Comments on: David Carney: German for “Says who?”

By: tony in canberra

tony in canberra — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:15:52 +0000

a late comment, but what the hell.
that has to be the worst ‘highlights’ package I’ve ever seen! Surely Bayern will snap him up after they see that. Someone send the link through to their scouting department!

By: dan the sydney fc fan

dan the sydney fc fan — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:04:02 +0000

hey jesse,

i sincerely wish the bayern rumour is true and carney does go there, i think he will do good there. as we all know, he is a very versatile player so if he can handle the successful leap from a very good forward to an international standard left-fullback in quick time, never before having played left-fullback in his life, then he can do things at a top club like bayern. i wish him all the success in the world, not just cause he is an ex-sydney fc player, but more importantly, in that he is an australian footballer.

go australia and go the a-league!!!!!!!

By: MIdfielder

MIdfielder — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:32:31 +0000

Jes, big tip midfielder to Man U, to take that holding role thats never been filled since Keno went.

Offer coming soon, Liverpool & Real have also tabled offers, problem center around Midfielder wanting time off to play for socceroos. AC Malian have indicated they will be willing to let Midfielder play for Socceroos and are emerging as a late runner.

Jes, you need to push my case, I expect a call within two weeks from .

By: Cpaaa

Cpaaa — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:02:18 +0000

good journos and clever agents make a players career. if there is hype i want to know about it. foxsports is nothing more than reading a womens magazine while waiting to pay for your groceries….in saying that i like it. it keeps us surfing, blogging, interacting and discussing about it at smoko. The big Leagues thrive on rumors, Beckham deals with it. i read on 442 arnie vs butcher for the Dunfermline job.Beautiful..true or not, who cares, if arnie reads it, maybe it inspires him to investigate it. Rumors can start truth?
But real fans know where to look for the genuine article

By: Salvation

Salvation — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:38:12 +0000

Thanks for the non smoke and mirrors journalism.

By: Andrew Logan

Andrew Logan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:20:45 +0000

So this is what we have to look forward to when all the good rugby players are offshore playing in Europe. I better start watching how football works – it is a window into rugby circa 2020!

By: Quinny

Quinny — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:19:27 +0000

I’ve never seen a ‘highlights’ clip feature so many missed attempts at goal and an adequate player made to look good by slow mistiming tackling defenders.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:37:07 +0000

Great photo by the way, that’s where syndication does come in handy!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:36:37 +0000

Jesse, I’m sure you would have had quite the laugh (going by your blog on SBS) when you read that it was none-other than the Whistleblower who was the one who first said there was going to be big news about David Carney.

If this comes to nothing (as it probably will, knowing how unpredictable the transfer market is) it will teach all the lazy journos out there to actually source their copy and to not just pick up someone else’s lazy writing. Or not, as they say never let the truth get in the way of a good story and this story was too juicy for them to resist. Trouble is, half of their crap is just pasted from AAP/Reuters/AP wires without any further research – they most definitely go for quantity not quality over there.

Even at The Roar do you notice the amount of replies a “Roar Exclusive” gets compared to a syndicated post? It just proves that quality is what the readers want – something that will get them thinking.

By: Mick of Newie

Mick of Newie — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:07:59 +0000

I find most of this stuff pretty harmless. Yeah it is crap and most people konw it is. Same goes for the current Carle to Spain. I hope it happens but I’ll believe it when I see it.

Where it is disappointing is when the combination of suckhole journos and greedy agents pump up the tyres on an up and coming player, get him a transfer where he proceeds to sit on his arse and his career goes backwards (Leijer, Vidosic, Ward, Heffernan come to mind and Elrich, Griffiths, Thompson know a bit about this).

Currently Burns, Djite, Musiliak, Milligan, Bridge, Holland, Zullo and Kruse are all getting this treatment. I am not convinced that any of these players are at the right level (ability, age and proflie) to get the right deal at the right club.

Myonly hope is that some of the senior guys at their clubs are providing advice as to the realities of life in Europe, because you can be sure the agents are talking it up.

By: sledgeross

sledgeross — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:53:27 +0000

I thought it was all bullshit as well Jesse. A week or so a go I said we shouldnt overrate our players too much and was told by your “mate” that there would be big news about Carney. Im still incredulous. My mum can make a press statement linking Zindane to Marconi. Doesnt make it credible or helpful!
As far as Im concered, Carney will still be playing off the bench in South Yorkshire until there is solid proof!

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