QuoteOwen Garvan was given some time off for "Personal Reasons"..... Oh NO!! It's Thomas Butler all over again!!!
Gary Dempsey has left Aberdeen and signed for Yeovil in the First Division.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...il/6756869.stm
Always look on the bright side of life
Owen Garvan was given some time off for "Personal Reasons"..... Oh NO!! It's Thomas Butler all over again!!!
McGeady before tomorrow's first pre-season match against Basel (on Setanta 1):
"There are always areas which I can improve upon. I felt my form dipped over the last five or six games last time around so I want to get back to the way I played at the start of the season.
"One of the things I will look to improve upon is scoring goals, as well as creating more. But the main aim for me is to get my name on the scoresheet far more often.
"I think double figures for me is a necessity and I know I'm capable of it. It's up to how good my finishing is and how many chances I'll get, of course.
"Why didn't I score more last season? I think my finishing let me down. I would stick a chance past the post, put one over the bar or hit the woodwork, which I did a lot.
"I think I should really have been scoring more. I know I didn't get enough goals.
"A midfielder should really be wanting to chip in with double figures every season. You look at what Petrov and Thompson did when they were in their prime at Celtic Park. They did that every year.
"If you can get into double figures every season then it's going to be a big boost to the team.
"Just look at last season. Our scoring tally was really down on the season before and that was down to the midfielders as well as the strikers, which is something we can improve on.
"I was always a bit of a goalscorer until I got into the first team. Maybe that's to do with playing out on the wing - not that I'm an orthodox winger but I've been told to play there.
"I always played inside but that changed when I made the step up.
"Hopefully I can be a big personality now. Those guys before were the older players such as Thompson, Sutton, Larsson and Petrov.
"I want to be one them this season. I want to become one of the main men in the team.
"I haven't spoken to the manager about it yet.
"I played more central against AC Milan and that's eventually where I would like to play. I'm not 18 any more. I'm not the little skinny boy who has just got in the team.
"It was easy to push me out wide and not be in the middle of the hustle-bustle in midfield. I was small and the best thing to do was to play me outside - and I've been there ever since.
"I've worked hard in the gym because I'm clearly not the biggest lad. I feel as if I've got gradually bigger. When our former fitness coach Jim Henry was here, I did a lot of work for him.
"He was good because he knew that I didn't need to bulk myself up too much.
"I wouldn't want to lose a little bit of speed or that burst of space."
I see Nicky Weaver has signed for Charlton on a free transfer....bad news for Darren Randolph then...
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
Could have been worse... Pardew would have been crazy not to buy another keeper given Randolphs age and experience... And Weavers profile isn't such that it automatically relegates Randolph to sub keeper. If he's gonna succeed he's gonna have to keep out better keepers than Weaver.
Richard Dunne will captain Man City again under Eriksson - http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....svens_men.html
Sean Thornton has been signed by Orient
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
Where are Orient? League 1/League 2??? Think he would have been better off going back to Pats imho...
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
Hopefully it is not anything that is going to hinder his progress.He is my great hope for this season.Looked at Ipswich board a few days ago and they are excited about his progree.Apparantly he was playing great stuff in his last few games of the seasom.If anybody has got any explaination for him being ignored by Caffery & Staunton last season it would be gratefully recieved.
If Thornton couldn't resist the bright lights of Sunderland and Doncaster what is he going to be like in London
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Garvan is back at Ipswich now and is reported to be in fine fettle for the new season.
Always look on the bright side of life
He's been included in their training squad at Loughborough University: http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...069454,00.html
Sqaud also includes Alex Bruce, Alan Lee, Billy Clarke, George O'Callaghan, Jon Walters, Shane Supple and Michael Synnott
Peter Murphy's signed a 2-year deal with Carlisle, having previously looked likely to leave on a Bosman.
A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes for his friends.
Still cant believe he has a cap, even worse than Lapira
Red-hot Cillian awaits chance to show Strach he’s got fire in his belly
THE debate over who will be Celtic's main strike pairing this year is already spicing up the Parkhead club's pre-season.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink is universally perceived to be immovable as one of the front two, injury allowing.
But who lines up alongside the giant Dutchman is anyone's guess, with Scott McDonald and Chris Killen arriving in the last few weeks to challenge Maciej Zurawski, Kenny Miller and Derek Riordan for the role of main supporting act.
With goals as short in supply last season as dry days have been since the Scottish Cup was lifted by Neil Lennon at the end of May, the hope was that the game-intensive pre-season schedule would yield a few clues as to where the remedy would be found.
But with just two goals in two games against Basel and Young Boys of Berne - Miller and Jiri Jarosik opening their accounts - it is clear the flood gates are going to take a bit longer to open.
Of course, it is far too early to be repeating the folly of 12 months ago when no goals in the first four games of pre-season prompted crisis headlines.
But manager Gordon Strachan would like to see things begin to click up front sooner rather than later as the next double header - at Peterborough tomorrow and against QPR on Sunday - awaits before games Stateside against MLS All-Stars then Chicago Fire.
But could yet another option be given his chance to shine during upcoming games? Cillian Sheridan certainly hopes so.
This time last year, the teenager's ambitions lay no higher than to enjoy a game with his mates in the local park.
Now, after getting a taste of the big-time last season when he came on to set up the last-minute winner in the Scottish Cup tie against Inverness -- the reward for some sensational performances at youth and reserve level - all eyes are on this lanky scoring machine to see if he has continued his amazing progress.
The coach who oversaw his rapid rise to the first team, ex-youth team manager and now reserve team boss Willie McStay, would like nothing better than to discover the 18-year-old can give Strachan another serious option in the quest for goals.
McStay said: "It was a whirlwind season for Cillian. He only came into the club in August, trained with the youths and then went to Villarreal for a tournament."You could immediately see potential in him, and he is a player who has improved not game to game, but day to day.
"This will be a big season for Cillian because it has all happened so quickly for him.
"I'm sure now he will be trying to take stock of what has happened to him already, and it will be interesting to see how he comes back."
McStay is speaking holistically as the bean-pole striker not only needs to add to his physique, but must also toughen up mentally if he is to cope with the demands of delivering on a regular basis.
An injury put an untimely spoke in his wheel when he was flying following his breakthrough to the first team, and by the time he was fit again his talents were required more at youth and reserve level.
But Sheridan's promise is one reason Strachan was prepared to allow Craig Beattie to move to West Brom, netting the club £1.25million in the process.
And McStay hopes he can now step into the void left by the Scotland striker.
The coach said: "The most important thing is that we see a bit of development in his physical side because Cillian needs to get a bit stronger.
"He is quick and can run all day, but he needs a little more body strength, especially playing high up the pitch as a No.9.
"You need that in this league especially. So, he will be one to look for this season."
Short article about Jim O'Brien on celticfc.net:
http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories...707141525.aspx
Graham Stack looking to fight for his place on the Reading team: http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk...072390,00.html
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