Irish Abroad Transfer Signings and Rumours

[youngirish]

Official annoucement from Colchester on Mark Yeates' move - http://www.cu-fc.premiumtv.co.uk/pag...056023,00.html
Jol always said he rated Yeates, bu this was usually followed by a loan to a League 1/Championship club. Yeates had his best spell to date at Colchester in their promotion season, hopefully he can recreate that again.
On the other hand, the last "tricky" winger to move to a Championship club after several loan spells from a Premiership club was....Willo Flood.

Ritchie Partridge also springs to mind. Good move for Yeates though I can't see him being good enough to be an important player for us. He's nearer 23 than 22 now.

[youngirish]

Martin Allen has added another new face to his Leicester City squad by signing Jonathan Hayes from Reading.

The teenage winger played under Allen while on loan at Milton Keynes Dons last season and has signed a three-year contract with Leicester.

Hayes leaves Reading without making a first-team appearance, but Allen is confident the youngster can make an impact at the Walkers Stadium.

"I have seen Jonathan play for Reading reserves on numerous occasions," Allen told the club's official website. "He has pace, he is direct and he is very confident.

"I took him with me on loan to MK Dons. He was very impressive.

"I took him there as a squad player to help with our run-in, but he did so well that he actually got himself into the starting XI.

"He is at a right age to improve. He has still got a lot to do and he is not the finished article, but with a good pre-season he could be a spark of energy that helps us win some matches if he does what I want him to."




Very good move for him imo. Allen is a good manager and he obviously sees something in Hayes after having him at Mk Dons for half the season.

[dr_peepee]

My very limited exposue to Yeates is that he's one of those players you can't quite put an outright position on. Not quite a midfeilder, Winger or Forward,,,, Like Joe Cole or Gazza

[tetsujin1979]

My very limited exposue to Yeates is that he's one of those players you can't quite put an outright position on. Not quite a midfeilder, Winger or Forward,,,, Like Joe Cole or Gazza

Reckon you might have struck the proverbial nail on the head there, good doctor, he doesn;t having the shooting ability of a forward, or the crossing ability of a winger, or the creativity of a playmaker, but he could yet fill in any 1 of these positions!! Only time will tell. Moving to a club where the manager knows what he can do has to be a positive, definitely better than wasting away on the bench or in the reserves at Spurs (see Keogh, Kelly, Morris, McPhail, McCarthy, etc)

[Colbert Report]

Where will Roy O'Donovan be playing come September?

[livehead1]

Where will Roy O'Donovan be playing come September?

Southend £200k

[youngirish]

McCarthy interested in Elliot:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...79&ito=newsnow

[tetsujin1979]

Leon Best signs for Coventry: http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...066792,00.html

[youngirish]

Leon Best signs for Coventry: http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...066792,00.html

Nice one. It mentions his Irish experience also so it looks like he's still interested in playing for us. I like the look of Best, he offers something different to the rest of our strikers.

[Paddy Garcia]

Nice one. It mentions his Irish experience also so it looks like he's still interested in playing for us. I like the look of Best, he offers something different to the rest of our strikers.

Apparently he recently confirmed his commitment to playing for us.

[tetsujin1979]

Apparently he recently confirmed his commitment to playing for us.

Yeah, here: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...on-680682.html

while Southampton's Leon Best - who has confirmed his declaration for Ireland - finished the season with a flourish, barring his misfortune in scoring an own goal in his side's play-off loss to Derby.

[cavan_fan]

McCarthy interested in Elliot:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...79&ito=newsnow

Is this the least surprising rumour ever, could only be beaten by McCarthy interesed in Kilbane.

[Stuttgart88]

Nice one. It mentions his Irish experience also so it looks like he's still interested in playing for us. I like the look of Best, he offers something different to the rest of our strikers.

Make or break year for him though.

[co. down green]

According to one English sunday paper, Owen Garvan has reportedly walked out on Ipswich Town and has vowed never to play for the club again.

[dr_peepee]

Yep!! Thomas Butler-esque alright.... Apparrently he's vowed to walk away from the game altogether (According to some message boards)!!

[Paddy Garcia]

According to one English sunday paper, Owen Garvan has reportedly walked out on Ipswich Town and has vowed never to play for the club again.

Does it state why ?

[cheifo]

Yep!! Thomas Butler-esque alright.... Apparrently he's vowed to walk away from the game altogether (According to some message boards)!!

What in undergod is going on with this young man.Which message boards?

[co. down green]

Does it state why ?

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/footba...name_page.html

[theworm2345]

David Kelly to become Derby's #2
http://www.dcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...069065,00.html
I only remember him by the fact that he scored the goal against England that set off the Lansdowne Riot. But, of course, I was not an Irish (or any football) supporter at the time, so I'm sure he did more

[dr_peepee]

The David Connolly of his generation!!