Coming and going...

[sadloserkid]

Brendan Hughes has apparently left Limerick FC.

Cillian Lordan is a target for Limerick FC with a fee of €3-4,000 expected to be neccessary to pry him away from Cork City.

Thoughts?

[Risteard]

Cillian Lordan is a target for Limerick FC with a fee of €3-4,000 expected to be neccessary to pry him away from Cork City.
Decent player and probably available.
Established himself at right-back last year and got a few European appearances i think but it looks like Richardson trusts experience and he now probably has Horgan, Woods, O'Halloran,Murphy and probably even Derek Coughlan ahead of him for a full back slot.

[Pauliwallnuts]

I guess O'Mahonys 1st team days are numbered so.

[lim abroad]

i heard that brendan hughes said that he won't be playing for limerick anymore,as long as noel o connor is the gaffer

[Mark_no9]

I think it's a pity that brendan hughes is going..Good honest grafter ,Could be missed towards the end of a long season when injuries and suspensions kick in.Plus I think he is good enough for a place. :rolleyes:

[LFC in Exile]

Pity about Brendan - always liked him as a player. I wonder will more follow because while NOC says the squad is small there are a lot of players kicking their heels.

Lordan is a good player. Stevo has gone off the boil lately, at his best he is better than Lordan IMO. I just wonder if a right full is the most pressing need. I'd reckon we need a solid holding midfielder but we are letting one go. Would that money encourage Brendan Sweeney back to the club?

By the way Risteard or City fans - whatever happened to Michael Nwankwo. He is not listed on the squad on the website though he did play in the last friendly with us before the start of the season. Is he available to Limerick? Fine player.

[declan hide]

Pity about Brendan - always liked him as a player. I wonder will more follow because while NOC says the squad is small there are a lot of players kicking their heels.

Lordan is a good player. Stevo has gone off the boil lately, at his best he is better than Lordan IMO. I just wonder if a right full is the most pressing need. I'd reckon we need a solid holding midfielder but we are letting one go. Would that money encourage Brendan Sweeney back to the club?

By the way Risteard or City fans - whatever happened to Michael Nwankwo. He is not listed on the squad on the website though he did play in the last friendly with us before the start of the season. Is he available to Limerick? Fine player.

nwankwo did very little in the matches i saw him play last year although he was limited to substitute appearences...that said he would be welcomed to the limerick squad if he doesnt cost too much.

cant say i took much notice of lordan. o'mahony will come good again. he has the talent no doubt. in fact overall he hasnt been that bad has he? distribution aside....lets face it with kearns infront of him hes had a lot to do.

speaking of sweeney what is he doing now? he would be perfect for us. hold the midfield together and let barrett get forward.

[Risteard]

Nwankwo was released a few weeks ago.
Brendan Sweeney (ex-pro?) is playing with Douglas Hall :eek: :eek:

[declan hide]

Nwankwo was released a few weeks ago.
Brendan Sweeney (ex-pro?) is playing with Douglas Hall :eek: :eek:

who play carew park at hogan this saturday night i believe. someone tell noel....

[Cosmo]

I actually know Brendan Sweeney through my cousin - a top bloke and a very good footballer (apart from his antics against us ;) !!). I know Eamon Collins when with St. Pats wanted to sign him when cork signed him and i was surprised cork let him go. Surely he'd be an addition to the limerick squad

[LFC in Exile]

Brendan would be a great re-addition. I saw him playing for Douglas Hall against Moyle Park in the first round of the cup and he was head and shoulders above. He is a student at CIT and may prefer to take it easy this year football wise. He should be playing eL though. Strange (but good) that Cobh didn't sign him. :ball:

On Nwankwo - I am sure NOC must have his mobile number stored! :rolleyes:

[declan hide]

[QUOTE=LFC in Exile] Strange (but good) that Cobh didn't sign him. :ball:

QUOTE]

far too cultured for cobh....

[joeSoap]

He is a student at CIT and may prefer to take it easy this year football wise. He should be playing eL though. Strange (but good) that Cobh didn't sign him. :ball:
I seem to remember him saying he doesn't have the time or will to commit to eircom league and wants to be left alone playing at a lower level. His choice, I guess, but shows a lack of ambition from a footballing perspective so he's best left alone imo.

[LFC in Exile]

I seem to remember him saying he doesn't have the time or will to commit to eircom league and wants to be left alone playing at a lower level. His choice, I guess, but shows a lack of ambition from a footballing perspective so he's best left alone imo.

If he is in his last year at college it would be difficult to travel up and down to Limerick or commit to a more onerous training scheme. In that context I think he is dead right and rather than showing a lack of ambition from a footballing perspective I think it shows a high level of maturity. eL football is not a long-term career path (especially at Limerick wage levels :) )

[Comic Book Guy]

[QUOTE=LFC in Exile] Strange (but good) that Cobh didn't sign him. :ball:

QUOTE]

far too cultured for cobh....

We had him again for the latter end of last season, I have to say I thought he went backwards since he came back, I think Henderson didn't fancy him, besides Clifford and Coleman are better IMO.

[4tothefloor]

Brendan Hughes - No great loss
Brendan Sweeney - Yesterdays man
Lordan - will provide good competition for O'Mahoney. Stevo needs a kick up the arse, and hopefully Lordan signing will be it.

Our biggest need is a ball player in the centre of midfield. If we could sign one, we'd be serious title challengers. Only other area i'd be worried about is centre-half alongside Finny. Not convinced by Wolfe, it could be our weak link in the long run.

[lim abroad]

i think that brendan hughes is a good honest hardworking player who could do a job for most 1st div teams,not blessed with the greatest footwork though but i'd hang on to him all the same

[sadloserkid]

Brendan Hughes - No great loss
Brendan Sweeney - Yesterdays man
Lordan - will provide good competition for O'Mahoney. Stevo needs a kick up the arse, and hopefully Lordan signing will be it.

Wouldn't agree with your comments about either of the Brendans to be honest.

Brendan Hughes hasn't hit top gear this year but Brendan Hughes at his best is a player well capable of bossing a game at this level.

Brendan Sweeney... I'm surprised at how short some people's memories are. He was absolutely outstanding for us two seasons ago and with a run of games under his belt he could be a star for us again. Put him alongside Tommy Barrett and you've got a good midfield. Brendan should be finishing his exams about now right? Let's hope he's back in when the transfer window opens, especially as Eoin Keating is out injured again.

[Nempton]

Originally by 4tothefloor
Brendan Sweeney - Yesterdays man...
Our biggest need is a ball player in the centre of midfield. If we could sign one, we'd be serious title challengers.
I think you've just identified the creative ball player that we need. To refer to him to him as yesterdays man suggests that he couldn't do a job for us which is incorrect. Brendan would be a great signing. So all I'll say is Danny "do it".

[LFC in Exile]

Put him alongside Tommy Barrett and you've got a good midfield.

No SLK, put him along side Tommy Barrett and you have a great midfield.

[declan hide]

especially as Eoin Keating is out injured again.

wouldnt keating want to give up the GAA. this must be about his third injury in 2 seasons of it.

[4tothefloor]

I said he is yesterdays man because it is quite apparant that he has no interest in playing EL football, so it's time to forget about him. You'd swear he was the only CM player left in the whole country. If you go back through my posts at the start of the season, I was one of the people hoping that he would be signed, I was also one of the people who lamented his loss 'cos our CM is so average. But since then I've been told by numerous people that Sweeney has no interest in playing at this level for the foreseeble future, so as far as i'm concerned he is in the past.

Brendan Hughes is no loss because he hasn't impressed this season, I think Keith Hartnett is a better player anyway.


wouldnt keating want to give up the GAA. this must be about his third injury in 2 seasons of it.
He's been very unlucky though, most of his injuries have been upper-body\shoulder injuries. With Gaelic now resembling Rugby League it's no surprise really.

[Westside]

IBrendan Hughes is no loss because he hasn't impressed this season, I think Keith Hartnett is a better player anyway

The problem is though that both Tommy and Keith play as attacking midfielders so the chances of the two of them lining out in CM is probably never going to happen........which is sad because I do think Keith deserves a chance to show what he can give to our midfield, if it dosen't work out then at least NOC can say you had your chance.........Not giving him an opportunity means we'll never know......

[Pauliwallnuts]

Ya but saying that isn't Derek an attacking midfielder & more often than not himself & Tommy have lined up in the center together.

[4tothefloor]

Is Hartnett over-age for the U21's?

[gael353]

Is Hartnett over-age for the U21's?


his DOB is the 24/09/83

[sadloserkid]

Is Hartnett over-age for the U21's?

Unless the rules have changed (and knowing our administration in this league they almost certainly have. At least twice. Since I started typing this sentence) you're allowed four overage players in your squad. Maybe somebody else could confirm this. Stephen O'Flynn, for example, played quite a bit for Cork City's U-21's as he came back from breaking his leg last year. So I'd hold on to Hartnett anyway.

[joeSoap]

Since I started typing this sentence) you're allowed four overage players in your squad. Maybe somebody else could confirm this. Stephen O'Flynn, for example, played quite a bit for Cork City's U-21's as he came back from breaking his leg last year. So I'd hold on to Hartnett anyway.
you're allowed four overage players in the squad, but can only have three of them on the field at any given time.