John Egan

kevin100 wrote: McG wrote: [QUOTE=Luis Amor Rodriguez]Every time Egan plays for Ireland, often against top-class forwards, he looks to me Champions League level.   Thundering in his tackles, capable of taking the ball out of defence and starting attacks.  A serious goal-threat at set-pieces.  Natural leadership skills.  Why is this guy slugging it out at Championship level? Am I missing something here?   Or is it something about the green jersey?  e.g.: every time Mark Kinsella or Matt Holland played for us beside Roy Keane, they looked like top 8 PL club players.   Possibly. Or because Irish players are unfashionable.  [/QUOTE I will likely get abuse for this "Kevin you want every player on the continent" but ultimately if Cullen didn't look further afield for football he'd likely have the same profile now as Egan sluggin it out in the Championship when his ability supercedes that.. Think Egan would be an asset for any team in any League good on the ball too. He was comfortably our best defender yesterday. Coleman and Duffy didn't cover themselves in glory at times.

kevin100 wrote: kevin100 wrote: kevin100 wrote: McG wrote: [QUOTE=Luis Amor Rodriguez]Every time Egan plays for Ireland, often against top-class forwards, he looks to me Champions League level.   Thundering in his tackles, capable of taking the ball out of defence and starting attacks.  A serious goal-threat at set-pieces.  Natural leadership skills.  Why is this guy slugging it out at Championship level? Am I missing something here?   Or is it something about the green jersey?  e.g.: every time Mark Kinsella or Matt Holland played for us beside Roy Keane, they looked like top 8 PL club players.   Possibly. Or because Irish players are unfashionable.  [/QUOTE I will likely get abuse for this "Kevin you want every player on the continent" but ultimately if Cullen didn't look further afield for football he'd likely have the same profile now as Egan sluggin it out in the Championship when his ability supercedes that.. Think Egan would be an asset for most teams in any League good on the ball too. He was comfortably our best defender yesterday. Coleman and Duffy did'nt cover themselves in glory at times.

In fairness the sky spurts commentator was full of praise for Egan throughout the whole match

No offense intended as I think he's a good poster but it's like Kevin snorts a huge mound of cocaine before he posts.

kevin100 wrote: Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote: No offense intended as I think he's a good poster but it's like Kevin snorts a huge mound of cocaine before he posts.   Appreciate the compliment first off Hotlips. I might seem a bit quirky but can assure you I have never taken a drug in my life beyond drinking alcohol if your particular and count that.  High on enthusiasm for Irish football maybe.

Egan was excellent. Did very well bringing the ball out of defence, very composed.

Whatever about defensively, Egan is much better on the ball than Maguire. 

there was talk in newspapers last week that west ham were looking at him. In reality he went through a real ropey patch start of this season and it showed in Ireland games too but he’s back on form now for both club & country. With his age profile seems like this summer would be ideal time for a switch in clubs. Either way as long as he’s producing for us I don’t mind what league he’s in. As some poster said, Irish players may not be too fashionable!

Edited by SeanC - 28 Mar 2022 at 7:07pm