Barry Corr

[Rattus Norvegicus]

The point is that we shouldn't have let his contract run down.

You may be right. You may be wrong. We shall see.

Hash tag: Thebenefitofhindsight

 

[IloveShrimp]

On what I have seen Mooney is better than Corr so could argue that he should be in the top ten

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

I agree, on that display against Charlton, Mooney is better & at least I don't have to say "oh ****!" When a offside flag appear after Corr make a run! He didn't show much threat for us against Wycombe & only good thing he done, was a knock down for Pig to score!

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

I agree, on that display against Charlton, Mooney is better & at least I don't have to say "oh ****!" When a offside flag appear after Corr make a run! He didn't show much threat for us against Wycombe & only good thing he done, was a knock down for Pig to score!

Errrhhhh. How easily we forget. He (Corr) headed the ball into the net .......... only for a foul elsewhere to see the referee disallow the goal.

 

[Kev29]

Geeez can't believe such a Barry Corr fan club....

 

[chapperzUK]

Geeez can't believe such a Barry Corr fan club....

I know, it's as if football fans like players who can score goals. So strange that!

 

[Ricey]

This thread is going to over take the Mohsni one for most views/replies.

 

[Kev29]

I know, it's as if football fans like players who can score goals. So strange that!

yes an avarage of 10 goals a season....blistering.....we have not had a prolific striker at the hall for years...

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Errrhhhh. How easily we forget. He (Corr) headed the ball into the net .......... only for a foul elsewhere to see the referee disallow the goal.

Of course, had there not been a foul elsewhere, the ball may well have not reached him and allowed him to head it into the net..............just saying! :smile:

 

[chapperzUK]

yes an avarage of 10 goals a season....blistering.....we have not had a prolific striker at the hall for years...

Yes 63 goals in 5 seasons (one of those he didn't play a single game) is an average (avarage?) of 10.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

Yes 63 goals in 5 seasons (one of those he didn't play a single game) is an average (avarage?) of 10.

so it should be 63 in 4 then which is 15.75 which is a very good return

 

[mattytheshrimper]

I can see Corr getting around 15 for them next season which is no way a bad account for himself.

 

[RobB11]

I think Cambridge will make the playoffs at least next season and Corr will bag 20+

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

can't believe such a Barry Corr fan club....

I'm not Barry's biggest fan and I can see why some people question his value to the club over the last few years when he has had fallow/barren patches and particularly when they read posts that gush and wax lyrical about his contribution ............ but some others are just as daft when they refuse to proportion any credit to Barry.

I find myself "defending" Barry when I am only really trying to even up the discussion.

 

[palexander]

Oh dear...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/6577725/Whole-new-bawl-game.html

Apparently doesnt paint us in a good light. Says he didnt feel wanted and other players feel the same...

 

[Pubey]

Oh dear...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/6577725/Whole-new-bawl-game.html

Apparently doesnt paint us in a good light. Says he didnt feel wanted and other players feel the same...

Can someone copy and paste, or screengrab.

Thank xx

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Can someone copy and paste, or screengrab.

Thank xx

NO Southend fan was happy when their favourite son Barry Corr joined Cambridge United this summer.

Corr’s shock exit came as a huge downer to supporters still celebrating the Irish striker’s role in winning promotion to League One.
But nobody took it worse than Corr’s own little lad, Jamie — who burst out crying on hearing his dad had penned a deal at the Abbey Stadium.

Corr, 30, said: “He cried for about 20 minutes. He kept saying ‘I don’t want you to leave!’
“I had no idea what to say. I didn’t think it would bother him so when I said ‘Daddy is playing for a new team now’ he just looked at me blankly and started bawling his eyes out.

“He’s only five but he loves his football. He wanted a Southend shirt for his birthday recently.

“When I told him I would get him a Cambridge shirt he was having none of it.

“It shows how much Southend meant to me and my family and it is slightly unfortunate how things ended.

“A lot of me wanted to finish my career there but I am in a better environment me now, personally.”

Corr Jnr’s sadness is shared by the Roots Hall faithful while chairman Ron Martin was “stunned” by a deal which came “as news to me”.

But Corr insists he kept the club informed every step of the way and had they offered him a new deal earlier, he would still be a Southend player.

Corr added: “I can absolutely assure you that I gave them every opportunity to do something about it.

“I was on the phone to the chairman and the manager Phil Brown pretty much every day.

“After the play-off final we had our celebration and I thought we would sit down for contract talks. But the manager and chief executive went on holiday.

“I was on the phone saying I would like to sort it out before I went on holiday. It made me feel it wasn’t a massive priority — and it was the same for a few others.

“It left players feeling a bit unwanted. There are some players doing pre-season there who still haven’t signed contracts.”

Nevertheless, Southend are now in Corr’s past and he cannot wait to begin the latest chapter of his career against Newport tomorrow.

He said: “We are going to be competitive.

“Last year I played up front on my own and was left to do a lot of work without much of the rewards.

“I’m capable of scoring far more goals and I’m at a club where I can do that with tactics that suit my game better.

“Some people say I lacked ambition by not going up a league and that could not be further from the truth.

“I believe I will play in League One — at Cambridge United where I’m better suited.”

 

[MK Shrimper]

Pretty shoddy of PB & RM....though sadly I think we've got better strikers now. Sorry Barry.

I hope your son stays a life long Shrimper!

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Pretty shoddy of PB & RM....though sadly I think we've got better strikers now. Sorry Barry.

I hope your son stays a life long Shrimper!

This for me too. I'll never have a bad word said about Corr after the man went through 17 months of what must have been pure hell but all good things come to an end and I think it was best for both parties to go our separate ways this summer.

 

[Supernaut]

I think we've got better strikers now. Sorry Barry.

Agree 100%. Barring injuries to the new signings, Corr wouldn't be getting a look in this season.