[cite]Posted By: Bournemouth Addick[/cite]BTW[strike]biggest[/strike]2nd biggest surprise of the day in that 99.9% of Lifers seem happy with it.
IMO that's because Doherty performed so well and reliably throughout the season for Norwich's title winning team.
Also, he scored something like 6 League goals, and came 3rd in their Player of the Year - testimony in itself as to what their supporters thought of him.
[cite aria-level=0 aria-posinset=0 aria-setsize=0]Posted By: Bournemouth Addick[/cite]BTW[strike]biggest[/strike]2nd biggest surprise of the day in that 99.9% of Lifers seem happy with it.
IMO that's because Doherty performed so well and reliably throughout the season for Norwich's title winning team.
Also, he scored something like 6 League goals, and came 3rd in their Player of the Year - testimony in itself as to what their supporters thought of him.
Talk to any brained WHam fan and they'll tell you when Dailly was fit in the champ he was a very reliable defender. He'd looked an excellent player at Derby in the Prem and one of a very few who looked tournament class for Scotland in '98. When you ain't paying a mill plus in wages for him and he's struggling, Dailly is first on my teamsheet.
Doherty never started as a forward, but he did play there at times for Spurs and Luton. If true an excellent signing, albeit a player with weaknesses but one who's main aim in life is to attack the ball whilst keeping position in regards to his other cd.
[quote][cite]Posted By: Dazzler21[/cite]Who's this Noone you speak of is he any good?[/quote]
he must mean Craig Noone - plays for plymouth. he must be good if plymouth are pinning all their hopes on him to win them the league... let hope he does get injured!
[cite]Posted By: Dazzler21[/cite]Who's this Noone you speak of is he any good?
he must mean Craig Noone - plays for plymouth. he must be good if plymouth are pinning all their hopes on him to win them the league... let hope he does get injured!
I remember watching him at The Valley playing on loan for Exeter City last September.
He played very well, and certainly gave Frazer Richardson a hard time.
Doherty after signing for Spurs .................A childhood Leeds United follower with a Bedfordshire accent, Doherty was actually born in Carndonagh, Co Donegal. "I love it over there. The scenery in Donegal is beautiful. If you get nice weather, which is not very often, then it's lovely. We moved to Luton when I was six. My dad's a chippie and he needed work. There wasn't much of it in Ireland.
"I was picked up by Luton at nine playing for Luton Schoolboys. John Moore was the manager of Luton's youth team; he taught me good values. Luton had a good set of youngsters, like Matthew Upson, and we got to the FA Youth Cup semi-final where we lost to Leeds, who had big names like Kewell, Woodgate, McPhail and Smith."
Doherty was in Luton's first team at 17. "Lennie Lawrence was manager. I was playing at the back but also up-front. I scored five in five and Luton's record was six. I was going for the record against Gillingham on the Saturday. So I was a bit gutted when I got sold to Spurs on the Thursday.
"I was slightly fazed to start with, playing with boyhood heroes like Darren Anderton, Tim Sherwood, Sol Campbell and Les Ferdinand. But the older lads made me feel really welcome, particularly Les, who had a few quiet words with me when things weren't going well for me and that gave me confidence.
"I haven't got a clue what I would have done if I hadn't become a footballer, probably a chippie like my dad. But it's hard work getting up at 6am and I don't know whether I could have stuck it. A footballer's career is short so it's good that we - well, not me actually - get such good wages. Players realise what they have got, especially the likes of Les, who played non-League football before hitting the big-time.
"When you have been in the lower leagues you appreciate playing in the Premiership more. At Luton, we were in a dogfight where if we had got relegated, the club would have folded. The fans were so tense and the players were so tense because they had got mortgages, wives and young families. Some even had a go at each other in training."
Life at White Hart Lane has not been entirely free of tension. "The fans gave us a bit of stick when things weren't going our way. But since they have seen some of the youngsters coming in, they have got behind us and cheered us. That has been brilliant for us youngsters.
"The likes of Ledley King, Luke Young and Alton Thelwell are the home-grown talent. Then there's me, Matty Etherington, Simon Davies and Anthony Gardner who have been bought in. Spurs have seen a raw talent they can work with and brought us in for £600,000 here, £1 million there.
"At Tottenham, the fans like to see the kids coming through and doing well but they want to see good results and big names. Spurs fans have been brought up on great names like Hoddle, Waddle and Gazza. Hopefully the gaffer will start buying. You also have to have the players with the right work ethic, the ones who are going to get stuck in. You can't just have 11 flair players like David Ginola."
Only 21, Doherty relishes his footballing education. "The gaffer is famous for developing centre-halves. Everyone brings up the Arsenal back-four but even at Leeds, the gaffer turned Lucas Radebe into an awesome defender. He had Jonathan Woodgate as well, another outstanding defender. He has worked with the likes of Adams, Bould and Keown. He has made so many players great centre-halves. I aspire to be as good as them one day."
At some point Doherty must decide whether his future lies in preventing goals or converting them. "It's good to be able to play both positions, or so everyone says, but sometimes I am not so sure. I probably prefer centre-half. I want to get one settled position and try to perfect that.
"Paul McGrath was a big hero of mine. Football came so easily to him; he was really comfortable on the ball when that era was more of a frantic, get-the-ball-forward game. I got to play in his testimonial when I was 17 in front of 40,000 at Lansdowne Road.
"I admire the likes of Sol and Tony Adams. Sol is awesome. I have studied Sol and can see why so many clubs are willing to pay massive wages for him because he really is worth it. It won't surprise me at the end of the season if there are queues of clubs lining up to sign him. I would prefer him to stay. We want to keep our best players. We want to become a big club again.
"If I haven't made the grade, I will hold my hands up and go to another club. But I don't want to see the top players go just so I can get a game and then Spurs become a mediocre team. We want to keep the likes of Carr, Anderton and Les, who is out of contract. They are the sort of players who will make us a big club again."
ENIC will also help decide that. "We knew ages ago that the new owners were coming in. Nothing has really changed. I felt a bit sorry for Sir Alan Sugar. He got stick from fans which wasn't really deserved. Speaking to a few people at the club, Tottenham was a mess until he took over."
Doherty is also enjoying his Ireland involvement. "The Jack Charlton period was a dreamland for Ireland supporters. But a lot of Jack's players were getting too old. Mick McCarthy had to bring in the younger players like Robbie Keane, Duff, Dunne and McPhail, and Ireland are now reaping the benefits.
"There is so much camaraderie with Ireland; the squad is a tightly-knit community. I haven't got an Irish accent but all the lads know I am 100 per cent Irish, that I couldn't play for England if I wanted to. They don't give me much stick over it. But I won't feel part of the senior squad until I have had 10 caps. I have three at the moment. I'm still a rookie." But learning fast.
Good signing, and hopefully theres more to come. You could argue that we lacked experience last season which not only doherty has, but he is also a leader.
Very good 1st ball centre back, which we have lacked for a while.
I didn't realise he was voted into the League One team of the season.
Good, physically strong, determined type of character - fits the mould of Parky signings.
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Yeah right and so am I...
He can't be only 30 can he, he's been around for ever???
BTW biggest 2nd biggest surprise of the day in that 99.9% of Lifers seem happy with it.
IMO that's because Doherty performed so well and reliably throughout the season for Norwich's title winning team.
Also, he scored something like 6 League goals, and came 3rd in their Player of the Year - testimony in itself as to what their supporters thought of him.
Eye but doesn't usually stop some...
Would love this:
[align=center]Elliot
Richardson Dailey Doherty Youga
Racon Somedo Jackson
Wagstaff Akpo Reid[/align]
That is a team that could win the league if noone got injured...
Don't worry, Dazzler. He's no one really.
Doherty never started as a forward, but he did play there at times for Spurs and Luton. If true an excellent signing, albeit a player with weaknesses but one who's main aim in life is to attack the ball whilst keeping position in regards to his other cd.
he must mean Craig Noone - plays for plymouth. he must be good if plymouth are pinning all their hopes on him to win them the league... let hope he does get injured!
I remember watching him at The Valley playing on loan for Exeter City last September.
He played very well, and certainly gave Frazer Richardson a hard time.
"I was picked up by Luton at nine playing for Luton Schoolboys. John Moore was the manager of Luton's youth team; he taught me good values. Luton had a good set of youngsters, like Matthew Upson, and we got to the FA Youth Cup semi-final where we lost to Leeds, who had big names like Kewell, Woodgate, McPhail and Smith."
Doherty was in Luton's first team at 17. "Lennie Lawrence was manager. I was playing at the back but also up-front. I scored five in five and Luton's record was six. I was going for the record against Gillingham on the Saturday. So I was a bit gutted when I got sold to Spurs on the Thursday.
"I was slightly fazed to start with, playing with boyhood heroes like Darren Anderton, Tim Sherwood, Sol Campbell and Les Ferdinand. But the older lads made me feel really welcome, particularly Les, who had a few quiet words with me when things weren't going well for me and that gave me confidence.
"I haven't got a clue what I would have done if I hadn't become a footballer, probably a chippie like my dad. But it's hard work getting up at 6am and I don't know whether I could have stuck it. A footballer's career is short so it's good that we - well, not me actually - get such good wages. Players realise what they have got, especially the likes of Les, who played non-League football before hitting the big-time.
"When you have been in the lower leagues you appreciate playing in the Premiership more. At Luton, we were in a dogfight where if we had got relegated, the club would have folded. The fans were so tense and the players were so tense because they had got mortgages, wives and young families. Some even had a go at each other in training."
Life at White Hart Lane has not been entirely free of tension. "The fans gave us a bit of stick when things weren't going our way. But since they have seen some of the youngsters coming in, they have got behind us and cheered us. That has been brilliant for us youngsters.
"The likes of Ledley King, Luke Young and Alton Thelwell are the home-grown talent. Then there's me, Matty Etherington, Simon Davies and Anthony Gardner who have been bought in. Spurs have seen a raw talent they can work with and brought us in for £600,000 here, £1 million there.
"At Tottenham, the fans like to see the kids coming through and doing well but they want to see good results and big names. Spurs fans have been brought up on great names like Hoddle, Waddle and Gazza. Hopefully the gaffer will start buying. You also have to have the players with the right work ethic, the ones who are going to get stuck in. You can't just have 11 flair players like David Ginola."
Only 21, Doherty relishes his footballing education. "The gaffer is famous for developing centre-halves. Everyone brings up the Arsenal back-four but even at Leeds, the gaffer turned Lucas Radebe into an awesome defender. He had Jonathan Woodgate as well, another outstanding defender. He has worked with the likes of Adams, Bould and Keown. He has made so many players great centre-halves. I aspire to be as good as them one day."
At some point Doherty must decide whether his future lies in preventing goals or converting them. "It's good to be able to play both positions, or so everyone says, but sometimes I am not so sure. I probably prefer centre-half. I want to get one settled position and try to perfect that.
"Paul McGrath was a big hero of mine. Football came so easily to him; he was really comfortable on the ball when that era was more of a frantic, get-the-ball-forward game. I got to play in his testimonial when I was 17 in front of 40,000 at Lansdowne Road.
"I admire the likes of Sol and Tony Adams. Sol is awesome. I have studied Sol and can see why so many clubs are willing to pay massive wages for him because he really is worth it. It won't surprise me at the end of the season if there are queues of clubs lining up to sign him. I would prefer him to stay. We want to keep our best players. We want to become a big club again.
"If I haven't made the grade, I will hold my hands up and go to another club. But I don't want to see the top players go just so I can get a game and then Spurs become a mediocre team. We want to keep the likes of Carr, Anderton and Les, who is out of contract. They are the sort of players who will make us a big club again."
ENIC will also help decide that. "We knew ages ago that the new owners were coming in. Nothing has really changed. I felt a bit sorry for Sir Alan Sugar. He got stick from fans which wasn't really deserved. Speaking to a few people at the club, Tottenham was a mess until he took over."
Doherty is also enjoying his Ireland involvement. "The Jack Charlton period was a dreamland for Ireland supporters. But a lot of Jack's players were getting too old. Mick McCarthy had to bring in the younger players like Robbie Keane, Duff, Dunne and McPhail, and Ireland are now reaping the benefits.
"There is so much camaraderie with Ireland; the squad is a tightly-knit community. I haven't got an Irish accent but all the lads know I am 100 per cent Irish, that I couldn't play for England if I wanted to. They don't give me much stick over it. But I won't feel part of the senior squad until I have had 10 caps. I have three at the moment. I'm still a rookie." But learning fast.
You were saying
But next time this happens it will be forgotten and it will be lets slag off the OS again : - (
What does it say?
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"Just a quick reminder that club policy is that transfers are confirmed/announced when they have actually been completed (MW) #cafc"
OFFICIAL!
Good signing.
No, it's only true when it's on the OS ; - )
Good news, hope it's the first of many.
Just need the Bailey sale to go through now.
I didn't realise he was voted into the League One team of the season.
Good, physically strong, determined type of character - fits the mould of Parky signings.