QuoteDone deal I assume if Lawrie stays unless a bigger club come sin.Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I wonder what the odds are now on Healy going to Fulham at the end of the season?
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Done deal I assume if Lawrie stays unless a bigger club come sin.
Well ...Walter Smith and Ian Durrant tell it differently. They were at the Sweden game -and it sure as sh1t wasn't Tony Capaldi they were there to have a look at.
I'm a Leeds supporter and whatever happens next season I think he will and should go. His goal return for Leeds is actually some way short of remarkable and they should cash in while he's getting headlines
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Seeing as Rangers appear to have a decent enough finisher in Kris Boyd, I wouldn't think signing Healy is quite such a priority as finding a replacement for Prso for next season.
The Daily Record had it that Smith and Durrant were actually at Windsor to watch Elmander (took the Swedish goal very nicely, as it happens); I don't know anything about Elmander, but Healy isn't really suited to the Prso role.
The other thing about Healy is that he needs the team built around him in order to get the best from his phenomenal finishing ability. Sammy McIlroy never understood this, often playing him as a lone striker, ahead of a defensive line-up. Blackwell doesn't appear to have understood this, either, seeing as he kept playing him on the wing.
After a promising start for NI (8 goals in his first 16 games), Healy got dragged down with the rest under the dreary, defensive tactics of McIlroy, such that he (and the team!) failed to score for the next 13 games.
When Lawrie came in, he immediately prioritised lack of goals as his No.1 problem, with Healy as the No.1 (only!) solution. He looked for a big guy to play alongside him, eventually settling on James Quinn of Peterborough(!), picked two wingers (Gillsepie and Elliott) and encouraged Davis and the rest of the midfielders to get the ball through early to Healy at every opportunity. Since Sanchez took over what was a thoroughly demoralised team, Healy has scored 21 goals in 27 matches.
Imo, there is absolutely no doubt that whatever his other limitations, Healy is a finisher of the very highest class. However, I understand why leading Premiership clubs would be unwilling to build a whole team around one player, no matter how good.
But that argument could hardly be said to apply to Leeds United in their recent state, a situation which Dennis Wise may at last be coming round to. When he attended the NI v Sweden match, he cannot have failed to notice just how effective Healy can be against even top defences, or if he did, the entire crowd singing "Are you watching Dennis Wise?" as the goals flew in might have given him a clue!
I don't think it coincidence that Wise recently handed the captaincy to Healy for the rest of the season; my guess is that if Leeds avoid the drop, Wise will do what he can to keep him next season. Who knows, maybe Leeds fans will at last see what NI fans have seen over the last three years and more.
That said, if a lesser Premiership club like e.g. Wigan or Sheffield United, or even a Blackburn or a Middlesbro came in for him, Healy would have to take it. Which is why Fulham is a good bet; it seems clear from his Press Conference that the job is there for Sanchez, assuming he keeps them up.
In which case, he'll no doubt be allocated some money for re-building, even if it's not going to be megabucks. In such a case, £3 million-odd for Healy, a proven finisher whom he knows inside out, would be an obvious move.
And if Sheffield United go down, I wouldn't be surprised to see Sanchez go for Gillespie, along with Aaron Hughes from Villa.
P.S. You're quite correct that Smith and Durrant weren't at Windsor to watch Capaldi. Tony wasn't playing...
P.S. You're quite correct that Smith and Durrant weren't at Windsor to watch Capaldi. Tony wasn't playing...
...thought of that later.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
It will be interesting to see does this now come to pass. If Leicester don't keep Nigel Worthington, he could be the next Norn Iron manager.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Great minds think along the same lines owlsfan!
http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=60429
There are really only 10 types of person; those who can read binary and those who can't.
Nigel Worthington to be the next Northern Ireland manager:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ls/6708553.stm
Thank you. Thank you.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Do you want a blue peter badgeNigel Worthington to be the next Northern Ireland manager:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ls/6708553.stm
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The Hallion Battalion Molests football.:D
Do they still hand them out?
I obviously have a soft spot for Nigel since he played for Wednesday for many years. His managerial career is at best average, however, so I wouldn't be too optimistic for the Wee North but who knows.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Terrible appointment imo. But i would more than love to eat humble pie on this one.Do they still hand them out
I obviously have a soft spot for Nigel since he played for Wednesday for many years. His managerial career is at best average, however, so I wouldn't be too optimistic for the Wee North but who knows.
Come on Worthy, keep Northern Ireland on the up.
The Hallion Battalion Molests football.:D
I think I'd still prefer Nigel to Stan. Nigel has at least some experience of management.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
I'd agree with that.
No one can deny that the ROI has better players than NI, yet NI are top of our group beating Spain and Sweden and the ROI are 3rd or 4th struggling against San Marino(or whoever it was)
The Hallion Battalion Molests football.:D
Two out of two ain't bad
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
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