He's made four appearances for Leinster.simonokeeffe wrote:my logic in loaning mcgrath out (if we dont release a senior 9 prob Boss next summer) is he gets gametime/improves but is still our player (if he is still 4th choice)
if hes 4th choice, out of contract, other clubs come calling he might decide to leave altogether when he graduates academy
let us also remember he has played 1 solitary senior game too
[Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Moderator: moderators
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Look out Itchy, he's Irish
- simonokeeffe
- Jamie Heaslip
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 21st, 2011, 3:04 am
- Location: Dublin
- Contact:
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
its one start though or has he made more? (tried to check before orig post on leinster site but no appearances given for him)cormac wrote:He's made four appearances for Leinster.simonokeeffe wrote:my logic in loaning mcgrath out (if we dont release a senior 9 prob Boss next summer) is he gets gametime/improves but is still our player (if he is still 4th choice)
if hes 4th choice, out of contract, other clubs come calling he might decide to leave altogether when he graduates academy
let us also remember he has played 1 solitary senior game too
Retired from babbling. Can be found on twittter @okeeffesimon
- simonokeeffe
- Jamie Heaslip
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 21st, 2011, 3:04 am
- Location: Dublin
- Contact:
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
I claim a moral victory
Retired from babbling. Can be found on twittter @okeeffesimon
-
- Rob Kearney
- Posts: 8132
- Joined: April 10th, 2011, 10:23 am
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Lamb of BOD wrote:
Wouldn't diagree with that sentiment and would love to see Macken given 3/4 games early next year in that position. He has steamy pace and swerves both directions (had to phrase that delicately) and defending on wing is reputedly easier than the centre.... I can't get rid of this nagging feeling that we're short at least one winger .
- simonokeeffe
- Jamie Heaslip
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 21st, 2011, 3:04 am
- Location: Dublin
- Contact:
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
EOM I've always felt could be a winger, has the pace and the footwork and probably decent kicking skills as schools outhalf, just not big enough for centre IMORuckedtobits wrote:Lamb of BOD wrote:Wouldn't diagree with that sentiment and would love to see Macken given 3/4 games early next year in that position. He has steamy pace and swerves both directions (had to phrase that delicately) and defending on wing is reputedly easier than the centre.... I can't get rid of this nagging feeling that we're short at least one winger .
Retired from babbling. Can be found on twittter @okeeffesimon
- Lamb of BOD
- Enlightened
- Posts: 809
- Joined: June 27th, 2012, 3:46 pm
- Location: Caught Somewhere In Time
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Ruckedtobits wrote: Wouldn't diagree with that sentiment and would love to see Macken given 3/4 games early next year in that position. He has steamy pace and swerves both directions (had to phrase that delicately) and defending on wing is reputedly easier than the centre
agree with both of those statements, although if either of those players moved out wider it would leave us short a centre, imo. The main point as it appears to me is that, over the course of the league and Heineken campaigns, you need to have two players per position plus a (an academy) guy hovvering around the fringes - someone who can come in and do a job temporarily but who isn't sufficiently far along in his development to merit consideration on a regular basis. Unless I;m forgetting someone, we've Luke, McF and Dave K on the wings with Daren Hudson as the back up. Leaves us a winger short. It could be, of course, that Hudson is going to move up next season with Coghlan-Murray as back up. In which case we should be coveredsimonokeeffe wrote:
EOM I've always felt could be a winger, has the pace and the footwork and probably decent kicking skills as schools outhalf, just not big enough for centre IMO
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Thankfully Leinster centres tend to be small.simonokeeffe wrote:EOM I've always felt could be a winger, has the pace and the footwork and probably decent kicking skills as schools outhalf, just not big enough for centre IMORuckedtobits wrote:Lamb of BOD wrote:Wouldn't diagree with that sentiment and would love to see Macken given 3/4 games early next year in that position. He has steamy pace and swerves both directions (had to phrase that delicately) and defending on wing is reputedly easier than the centre.... I can't get rid of this nagging feeling that we're short at least one winger .
- simonokeeffe
- Jamie Heaslip
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 21st, 2011, 3:04 am
- Location: Dublin
- Contact:
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
aye but darce and BOD hard as nails and incredibly strong ie capable of stopping big players on gainline
Retired from babbling. Can be found on twittter @okeeffesimon
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
EOM is actually a very, very stout defender. Probably the best aspect of his game. Besides BOD/Darce only got hard as nails by playing week in week out. If EOM wasn't so plagued with injury he'd be halfway there.simonokeeffe wrote:aye but darce and BOD hard as nails and incredibly strong ie capable of stopping big players on gainline
- simonokeeffe
- Jamie Heaslip
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 21st, 2011, 3:04 am
- Location: Dublin
- Contact:
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
O'Malley is never going to be able to stop many guys from making offloads tooAdamK wrote:EOM is actually a very, very stout defender. Probably the best aspect of his game. Besides BOD/Darce only got hard as nails by playing week in week out. If EOM wasn't so plagued with injury he'd be halfway there.simonokeeffe wrote:aye but darce and BOD hard as nails and incredibly strong ie capable of stopping big players on gainline
Retired from babbling. Can be found on twittter @okeeffesimon
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Poor old Jimmy will come on here some day thinking there is a long thread about him, but really its about everyone else.
“As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.”
- Avenger
- Seán Cronin
- Posts: 3789
- Joined: February 9th, 2006, 3:57 pm
- Location: lost in thought; it's unfamiliar territory...
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Not loving his performance today.
“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.” - JOHN MADDEN
- simonokeeffe
- Jamie Heaslip
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 21st, 2011, 3:04 am
- Location: Dublin
- Contact:
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
well at least the thread didnt end up about HitlerCiaranIrl wrote:Poor old Jimmy will come on here some day thinking there is a long thread about him, but really its about everyone else.
Retired from babbling. Can be found on twittter @okeeffesimon
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
Gopperth played today in the second leg semi final of the championship playoffs to guarantee Newcastle a final appearance with a 34-30 aggregate win over leeds.
- brotheroffrank
- Knowledgeable
- Posts: 350
- Joined: October 20th, 2011, 6:38 pm
- Location: Na Glasáin
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
This thread now over 10 Years old....and look who Leicester name at 23 for tomorrow... extraordinary longevity...
Re: [Official] Jimmy Gopperth signs
How many 40 year old Pro's at OH have there been since Hugo Porta? I know he won't be 40 for a couple of months (and also plays centre) but.....