Leeds have handed Cork City skipper Dan Murray a two-week trial at Thorp Arch after being alerted to the defender's availability.
Cork recently offered the 26-year-old a new three-year contract, but Cambridge-born Murray has confirmed he never put pen to paper on his new deal.
The 26-year-old centre-half left Peterborough for Cork in 2002 following an initial loan spell and was handed the captain's armband soon after at the Turner's Cross Stadium.
Quote from: kendo on November 18, 2008, 22:17:02
Leeds have handed Cork City skipper Dan Murray a two-week trial at Thorp Arch after being alerted to the defender's availability.
Cork recently offered the 26-year-old a new three-year contract, but Cambridge-born Murray has confirmed he never put pen to paper on his new deal.
The 26-year-old centre-half left Peterborough for Cork in 2002 following an initial loan spell and was handed the captain's armband soon after at the Turner's Cross Stadium.
...og denne karen ble omtalt (i samme tråd) allerede i går...
Men siden han tross alt er innenfor 'murene' kan han vel ha sin egen tråd, enn så lenge :)
..Nå meldes det at han er signert på lån..
Viser at GaryMAc tar forsvarsproblemene på alvor...
Håper Hunty kommer i form... han kan ihvertfall slå pasninger...
Kilder? Waccoe? :P
Quote from: MacMurder on November 19, 2008, 10:16:57
..Nå meldes det at han er signert på lån..
Skummel overskrift. Fikk frysninger og relasjoner mot DOL og Leeds on trial.
Trakk et lettelsens sukk når eg leste innleggene.
Puh
http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,982_4515902,00.html
Finner det der:)
Står ingenting om lånesignering på teamtalk linken, men fant dessverre en kommentar om Murray:
"Ill be extremely suprised if Dan Murray gets anymore than a trial i have seen the guy on many occasions and he's slow and pretty average to be honest he likes to make runs with the ball but goes no where. You never tough with Stan he might see the new Maldini looking at him, up at Thorp Arch"
Treg stopper... Det har vi ikke fra før av ::)
auren
Saxet fra en "insider og kjenner" av irsk fotball.....
There's been alot of threads on this Dan Murray guy, let me shed a little light on his ability. I have the dubious pleasure of researching for the Eircom league, this guy is one of the best centre back's in the League of Ireland at the moment. The good news is, he's turned down a 3-year contract and the Eircom league has just finished, so if we wanted him we could have him signed up in the next couple of weeks. He's a leader, captain for a good few years there, no-nonsense defender - doesn't pussy foot around and gets rid of danger, he also has a bit of pace about him - definitely more than Telfer or Michalik, he's also a perfect hight for a centre-half, 6 foot 1. Ive seen him live a couple of times and he's chipped in with a couple of goals aswell, he could well be one of the bargains of the season along with Becchio and Christie, his arrival will definitely spell the end for one of our current centre-backs who is not in the team at the moment - all he needs to do is impress during his 2-week trial here.
Ukjend spelar, men stoggarar tek vi i mot med opne armar. Har som vanleg ingen eller låge forventningar til slike typar, men let han få nokre sjansar til å motbevise min skepsis.
Quote from: MacMurder on November 19, 2008, 17:59:21
Saxet fra en "insider og kjenner" av irsk fotball.....
There's been alot of threads on this Dan Murray guy, let me shed a little light on his ability. I have the dubious pleasure of researching for the Eircom league, this guy is one of the best centre back's in the League of Ireland at the moment. The good news is, he's turned down a 3-year contract and the Eircom league has just finished, so if we wanted him we could have him signed up in the next couple of weeks. He's a leader, captain for a good few years there, no-nonsense defender - doesn't pussy foot around and gets rid of danger, he also has a bit of pace about him - definitely more than Telfer or Michalik, he's also a perfect hight for a centre-half, 6 foot 1. Ive seen him live a couple of times and he's chipped in with a couple of goals aswell, he could well be one of the bargains of the season along with Becchio and Christie, his arrival will definitely spell the end for one of our current centre-backs who is not in the team at the moment - all he needs to do is impress during his 2-week trial here.
Vet vi hvem denne insideren er? Ut fra beskrivelsen virker det som han har peiling. En "no-nonsense" stopper med lederegenskaper som kommer gratisk på lav lønning høres ikke verst ut. Da er det vel Rui som er på tur ut, eller kanskje Telfers dager er talte.
Forresten gjetter jeg på at Staunton har kjennskap til denne karen fra før, og at Murray er noe mer enn en vanlig trialist. Tipper han blir signet.
Telfer har vel et par sko liggende å vente på hylla allerede. Hvis Huntington og Marquez sliter med kan vi trenge en backup. Dermed trenger vi ikke nødvendigvis kvitte oss med en midtstopper.
Om vi likevel skal det syns jeg vi skal vente til sommeren, for jeg er ikke sikker på om Telfer har en sesong til i kroppen.
CORK CITY skipper Dan Murray feels his hopes of landing a Leeds United deal look slim following his week-long trial.
Cambridge-born centre-half Murray has returned to Cork after featuring for Leeds reserves in a behind-closed-doors 2-0 win over Lincoln City last week.
Murray, one of four trialists to play, said: "I got to play the full 90 minutes and I was pleased with that and we won the game as well.
"I got to play at centre-half and I had lads like Peter Sweeney, Peter Huntington and an Irish lad Alan Sheehan, who was at Leicester City in the team with me.
"I think if they were going to sign me up, they would have made a move by now."
The City skipper is now hoping to meet club chairman Tom Coughlan this week to begin talks on a new contract.
Murray insisted it was "a good experience" to go on trial to Leeds where he worked with manager Gary McAllister and Academy director Neil Thompson.
Sakset fra YEP.
auren