.
Ha!! Yes.. The Championship's about his level it seems..
There should be a button on the forum you can click to bring up "The Championship's about his level." It would save an awful lot of typing.
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
You can't compare the two as the keepers position is a whole different ball game so to speak. Kennedy was way over-rated and hyped up by his agent to get an inflated price for him.
In your haste you appear to have missed the point. If Mark Kennedy is our best performing left-back, he should be considered for selection. If he's not, it's a moot point. In either case, we're not so blessed with talent that we can afford to discount players based on age.
Ask yourself the question is MK at least as good an option for left back as KK??
Let's put it this way -- if there was an injury to Kilbane and the choices for left back were a very raw Greg Cunningham or an experienced player like Kennedy for a crunch Euro qualifier, who would you go with?
I see no harm bringing him into the squad. As we've seen with Carr at Birmingham this season, players well into their 30s can make big contributions to a team.
Not saying Cunningham is no good, but he has only played 1 or 2 first team matches in his life. I think it's too early for him to be involved in the senior squad personally...
I'd much rather see us field our strongest XI and qualify for the European Championships, I've had enough of this "building for the future" garbage over the last few seasons. Let the clubs do that, International sides should be picking the best available players in the here and now. And right now Mark Kennedy is the best left back we have playing consistently well and regularly at a high level. Cunningham is just some guy on a reserve team who might be good some day.
Mark Kennedy is signing for Ipswich for a fee believed to be £75,000 - he is 34 years old now.
Good signing for Ipswich and will help shore their defense as Damien Delaney is out injured for the next 3 months.
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Keane and Kennedy always seemed to have a decent relationship in the Irish squad but it was always quite surprising because, in his International days, Kennedy's attitude was invariably terrible. One of the most disappointing players of my time as he had so much ability but didn't bother his arse most of the time. He has played better as a defender in recent years but can't help thinking this will be another Irish signing for Ipswich who will be on his way again in January.
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It's getting kind of ridiculous now with Roy, isn't it? He's picking up Kennedy now, and he's being linked with Fulop.....every manager brings in a few players from their past, but it seems like with Roy, every signing he's either played with or managed previously...sure every manager has their favourites they bring along with them, but he shows a complete lack of imagination in the transfer market.
To be fair, Kennedy's been playing at a higher level than Ipswich for the past few years - it's not like Healy who was always going to be a bit of a punt.
Just looked at Ipswich's squad on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_town#Current_squad
There are LOI teams with less tricolours than that!
Don't know why anyone is complaining that we have a manager over in England who's giving irish players a good chance :P
The problem is he gives them a chance for about 20 minutes, substitutes them and then uses the post-match press conference to put them on the transfer list.
I'm sure you can post some links to back up your claims.
"Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
"Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
To save Charlie the trouble i´ll give you one
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To save Charlie the trouble i´ll give you one
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