Transfer rumours

[Longfordian]

Tommy Barrett to Athlone

Collie James to Shels :bulgy:

Collie worked with Mathews at LTFC, Shels are looking strong this year and the players will play for their manager with him having signed most of them now. They know him and how he works. They have a great chance I think.

[monsexile]

Eric Foley has signed for Monaghan United and a few others are training with the team and may be announced in the next few days.
http://monaghanunited.tv/?p=106

[Ezeikial]

the way everyone is talking this league is going to be a good tuff battle witch can only be a good thing.

Talk is cheap - Shamrock Rovers budget is not

There can only be one winner (cue Sporting Fingal and Sligo making a dose of expensive signings!)

[Martinho II]

Shamrock Rovers are supposed to be in talks with Graham Gartland and striker Andy Jackson from St. Johnstone. Not sure if they're permanent or loan signings.

they are supposed to be loan signings.. garto is on loan with a scottish lower league team that I cant remember their name! it was one of the tabloids yesterday about them!

[Dunny]

He's with Ross County Marty.

[CSFShels]

Eric Foley has signed for Monaghan United and a few others are training with the team and may be announced in the next few days.
http://monaghanunited.tv/?p=106
Any more from us? Foley is ok, isn't great.

[monsexile]

Think that is it from Shels.

[Lamper.sffc]

Talk is cheap - Shamrock Rovers budget is not

There can only be one winner (cue Sporting Fingal and Sligo making a dose of expensive signings!)

What about signings between the clubs. Kirby has gone to Sligo.

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/4826/

[Dan6189]

What about signings between the clubs. Kirby has gone to Sligo.

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/4826/

Quality signing

[poster]

(cue Sporting Fingal and Sligo making a dose of expensive signings!)

I reckon we'll only make maybe one more 'big' signing. Kirby's a decent signing, made sense for him to come here when he's living in Longford I suppose.

Will be decent squad player.

[Longfordian]

Very good pro he'll give ye good service.

[CSFShels]

Anthony Costigan on trial with Longford by the looks of things.

[Darkglasses]

Waterford's David Grincell likely to be playing with the Youths next season. Anto Wolfe on trial with Cork after a fantastic season at the Youths.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

I reckon we'll only make maybe one more 'big' signing. Kirby's a decent signing, made sense for him to come here when he's living in Longford I suppose.

Will be decent squad player.

Kirby is a great little player. We should have been trying to sign him for the last few years

Would imagine Raf will be coming back and we need to get ourselves a keeper as well

[gufc2000]

We're in talks with St Mirren over signing up to 5 players on loan from them

[razor]

Vinny Sullivan and Simon Holland have signed for Cork City.
more here (http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/2011/01/29/6792/)

[outspoken]

Anto flood suppose to have signed 4 fingal from what I'm hearing.

[Terry]

jay Molloy has signed for mervue from GUFC. Tom King and Derek O'Brien training with them also at the moment. Also, Rory Gaffney has re-signed for the coming season with mervue.

[Town Legend]

Sligo Rovers had 5 Koreans on trial for them and played in the friendly against Finn Harps according to extratime.

http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/4837/

[Dan6189]

Anyone heard any more rumors about pats signings, supposed to be 2 or 3 more coming but there don't seem to be anyone in the know about who they are?

[sligoman]

Anyone know is Wes Charles still on trial with Salthill? or has he signed yet even?

[outspoken]

jay Molloy has signed for mervue from GUFC. Tom King and Derek O'Brien training with them also at the moment. Also, Rory Gaffney has re-signed for the coming season with mervue.

Seems a bit of a step down 4 king but with Galway the way they are I suppose its just handy for him to sign with Mervue.

[outspoken]

Anto Flood has agreed terms with Fingal and is just waiting to sign on the dotted line now , mark rossiter meant to be signing too

[poster]

Will Mervue be mostly amateur this season?

[Sam_Heggy]

Conor O'Grady to sign for Harps today after training.

[White Horse]

Anto Flood has agreed terms with Fingal and is just waiting to sign on the dotted line now , mark rossiter meant to be signing too

Have they discovered an oil field in north Dublin?

[redobit]

Anto Flood has agreed terms with Fingal and is just waiting to sign on the dotted line now , mark rossiter meant to be signing too

Lucky Fingal have moved to Dalymount so, he can take up the previous bar-man gig he had.

[El-Pietro]

City had Anthony Wolfe, A Hungarian centre half, a Canadaian midfielder, a Polish keeper and a Scottish striker on trial yesterday against Cobh.

Wolfe and the Canadian midfielder Ryan Gyaki impressed. The striker looks like a big useless lump. Hard to judge the keeper and didn't see too much of the Hungarian. see how they do against Rovers on Friday I suppose

[Magicme]

Don't know if there is any truth to it but heard last night that philly Hughes move to Shels fell apart and he was looking to come back to us.

[CSFShels]

Please God let it be true.

[Lim till i die]

I see where you're coming from but say Philly does go back "home" what strikers do Shels have??

[Magicme]

Who says we would be able to take him back?

[Dewie101]

Brennan to Rovers back on, might choose them over Sligo

[OneForTheFuture]

Do you not think you could fit him in?

[Quayman]

Paddy Madden to Carlisle:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6712330,00.html

[CSFShels]

I see where you're coming from but say Philly does go back "home" what strikers do Shels have??
Mulvenna and Dinny Corcoran and we sign others.

[Magicme]

Do you not think you could fit him in?

Not if its true who else we have signed! :D

[WoodquayBoy]

Will Mervue be mostly amateur this season?

You mean like last year and the year before? Yes.

[The Lep]

Have they discovered an oil field in north Dublin?

No, just a field. Rumour has it that there are loads of them.

[OneForTheFuture]

Not if its true who else we have signed! :D

Why? Is there a bigger striker out there at this level?

Is there a wider choice?

[Sam_Heggy]

Why? Is there a bigger striker out there at this level?

Is there a wider choice?



That's a pretty ROUNDED opinion you have there.

[OneForTheFuture]

That's a pretty ROUNDED opinion you have there.

I am just looking at the BIG picture!

[Sam_Heggy]

One of the members of Harps squad from last season (currently not re-signed as yet but training with the side) has had a better offer put to him by the GAA to return to play GAA as the new county manager wants him in the panel.
Amateur my fooking hole.

[pineapple stu]

I see where you're coming from but say Philly does go back "home" what strikers do Shels have??
Chris Mulhall played mostly on the wing for us, but is apparently more of a forward. That's a starter for ten anyway.

Darren Meenan played for us yesterday; wasn't he with Sligo most recently? Played for us in 2008; wasn't great, but with our striking options, he'll be much appreciated if he has signed. At least he has a bit of experience, which forwards seem to need more than other positions.

Other names I didn't recognise yestreday were Dan (?) Ledwith/Ledwidge (centre-mid; had a good game), Jack Flynn, someone Scanlon and someone Cullen. Dunno if anyone's heard anything about any of them; presumably they're coming through from various youth clubs rather than LoI clubs as that's the way we usually get our players.

Always something exciting about this time of year. :)

[redobit]

Darren Meenan played for us yesterday; wasn't he with Sligo most recently? Played for us in 2008; wasn't great, but with our striking options, he'll be much appreciated if he has signed. At least he has a bit of experience, which forwards seem to need more than other positions.



Came on in the Cup Final against Fingal in 2009 and was released at the end of that season. (Still think we should have brought Turner on instead of him that time).

[pineapple stu]

Wiki says he was with Drogheda last season. He's really been around the country - Harps, Monaghan, UCD, Bray, Shels, Sligo, Drogheda, UCD again, and he's still only just gone 24!

[GlasnevinRed]

Wiki says he was with Drogheda last season. He's really been around the country - Harps, Monaghan, UCD, Bray, Shels, Sligo, Drogheda, UCD again, and he's still only just gone 24!

Attitude problem apparently. Was only with us for a few months before he was let go. Didn't feature much either.

[Sam_Heggy]

Serious attitude problem when with us, but definitely had ability. Came on as a sub against Sligo in the showgrounds in the League cup once, last 4 minutes before getting a stright red, never really had a look in after that. Must have been the 2006 season when he was with us.

Mons were very happy with him though by all accounts.

[total hoofball]

Chris Mulhall played mostly on the wing for us, but is apparently more of a forward. That's a starter for ten anyway.

Darren Meenan played for us yesterday; wasn't he with Sligo most recently? Played for us in 2008; wasn't great, but with our striking options, he'll be much appreciated if he has signed. At least he has a bit of experience, which forwards seem to need more than other positions.

Other names I didn't recognise yestreday were Dan (?) Ledwith/Ledwidge (centre-mid; had a good game), Jack Flynn, someone Scanlon and someone Cullen. Dunno if anyone's heard anything about any of them; presumably they're coming through from various youth clubs rather than LoI clubs as that's the way we usually get our players.

Always something exciting about this time of year. :)

Daniel Ledwith, James Scallan and Gavin Colton were all part of UCD's A Championship and Under 20 teams last season. All are probably 17/18, Ledwith and Scallan came from Arklow Town and Colton came from Cherry Orchard and was also on Football's next star with Craig Walsh

Jack Flynn is 21 and was a bit-part player with Shelbourne last season and St. Pats before that.

[pineapple stu]

Attitude problem apparently.


Serious attitude problem when with us
Interesting. I know the lads running the club are proud of their "No d!ckheads" policy, so I can only presume he wasn't too bad with us the last time.