Quirke released by Coventry City (4 Viewers)
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SkyBlue_Bear83
Well-Known Member
Maybe Westwood is signing on 
But seriously all we currently left with is rookie Lee Burge who has just signed his first professional contract if Ireland is out of contract aswell.
Potential replacements
Alex Smithies
Joe Lewis
Joe Murphy
Ian Turner
Andy Lonergan
But seriously all we currently left with is rookie Lee Burge who has just signed his first professional contract if Ireland is out of contract aswell.
Potential replacements
Alex Smithies
Joe Lewis
Joe Murphy
Ian Turner
Andy Lonergan
covcity4life
Well-Known Member
typical cov fans, a few good performances and its a scandel if we dont sign up
hes done well..nothing spectacular
i think most footy fans gut feeling is that hes not good enough for a promotion challenging team, deep down you know this,be honest with yourself!
hopefully west signs up,if not im sure thorn has plan B ready to go
good luck quirke in your future endeveours
hes done well..nothing spectacular
i think most footy fans gut feeling is that hes not good enough for a promotion challenging team, deep down you know this,be honest with yourself!
hopefully west signs up,if not im sure thorn has plan B ready to go
good luck quirke in your future endeveours
sw88
Chief Commentator!
Maybe Westwood is signing on
But seriously all we currently left with is rookie Lee Burge who has just signed his first professional contract if Ireland is out of contract aswell.
Potential replacements
Alex Smithies
Joe Lewis
Joe Murphy
Ian Turner
Andy Lonergan
Id take any of the above although not sure bout Turner! Ive never really been a fan.
Flying Fokker
Well-Known Member
Bow Larks. Have you seen him? He is too small to be a Goalkeeper. He pulled off a brilliant save today.
Cannot kick a ball. Although his stepover against reading striker last week was impressive.
But sadly he needs to be at least 4 inches taller if he is going to do any good as a goalkeeper.
Cannot kick a ball. Although his stepover against reading striker last week was impressive.
But sadly he needs to be at least 4 inches taller if he is going to do any good as a goalkeeper.
Big Mo
New Member
Not sure why after just a couple of appearances we all assume to know far more about his qualities than thorn/oggy/harrison - yes he's done well in a couple of games but as said before we're only going to have 3 keepers and will be after a new number 1.
Same goes for danny ireland - we have seen very little of him and everyone is saying he's shit!
Find cov fans seem to have to categorise everyone in the amazing/shit bracket and nothing in between
Same goes for danny ireland - we have seen very little of him and everyone is saying he's shit!
Find cov fans seem to have to categorise everyone in the amazing/shit bracket and nothing in between
rob9872
Well-Known Member
Kind of agree Mo but at such a young age, a local lad and would be reasonably cheap, I would have thought he was worth at least another year. In fairness despite not doing much wrong, he probably isn't ready for the first team yet,but would have been worth retaining and loaning out to a L2 club to gain some valuable experience and looking in another 12 months how he has/hasn't progressed. Seems a strange one so I can only assume that wehave great(er) hopes for Ireland/Burge and that there simply wasn't enough places to go round in such a specialised spot. Shame and good luck to him wherever he ends up.
Flying Fokker
Well-Known Member
He is too small. I know Kevin Keegan was too small but he is not between the posts except when he picks the ball out of the net.
sw88
Chief Commentator!
So hes too small to be gk but is great at step overs?? Hes in the wrong position. Maybe hes an ideal replacement for King??
Flying Fokker
Well-Known Member
Maybe, Maybe not. Judge for yourself.
skybluesteve76
New Member
We've gotta trust thorn and big oggy. They know what they are doing. We all feel sorry for the lad, but does that make him a good keeper? Yeah he's got potential but we are after a number one, and I don't think it's ever gonna be Quirke unfortunately. Sentiment don't come into it in my book.
Sky Blue Tom
New Member
I agree, other teams would take advantage of his height
gouldberg
New Member
I'm mainly a shooter. The point I'm trying to put across though is that smaller people are normally much more agile meaning they can react faster and jump higher/further. You only have to look at Jorge Campos to know that. 5ft6 keeper that played 129 times for the Mexican national team!
I don't think we should write the lad off just because of his height, especially considering how good he's played when called upon.
I don't think we should write the lad off just because of his height, especially considering how good he's played when called upon.
sotv1987
Member
Good question, i've not seen this in any of the papers, surly the CT woold have gone with this story, or have i missed something in the last week????
SkyBlue_Bear83
Well-Known Member
Nothing reported in today CET
Seems a bit strange to me:thinking about:
Seems a bit strange to me:thinking about:
kg82
Well-Known Member
I get the argument but Jorge Campos is a bad example! Completely overrated. Got lucky in that Mexico had an abundance of crap keepers at the time and he was loud and confident. I prefer the Casillas example. Has probably been consistently in the top 5 keepers in the world since he broke in to the Real team at 16 and is now probably in the top 2... If not 1!
Jimthor
New Member
I'm sure that height has not been the sole consideration here. This won't have been a decision Thorny will have taken lightly and i trust his judgement on it. If he has a vision of our goalkeeping situation and Quirke isn't part of it there's no point keeping him around to burn up wages.
SkyBlueKay
Facebook User
Quirke had this to say on Facebook on Sunday "One door closes another opens hey...lets see what the next few months bring! Thank you familly, friends and CCFC supporters who have helped me over the years!!"