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Rubbish deleted. Please stay on the topic of super footballer Ian Harte.
There was some Ian Harte stuff in amongst the waffle actually so I'll repeat it here.Originally Posted by gustavo
As mentioned Watford are rumoured to be interested. Leicster are also said to be thinking about it and he's supossed to have had talks with Jim Magilton at Ipswich.
Think you missed a few pieces of rubbish...I would of thought you'd of deleted the reference to " halcyon days" under McCarthy
Last april I happened to be standing in the players lounge at sunderland next to Harte while he was talking to Stephen Wright and he said something like ''ya mate, i'm gonna be ressie of the year''.I stopped listening then and got back to my chicken drumsticks and tea.
Chamon Mothafcuka......he heeee.
Harte gone on two weeks trial with Wolves according to today's Star.
Maybe the McCarthy stuff that Gustavo deleted may have been relevant after all....!
Well he was offered a short term contract at Wolves but has turned it down apparently. He will probably end up with some low ranking Championship side though I suspect.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...rs/7543385.stm
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Is there any truth in the rumour that Ian Harte is going to join an american football team as a goal kicker?
Bad move on his part imo, he's hardly snowed under with offers....
Is it just me that thinks Harte can do a job for one of the promoted teams?
He's got experience at the top level, and will always do his best for the team. Ideal for say Hull considering he's a free agent, even if he doesn't have the pace that he may need to force a successful return to the Premiership.
San Marino are going to be a handful as the group goes on." - Steve Staunton reacts to performance against San Marino.
He better sign somewhere quick. He'd be a good fit at a League 1 side like Leeds.
Whomever said that he'd fit in with one of the newly promoted teams needs to watch a video of the Everton/Sunderland match from this past season. He doesn't belong in the Premiership, or even the Championship at this point. He should sign a one year deal with someone like Leeds or Tranmere.
You don't just judge a player on 1 performance. Look at Finnan against Cyprus, yet a few months later he was in the Champions League final.
If you saw many of Sunderland's matches last season, you would agree that Hartey did his job adequately, nothing great, but he can at least stake a claim for a place at a club like Hull.
San Marino are going to be a handful as the group goes on." - Steve Staunton reacts to performance against San Marino.
I love Harte more than anyone on here, but even I'll admit he's good only for free kicks. Very poor defensively. If he was as good as you say he was, Roy Keane wouldn't have let him go for nothing when he has little cover at left back. Wolves wouldn't have insulted him with a month-by-month contract either. He needs to go all the way down to League 1, prove his worth this season, and then try to get on with a Premiership team for next. Retirement is another option, he's on the wrong side of thirty now remember.
Was it love at first sight?
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Sure harte is OK on the ball and decent from a dead ball situation. however defensively his positiong in certain situations is terrible, and could cost you a game. IMO his strengths are not sufficent to compensate for his weaknesses, So id vote no to the poll.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Ian Harte played for Charlton Athletic reserves on Tuesday night while he is on trial at the club. Looks like Ashley Grimes junior might be one for the future though - anyone know if he is son of Ashley Grimes from 70s/80s Ireland squad?.
Also interesting to see that Mark Kinsella is reserve-team manager at the Valley.
Grimes brace sinks second string
Charlton slipped to a reserve reverse at The New Den on Tuesday afternoon.
Two goals from Millwall striker Ashley Grimes consigned the Addicks to a 2-0 defeat across the capital, their fourth successive totesport.com Combination League loss of the season.
Grimes grabbed the opening goal at the third time of asking moments before the break after two good stops from Rob Elliot.
And he gave his side some breathing space from the penalty spot four minutes after the restart.
Mark Kinsella handed a first second-string start for almost a year for midfielder Harry Arter in a game that also saw Dean Sinclair return to action.
He played at right-back, with a trialist in former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland man Ian Harte on the opposite side of the rearguard.
Another trialist, Darren Powell, also featured for a second time for the reserves in central defence while youngsters Grant Basey, Josh Wright and Jonjo Shelvey operated in midfield alongside Arter, recovered from an Achilles injury. Izale McLeod spearheaded the frontline.
Charlton started brightly and young Lions keeper Preston Edwards was a busy man in the early stages. He bravely dived at the feet of Basey and then denied McLeod with his legs before the hosts started to get into the game.
Elliot saved brilliantly to flip a Danny Spiller free-kick over the bar with 15 minutes on the clock and the visiting keeper could do little as the Lions took the lead shortly before the break.
Elliot had saved an effort from Scott Barron and then parried the follow-up, but was powerless as Grimes pounced on the loose ball to put his side in front.
The hosts then doubled their lead from the penalty spot early in the second half as Grimes cleaned up from 12 yards after Marcus Bignot was fouled in the box.
Grimes went close to a treble in the closing stages but by then the derby had already been settled.
Charlton: Elliot, Sinclair, Harte, Powell, Long, Christensen (Tuna), Wright, Basey, Shelvey, Arter (Lozano-Calderon), McLeod. Subs (not used): Christie, Stavrinou, Mambo.
Last edited by EastTerracer; 14/11/2008 at 1:53 AM.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
as far as i know that Harry Arter guy is irish too... not sure if Grimes is anything to Ashley Sr.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
He has been capped for us at U-19 level.
I wouldn't have him in the squad now just because he hasn't kicked a ball in an age. However if he earns his stripes again somewhere I wouldn't close the door. Good luck to him if Charlton offer him a deal but I was hoping he'd re-sign for Leeds United.
Some of the football in that division is downright inter-pub and he'd get plenty of goals there without being too heavily examined defensively. It'd give him a chance to get back to his best before having a crack at championship level or even a promoted premiership side next season.
Incidently -just on the highlighted bit, I believe some greater stato than I can confirm that at his peak (back when he was playing regular for us and Leeds basically), even with all the barracking about poor turn of pace, positioning etc... he was still more likely to be involved in getting you a goal than conceding one.
" 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?"
At his peak, there's no way you could leave Harte out of a side with his dead-ball ability.
At that time, we had Kilbane in front of him who really made up for his defensive liabilities and lack of pace.
Even in the unlikely situation where he regained that form from the turn of the millennium, I don't think we could play him down the left with Duff.
I hope he gets his career back on track, but I honestly think his Ireland days are done.
yeah i was a huge harte fan but its all over for the lad. theres no way a Il Conservatio Trap
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