Irish Players Abroad 06/07

**theworm2345** · 23/09/2006, 6:13 PM

I'm not sure about Jonathan Walters. Soccebase says he is Irish, but Wikipedia doesnt. He was born in Birkenhead (Same place as Jason McAteer) so there is a possibilty
EDIT:
Perhaps this finalizes it, he is Irish
http://www.elevenaside.com/boysingre...p?newsid=10012

**tetsujin1979** · 23/09/2006, 6:54 PM

He's definately Irish, he scored twice on his debut for the U-21's while still at Bolton, but couldn't get into the side ahead of Davies, so moved on

**tetsujin1979** · 24/09/2006, 11:18 PM

Can you add Karl Byrne and Shane Duggan to the list of Plymouth Argyle players? Byrne is a central midfielder from Dublin, and Shane is a left winger, he's from up the road from me at home in Limerick.

**tetsujin1979** · 26/09/2006, 9:34 AM

Celtic's reserves, including Diarmuid O'Carroll at centre half and Jim O'Brien on the wing recorded a 2-0 win over Aberdeen's second XI. O'Brien opened the scoring in the second half with a penalty. It's possible that O'Carroll was at centre half because of O'Dea's recent promotion to the senior side.

Celtic review: http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/new...25_1721pc'
Aberdeen review: http://www.afc.co.uk/news/news_story...&newstype=News

**FootballsKing** · 26/09/2006, 10:04 AM

Was O'Dea in the squad for the Old Firm, anyone know? would be interesting to see him get a run out in the league

**tetsujin1979** · 26/09/2006, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by FootballsKing

Was O'Dea in the squad for the Old Firm, anyone know? would be interesting to see him get a run out in the league

He was on the bench, but didn't come on: http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=495698
He played in the league cup game last week against St Mirren at left full, even though he's a centre half for the reserves, and did well by all accounts

**eirebhoy** · 26/09/2006, 11:34 AM

It seems a strange one for O'Carroll to have played at centre half. Fair play for keeping a clean sheet.

**CraftyToePoke** · 26/09/2006, 1:24 PM

leicester v colchester 0-0

McCarthy played the full 90, Maybury was not in the 16 at all, but Logan made his league debut,having risen from 5/6th choice keeper at the club when i first posted on here, to 3rd choice at the beginning of the current season, on sat he started ahead of Rab Douglas, one of the bigger earners here, and also dislodged Paul Henderson, who has recently been put on standby for a full Australia squad.

he wasnt over exerted early on as the visitors came for a point, and it was 38mins in before he had a real cross to deal with, which he did confidently, minutes later he also dealt with his first shot, low down to his right, a save you would expect him to make.the real plus point of the opening half was his kicking, which on this display is much better than the other keepers at leicester, even directly forcing colchester into conceding 2 corners with kicks from his hands in the first 20, such was the length and accuracy of the deliveries.

into the second half and he had more to do in the opening 5mins that the rest of the game, punching well a flicked-on corner, taking a deep cross impressively, and chasing out of his area to head off danger and clear to safety, he also got the better of a one-on-one in this period, thereafter it was routine enough for him, but he did what he had to do well, although his kicking was better early on.he will be tested more severly than this game tested him, but to his credit, on sat he playerd well, achieving a clean sheet on his debut.

McCarthy was playing with a new C.B. partner and he had a fairly routine outing, avoided coming to the refs attention and read some flicks very well to tidy up at times.he also played some nice passes out of defence.

**eirebhoy** · 26/09/2006, 1:31 PM

Nice one! Is Logan now 1st choice or was there another reason he started?

**Stuttgart88** · 26/09/2006, 1:46 PM

What's Logan like in stature?

Of our other young keepers, Doyle & Randolph are both very tall, Supple & Henderson much less so. I haven't seen Quigley.

You mentioned Logan's kicking. Henderson has a fine kick too.

**eirebhoy** · 26/09/2006, 1:51 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

What's Logan like in stature?

He seems well built for a 20 year old. 6'2 and 14 stone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/co...ry_352x470.jpg

http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/clogan.jpg

**CraftyToePoke** · 26/09/2006, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

Nice one! Is Logan now 1st choice or was there another reason he started?

nope, he is the man in posession E.B., Douglas has failed to impress (but as a celtic man,im sure you will be only too painfully aware of his failings

) and Henderson, although decent, kicks very erratically on occasion. so Logan got his chance having done well at reserve level and impressed generally in the league cup early rounds.

the competition, http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...903188,00.html

all fully fit at lcfc: http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...902975,00.html

the real test is sat away at birmingham, we will see then if his performance impressed sufficiently to keep the spot.

**CraftyToePoke** · 26/09/2006, 2:04 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

What's Logan like in stature?

here he be;
http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...~30430,00.html

he is a big lad, he has really bulked up some since i first watched him play a couple of seasons back, he has been at the protien and the weights by the looks if it. he also is known as a bit of a charachter in the dressing room and always has a smile on his face when warming up pre-game, he seems relaxed and at home out there.

he will make time and sign autographs as well, generally doing so after warming up before heading back to the dressing rooms, for a minute or two, i saw him once a couple of months back spot a lad who had Logan on his replica leicester keeper jersey (which not a lot of people do) and he came over and made the little lads day having a chat with him.nice touch.

real goodwill towards him from to kop on sat, huge welcoming cheer when his name was called.

**theworm2345** · 26/09/2006, 11:25 PM

Connolly and Murphy face late fitness tests for this weekend's games and both should be fit enough to be able to play at least part of Cyprus or all of the Czech games if either of them are going to take Elliott's spot

**theworm2345** · 30/09/2006, 3:34 PM

He's just 23, he has scored 7 goals in 3 matches for Hartlepool (including a hat-trick today). Hes obviously playing in League 2, but keep an eye out for him

**FarBeag** · 30/09/2006, 3:47 PM

He is a big lad too, 6' 3' Maybe his three goals is a bit of a flash in the pan as he only scored just twice in 30 League One outings for Hartlepool last season.

**theworm2345** · 30/09/2006, 4:47 PM

I wont do the full round up I usually do anymore as it takes too long (an hour usually). If someone would commit to the CCC, League 1, or League 2 each week I'll do the rest
Scorers:
Andy Keogh (S****horpe)
Wes Hoolahan (pen) (Blackpool)
Leon Best (Southampton)
Alan Dunne (Millwall)
Jon Daly (3) (Hartlepool)

**livehead1** · 30/09/2006, 5:19 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

He was born in Nottingham and has never played for Ireland afaik so I don't know why he's listed as Irish on a few sites.

he's played a good few times for us. couldnt tell you if hes jumped ship, saw him 2 months ago in a big 4x4, the spinning alloys were about as big as my car!

**CraftyToePoke** · 30/09/2006, 7:01 PM

birmingham v leicester 1-1

wasnt at this one but had it on the local radio and McCarthy and Logan played the 90, Logan keeping his spot despite the commentators confirming all 3 keepers at the club were available for selection.the comentator couldnt say enough good things about his performance, also saying how the leicester defence has been far more likely to use the pass back as an out ball since he has come into the side, putting this down to the dependability of his kicking.

when fouled from a corner,his resulting freekick came to ground well inside the brum box causing them grief and also from a passback he recieved under pressure he found the head of O'Grady in the right channel.

the comentators also said how having spoken to the defenders during the week, it seems his communication is very good, always keeping his back four aware of developing threats to good effect.

he made 3 r 4 outstanding saves in the game which meant leicester took a point from a game where they deserved a good hiding, he also took a cross from our own Kelly impressively, (Kelly recieved frequent mention also in the commentary, he seemed to be in posession quite a bit, high up the pitch)

Logans one big moment came just before half time when he left his area and brought down Campbell, but was spared a red by a defender chasing in behind him to cover (possibly McCarthy), he recieved a yellow much to birminghams disgust.

McCarthy was part of a back 3 today and his side were under the cosh for almost the entire game conceding 13 corners. he picked up his 4th yellow of the season for a foul on Bendtner on the left flank in the second half.from what i could gather he held his own, but the other 2 defenders had more impressive games.

Doyle was on the bench for brum but Maybury was nowhere to be seen

full match report here with plenty if Irish interest, particularly Logan
http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...~33196,00.html

some leicester message board reaction to the game and Logans contribution,
http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp...toid=531064284

**BobbySands** · 30/09/2006, 8:37 PM

He's currently joint top scorer in the Scottish prem. His club Motherwell are in last place so it's not like he's getting good supply from the rest of the team. Rather it points to a natural predator. I think he's certainly more deserving of a call up than Terry Dixon.