2022 Season, Arrivals and Departures

[DCWA]

Never heard of him would have preferred Aubameyang talk to be true to be honest but can’t win them all hopefully he isn’t bad.

[sbgawa]

Never heard of him would have preferred Aubameyang talk to be true to be honest but can’t win them all hopefully he isn’t bad.

Its a one horse race for the title at this stage.
Rovers should be safe enough for a European place but we'd better take advantage of this years Champions League football could be a few years before anyone except Derry win the league.

[Longfordian]

Any team that can beat us 6-1 in a friendly is a fearsome outfit indeed.

[joey B]

Jordan Flores heading to Bohs,solid signing ….

[oriel]

Someone in The Sun got their wires crossed. He was never expected to stay until that article the other day. Their LOI journalists are normally better informed.

Not that Dundalk are any different with 3 of the best players leaving last year, Duffy, McEleney and Patching, but we had a terrible season, however that's 5 of the Pats cup final winning best winning players now left in Jaros, Desmond, Lewis, Benson and Smith.

They have signed well, but still quality moving out, Derry are the big winners this season in recruitment, by far look to have added the best quality.

[sbgawa]

Flores left on a high note but has played 14 games since 2020 for Northampton and Hull scoring zero goals. You'd wonder how he ends up back in the loi .
Burke or Hooooban would be examples of guys who look great here but struggled abroad , the difference being they are here because they are coming home...Flores coming back to loi is harder to understand, you'd think he would have had options

[sulywaterfordfc]

Flores left on a high note but has played 14 games since 2020 for Northampton and Hull scoring zero goals. You'd wonder how he ends up back in the loi .
Burke or Hooooban would be examples of guys who look great here but struggled abroad , the difference being they are here because they are coming home...Flores coming back to loi is harder to understand, you'd think he would have had options

Apparently it was a personal choice, he was looking at moving back to Ireland. Dan Mc was reporting it a few weeks ago.

[sadloserkid]

Maybe, having experienced both, he's decided he's as well off being a relatively big fish in the LOI pond as he is slogging away in the slums of the professional game over there? Footballers are as prone to occasionally baffling decisions as the rest of us. :)

[Longfordian]

Maybe he has a mrs who's Irish or in Ireland. Maybe he doesn't have many lucrative options. It's not that strange really since he knows the league.

[Charlie Darwin]

LOI football suits him, he's a technical player with not a huge amount of pace or physicality.

[nigel-harps1954]

Might be in the minority, but I don't think he's all that great and was surprised he got such a big move to Hull.

[2 Year Contract]

Interesting move for ex Bohs striker Ali Reghba, he’s left Leicester for the Algerian league

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/8293705/ex-bohemians-striker-ali-reghba-cr-belouizdad-algeria-leicester/

[Yossarian]

Might be in the minority, but I don't think he's all that great and was surprised he got such a big move to Hull.

Having seen quite a bit of him I think a lot of peoples opinion of him is coloured by the couple of cracking goals he scored for us. He was injured quite a bit and for a good few games he played in 2019 the games passed him by and he really only started to come good towards the end of the 2020 season. I even remember him being subbed off in the first half in one game, against Pats I think, he was that poor.
If he replicates the form he had towards the end of his time with us then he could be a good addition for Bohs. I’m not that bothered that he’s gone there instead of coming back to us.

[Martinho II]

We ourselves have made two signings tonight. Simon Power whos currently with Norwich City and an underage Irish international has a younger brother Joe who signs for us from Greystones Utd. Also we have signed a Christian magerusan whos a free agent after being injured. He was with Bohs previously. Anyone any opinion on these two players lads?

[oriel]

Might be in the minority, but I don't think he's all that great and was surprised he got such a big move to Hull.

Flores is a good player, can obviously score brilliant goals, superb passer and can read the game brilliantly, he just needs to stay fit. I looked up his stats for Dundalk, played a lot / most games in europe, and good few cup runs, also made huge impact in extra time in 2020 cup final, and not just his part in the 4th goal, winning the ball and setting up Kelly to cross for McMillan to win it.

However he only played 29 league games over 2 seasons, and a good few of those would been as a sub. There lies the problem, bread and butter stuff he needs to be 'at it' .

His previous injuries and potential to get injured again would be the concern for me, but when on form, a fine player and I really enjoyed watching him when he was in full flow, good move for him to Bohs.

[sidcon]

If Magersan can stay fit he will be a gem of a player, anytime I saw he play he scored goals. Very unfortunate with injuries and a big question is on saying fit. Hopefully he does.

[pineapple stu]

We ourselves have made two signings tonight. Simon Power whos currently with Norwich City and an underage Irish international has a younger brother Joe who signs for us from Greystones Utd. Also we have signed a Christian magerusan whos a free agent after being injured. He was with Bohs previously. Anyone any opinion on these two players lads?
Power's with Harrogate these days btw. Don't know the brother though.

[GerByrne001]

Magerusan is a fantastic player and one of the best finishers I've seen at Bohs. He's just been incredibly unlucky with injuries. IF he stays fit and injury free, he'll score a ton of goals in the first division. The only risk I'd see from Longfords point of view is that Keith Long is a huge fan of his, so I reckon if he stayed fir for the season and scored goals, Long would be interested in bringing him back.

[joey B]

Dan Carr to Shels,interesting signing for them…

[El-Pietro]

Matt Srbely in at City from Tampa Bay Rowdies on loan. No idea what to think of that one, its come completely out of the blue.

[nigel-harps1954]

Matt Srbely in at City from Tampa Bay Rowdies on loan. No idea what to think of that one, its come completely out of the blue.

Kevin Foley is assistant at Tampa Bay Rowdies. Wonder has he anything to do with it?

[Martinho II]

Dan Carr to Shels,interesting signing for them…

Thats a blast from the past! Where was Dan the last while?

[2 Year Contract]

Thats a blast from the past! Where was Dan the last while?
Where hasn’t he been!

Since leaving rovers towards the end of 2019 he’s played in Cyprus, Finland, India and most recently Welling in England's 6th tier. When you combine his games since leaving rovers he’s only made 22 appearances and scored 4 goals

[ToberonaTornado]

Where hasn’t he been!

Since leaving rovers towards the end of 2019 he’s played in Cyprus, Finland, India and most recently Welling in England's 6th tier. When you combine his games since leaving rovers he’s only made 22 appearances and scored 4 goals

His agent is fuquing dude!

[total hoofball]

Where hasn’t he been!

Since leaving rovers towards the end of 2019 he’s played in Cyprus, Finland, India and most recently Welling in England's 6th tier. When you combine his games since leaving rovers he’s only made 22 appearances and scored 4 goals
That 2018 season he had Rovers when Duff/O'Brien/McAllister were there was the best form of his career at a decent level, Duff must be confident Carr can recapture that under him

[2 Year Contract]

That 2018 season he had Rovers when Duff/O'Brien/McAllister were there was the best form of his career at a decent level, Duff must be confident Carr can recapture that under him

Yeah he’s worth a punt for shels when you consider the lack of options left at this stage. Knows the league too at least which most overseas signings don’t and sometimes take time to acclimatise to playing in it

[pineapple stu]

Kian Moore has signed for UCD from Bohs

[trevy]

Louis Britton signs for Waterford on loan until June from Bristol City under 23 team.

[Kingswood Rover]

Daniel Automobile.......Most lovable but useless player we had since the move to Tallafornia.

[sulywaterfordfc]

One of our new signings, Killian Cantwell was injured today with potentially a lengthy period out of action.

I heard Walker with Cork broke his leg in a friendly today as well.

[2 Year Contract]

I heard Walker with Cork broke his leg in a friendly today as well.

Yeah he confirmed it to be a leg break after the game. Happened just infront of where I was sat, Breslin went past him and put a cross into the box which was put wide by a pats player but then there was audible roars from Walker still on the ground which was unpleasant to hear, sounded a horrific one for him. I’d need to see a replay of it but I think he may have got his leg caught in the ground and body weight caused the break, I don’t recall there being contact between the 2 players.

Awful for any player to pick up serious injuries, particularly right at the start of a new season. Hopefully Walker and Cantwell recover soon and get some games in later on in the season

[D24Saint]

Yeah he confirmed it to be a leg break after the game. Happened just infront of where I was sat, Breslin went past him and put a cross into the box which was put wide by a pats player but then there was audible roars from Walker still on the ground which was unpleasant to hear, sounded a horrific one for him. I’d need to see a replay of it but I think he may have got his leg caught in the ground and body weight caused the break, I don’t recall there being contact between the 2 players.

Awful for any player to pick up serious injuries, particularly right at the start of a new season. Hopefully Walker and Cantwell recover soon and get some games in later on in the season

Thought his foot got caught in the turf alright. All the best to the lad in his recovery.

[Nesta99]

Torsion fractures like that are nasty and horrible to see for any spectator!! Best of luck to the chap in his rehab and hopefully relatively simple going. Believe it or not one of the reasons rugby has been ok with using artificial pitches is that this type of injury is reduced even with the longer studs. There is something to be said for mucky pitches too where there is some give underfoot. With hybrid pitches and where a layer if woven in to stop a pitch breaking up we will see more of torsion breaks and rotational soft tissue injury. Footwear especially blade type studs need a look at too. That said there is always going to be an element of bad luck for a player.

[joey B]

Jordan McEneff to Shels on loan…

[joey B]

https://www.sligorovers.com/pijnaker-joins-rovers-on-loan-from-rio-ave/?fbclid=IwAR3wfKdX6JEGRjl6NQx50Gxsq5zGQkk_pAUEFGEM k07qSZdjoE_JUssKUL4

Sligo dipping into the European loan market,Kiwi international defender on loan for the season from Rio Ave,could be a decent signing that….

[pineapple stu]

From Rio Ave B technically. Has also played in the Swedish fourth tier, Swiss second tier and Danish second tier in the last couple of years. Those kind of careers are fascinating in their own way.

[Bunny Kelly]

What transfer windows are still open (bar free agents)? Can Athlone still sign up a chunk from Rovers II on loan?

[nigel-harps1954]

What transfer windows are still open (bar free agents)? Can Athlone still sign up a chunk from Rovers II on loan?

Far as I'm aware, the window for amateur signings is over, can only sign pro players until the end of the month.

[Kiki Balboa]

Lewis Macari signs for Dundalk. 20 year old from Stoke, on a 6 month loan, as his contract is up then. Plays CB or RB, so would assume that is Dundalk finished with their signings.

[Longfordian]

Grandson of Manchester takeaway owner Lou Macari.

[sulywaterfordfc]

Callum Stringer is the latest player to put pen to paper for Waterford. Stringer took the step up from the 19s last year.

[Martinho II]

Grandson of Manchester takeaway owner Lou Macari.

Was going to ask that question but you beat me to it!

[ToberonaTornado]

Was going to ask that question but you beat me to it!

Chip(s) of the oul block we hope?

Stevie 'o picked him up from Dublin airport yesterday evening -last year we would have sent a bus packed with a 100 cheer leaders for that job!

[Briuk]

Is there any website with all the squads updated?

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps confirm the signing of French/Congo midfielder Élie-Gael N'Zeyi Kibonge. Stadium announcers rejoice when Finn Harps come to town this year.

https://finnharps.ie/harps-add-midfielder-elie-gael-nzeyi-kibonge/

[Eminence Grise]

First fella to start the chant 'gimme an E' is going to get the head beat off him!

[Longfordian]

Finn Harlem Globetrotters.

[pineapple stu]

Dundalk Mk II? :p

[Nesta99]

Dundalk Mk II? :p

Derry already have that one taken so Dundalk MkIII?

[joey B]

Dundalk Mk II? :p

I’ll happily finish 6th!