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Harte Bid Turned Down
Harte Bid Turned Down
Wednesday, 25th Nov 2009 11:52

Carlisle have turned down Town’s loan bid for left-back Ian Harte, according to a report in Cumbria. The Blues are said to have made their offer last week with a Town youngster moving in the opposite direction as part of the proposed deal.

Town wanted to sign Harte initially on loan with a view to making the move permanent in January. An unnamed member of the Town squad is reported to have been offered to the Cumbrians as part of the deal, although whether this was seen as a temporary or a permanent move is unclear. That player may have been Pim Balkestein, who subsequently joined Brentford on loan and who said over the weekend that he had other options.

Harte, who agreed a two-year deal at Brunton Park in the summer, has played most of his career at left-back but lately has been employed at centre-half. He is Carlisle’s top scorer this season with seven goals.

Town boss Roy Keane is looking to sign two loan players before Thursday’s deadline, one a striker from a club outside of the Premier League.


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hype313 added 11:56 - Nov 25
So it is true!!! Sweet lord what is going on....I'm trying really hard here to support Keane but i'm finding myself question every decision he makes.
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AJblue added 11:57 - Nov 25
According to a report......
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hype313 added 11:58 - Nov 25
No Smoke without fire.
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Surco72 added 12:04 - Nov 25
Injured not according to a report according to their manager who turned it down
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Bluearmy added 12:04 - Nov 25
hype as someone else said i repeat according to a report
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MACKEMYANK added 12:06 - Nov 25
Why does Keane want this has-been? He was at Sunderland and barely got a look in. Incidentally, Keane also bought Andy Cole at the same time as Harte so maybe he will be the next target?? Keane is clueless as a manager as he is clearly demonstrating. If I had been Keane, I would have gone for David Connolly in the summer. Free transfer - banging them in for Saints? He maybe would have only had a year here but I am sure he would have turned a few of these draws into wins. But no, he wants a left back?? I am baffled - seriously.
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devontractorboy added 12:06 - Nov 25
Fan blooming tastic.... Ian Harte....Carlisle....Irish.....ex Sunderland.... Of course it's true!!
I'm such a dozy sod cause I thought we needed a striker?
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Papa added 12:07 - Nov 25
If (and I repeat if) this report is true then we should be worried. Of all that has happened in the last few weeks, I feel we're not far away from having a decent side. There are a few pieces of the puzzle missing and one of those pieces is certainly not a Ian Harte.
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Ipswich1994 added 12:07 - Nov 25
A Big dissapointment, harte would of been an ideal player in the middle instead of leadbitter. it would of been a league winning formulae with harte and liam rosenior in the middle of the park with garvan nd david wright on the wings and priskin and tommy smith up front hu used to play good there in his childhood days as i am his uncle iv seen him bang a few goals in and bang few birds. Keano to stay best managing history u will ever find in british football. KEANO knows his stuff and u have to giv him credit for wat he has done for us so far.
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imafootballgod added 12:08 - Nov 25
ipswich fans everywhere should be disapointed that we havent managed to capture such a good player, it made my day when i heard we was after him, but now im going to be misrable for the week :( big up the town! keep faith. mr evans will soon get the picture keane doesnt attract the good players such as harte! keane must go we need some one with the reputation like jose mourino, get him and il be a happy man. come on evans get on your phone to his agent!
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devontractorboy added 12:10 - Nov 25
I love all you Keane fans..... well it's only "according to a report".... even you are embarrased by this, Keane cannot attract decent players, do you ever wonder why???
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ChambersM added 12:12 - Nov 25
Keane, do you right thing and sod off
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AJblue added 12:16 - Nov 25
Surco. read the item it quite claerly states according to a report
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SupportUrTeam added 12:16 - Nov 25
Ian Harte.

Sums it all up really.

Whats the point?
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Bluearmy added 12:17 - Nov 25
what a shame we have supporters like devontractorboy and people like him wonder why we moan at them with an attuide like that .

Moving back to the point i repeat what i said and many others have its only according to a report so you don't have any idea if its this boy we was after or not.

Lets face it the press have choose harte cos he is ex sunderland when keane was there WOW great rumour wonder how hard that was to put togther lazy story put togther here.
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AJblue added 12:19 - Nov 25
Nothing to be embarrassed about, in the space of 3 "stories", we have been linked a mystery Carlisle player,thein its Ian Harte, then we are rebuffed, so to sum up....EFF ALL HAS HAPPENED...FFS PEOPLE GET A GRIP
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Bluearmy added 12:21 - Nov 25
thank god we still have supporters like injuredanimal still :)
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MACKEMYANK added 12:24 - Nov 25
At the end of the day, Cardiff are next up and for those 90 minutes, it does not matter if you like Keane or not - gotta get behind the team. Although if offered a point right now, I would take it.
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kerryblue added 12:25 - Nov 25
Will someone sign him?Sign Roy into the hospital and have him sectioned.This is going beyond a joke.Next thing he will be lining Niall Quinn up as the striker.You have blown it Roy,WALKEYS>
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tractorgirls added 12:26 - Nov 25
Ian Harte... Marcus Stewart.... Red Card....Wink at the Leeds Fans after feigning injury...No thank you...I will not applaud this man at all..

My feelings for Keane are starting to dwindle.
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Nunn_the_Wiser added 12:27 - Nov 25
Although i don't think we needed Ian Harte, he's not a bad player like you lot are saying! How many other Ipswich players have played champions league quarter-finals?! Takes a good free kick as well, something weve been missing since Currie left. One thing that would be for certain, is that he'd be better than Lee Martin left mid! Go and get Simeon Jackson today Keane!
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MACKEMYANK added 12:28 - Nov 25
kerryblue - Sorry Quinny is god and we will never let him go. Murphy and Healy are available though !!! Other than those two (and Russell Anderson) Sunderland have cleared out the dead wood that Keane signed. Still would have Grant back home though.
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naa added 12:28 - Nov 25
Agree that it could be lazy journalism, but I think we're all just hoping it was! Otherwise, it'd be one of the stupidest decisions ever!

He clearly does still have issues with left-back though, hence trying to get the Faye fella as well. Does he still not rate D Wright?

I do hope Keane has more of a talent network than has currently been shown though.
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MACKEMYANK added 12:31 - Nov 25
Sorry kerryblue - Quinny is god and you can't have him. You can have what is left of the Keane deadwood though. How about Daryl Murphy, Roy O'Donovan, David Healy or Russell Anderson. We got rid of the rest of Keane's muppets. Although, I would take Grant Leadbitter back in a second.
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Surco72 added 12:40 - Nov 25
Injured.... so lets get this straight a journalist has made up that we approached Carlisle , offered them a player ,tried to sign Harte ,and that the manager refused this ?
For what reason would he possibly connect Ipswich to Carlisle and a player who has recently signed a new 2 year contract not looking to move and Carlisle put it on their own website ?
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