Transfer Rumours 2015

[nigel-harps1954]

Seemingly nothing in the Liam Miller to Cork rumour after all.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/football/confidential-tony-popovic-turning-down-offers-fathead-mark-bridge-liam-miller-malaysiabound/story-fnp0lxay-1227115076261?nk=93e995e2e940f3bba8578db2b36a7a8f

Signing for Sarawak in Malaysia according to the above article.

[razor]

Seemingly nothing in the Liam Miller to Cork rumour after all.
This was a rumour that started on our forum, spread mysteriously to the local Echo and to the nationals from there.

[El-Pietro]

This was a rumour that started on our forum, spread mysteriously to the local Echo and to the nationals from there.

wasn't even a rumour, was speculation on the forum based on the fact that he was available and from Cork. Lazy journalism then on top of that.

[Jofspring]

There are some seriously lazy journalists giving good ones a bad name and that is across all boards. Have seen it with Limerick where a few Limerick fans made up rumours about a possible manager and it got national press. It's happening over on munsterfans.com as well where fans are chatting about possible situations going on and the papers are then printing it as fact. You then have all these online sites that post articles about what people are tweeting.

[Longfordian]

Dylan Connolly going to Ipswich from Shels according to today's Star. They offered him a deal in July apparently but Shels wanted to keep him for the rest of the season apparently. He's out of contract so it'll just be compensation. Cracking player.

[Charlie Darwin]

Dylan Connolly going to Ipswich from Shels according to today's Star. They offered him a deal in July apparently but Shels wanted to keep him for the rest of the season apparently. He's out of contract so it'll just be compensation. Cracking player.
Ipswich got the square root of **** all for Adam McDonnell from Ipswich, so fair play to them for telling them to get the **** on Connolly. I wouldn't be too confident about them paying compensation for Connolly - most English clubs won't unless brought to court.

[Ezeikial]

Ipswich got the square root of **** all for Adam McDonnell from Ipswich, so fair play to them for telling them to get the **** on Connolly. I wouldn't be too confident about them paying compensation for Connolly - most English clubs won't unless brought to court.

WTF?

If compensation is clearly established under UEFA regulations, English clubs have no option but pay up. It does not need a law court to enforce it - the FA under a UEFA directive is the enforcing body

[Charlie Darwin]

WTF?

If compensation is clearly established under UEFA regulations, English clubs have no option but pay up. It does not need a law court to enforce it - the FA under a UEFA directive is the enforcing body
Plenty of them don't believe the rules apply to them. See: Newcastle with Stephen Folan, Manchester City with Greg Cunningham. Both eventually resolved through the courts. I would wager plenty of them just disappear as the club can't afford to pursue the case.

[Mr A]

Woah, dodgy ground here- according to my understanding, Man City did pay for Cunningham but not necessarily all to the correct club. They may have got it wrong but may have been misinformed by people on this side of the water.

[Jofspring]

Plenty of them don't believe the rules apply to them. See: Newcastle with Stephen Folan, Manchester City with Greg Cunningham. Both eventually resolved through the courts. I would wager plenty of them just disappear as the club can't afford to pursue the case.

In cases like that it should just be a matter of bringing it to the attention of UEFA. Once you have the relevant documentation to prove a player is of the right age and you are due compensation it should be a no brainer. They are clamping down on fair play wih wages, it should be the same with compensation.

[Charlie Darwin]

Woah, dodgy ground here- according to my understanding, Man City did pay for Cunningham but not necessarily all to the correct club. They may have got it wrong but may have been misinformed by people on this side of the water.
City did a deal with Mervue for less than their training compensation would have cost, but left Claregalway out of it completely. They paid money alright, but it was more or less to prevent any sort of formal claim and was far less than they were required to pay.

[WoodquayBoy]

I'm open to correction, but as far as I know the buying club (City) pay all monies owed to the selling club (Mervue), and it is then up to the selling club to pass on any compo owed to other clubs (in this case, Cregmore/Claregalway FC). So if Cregmore were waiting for money, it was from Mervue, not City.

[Yossarian]

Horgan has re signed for us. Great to keep him on board.

http://www.dundalkfc.com/horgan-pens-new-deal/

[Charlie Darwin]

I'm open to correction, but as far as I know the buying club (City) pay all monies owed to the selling club (Mervue), and it is then up to the selling club to pass on any compo owed to other clubs (in this case, Cregmore/Claregalway FC). So if Cregmore were waiting for money, it was from Mervue, not City.
The issue was that City didn't pay all moneys owed. They negotiated a lesser fee with Mervue.

[Charlie Darwin]

Rovers are monitoring Derek Riordan, who was at Hibs shortly before Fenlon took over. His career has taken a bit of a nosedive since but he was a decent player in his day.

[Jofspring]

Rovers are monitoring Derek Riordan, who was at Hibs shortly before Fenlon took over. His career has taken a bit of a nosedive since but he was a decent player in his day.

We were linked to him when Taylor fisrt came. Pretty sure there was an article at the time about how he would do anything to get back playing football, even play for free.

This article says 2014 but it was definitely when Taylor first got here.

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/25754631

Got himself in a bit of trouble too and a few spells in clubs after Hibs also.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/former-hibs--celtic-striker-3546017

[White Horse]

Any else hear that Roddy might be taking over in Drogheda. The club can't agree a budget with Richardson.

[Yossarian]

Any else hear that Roddy might be taking over in Drogheda. The club can't agree a budget with Richardson.

This can't be true. Surely no more clubs in the league will entertain the Roddy circus?

[Charlie Darwin]

Who's driving him to the interview?

[oriel]

Rovers are monitoring Derek Riordan, who was at Hibs shortly before Fenlon took over. His career has taken a bit of a nosedive since but he was a decent player in his day.

Haven't heard of him since, but would be a great move over if only for the pronunciation of his name, in Scotland it was 'Rye-aaar-don', here it would have to be Reearr-don'

[Charlie Darwin]

Haven't heard of him since, but would be a great move over if only for the pronunciation of his name, in Scotland it was 'Rye-aaar-don', here it would have to be Reearr-don'
It'll be James McClean all over again, right down to the fact 50% of all people will never spell it correctly.

[dundalkfc10]

Drogheda in trouble. Richardson just after being on local radio LMFM (read from bottom up)

Rico set to have a meeting with chairman tomorrow but doesn't know if that will still go ahead as he doesn't know if chairman is still there
(https://twitter.com/GerardGrimes11/followers_you_follow)Rico: "This club can not afford to get relegated at this moment in its history. It is vital we are a part of the Premier Division."
Rico: "These are dark & desperate days for this football club."
Rico: "We need that leadership (of the chairman & board) now, more than any other time in the history of this football club." #Drogs (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drogs?src=hash)
Rico: "It's now a time for anyone who has any interest in Drogheda United, to come together, to help the club survive & do the best we can."
Rico: "The next week will be vital, not just for the team but for the football club itself."
Rico: "Everything is in place, the only thing is, there is a serious shortage of money."
Rico: "The budget is small, the budget in Drogheda United is based essentially on gate receipts."
Rico: "I don't want to walk away from the club in the state that it is in at the moment."
Rico: "Schlingermann, Brennan, Daly have been speaking to other clubs."
Rico: Says he can not confirm that Ben Clarke has resigned as chairman.

[adamd164]

Drogs' attendances have been very poor the last few seasons, it's amazing they've managed to keep the show on the road so far.

[Jofspring]

Well it was said Richardson has been pushing for a bigger budget. To me it seems like he is trying to put the pressure on the board. Seems like a bad way to do it in fairness. The last few managers have managed to keep the club in the premier without massive budgets and I don't see why that would change.

He says the club are reliant on gate receipts but that's with a lot of clubs.

[White Horse]

To me it seems like he is trying to put the pressure on the board.

Is there a Board? I understand that there is only one member and that is insufficient to all Drogheda United to make decisions.

I could be wrong but this is my understanding from talking to a lifelong Drog last night.

Four or five board members resigned recently. A new board member was then appointed (and make Chairman) and now he has resigned. A public meeting to get people involved has been met with no response.

At this moment Drogheda United have one board member, no manager, and no players.

[Mr A]

Genuine question here- what is Drogheda's ownership structure? I usually know this for almost every club but for some reason, possibly lack of sleep, Drogheda's completely eludes me.

[oriel]

He says the club are reliant on gate receipts but that's with a lot of clubs.

I think he meant there is virtually no other income steams coming in. For eg they didn't renew the license on that fine clubhouse for some time now I believe. I used to love going there back in the day,great spot to watch if you were shooting up that end in the second half. I'm not sure what their shirt sponsorship takes in or match day same,but I would imagine it is possibly very limited.

Dundalk have a two bars in full flow on match days, and the bigger one opens most nights I think, and is booked regularly fri and sat night parties, and sun night is a big weekly night for senior supporters. Also our sponsorship for matches, ball, advertising, programme sales, merchandise, (shop is accessible most days) and the pitch rental all add to decent steams coming in. All of this didn't just happen this year. It was slowly built up over time.

It seems a pity what is going on at Drogs, but they have been here many times before and the people of that town really need to come out and show their support now, they have done really well to maintain their PD status with tiny budgets, but it appears the entire structure needs to be revamped now.

I wouldn't like to see them go, always a great atmosphere and such a short trip for us for away games, (20 mins now), so hopefully they can sort things out.

Oh and just back on topic!!! Are there any strong rumours today?

[White Horse]

Genuine question here- what is Drogheda's ownership structure? I usually know this for almost every club but for some reason, possibly lack of sleep, Drogheda's completely eludes me.


Drogheda United is owned by a number of fans who were able to afford the €1,000 share price following transfer of ownership from the previous regime.

Perhaps, Drogheda fans can shed light on how many fans own these €1,000 shares.

[White Horse]

I think he meant there is virtually no other income steams coming in. For eg they didn't renew the license on that fine clubhouse for some time now I believe. I used to love going there back in the day,great spot to watch if you were shooting up that end in the second half. I'm not sure what their shirt sponsorship takes in or match day same,but I would imagine it is possibly very limited.

Dundalk have a two bars in full flow on match days, and the bigger one opens most nights I think, and is booked regularly fri and sat night parties, and sun night is a big weekly night for senior supporters. Also our sponsorship for matches, ball, advertising, programme sales, merchandise, (shop is accessible most days) and the pitch rental all add to decent steams coming in. All of this didn't just happen this year. It was slowly built up over time.

It seems a pity what is going on at Drogs, but they have been here many times before and the people of them town really need to come out and show their support now, they have done really well to maintain their PD status with tiny budgets, but it appears the entire structure needs to be revamped now.

I wouldn't like to see them go, always a great atmosphere and such a short trip for us for away games, (20 mins now), so hopefully they can sort things out.

Oh and just back on topic!!! Are there any strong rumours today?

I think he is talking about something entirely different.

I think he is referring to additional investment from the shareholders of the club.

[Kingdom]

Rovers are monitoring Derek Riordan, who was at Hibs shortly before Fenlon took over. His career has taken a bit of a nosedive since but he was a decent player in his day.

Don't post here often, but if there is any truth to this, than that would be a cracking signing, and he'd shoot the lights out over here. Hopefully it would be some more positive press for Rovers/ the league too.

[L.T.F.C.]

Don't post here often, but if there is any truth to this, than that would be a cracking signing, and he'd shoot the lights out over here. Hopefully it would be some more positive press for Rovers/ the league too.
Had him in my manager thing in FIFA05. Great man.

[dong]

I used to love going there back in the day,great spot to watch if you were shooting up

Can we leave discussion of the development of the Camac stand to the stadium update thread please?

[SalvadorSanchez]

Can we leave discussion of the development of the Camac stand to the stadium update thread please?

Cold, that's just Cold....tbh that's what I thought he was suggesting on first reading too... but no, not quite.

[dundalkfc10]

Local papers jounalist on twitter confirmed

Kenny has offered Hoban a 2yr deal
Cherrie will not be offered a deal
Murphy will be announced this week

[JC_GUFC]

Local papers jounalist on twitter confirmed

Kenny has offered Hoban a 2yr deal
Cherrie will not be offered a deal
Murphy will be announced this week

Which Murphy?

Is that a surprise about Cherrie not being offered a contract?

[Jofspring]

According to lads on Facebook it is Rogers to be confirmed as new keeper.

[Louth4sam]

Murphy? I think he means Rogers

Yeah bit of a surprise he is prone to the odd mistake but normally gets away with it. Great shot stopper but decision making can be suspect at times. Don't think Rogers is a massive improvement and I probably would have kept him

[Charlie Darwin]

I was under the impression Cherrie had planned to go back to Scotland all along, Kenny having already persuaded him to extend his stay by one season.

[dundalkfc10]

Sorry meant Rodgers

yeh Charlie that seemed to be it but rumours around town are Cherrie wanted to stay

[Yossarian]

Rogers is an upgrade on Cherrie if you ask me. Cherrie doesn't command his area and he can be indecisive when coming out of goal. He's been a good player for us but I think Rogers is better and will improve the team.

[Guinney]

Cherrie has been a great servant to Dundalk and it's sad to think (rumours seem to be true) that he won't be in a Dundalk jersey again. If you ask me there isn't much between Rodgers and Cherrie. Both have different strengths. I'd agree Cherrie could command his area better, but he is an excellent shot stopper. Cherrie had a great affinity with the town of Dundalk and whatever happens he will always be held in high regard in Oriel Park.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Rogers is an upgrade on Cherrie if you ask me. Cherrie doesn't command his area and he can be indecisive when coming out of goal. He's been a good player for us but I think Rogers is better and will improve the team.

Even amidst all the trials and tribulations we were having this season Rogers was excellent. Again. Would certainly see him as an upgrade on Cherrie.

[Dodge]

Rogers is a far better keeper than Cherrie. Good move by Dundalk

[desaintsno.12]

fats to rovers confirmed

[Fivesilver]

Rogers had a couple of high-profile mistakes the past season, but imho he's been consistently the best keeper in the league for several seasons. At his best he demoralises teams who think repeatedly thumping in crosses is a good idea, and I've lost count of the amount of times he's stopped stuff I didn't think he had a hope of getting near. He's a huge loss to us.

[Dalymountrower]

fats to rovers confirmed
Chambers re-signed?

[Fivesilver]

Rogers official (http://www.dundalkfc.com/gary-rogers-signs/)

[oriel]

Rogers is a far better keeper than Cherrie. Good move by Dundalk

I would agree and I think this is a very good move for the preparations to defend the title, with Boyle, Gartland & Massey already re-signed, this is a very strong defence even with the right full spot yet to fill.

[geysir]

Fahey must be next.

[Charlie Darwin]

Think Fahey might have signed for someone else.