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Garvan Happy to Be Back
Garvan Happy to Be Back
Monday, 23rd Nov 2009 19:03

Midfielder Owen Garvan says he is delighted to be back in the first team again having gone three months without playing a senior game. The Irish U21 international skipper played the full 90 minutes against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, having been left out since August.

Garvan told the club site: "I'm obviously glad to be back playing and hopefully I've done enough to stay in the manager's plans for next week.

"It was difficult being out of the squad and watching the lads travel away, but I've kept working hard and all I want to do is help the team and play a part in helping to push the club up the table.

"Like any player I want to be out there on the pitch, playing games and I want to stay in the team.

"My fitness wasn't too bad. I have played in the reserves and for Ireland, but you can't beat playing every week for match sharpness."

Meanwhile, former Blue Darren Currie has joined Dagenham and Redbridge on a two-month loan from Chesterfield.

Elsewhere, ex-Town striker Neil Woods has been named the new manager of Grimsby, having previously been youth coach at Blundell Park.


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tractorboy1995 added 19:08 - Nov 23
Too true.

Great to see Garvan bback in the squad !

Keep him in the middle Keane !!!!
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blue added 19:11 - Nov 23
keane listening to whom we want to play,but i think its a little too late keano,lets all chip in for his suitcase.Next plz
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Back_The_Boss added 19:17 - Nov 23
Played well, not sure if he deserved TWTD MOM, Grant Leabitter IMO.
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Fenblue added 19:23 - Nov 23
Thank God we did at least have Owen Garvan's return on saturday to get excited about. Good performance from him too, as expected. He rarely disappoints!
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pickles110564 added 19:25 - Nov 23
Considering his time out he did well but Grant was the MOM
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bedsitfc added 19:30 - Nov 23
i felt edwards was mom as his work rate going forward and back
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titanicclown added 19:32 - Nov 23
Great to see Garvs back in the side. With him about there is some hope that we might play a bit of football and not just kick and rush. Thought he was excellent wide and I'd like to see him play there with Quinn inside with Leadbitter. I think Leadbitter needs a partner who can get in the box and you know with Quinn he'll do what ever he's asked to do.
Something to feel positive about at last!! C'mon Garvs lead us up the table!!
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mockerygap added 19:39 - Nov 23
agree with titanicclown. He came into the game much more in the second half when the midfield appeared to swap round, and whenever the ball went down the left hand side you felt something might happen.
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BaronBaron added 19:40 - Nov 23
I'm not sure you can say he rarely disappoints?

Good performance Saturday though.
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muhrensleftfoot added 19:49 - Nov 23
Looked at his best when he went wide left. Keep him there, with Leadbitter & Quinn (until Norris is fit) in the middle.
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pelles321 added 19:59 - Nov 23
Great to see him back, at least he will try something different and has the vision to change a game.

That said, anybody else think it's more than a coincidence that one minute Keane is trying to offload him and the next he is playing 90mins live on Sky? Some could say he's playing him to put him in the shop window.
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itfc1989 added 20:04 - Nov 23
so happy garvans back in, good player for us!!! keane finally moves into a possitive direction!!!!
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shelfmeister added 20:06 - Nov 23
Did we actually pay money for priskin? and why did RK leave him on ,was he watching the same game as everyone else?
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shelfmeister added 20:09 - Nov 23
Did we actually pay money for priskin? and why did RK leave him on ,was he watching the same game as everyone else?
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FormerlyCGS added 20:18 - Nov 23
I like the midfield idea from muhrensleftfoot, not quinn tho, but def when norris back.
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depressed added 20:21 - Nov 23
So does RK get any credit for bringing Garvin back i ask?
Probably not from the Keano Doubters..silly me i should have known better.
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PutYaBootsOnKeano added 20:49 - Nov 23
Good to see him keeping the awful Quinn and Trotter out. He was good at calming play on Sat but was v tired at the end after proving his commitment.

he'll never play at a higher standard than the championship, but he's a good squad player for us, and remains favourite to pair Leadbitter until Norris comes back, or until we get another decent centre mid man.

Good for you old boy. We still need more from you though, much more.

Keano gave Garvan the biggest kick in the arse, and i bet Garvan admits he was grateful, one day.
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jamie22 added 20:50 - Nov 23
I was suprisd by Garvans performance... He has been very poor recently but has stuck at it and has obviously done something to get back into the team rather than Keane just deciding to choose him. He left him out for the right reasons but hopefully Garvan can show Keane it was a blip! Edwards was MOM for me, once he gets a few goals hopefully his shooting will improve!
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Keaneish added 20:50 - Nov 23
muhrensleftfoot - that would mean pushing Walters up front or dropping him i guess. Although we're all agreed Walters is better wide, he's a good target man and works the back four well when playing up there, would need an outstanding striker with him though, like, er....
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Markie31 added 21:12 - Nov 23
Good to have Garvan back, hopefully will be seeing more of him in the squad now!!!
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chappie added 21:13 - Nov 23
Garvan was there for the shop window, in the same way as Wickham WASNT brought on cos Keane wants to keep him under wraps.

I'm not a big Garvan fan, but i must admit that I've never seen him tackle with the determination that he did on Saturday - that at least was refreshing. However, for all that effort I still didn't really see him create anything exciting into the box. Good, solid passing but nothing incisive and not getting himself into the position of picking up loose balls coming back out.

With a fully fit team there's no place for him. He may become a decent midfielder to bring of the bench but cant see him in the first team when others are fit. I also still rate him behind Quinn.

COME ON YOU BLUES......!!
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Lightningboy added 21:15 - Nov 23
Good game saturday Owen..keep it up - you are needed , more than your manager thinks anyway.
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Berts_chin added 21:17 - Nov 23
I'm delighted Garvan is back and hope it's a permanent thing.
I also agree with the contributors who suggest that he should be handed the wide left berth. He could be the natural successor to Darren Currie who had no pace but the ability to deliver a pinpoint cross that meant he topped the Championship's assist chart. A poor man's David Beckham?
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FenboyBlue added 21:30 - Nov 23
Pity you couldn't find a more cheerful photo of Garvan to go with this news article. I'm getting a bit fed up of seeing that photo of him looking like a troubled science teacher with the world's worries on his mind. Get OldGit to take a more cheery photo of him next training session! Sort of "OG meets OG"
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stringtheory added 21:49 - Nov 23
What do you lot see in Garvan, what are his strengths? I've got nothing against him personally but as a footballer, for me he's slow and most of the time makes short simple passes - not always sucessfully.
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