I watched him closely at the Euros and could see him becoming a bit of a liability. He would pick up too many suspensions throughout the season with the way he goes about his game.
I watched him closely at the Euros and could see him becoming a bit of a liability. He would pick up too many suspensions throughout the season with the way he goes about his game.
You see where that falls down is that we won't be coming up against many Croatian, Italian or Spanish international players next season
before the Euros, i thought he was a useful player. during the Euros (apart from the sending off) thought he was one of Eire's better players. now he is not signing for us i think he's shit.
before the Euros, i thought he was a useful player. during the Euros (apart from the sending off) thought he was one of Eire's better players. now he is not signing for us i think he's shit.
Thought he was one of the poorer players in a very poor Irish side....admittedly I don't know a great deal about him other than that....but from what I saw in the Euros, he wasn't even getting the basics right and that was commented upon by some of the presenters and pundits....as such, I'm not remotely dissapointed.
so, the likes of Danny Murphy and Keith Andrews (both experienced ex-Premiereship players) sign for teams in our division, and we are turned down by a young, inexperienced player from Northampton.
Doesn't bode too well............
And before anyone jumps down my throat - i'm sure you'll agree that even the most optomistic of you would have thought that we would have signed at least ONE player by now. Last season we had signed most of the team by the time pre-season started, now at the end of June............No-one !!
(and don't start spouting the old "can't sign someone until July 1st" b*****x- last year showed that you can.)
so, the likes of Danny Murphy and Keith Andrews (both experienced ex-Premiereship players) sign for teams in our division, and we are turned down by a young, inexperienced player from Northampton.
Doesn't bode too well............
And before anyone jumps down my throat - i'm sure you'll agree that even the most optomistic of you would have thought that we would have signed at least ONE player by now. Last season we had signed most of the team by the time pre-season started, now at the end of June............No-one !!
(and don't start spouting the old "can't sign someone until July 1st" b*****x- last year showed that you can.)
The difference is that last season we knew we had to buy 15+ players and rebuild the squad. We also had enough draw in that division to attract players a lot quicker.
I get the impression some of our fans are making us out to be a bit bigger than we actually are. So the Northampton lad turned us down - It's not as if there wasn't valid reasons for it, Derby are a very good club to play for.
As for Danny Murphy and Keith Andrews - They are players of a calibre who would probably only make the move down to a club who were looking to stand a strong chance of being back in the Premiership next season. As much as we harp on about ourselves and what we're going to do next season - we are NOT in that category of clubs.
We can all try and produce good reasons why someone would join Charlton (League One champions, good manager etc). But then again, we would, because we are Charlton fans and we wear red tinted glasses. Truth of the matter is that we were 13th in League One just 13 months ago and have spent three years below the Championship.
We simply don't have the same draw as the other clubs. Get used to it.
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Damn, would have been a very good signing.Good, he's crap, never wanted him anyway.
Doesn't bode too well............
And before anyone jumps down my throat - i'm sure you'll agree that even the most optomistic of you would have thought that we would have signed at least ONE player by now. Last season we had signed most of the team by the time pre-season started, now at the end of June............No-one !!
(and don't start spouting the old "can't sign someone until July 1st" b*****x- last year showed that you can.)
(why won't anyone listen to me?)
I get the impression some of our fans are making us out to be a bit bigger than we actually are. So the Northampton lad turned us down - It's not as if there wasn't valid reasons for it, Derby are a very good club to play for.
As for Danny Murphy and Keith Andrews - They are players of a calibre who would probably only make the move down to a club who were looking to stand a strong chance of being back in the Premiership next season. As much as we harp on about ourselves and what we're going to do next season - we are NOT in that category of clubs.
We can all try and produce good reasons why someone would join Charlton (League One champions, good manager etc). But then again, we would, because we are Charlton fans and we wear red tinted glasses. Truth of the matter is that we were 13th in League One just 13 months ago and have spent three years below the Championship.
We simply don't have the same draw as the other clubs. Get used to it.
The transfer window, let alone pre-season, hasn't even started yet - and you're already moaning.
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you should see me when I REALLY do start moaning !!!
I know you're only revving the engine in neutral at the moment.
;o)