Derek Coughlan

[@ndy]

Originally posted by SÓCcfc
He's just a poor man's Dan Murray.

lol

[Gary]

Originally posted by corkcityfan1
.i think Beno is still very suspect at the back and signing Derek woul strengthen the defense and free up beno for midfield.

What utter rubbish. In the 3-4 months altogether Benno has played centre half for City, he has got player of the month TWICE. Yet some people think he is suspect??????????????

If u want suspect, watch Georges 1st goal against Bohs in April. What did Derek do? he ran the opoosite direction of the ball. He did the exact samre thing a few days later against whoever bohs were playing then.

He might be a good 1st division centre half, but is no where near good enough to play for City.

Oh and BTW, i was never a fan of his, i never cheered him, apart from his goals. Always thought he was average at best.

[Troy.McClure]

I dont think that Benno is bad at centre but I dont think that he's the best either and as has been said, if one of the guys gets injured or suspended (which will happen) who's going to go in there? Daly? The point about moving him into midfield if need be is fair enouth as well - as it stands we have one central midfielder out for the season, a winger who is injury prone in his place and another injury prone player who has only had about 3 good games this season next to him, with no experienced cover for them, not even for subs.

I personally dont give a crap about Derek's attitude when ye bump into him in the Brog, coz his attitude on the pitch is always spot on. If he doesnt say hi to me when Im having a pint, well good for him but I'll get over it. We need top football players, not nice guys.

[francie]

He was good with us for a while and we can never forget that goal in dalymount however i think it was downhill for him after that. I think he is good in the air and as a stopper but my god when he is turned and you see that fat arse and complete lack of pace forget it. Hes not getting any younger and five seasons ago him and deccie were frightening when faced with pace. Luton had a good luck at him and saw the same as has kenny now. When we beat bohs I had to snigger and think thanks stevo for playing him with his predictable flaws. With the firmer pitches its even more evident maybe we need another centre half but to my mind it aint derek, dave hill might take him and his massive ego where he can muscle the 1st division and regale his teammates with stories of the good old days.

[Éanna]

Originally posted by Troy.McClure
I personally dont give a crap about Derek's attitude when ye bump into him in the Brog, coz his attitude on the pitch is always spot on. If he doesnt say hi to me when Im having a pint, well good for him but I'll get over it. We need top football players, not nice guys.

Troy it isn't anything about him being a nice guy, its just that in my experience anyone who mentions CCFC to Derek has had to listen to his tirade against players, fans and management saying how noboody loves him etc and how he'd never come back.

[ian]

Derek come back please we need you

[Troy.McClure]

Originally posted by Éanna
anyone who mentions CCFC to Derek has had to listen to his tirade .... how he'd never come back.

Well he's not saying much now!!

We need another good centre back and he fits the bill and will score a few goals along the way

[cfcgirl]

i think Derek should defiantly come back

[niamh]

I think we all realise at the minute how short we are in midfield especially now that Greg is out for so long. Signing Derek would give Pat another option but as we all know he has had issues with certain people within the club in the past.
I guess we will just have to wait and see cause at the end of the day we have very little pull when it comes to influencing managment when it comes to signing players.

[Casegrande]

Some feen on the Pats MB [http://www.independentsaints.tk] saying that "Pat Dolan was at Dalymount last weekend and sat in the stand with Coughlan for the whole game. "

[Éanna]

Some rovers fans on the eL message board sayin he's been talkin to liam buckley