Brian Lenihan - Cork City

[rool]

Sorry if posted before, €200k apparently

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/brighton-move-works-for-city-and-lenihan-283179.html

 

[SeagullinExile]

I think you are jumping the gun here. This is being conducted as a public auction. Cork are hoping for more cash and we have not agreed personal terms for the player. There is still every chance we will be outbid on this deal, as we were with Ward when we had agreed a fee.

See post 197.

 

[Withdean11]

I'm not sure we would spend 200K on a development squad player. He will be first team IMO.

 

[Ecosse Exile]

If he plays for Cork City tonight, it will be because he is still a Cork City player, yes he may get injured but its all ifs and maybe's. He may not agree personal terms with Brighton, he may decide to hang on in the hope that a premiership club agree a fee too.

Cork City have an important cup game tonight and therefore leaving Lenihan out because he MIGHT be moving would be a bit premature and will do nothing to help there chances of progression in the cup.

It has nothing to do with whether or not he will be in the first team here or the development squad at Hull City or anywhere else.

 

[albionalex]

I think he'll be dev squad for this season and then one of Bruno or Calderon (possibly both) will be released in the summer.

 

[British Bulldog]

I'm not sure we would spend 200K on a development squad player. He will be first team IMO.

Did we not pay around that amount for Walton?

 

[Daffy Duck]

We'll need someone to observe him after the match tonight to see if he's spotted waving a fond farewell to the fans.

 

[CheeseRolls]

See post 197.

he is going SOMEWHERE next week, as yet undetermined.

 

[Cian]

The Examiner, despite being a 'national' paper, are based entirely in Cork and have an extreme Cork bias in their reporting so that should be fairly accurate.

 

[HantsSeagull]

Sorry if posted before, €200k apparently

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/brighton-move-works-for-city-and-lenihan-283179.html

correct me if i am wrong but that article seems to state that he will have a first team contract rather than any other type. they may be talking crap but i would expect him to train with the first team.

 

[Brian Fantana]

We'll need someone to observe him after the match tonight to see if he's spotted waving a fond farewell to the fans.

Cork City have acknowledged that this will be his last match for the club - it's just the destination that is yet to be decided.

 

[Brian Fantana]

See post 197.

Which is still you jumping the gun based on a newspaper assumption, rather than anything resembling facts.

 

[supaseagull]

"Albion are currently well covered in both positions in the first team by Spanish veterans Bruno and Inigo Calderon, so Lenihan would begin life at the Amex in the development squad. "

1) Bruno is currently being played as a midfielder
2) Calderon is an amazing servant to the club, however he is not getting any younger & his pace sometimes leaves him vulnerable.
3) Andy Naylor has yet to get anything right that hasn't been posted elsewhere for days before his reports.

Going on the above I wouldn't be surprised if he is a little closer to the first team than some might think.

I can tell you for a fact that Andy Naylor is no longer given any "inside" information after the "three are expected to sign" debacle.

Certain people, high up at the club feel that his publishing transfer stories compromised the position the club were in for a number of targets so far this season including a certain bearded chap who now plays on Teesside.

 

[Withdean11]

I can tell you for a fact that Andy Naylor is no longer given any "inside" information after the "three are expected to sign" debacle.

Certain people, high up at the club feel that his publishing transfer stories compromised the position the club were in for a number of targets so far this season including a certain bearded chap who now plays on Teesside.

He seemed to have some knowledge of Portuguese Joe signing. Tweeting earlier in the day about Hyypia using his Liverpool contacts?

 

[clippedgull]

An assumption that I tend to agree with. And yes, we are the more likely to give him a faster route into first team football - But via the dev squad initially I reckon.

Assuming we sign him!

I can see him getting a subs berth on a regular basis as he is quite a flexible player position wise.

If he is being purchased as a DS player then I would imagine he would be our first choice right back next season if he successfully makes the transition from Irish football to the Championship.

 

[HantsSeagull]

He seemed to have some knowledge of Portuguese Joe signing. Tweeting earlier in the day about Hyypia using his Liverpool contacts?

i suspect the press release had already been issued by the club and he was just breaking (slightly) the embargo on it prior to the official announcement

 

[Codner's Wallop]

I can tell you for a fact that Andy Naylor is no longer given any "inside" information after the "three are expected to sign" debacle.

Certain people, high up at the club feel that his publishing transfer stories compromised the position the club were in for a number of targets so far this season including a certain bearded chap who now plays on Teesside.

Question is, will Naylor ever recover from the 'Clayton-Gate' crisis....?

 

[severnside gull]

Naylor has had no inside track for a long time. His support of OG (hinting the club waa in the wrong over his departure) was a key issue.

 

[jamie the seagull]

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/395614/Brighton-beat-Arsenal-Everton-Man-Utd-and-Tottenham-to-Irish-wonderkid-Brian-Lenihan

 

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http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/395614/Brighton-beat-Arsenal-Everton-Man-Utd-and-Tottenham-to-Irish-wonderkid-Brian-Lenihan

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