New Players for Next Year [Archive] - Page 3

LFC Blue

04/12/2016, 8:24 AM

Location is the biggest killer for us, don't get me wrong there are other reasons too but lads just don't want to move too far from Dublin unless we are paying way over what they are worth.
Still enough out there to make a fairly good squad imo but the standard of signing will need to go up a notch and we still need 4 or 4 top quality signings. Not looking like there are any strikers available in Ireland now so will more than likely have to look in the UK dunno what our contacts are like over there now. Depends who we keep too like I said earlier keep Greene and bringing in Turner and Clarke too is a clear improvement out wide but lose Greene and its not really improving things at cos while Clarke is better than Kenny Turner is not better than Greene. Surprised Paudie and Kelly aren't re-signed yet either.

Squad at the minute
Goalies: Freddy Hall, Brendan Clarke

Defenders: Shane Tracy, Robbie Williams, Tony Whitehead, Dave O'Connor

Midfielders: Lee J Lynch,Shane Duggan,Paul O Conor, Ian Turner

Strikers: Chris Mulhall, Garbhan Coughlan

It's fairly worrying that's what's signed so far is almost identical to what we started the 2015 season with!

O Donnel,Rice, Clarke and Faherty v Hall, O Connor, Lee J and Mulhall the difference which hardly improves things.

bluewhitearmy

04/12/2016, 3:11 PM

Yep apart from goalkeeper position nothing is improved yet but then with how many we have signed its not really time to panic yet. What is very important for me now is we absolutely have to get the best of what was there last season signed up now whats left from that now Shaun Kelly, Paudie O'Connor and Aaron Greene is it? I get the feeling they are gonna let Greene go and just replace him and Kenny with Clarke and Turner and tbh thats no improvement at all. If we were to keep those 3 from last year at least then CB and out wide would have some depth added to it with CB= Robbie Paudie Dave O Connor Whitehead and out wide= Greene Turner Clarke and if we were greedy maybe Kenny.

We need a proper squad now that means having premier division standard players on the bench as well as in starting 11 last season we had 11 maybe 12 and that was just first division standard.

Lim till i die

04/12/2016, 4:14 PM

Whitehead and Coughlan rather than say Kelly and Greene was a bit of a worry of an announcement with Williams.

It would be nearly impossible to put together a squad as bad as the one that was put together in 2015.

Nearly...

bluewhitearmy

04/12/2016, 4:53 PM

If we could get the lads signed up from last year that are left we would have

.......................Freddy/Clarke......................

Kelly............Paudie/Whitehead..........Robbie/D O'C.............Tracy

Duggy..........................O'Conor............ ......Lee J

Turner/Kenny..............Mulhall/Garbhan..............Greene

That wouldn't be a bad start imo if you could add maybe 4 good starting level players to that then fill the squad with the young lads I think we would be near top half at least. And yes I am extremely bored right now.

osarusan

04/12/2016, 4:55 PM

osarusan

04/12/2016, 4:57 PM

Shane Tracy at left full is a recipe for disaster. We need a proper full back.

bluewhitearmy

04/12/2016, 5:02 PM

Sean Kelly has been in some sponsorship photoshoots recently - so he is still around the club at least.

I think it's important that we hold on to him and Paudie.

Green I can take or leave, he is a lazy ******* and a luxury we wont be able to afford in the premier.

Shane Tracy at left full is a recipe for disaster. We need a proper full back.

I think Greene will actually step up in premier, could be wrong like but he is better than anyone else I have listed in wide positions on that he would be the only one id say is proven premier standard actually. If we got that signed up I would ideally want the 4 starting standard players signed to be left back centre mid striker and another winger. I am hoping for a bit much given our record of building squads though.

osarusan

04/12/2016, 5:11 PM

I think Greene will actually step up in premier, could be wrong like but he is better than anyone else I have listed in wide positions on that he would be the only one id say is proven premier standard actually. If we got that signed up I would ideally want the 4 starting standard players signed to be left back centre mid striker and another winger. I am hoping for a bit much given our record of building squads though.
You would hope he would step up, but in the games against premier opposition this season he didn't.

He is excellent when he bothers, but too often he just doesn't bother. I am not sure we can afford that given the likely strength of our squad. If it was a choice between him and Dean Clarke I would choose Clarke.

Lim till i die

04/12/2016, 5:14 PM

That squad up there is scary bad.

As in lose a playoff at the end of the season and get relegated again bad.

I take the point about Dean Clarke and Aaron Greene but by the same token I would choose a half eaten sandwich of Aaron Greene's over Ian Turner. He needs to be signed failing any obvious alternatives. Paudie I could take or leave to be honest. In an ideal world leave.

osarusan

04/12/2016, 5:22 PM

That squad up there is scary bad.
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Looking at it right now, we desperately need a striker. A real one, not a makeshift one. Muhall is a blunt instrument that worked in the first division, but looked limited against premier opposition, although maybe he could be a decent option off the bench. Also, he as a winger originally, so he could play there as backup for/ahead of Turner. (Backup for Ian Turner...what a role in professional life).

And I'd say it's the position we are least likely to sign a decent player in.

bluewhitearmy

04/12/2016, 5:40 PM

You would hope he would step up, but in the games against premier opposition this season he didn't.

He is excellent when he bothers, but too often he just doesn't bother. I am not sure we can afford that given the likely strength of our squad. If it was a choice between him and Dean Clarke I would choose Clarke.

Clarke and Greene would be my preferred wide men.

LK37oldskool

04/12/2016, 6:44 PM

Good to see people taking notice of how bad we've done in signing players. LTID and Osarusan have nailed the frailty of the current squad. There is no chance of us getting 4/5 more players of quality. So far we don't seem to have learnt anything from our last foray in the premier league. Worrying times but as BWA says, let's wait and see what else the club do.

blueblood

04/12/2016, 11:03 PM

Is John oflynn not an option even as back up.

Jofspring

04/12/2016, 11:15 PM

I would definitely think he is an option. If chances are created for him he is a proven goalscorer.

Lim till i die

05/12/2016, 11:31 AM

Who has beaten us to Gary McCabe? :ball:

osarusan

05/12/2016, 11:32 AM

Is John oflynn not an option even as back up.
Is what we saw of O' Flynn last season as good as it gets these days? Or was he injured/unfit and has recovered from that?

Give him chances and he will take them, but we won't be creating anywhere near as much as last season, and apart from scoring, he didn't contribute all that much (fine in the first, but I'm not sure about the premier).

blueblood

05/12/2016, 12:58 PM

I think he should be re-signed, doubt any other premiere teams would offer him great money, I don't think there's any strikers available out there that are far better, great if we sign someone better OFlynn would be handy backup.

blueblood

05/12/2016, 1:04 PM

Are the Dennehys supposed to be signed? if so it's not the worst team so far, shouldn't need to worry about relegation anyway!

LFC Blue

05/12/2016, 1:13 PM

Are the Dennehys supposed to be signed? if so it's not the worst team so far, shouldn't need to worry about relegation anyway!

Is this a runner? Be great if true. Should be realistic you'd imagine. Love to see Gary McCabe come off. Any links with UCDs Gary O Neill? Outstanding last season and he Is a Tralee lad too.

Lim till i die

05/12/2016, 2:45 PM

The dennehys are under contract at pats.

God help us I actually checked

bluewhitearmy

05/12/2016, 4:04 PM

Pats are supposedly trying to get rid of em still though but I can't see us going after em tbh. Unless Paudie is leaving or we plan on playing Robbie left back we are probably done at CB. I'd much rather just keep Greene than sign Billy Dennehy too both have a lot of talent that you probably don't see enough but id be way more hopeful we would get more from Greener.

We may aswell just forget McCabe even if we are after him Pats and Bray are too so he will end up at one of them. On strikers I'd actually forgotten John O Flynn somehow great one to have on the bench but we seen with his injuries last year we will still definitely need a main striker. Had a look at whats available in Ireland and all I found any way reasonable were Enda Curran and Podge Cunningham at Galway and Kurtis Byrne of Bohs, if we could I'd definitely take Byrne got 10 goals last year for Bohs and some crackers.

I'd love to know what the hold up with Shaun Kelly is he lives in Limerick has been here years and wants to stay so you would think it would be straightforward to get him done. I hope Russell isn't looking to replace him cos I can't see us getting better and we should be concentrating on areas we actually really need it.

blueblood

05/12/2016, 4:21 PM

Is this a runner? Be great if true. Should be realistic you'd imagine. Love to see Gary McCabe come off. Any links with UCDs Gary O Neill? Outstanding last season and he Is a Tralee lad too.

Gary McCabe would be nice, Gary O'Neill must be handy the best of the 1st div, don't know if Russell knows him well.

blueblood

05/12/2016, 4:24 PM

The dennehys are under contract at pats.

God help us I actually checked

Balls I fell for that rumor. Although one of them might have got upset by something and they both left!!!

Hitman

05/12/2016, 7:31 PM

I would definitely think He is an option. If chances are created for Him He is a proven goalscorer.

Is what we saw of O' Flynn last season as good as it gets these days? Or was He injured/unfit and has recovered from that?

Give Him chances and He will take them, but we won't be creating anywhere near as much as last season, and apart from scoring, He didn't contribute all that much

I think He should be re-signed, doubt any other premiere teams would offer Him great money

On strikers I'd actually forgotten John O Flynn somehow great one to have on the bench but we seen with His injuries last year we will still definitely need a main striker.

Final warning, those who fail to give Him His due will be damned to an eternity of Colin Patrick O' Brien up front.

blueblood

05/12/2016, 7:43 PM

Final warning, those who fail to give Him His due will be damned to an eternity of Colin Patrick O' Brien up front.
Oh god Can't Pass memories

bluewhitearmy

09/12/2016, 1:32 PM

Its not player news but wasn't worth starting a new thread for. What would people have been happy with this season before we had made any signings or there was rumour of signings? People happy with just staying up and mid-table or were expectations higher? And secondly how have the signings so far altered peoples expectations?

Lim till i die

09/12/2016, 1:57 PM

Midtable.

Harps, Galway, Bohs, Drogs etc these are all ambitionless dirt.

After that wouldn't be asking too much to sneak ahead of a Pats or a Sligo or a Derry or a Bray.

So far my expectations have been lowered.

To include us in the ambitionless dirt. :ball:

Need to be shipping in a few handy players sharpish. Mark my words if push comes to shove we will NOT pick up enough points against drogs or harps when it matters.

Jofspring

09/12/2016, 2:55 PM

Before the signings started I suppose I would have been very optimistic like a lot of people of really pushing on, especially with the talk of money to be spent etc... Right now I'd happily take mid-table but I reckon a lot of the people heading to the Markets Field the last few years will have very high expectations and I wouldn't blame them with the talk that was coming from the club.

osarusan

09/12/2016, 5:12 PM

As we fail to sign decent players, the calibre of player we need to sign to avoid a relegation battle gets higher.

thomas72

09/12/2016, 5:41 PM

Usually get a Xmas present season ticket I don't want it this year the club has shown no ambition at all of all the BS they sang to us on how we will sign quality to challenge for Europe such a let down relegation battle all season long short in every area on the pitch.

sadloserkid

09/12/2016, 6:05 PM

Maybe I'm in a minority here but I'd have been happy with midtable all along. I pay no attention to the club line anymore, I decided a long time ago that POS has great, big scrapbook at home that he wants to fill. Hence the sporadic off the wall comments. We were in the First Division last year, we got relegated the season before that when Uncle Pat decided to close his wallet until it was too late. If we finish 8th or 9th this season and avoid a relegation scrap I won't be too upset. It's still progress. Showing ambition doesn't mean throwing away money that we don't have anyway. All that being said... I would like to see a few more signed before Christmas.

LK37oldskool

09/12/2016, 6:07 PM

Yup, agree that my own expectation has been massively downgraded taking into account the players signed so far. I won't be getting a season ticket either unless some better players are brought in. Definitely no European challenge in that squad.

LK37oldskool

09/12/2016, 6:51 PM

I hear Greene gone to Bray. Options getting very limited.

thomas72

09/12/2016, 7:30 PM

I hear Greene gone to Bray. Options getting very limited.

That is ******* ridiculous from limerick he should of been one of the first resigned we are going to be ****e

Lim till i die

09/12/2016, 7:37 PM

Gentlemen.

It's officially time to panic.

I expect an announcement about a big announcement any day now. A link up with the Harlem Globetrotters is my bet.

Market's Field

09/12/2016, 8:01 PM

I missed all this negativity last season

Lim till i die

09/12/2016, 8:15 PM

I was starting to give out around July in fairness...

All seriousness we knew we were going to win the first division in April. The fact that since then we have failed to secure a striker and a centre half is a ****in disgrace.

I don't know who is worse Russell or the chairman

topfan

09/12/2016, 8:33 PM

Just three rumors i heard today. Don't know how true they are but they came from a good source. First Sean Russell won't be signed due to "conflict of interest", secondly Sean Kelly also not to be signed back as he is not wanted by Russell and finally the Wexford man investing in club is true, he's a friend of Pat and willing to invest.

Will be interesting to see which if any of these come true but i think they have to sign Kelly even if just for cover.

Jofspring

09/12/2016, 8:52 PM

As long as the club don't do to Kelly what they did to Tracey two years ago. Say they didn't need him, end up signing no one and have to bring him in a few games into the season.

Greene going is a big loss when you consider we were supposed to add to the quality we already had.

fieldofmarkets

09/12/2016, 11:15 PM

If we are having to spend money wisely, I am ok without Greener. Spent quite a bit of time out last year and didn't have his best games in the big ones. We will have to find value outside the established league names I think. Maybe guys coming back from England and such.
We would all love a push for Europe but I will be happy with mid table, especially if we are comfortably there all season with a decent home record. Current squad is not capable of that but hopefully only half constructed.

Lim till i die

09/12/2016, 11:40 PM

I draw the line at Shaun Kelly.

I'd sooner get rid of Russell than Shaun Kelly.

What is it with us that we always feel the need to unceremoniously push stalwarts out the door?

Even if this mythical better than Shaun Kelly full back exists in England (cos there's nothing available in this league) who's the back-up??

Paul O'Conor?? Tony Whitehead?? Sweet divine Jesus.

Just while I think of Tony Whitehead. Why were him and Garbhan signed?? You could probably pay the bulk of Shaun Kelly's wages out of whatever is being wasted there. And I know what would be better value.

I give Russell a LOT of slack because he has to put up with pat o sullivan.

But pushing the likes of Shaun Kelly out the door while signing massive heaps of useless crap like Ian Turner leads me to believe that maybe both him and pat could be in the wrong. :good:

osarusan

10/12/2016, 12:19 AM

It's one thing to not sign players from elsewhere who might do a job for us.

It's another to not re-sign one of our own players, who is absolutely fine for the division. There are areas that we really need to look at, but right-back isn't one. We could spend time and money looking and just end up with somebody no better than Kelly.

NeverFeltBetter

10/12/2016, 9:23 AM

It's been a dreadful off-season so far. I didn't really believe the talk of buying a squad capable of getting into the top four - we've heard all that before - but, barring a influx of players from abroad, what we've got so far relative to the level of quality left to be signed in the LOI is real 12-8th territory. We seem to have a chronic problem getting good players in during the winter. Maybe it's the city, the chairman, the manager, or everything, but Limerick just never seems to be a valued destination before the season starts.

I guarantee Sean Russell will play at least one 2017 game with Limerick.

sadloserkid

10/12/2016, 9:23 AM

Agreed that Shaun Kelly should have been signed and it seems an absolute no brainer not to make it a priority. Have no idea what Russell could be thinking with that one. :confused:

I guarantee Sean Russell will play at least one 2017 game with Limerick.

Potentially at right back the way things are shaping up!

bluewhitearmy

10/12/2016, 4:11 PM

Anyone that knows me on here knows I am no club yes man and yes people have valid points about some things with the club. But what I am hearing from people that I know are well clued in to what is going is that Russell has been given a very good budget and has been left 100% in charge of comings and goings this year so however good/bad we are rests on him this season. In fairness to him I know it doesn't mean much really but he has made some very good offers to some good players and some have just gotten offers we can't match and shouldn't try to match.

Shaun Kelly is away on holiday from what I am told and I hope that is the reason he hasn't been signed up yet.