Nogbad the Bad Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Good to see Exeter beating Leeds yesterday and former City youngster Ryan Harley getting both goals. You'd imagine there might be a bit of interest in him from bigger clubs - left footed goalscoring midfield players are hard to find at any level. There was a time when he seemed on the verge of the first team at City - did he ever actually play?- but presumably Tinman's entrenchment on the left at the time gave him very little opportunity. Not saying we should be interested now by any means, but it's good to see an ex- City academy player making his mark at league level and looking a steady improver. Hopefully he'll be at Exeter long enough to score another brace against the gas, either way his footballing renaissance should be of great encouragement to other Academy players who are deemed not quite good enough and released by City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Tinnion was the one who gave him a chance at the club and he looked a bit too lightweight. Glad to see him scoring but haven't heard how else he is doing etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Tinnion was the one who gave him a chance at the club and he looked a bit too lightweight. Glad to see him scoring but haven't heard how else he is doing etc. An Exeter fan was on here a couple of weeks ago and he spoke of Harley in glowing terms. To add to my post above, Harley made 2 appearances for City, making his debut at Port Vale in August 2004. Up until yesterday at least, Ryan states that his career highlight was being a member of the City team that beat Rovers 5-1 in the Glos. Cup Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Ryan is the half brother of a close friend of mine, and he is a nice lad to be fair. Leicester City enquired about him in the summer and have been scouting him, but have not put any bids in for him yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candygram for mongo Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Plymouth interested as well apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Plymouth interested as well apparently You'd think they'd keep a close eye on Exeter. Interesting the 2 club's mentioned are at the same level as City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 18, 2010 Admin Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Believe his move to Exeter was lucky in some ways, at the time he was playing for Weston, in a pre-season fixture Weston played against Exeter and Ryan really impressed, a few trials later and off he went to Exeter. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I had him in my Championship manager game and he was the star of my team so I think that who ever programmed the game also rated him as do I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Believe his move to Exeter was lucky in some ways, at the time he was playing for Weston, in a pre-season fixture Weston played against Exeter and Ryan really impressed, a few trials later and off he went to Exeter. . He was lucky alright, Weston could have been playing B. Rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ison Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I've caught a few games in my time at Exeter Uni and he's been the stand-out performer every time. Looks assured on the ball and always seems to know where his next pass is coming from which is all the more impressive because the pitch is so small (or at least it seems so). Definitely looks like he could cut it in the Champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Horsman Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I always thought he was quite highly rated by some at AG but if my memory is right, he broke his leg and that impeded his progress here. Fair play to the lad!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley (city's no1 fan) Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Didnt he play at RB for us or am i gettin mixed up with someone else :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Mat Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Didnt he play at RB for us or am i gettin mixed up with someone else :/ Mixed up with someone else by the sounds of it - Joe Burnell, possibly, who started at right-back before going going into midfield. Ryan was always a fairly good attacking midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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