His contact isn't expired, still has another week.Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Amazing - do Rovers normally give contracts that expire one month into the off-season?His contact isn't expired, still has another week.
That seems bizarre in the extreme - what benefit could the club possibly get from doing that?
My thoughts exactly.
They wouldn't be 52 week contracts if they didn't last 52 weeks now would they?
Well I guess its better then signing contracts that start one month before a player joins .....oops
If they've landed Clarke, then that's a great signing. He's in the 17s Ireland squad, as well as the 19s Bohs squad I think. Toner is a quality signing too.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Clubs sign players to contracts from December 1st - 30th November should they be on 52 weeks like Shamrock Rovers...so no not bizarre in the extreme.
I thought someone like you would know that.
Clarke pulled off a brilliant save in the under 19 final but also wandered out forty yards from goal to tackle a player, missed and Pats should have scored . Clearly needs a lot of coaching ,He is not a tall young man, to say the least
Good luck to him, seems a nice lad, Human League haircut too for the 1980`s era Rovers fans to enjoy.
Clarke is actually from Tallaght, so it wouldn't be surprising if he wanted to move to his home club, especially seeing as they're a full time outfit opposed to part-time Bohs.
we have a 15 year old keeper called Bazoona who has a huge future ahead of him.
Looks like we are trying to grow our own first team keepers.
Signing the ireland u17 keeper from Bohs isn't exactly growing your own.
I'm talking about the 15 year old plus tbf a keeper at 17 is hardly being bought for the first team and will need plenty of development time.
Ssshhh. You'll blow it.
I think he's decent enough myself, though clearly not a world beater. Lee Desmond improved with his arrival too and they formed a nice partnership. However, I would also agree that the main reason we improved was that we got two midfield players in Brennan and Garvan who were comfortable receiving the ball from the back four without conceding easy possession. Made a huge difference.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Not unless we plan on starting a team of right backs! Which in fairness, is possible with JC.
We've signed 2 new right backs, Beattie is likely to sign if he doesn't go to the US, we've another youngster who played there a bit this year. And Keohane who filled in there this year. I think we're good in that position!
Good idea, sign them before they're tall.
Rovers chasing McDermott from Derry as a replacement for Madden.
Risky enough imo. McDermott probably has a higher ceiling than Madden seeing as he's still v young, but there's never a guarantee he's gonna be a good signing, especially moving away from his family and friends. Timlin was one of the best attackers in the league a few years ago with Derry, but then he moved to Pats and his career seems to have gone backwards since then.
If it was up to me i would have just kept Madden.
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...ens-departure/
It is not suprising that Rovers seem to have got a very strong negative reaction from their own fans about the "release" of Simon Madden.
If the reality is that Madden decided to reject a Rovers contract offer and move elsewhere, the move to spin that by implying it was Rovers decision could well backfire as many fans simply accept the club line but view this as poor judgement by Rovers management. If his replacement proves inadequate, Bradley will find himself under further pressure.
Bradley is not under any undue pressure- we'll hold fire and see what the lineup is come Feb 18.
If he was planning on getting rid of Madden anyway, but held off until after cork and Dundalk filled their 2018 right back slots, then my estimation of him has gone up!
The truth is probably far more prosaic.
To be under "further" pressure you have to be under pressure to start with.
Bradley is under zero pressure whatsoever and I think signings like Grace , Burke, Finn give him a bit of credit with the more moderate fans in terms of his transfer dealings
Maddens statement would suggest it was Rovers decision to get let him go. We'll see when all the signings are complete whether it was a good decision by Bradley or not.
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