Feeney can go on and on
THERE is still a lot of football left in striker Warren Feeney, according to Plymouth Argyle manager Carl Fletcher.
Feeney, 31, has been offered a new contract by the Pilgrims to extend his stay at Home Park.
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Warren Feeney
His current deal, which was signed last August while the club were still in administration, ends on June 30.
Feeney made 27 starts and three substitute appearances for Argyle in 2011/12, and scored three times.
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Despite his shortage of goals, Fletcher thought the Northern Ireland international made a major contribution to the Pilgrims winning their fight for Football League survival.
Fletcher told Herald Sport: "I wouldn't say he's getting towards the end of his career.
"He's 31 and if you look after yourself you can play well past 35. You see a number of players do that these days.
"Warren has got great experience and he's a great person to have around the dressing room.
"He played a massive part in why we had such a great team spirit last season.
"You know what you are going to get from Warren. He always gives 100 per cent, whether he plays good or bad. He never shirks hard work."
Feeney has been capped 46 times by Northern Ireland but has not been included in a 24-strong squad for their friendly away to The Netherlands in Amsterdam on June 2.
Argyle have offered new deals to five of their out-of-contract players, including Feeney.
The other four are defenders Durrell Berry and Robbie Williams, goalkeeper Ollie Chenoweth and winger Joe Lennox.
As yet, there has been no confirmation from Argyle whether any of the players have accepted the terms offered to them.
Chenoweth, 21, will almost certainly be the back-up 'keeper to Jake Cole should he sign his new contract.
The former Pilgrims' apprentice from Liskeard made his first team debut in the penultimate match of last season, the 2-2 draw away to Morecambe at the end of April.
Fletcher believes Chenoweth has a lot of potential for the future.
"You know with goalies they don't reach their peak until their mid to late 20s and he's still only young," said the Argyle manager.
"He's maturing, physically and mentally, he's another local lad and he's great to have around the place."
Fletcher pointed to the fact Chenoweth often stayed behind after training so his team-mates could have extra shooting practice.
TALKS about new contracts for Fletcher and his coaching staff of Romain Larrieu and Kevin Nancekivell are continuing to take place.
The current deals for the trio expire at the end of June.
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THE next meeting of the Senior Greens, including their end of season buffet, will take place in the Green Taverners Suite at Home Park tomorrow (2pm).
The guest speaker is scheduled to be former Argyle striker and the club's new lead sports scientist Ian Stonebridge.
For further information contact Sylvia Warren on 01752 336386 or Alex Pound on 229787.
Comments
by alabar1
Thursday, May 24 2012, 10:01AM
“Not the most exciting player to pull on the green jersey I agree,but it should be remembered that he was recruited by Peter Reid when no one wanted to join us.His injuries probably hasn't helped him to shine either, perhaps if he stays and gets fully fit and injury free over the summer we might catch a glimpse of the form that earned him those international caps.
here's hoping ........”
by PlymptonGreen
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 6:50PM
“Warren Feeney = Forward / Striker - regular International and League Div 2 player.
How do things like this happen? I'm not saying he doesn't give 100% in the green and white but seriously, i have to agree with most that he wouldn't be top of my retained list. I think 'annoying' is his best quality, and too many of them type won't win us promotion!!
Looking on the bright side he hasn't signed yet, he may get a better offer???
Looking forward to Saturday, and the sun should still be shinning
COYG!!”
by TheMercenary
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 6:19PM
“@WILFWASTHEMAN. Seems like it's you and me against the rest of them as usual. Like yourself, I feel that apart from his work rate he is a very ineffective player. He doesn't really do anything that leads anywhere. I'm really beginning to think I know nothing about football at all and my 20/20 vision is playing tricks on me. I used to believe what I saw but not anymore. I'm definitely missing something if people reckon Feeney is a good player. Maybe fans are more easily pleased these days and are prepared to settle for far less than in the past.”
by digger51
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 1:40PM
“If the players play like they did the later part of last season what is the problem, if you look how the team played, and the points they got with Reid has the manager, and then when the present manager came in, and till the end of the season, you cant say it was the form of a team fighting relegation, at the end, there is only one person who put the team in that situation, Peter Reid, the present manager will know what players he want's to bin, and the one's he want's to keep, i don't share his opinion on Feeney, but he is the manager and he want's to keep him, i think there will be plenty of player's wanting team's in a while, and i'm sure he will know the one's to go for that will do a job for the Club, i'm just hoping his choice of player's will be a lot better than Reid's was.”
by n_1_c
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 12:20PM
“Izzy McLeods been released and he certainly knows where the net is at this level!”
by WILFWASTHEMAN
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 11:36AM
“As I have posted before I really do not understand what the manager sees in Feeney - he is certainly a character and runs his socks off but if you only have 2 forwards and one of them only scores every 10 games or so ( 3 times in 30 games according to the article) then there is no way we will get anywhere near the promotion area. Surely there must be someone available that is better than him- PLEASE!”
by TheMercenary
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 9:47AM
“I agree with all you guys. I am well aware of the club's financial situation and that there will be no real money to spend. However, having the best defence in the league will count for nothing if we can't score goals. We all know this is where our problem lies, fixing it is another problem. We live in hope.”
by bikerlad
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 9:14AM
“well TheMercenary,
if you are right , were do we get the money to buy these players ?
not only did the players play the first half of the season with no pay & with the added thret of not having a job there is no way of telling if they were playing to the best of there ability.
after all as far as they could see there was ( no ) light at the end of the tunnel , no argyle as such at that time .
but as soon as mr James Brent stepped in that all changed , they played their socks off .
im sure with added stability we can go on & do better, the team is ready to take on the challenge. COYG”
by arthur_p
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 8:59AM
“The Mercenary,
The defensive unit we had last season was as good as any I saw in that league (I didn't see all the games in person) and we should try to keep all of them within reason. If we build around Max Blanchard and Darren Purse then we'll be alright.
I certainly have no doubts that nearly all of our additions will be attacking players, and boy do we need them.”
by colin2010
Wednesday, May 23 2012, 8:57AM
“TheMercenary, Economics. You don't start drafting players into clubs paying wages two months before the pre season training starts. That is wasting money which we can't afford to waste when you do not have punters coming through the gates in the summer.”