Eunan O'Kane

[Southampton Gull]

You can all sod off, it's Saints or nowhere. I want to be able to watch him grow into a full international class player

[Gullscorer]

[quote="A J] "Sorry boss! I can only go by what I read - even if it is The Sun!! [quote]

And we thought you only looked at the pictures! =D

[TUFC92]

Spot on with that one mate, I didnt know about West Ham were one but i know Reading are. But can you guess the other 3 championship sides and one league 1 side.

Derby, Bristol City, Reading and I'll go for Southampton in the Championship, and Huddersfield in League One.

[cambgull]

Wherever he goes, I'm not too worried. There are two things I definitely want though:-

1. Decent money for him. Not the usual tripe we get for players but at least £300k, if Benyon is worth £125k, Eunan is far beyond that.
2. A mid table Championship side, one with no realistic chance of promotion or relegation this season.

If he goes to someone like West Ham, who are likely to get promoted, I can't see him getting into their Premiership team. Relegation would not be quite so bad, as long as it's a club with a realistic chance of being promoted again. He needs game time at whichever club he goes to and a future Premiership club are unlikely to give him that.

[ferrarilover]

See Camb, you can be right... sometimes.

Absolutely accurate. His level is the Championship and he needs time to develop if he is to go any further than that and not regress. To shunt him too far up the second tier now would be akin to taking the U-11 karting champion and dropping him into an F1GP. That said, he would definitely be better off at a top L1 side than a poor Championship side, since the latter will probably not play the type of football which will suit Eunan.
Having seen Saints (likely Championship Champions) and Sheff Utd (likely Championship mid-tablers next year) pass the ball around with pace and accuracy against decent L2 opposition (us), I can really see EoK fitting in and doing well higher up the pyramid. Given that he already looks to have three times as much time on the ball as everyone else in our division, I can only wonder what he'd look like given the actual amount of time he'll be afforded in the upper echelons.

Anyone else think we might get lucky and sell him in January with a loan deal to the end of the season included?

Matt.

[Dave]

See Camb, you can be right... sometimes.

Absolutely accurate. His level is the Championship and he needs time to develop if he is to go any further than that and not regress. To shunt him too far up the second tier now would be akin to taking the U-11 karting champion and dropping him into an F1GP. That said, he would definitely be better off at a top L1 side than a poor Championship side, since the latter will probably not play the type of football which will suit Eunan.
Having seen Saints (likely Championship Champions) and Sheff Utd (likely Championship mid-tablers next year) pass the ball around with pace and accuracy against decent L2 opposition (us), I can really see EoK fitting in and doing well higher up the pyramid. Given that he already looks to have three times as much time on the ball as everyone else in our division, I can only wonder what he'd look like given the actual amount of time he'll be afforded in the upper echelons.

Anyone else think we might get lucky and sell him in January with a loan deal to the end of the season included?Matt.

Yep i do, said it a few times on here, i can not see a Championship club buying him and putting Eunan straight into there first team.

It makes total sense , for O'Kane to comtinue his development in our first team rather than played Championship reserve football.

[tufcbrett]

Derby, Bristol City, Reading and I'll go for Southampton in the Championship, and Huddersfield in League One.

Reading, Derby are right so far. I would say but i like playing gusseing games.

One of them i know very well from working with them last few years. The other two i know from mates on the same coaching courses as me at them clubs. Two wear blue and the other wears red.

[Dutchgull]

Stay here Eunan there is no need to leave. Carry on learning your trade in our team. I want to see him wear the green of Ireland while still a Gull !!

[ChineseGull]

If only you knew what i knew. I know for a fact that 5 clubs are watching him which 4 are from the championship. I do love having friends working at clubs around the UK.

Reading, Derby, Burnley, Cardiff, MK Dons..?

[JamieE]

Reading, Derby are right so far. I would say but i like playing gusseing games.

One of them i know very well from working with them last few years. The other two i know from mates on the same coaching courses as me at them clubs. Two wear blue and the other wears red.

Cardiff, Peterborough, Charlton.

[bc-gull]

As long as we get good money for him it should be good, wherever he goes, im sure he'll do well, and it can only benefit us if we get a good 300k, 300k can buy us some good players. Although it depends whether the money goes into the team budget or not.

[tufcbrett]

Reading, Derby, Cardiff and Charlton are correct. All have been keeping a close eye on him with serious intrest. I know Derby spoke to us about him last jan and the summer. The others also spoke to the club recently about him.

The last one is a side in blue from the Championship.

[Regiment]

pompey ??

[Sexy_Gulls]

Millwall?

[CP Gull]

Ipswich?