Next season

[Sea Bird]

A lot of movement by clubs to strengthen and not a lot from us?? Dont get me wrong would love to see 3-4 big signings come in ASAP but no talk of Oji signing back and he was the difference back end of the season also tracy not sorted yet and gamble bradley axcel gone and no news of nzuzi eiter?? Positives with Duggan and leahy but its worrying with cork in particular getting a few in...Also O leary not tied down eiter..

[Jofspring]

Mike Ahern said to expect a big signing during the week. Whether that's Oji or someone else I don't know. The one thing I will say is we are behind a few teams so far but most are finished or nearly finished signing players so we still have a lot of scope to bring in more.

I'd say Nzuzi and Oji probably won't be back in Ireland till January when pre-season starts so if they are signing then that's the time I expect it.Taylor has said he is talking to Tracy and Hughes trying to come to an agreement. O'Leary while it's not necessarily right hasn't too many options as the club would be due compensation if he went somewhere else.

From what I heard the two right I dream lads won't get work permits till January so that they will have them for the duration of the season rather than needing renewing mid season. If they come in that's another goalkeeper and another centre midfielder. Goin by right to dreams record of bringing through players I have high hopes for those lads.

[Sea Bird]

Yeah very important we get Oji nzuzi o leary tracy all signed up after that 2-3 more big signings in the right positions and we could do really well and thats not including the lads from right to dream signing aswell who i hear are all a very high standard of player..would be happy if kilduff was the player mick ahearn is talking about..

[bluewhitearmy]

A lot of movement by clubs to strengthen and not a lot from us?? Dont get me wrong would love to see 3-4 big signings come in ASAP but no talk of Oji signing back and he was the difference back end of the season also tracy not sorted yet and gamble bradley axcel gone and no news of nzuzi eiter?? Positives with Duggan and leahy but its worrying with cork in particular getting a few in...Also O leary not tied down eiter..

We have more players signed then Cork.

[Jofspring]

Yeah very important we get Oji nzuzi o leary tracy all signed up after that 2-3 more big signings in the right positions and we could do really well and thats not including the lads from right to dream signing aswell who i hear are all a very high standard of player..would be happy if kilduff was the player mick ahearn is talking about..

Kill duff would be excellent but shamrock rovers are looking for money for him. The fact they let Quigley out of his contract may mean they'd be willing to release him but on the flip side the fact Quigley is gone means they need to hang onto Kildufg even more.

[bluewhitearmy]

Mike Ahern said to expect a big signing during the week. Whether that's Oji or someone else I don't know. The one thing I will say is we are behind a few teams so far but most are finished or nearly finished signing players so we still have a lot of scope to bring in more.

I'd say Nzuzi and Oji probably won't be back in Ireland till January when pre-season starts so if they are signing then that's the time I expect it.Taylor has said he is talking to Tracy and Hughes trying to come to an agreement. O'Leary while it's not necessarily right hasn't too many options as the club would be due compensation if he went somewhere else.

From what I heard the two right I dream lads won't get work permits till January so that they will have them for the duration of the season rather than needing renewing mid season. If they come in that's another goalkeeper and another centre midfielder. Goin by right to dreams record of bringing through players I have high hopes for those lads.

When did Mike say this? Hes said this kinda thing before and nothing has happened tbh.

[Jofspring]

When did Mike say this? Hes said this kinda thing before and nothing has happened tbh.

Saturday morning. He said the deal is yet to be complete but to expect an announcement of a big signing during the week. I agree with you though, he has said things like that plenty of times.

[Sea Bird]

elding,murphy,dennehy,rafter in and duggan out and looks like Horgan aswell.. we lost Bradley gamble axcel calla and could potentially lose oji o leary and tracy..players like rainsford sheedy c.murphy mcgrath whitehead have very little experience of premier football and will be squad players this coming season all potentially good players for the club but will need time to develop... IMO as things stand cork are in a better position than us at the moment but hopefully that all changes over the next few weeks...

[bluewhitearmy]

elding,murphy,dennehy,rafter in and duggan out and looks like Horgan aswell.. we lost Bradley gamble axcel calla and could potentially lose oji o leary and tracy..players like rainsford sheedy c.murphy mcgrath whitehead have very little experience of premier football and will be squad players this coming season all potentially good players for the club but will need time to develop... IMO as things stand cork are in a better position than us at the moment but hopefully that all changes over the next few weeks...

Have you ever even seen Murphy play? When you say we "lost" those players you make it sound like it wasn't the managers choice to release them.

Corks squad so far with the lads we have in the same positions next to them:

Ian Turner - Shaun Kelly
Danny Furlong - Barry Sheedy
Brian Lenihan
Darren Murphy - Shane Duggan
Anthony Elding - Rory Gaffney
Colin Healy - Prince Agyemang
Mark McNulty - Barry Ryan
Garry Buckley
Dan Murray -Mick Leahy
Darren Dennehy - Stephen Folan
Billy Dennehy - Danny Galbraith
Michael Rafter- Craig Curran
John Kavanagh
Neale Horgan - Robbie Williams

Is what they have better then what we have? No not really tbh all they have done really is replace Duggan with Murphy, Kilduff with Elding and Horgan with Dennehy two of those are not exactly a step up in quality from what they are replacing and i haven't seen enough of Murphy. I would have been very annoyed if we had signed Rafter he is not good. Lenihan,Buckley and Kavanagh don't have very little LOI experience in fact they have less then Sheedy,McGrath and Rainsford.

Bradley and Call have been replaced with better players and we haven't replaced Axel yet but we will be. We could "potentially" lose Oji, Tracy and O'Leary but there is just as much chance we will keep them. So how much better off are Cork hen us really?

[Jofspring]

According to Right To Dreams Facebook they were voted the 15th best academy in world football. Would be great to continue strong links with them once the lads work permits come through. From doing a bit of digging it also seems Ali Abass was supposed to sign for Man City when he was 17 but it fell through.

[Sea Bird]

How many times have you seen Prince Agyemang play????? Rafter " is not good" he is 21 and scored 13 goals in 28 games last season elding scored 19 in 26 games..Curran for all his great performances scored 7 goals in 26 games and Rory who had a tough start coming back from long term injury got 5 in 19 so in the goalscoring department we have a bit to find with them..and if we "potentially" lose Oji O leary Tracy there is a lot of big gaps to fill in the squad...

[bluewhitearmy]

How many times have you seen Prince Agyemang play????? Rafter " is not good" he is 21 and scored 13 goals in 28 games last season elding scored 19 in 26 games..Curran for all his great performances scored 7 goals in 26 games and Rory who had a tough start coming back from long term injury got 5 in 19 so in the goalscoring department we have a bit to find with them..and if we "potentially" lose Oji O leary Tracy there is a lot of big gaps to fill in the squad...

Where did i say anything about Agyemang other then he plays the same position as Colin Healy i don't need to see him play to know where he plays. Rafter isn't a good player he is overweight and has a poor attitude not the kind we need here at all i bet i'm not the only one that has seen the league regularly that wouldn't want Rafter. Craig Curran while not having as good a scoring record last season will do far more for a team then Rafter will. I'm fully aware what Elding scored but he is not a better all round player then Kilduff who he replaced and i fully believe a fully fit Rory will be involved in just as many goals as him. Rory was nowhere near fit for most of last season and even when he was in he played about 7 of his 13 starts up front if even 7.

My point about potentially losing Oji Tracy and O'Leary is that you seem to just complete ignore the fact we could potentially keep them. You also completely ignore that 2 of the 4 people that we let go have been replaced with better players. You also ignore that its not just Duggan and Horgan to leave Cork they have also lost Kalen Spillane and are in the same position with Danny Morrissey as we are with Oji,Tracy and O'Leary.

So really we are very close to where Cork are and definitely not left behind as of now so lets wait til the squad is done before we start to panic. And until someone knows more lets not forget that there is just as much chance lads will stay as they will go.

[bluewhitearmy]

Good news coming soon.

[bluewhitearmy]

Sam Oji re-signs.

[LK37oldskool]

Brill signing. defence now sorted. a couple of more would do the trick nicely!

[bluewhitearmy]

That could be it til after Christmas i reckon. Surely Stuart will be heading to Scotland for Christmas.

[LK37oldskool]

Taylor interview on Live 95FM in the morning.

[bluewhitearmy]

Nzuzi, Tracy and Hughes the only ones left to re-sign now is it.

Wouldn't mind signing Garbhan Coughlan too did well while out on loan at Athlone.

[Jofspring]

Nzuzi, Tracy and Hughes the only ones left to re-sign now is it.

Wouldn't mind signing Garbhan Coughlan too did well while out on loan at Athlone.

Taylor said he was talking to Dave O'Leary two days ago as well.

Coughlan seems to have done well last year, hasn't signed with Athlone yet either so i'd say the club will sign him alright.

[bluewhitearmy]

Anyone hear the interview this morning?

Where did he say that Jofspring about O'Leary?

[Jofspring]

Anyone hear the interview this morning?

Where did he say that Jofspring about O'Leary?

Said it on 95fm. He said he was talking to Nzuzi yesterday and O'Leary the day before yesterday as far as I can remember.

[bluewhitearmy]

Said it on 95fm. He said he was talking to Nzuzi yesterday and O'Leary the day before yesterday as far as I can remember.

He say anything about how the talks went or just that they had em?

[atfconline]

Coughlan seems to have done well last year, hasn't signed with Athlone yet either so i'd say the club will sign him alright.

It would be a shame to see him gain promotion two years in a row and still not get to play in the Premier!

[Jofspring]

He say anything about how the talks went or just that they had em?

No just that they are still in talks and would hope to sort something to suit both parties.



It would be a shame to see him gain promotion two years in a row and still not get to play in the Premier!

Agree 100%

[LK37oldskool]

Can anyone confirm that Jason Hughes has resigned? I heard a deal was done yesterday.

[Jofspring]

Can anyone confirm that Jason Hughes has resigned? I heard a deal was done yesterday.

I heard he was offered a deal in November, he agreed to it but nothing more was done after that. Hopefully he is signed up. I'd say a few nore will be signed in the next week or so from last seasons squad with pre-season starting back. Taylor had said on the radio also that he wants to get a look at some new players in training before signing them.

[bluewhitearmy]

Can anyone confirm that Jason Hughes has resigned? I heard a deal was done yesterday.

I really hope this is true he earned it imo with his displays when he signed. His attitude is fantastic too.

[gael353]

Team back training jan 13th

[kingpin4]

I heard he was offered a deal in November, he agreed to it but nothing more was done after that. Hopefully he is signed up. I'd say a few nore will be signed in the next week or so from last seasons squad with pre-season starting back. Taylor had said on the radio also that he wants to get a look at some new players in training before signing them.

That last bit worries me a little bit. Not many players will go on trial at a club unless they're really struggling to get a contract elsewhere. I'd imagine that any LOI players that could have improved us are nearly all tied up.
Have a feeling we'll be seeing a few UK based players coming in towards the end of January.

Any update on the new assistant manager?

[Jofspring]

Axel's Twitter "Limerick FC or not.......Thinking"

The club must be back in talks with him. Hopefully at the supporters club meeting tomorrow night and Q&A with Stuart Taylor we might get more news re-signings.

[bluewhitearmy]

Axel's Twitter "Limerick FC or not.......Thinking"

The club must be back in talks with him. Hopefully at the supporters club meeting tomorrow night and Q&A with Stuart Taylor we might get more news re-signings.

Would be a poor decision to sign him again his attitude is poor he has shown he doesn't want to be here. The only reason he would have any interest now is cos he can't get anywhere else. Taylor is always talking about how he only wants people that want to be here and have the right attitude so i hope he sticks to that. We need a new winger and striker imo not just the same frontline as we had last season.

[Jofspring]

I'd take him back so long as it wasn't at the expensive of a potential new signing the club are looking at. I think his attitude isn't too bad, the most annoying part is his selfishness and decision making at times. Maybe not getting another club may have knocked some modesty into him. He is a good finisher though and very pacey. Doesn't seem like a winger though going on last season.

[bluewhitearmy]

I'd take him back so long as it wasn't at the expensive of a potential new signing the club are looking at. I think his attitude isn't too bad, the most annoying part is his selfishness and decision making at times. Maybe not getting another club may have knocked some modesty into him. He is a good finisher though and very pacey. Doesn't seem like a winger though going on last season.

Attitude on the pitch seemed ok attitude off it was one of the main reasons he was let go i was told. I think if he is signed back its a desperation signing tbh cos we cant find someone else.

[kingpin4]

Attitude on the pitch seemed ok attitude off it was one of the main reasons he was let go i was told. I think if he is signed back its a desperation signing tbh cos we cant find someone else.

It'd surprise me just because of how much Taylor used to scream at him. I'd say you're right that we struggled to get anyone to replace his pace.

Have heard Shane Tracy and Dave O'Leary are closer to signing their contracts. Have also heard there could be a couple of junior players around for pre season to see if they can stick the intensity. I imagine it'd be the usual Clarke, Waters, Colbert etc... (If true)

Anyone heard anything on new assistant manager? I'd like to see someone "local" just because they'd know the Irish players in the league a bit better.

[Jofspring]

Wouldn't be surprised though if the junior lads that were there the last time didn't have an interest in more training and looking at them.

[ever37]

What happened to Malky?
Did he get a better offer or did Taylor get rid of him?

[kingpin4]

What happened to Malky?
Did he get a better offer or did Taylor get rid of him?

Some said he just had enough and wanted to go back home. Someone else said Taylor didn't like how close Malky was to the players. Club have been very quiet on it.

Heard Shane Clarke has been training with Cork City too. Pity, would love to see him with us.

[sadloserkid]

Heard Shane Clarke has been training with Cork City too. Pity, would love to see him with us.

Cork are weighed down with strikers already surely? Between that and Clarke's previous reluctance to commit to senior football I would be surprised if that comes to anything (not doubting his ability by the way).

[Jofspring]

Some said he just had enough and wanted to go back home. Someone else said Taylor didn't like how close Malky was to the players. Club have been very quiet on it.

Heard Shane Clarke has been training with Cork City too. Pity, would love to see him with us.

Shane is a very good player and I'd prefer to see him with us but for one reason or another it has never worked out between Shane and Limerick FC so I'd say it might be time for both parties to move on which is sad to say.

[Jofspring]

Going by instagram it looks like Dave has signed. He was back for pre-season training anyway. Great news if he has signed up.

[delboyderis]

i think dave o leary was on one of the training videos which is good and hopefully signed but the squad isnt as strong as last year.defence seems to be fine with what they have signed but midfield and up front is a bit light.early days yet though.

[bluewhitearmy]

More good news coming soon.

[Jofspring]

More good news coming soon.

Taylor said in an interview yesterday they have agreed terms with another midfielder. He never said though whether that was O'Leary or someone else. Fingers crossed it's O'Leary and a new addition.

[dutchie]

more good news coming soon.

and ??????

[bluewhitearmy]

Shane Clarke playing in a friendly for Cork now. Would be disappointed if he signed for them and we didn't bring in another striker.

[Jofspring]

Would be disappointing alright but at this stage it just doesn't seem like it will ever properly happen between Clarke and Limerick.

[donnrua]

Would be disappointing alright but at this stage it just doesn't seem like it will ever properly happen between Clarke and Limerick.
how many times did Clarke sign with us only for it not to work out?

[Jofspring]

I can remember twice anyway and one of the times he went back to junior after 4 weeks despite actually doing well.

[gael353]

Including 21s...hes joined us 5 times and left us 5 times.

[bluewhitearmy]

Last time he was here he was doing well and it was not his choice to leave.