2023 Season, Arrivals and Departures

[Dermobohs]

Comes from their two massive clubs in Glasgow,who can attract 50k for ****e games that they’ll win by 4-5 goals.
Plus clubs like Aberdeen Dundee Utd hearts and hibs who have a large( 8-10k ) following for big games. Decent stadia also throughout the league, and tv rights plus sell on values for small clubs we could not even dream about. In short, they have an FA that actively support and encourage and promote their sides and league. Basically, they have less barstool fans and properly promote their league and help to improve facilities and match day experience.

[CSAD]

Comes from their two massive clubs in Glasgow,who can attract 50k for ****e games that they’ll win by 4-5 goals.
Plus clubs like Aberdeen Dundee Utd hearts and hibs who have a large( 8-10k ) following for big games. Decent stadia also throughout the league, and tv rights plus sell on values for small clubs we could not even dream about. In short, they have an FA that actively support and encourage and promote their sides and league. Basically, they have less barstool fans and properly promote their league and help to improve facilities and match day experience.

Aaaaaand as soon as they play a LOI side they lose 3-0 !!!!

[sbgawa]

Comes from their two massive clubs in Glasgow,who can attract 50k for ****e games that they’ll win by 4-5 goals.
Plus clubs like Aberdeen Dundee Utd hearts and hibs who have a large( 8-10k ) following for big games. Decent stadia also throughout the league, and tv rights plus sell on values for small clubs we could not even dream about. In short, they have an FA that actively support and encourage and promote their sides and league. Basically, they have less barstool fans and properly promote their league and help to improve facilities and match day experience.

Is that all ??? :)

[pineapple stu]

Aaaaaand as soon as they play a LOI side they lose 3-0 !!!!
Well, they beat a side in pre-season 3-0, who immediately (and rightly) sacked their manager.

LoI hasn't done great in the Tunnocks Cup thingy against lower league Scottish sides in fairness.

The SPL isn't a great league and there may well be snobbery towards the LoI in it. But it's still a better league than here and it's not great if guys like Kenny are on their way home from it so soon

[CSAD]

Well, they beat a side in pre-season 3-0, who immediately (and rightly) sacked their manager.

LoI hasn't done great in the Tunnocks Cup thingy against lower league Scottish sides in fairness.

The SPL isn't a great league and there may well be snobbery towards the LoI in it. But it's still a better league than here and it's not great if guys like Kenny are on their way home from it so soon

They lost 3-0 to a LOI side despite all the smack being talk about in the build up, I would be keeping my head well and truly down and my mouth shut if I was an SPL fan after that showing.

What thingy? I haven’t even heard of that competition but if that’s being given as some sort of excuse in the SPL favor then the term “clutching at straws” comes to mind.

No it’s not and after results like above I wouldn’t even consider being snobby in fact maybe learning a-bit of humility would be in order as these sides wouldn’t be giving fans loads of ammo to shoot back at them. I mean when you are describing Sligo as “Irish minnows” in the build up to a match and then go out and deservedly lose 3-0 over 2 legs then you really can’t have any complaints when the opposition fans fire ammo back.

Oh yeah it is better, just make sure they dont have to prove it on the field. And no it’s further evidence why Scottish u21 players stay well clear of Celtic, that and Lawal being linked to Brentford maybe it’s a sign that the message about Celtic’s appalling record of youth development is starting to hit home with Irish players and in future when the Celtic rumours come to light Irish players will look elsewhere like their Scottish counterparts do.

[pineapple stu]

What thingy? I haven’t even heard of that competition but if that’s being given as some sort of excuse in the SPL favor then the term “clutching at straws” comes to mind.
Hmm. So you've never heard of the competition but you've still got a really strong view on its merits?

Sounds like a proper debate would be lost in you so.

[CSAD]

Hmm. So you've never heard of the competition but you've still got a really strong view on its merits?

Sounds like a proper debate would be lost in you so.

Coming from the guy who called it a “thingy” lol.

Oh and btw in regards to this competition . *whisper* I dont caaaare, iiiiii don’t caaaare *whisper*

Also if this is your response there isn’t a debate to be had as you seem more interested in clutching at straws.

I mean the Tunnocks Cup….come oooooon that’s poor even by your standards, now I know you’re a Celtic fan.

Go sit in the corner over there, time out.


*EDIT* just found out about the cup and wow, you really do need a time out, that’s the most embarrassing defense I’ve seen for a long time on here. *EDIT*

[pineapple stu]

Yep, losing to third tier Scottish sides is fairly embarrassing alright. But the LoI has done it regularly. And Sligo even lost to an U21 side.

No surprise again though that your post is purely attacking the poster and ignoring the post

[CSAD]

Yep, losing to third tier Scottish sides is fairly embarrassing alright. But the LoI has done it regularly. And Sligo even lost to an U21 side.

No surprise again though that your post is purely attacking the poster and ignoring the post

Pin…Motherwell lost 3-0 to Sligo 6 months ago while you’re you are using essentially an u21 competition from 3 years ago to prove your point. Get on your bike please.

You are just show how biased you are in one direction now when you must resort to these depths to make a point.

On this occasion it’s deserved, I would be embarrassed if I was you after the last few posts. Like I said go stand over there please until you actually come up with a point that makes sense or just take my advise and walk away.

[Jd2793]

Pin…Motherwell lost 3-0 to Sligo 6 months ago while you’re you are using essentially an u21 competition from 3 years ago to prove your point. Get on your bike please.

You are just show how biased you are in one direction now when you must resort to these depths to make a point.

On this occasion it’s deserved, I would be embarrassed if I was you after the last few posts. Like I said go stand over there please until you actually come up with a point that makes sense or just take my advise and walk away.

not a big enough sample size of loi vs first team spl sides to come to any meaningful conclusion. i mean cork city beat hacken in 2016 over 2 legs, nobody has ever said loi is better than sweden premier division after that result... maybe look at all those good/very good loi players who havent made it over there.its either every club scouting poorly or just that players arent good enough...

[CSAD]

not a big enough sample size of loi vs first team spl sides to come to any meaningful conclusion. i mean cork city beat hacken in 2016 over 2 legs, nobody has ever said loi is better than sweden premier division after that result... maybe look at all those good/very good loi players who havent made it over there.its either every club scouting poorly or just that players arent good enough...

Or you could look at Scottish sides results in Europe over the years. It shows like many have said that it’s a league that’s hugely dependent on Celtic & Rangers delivering and you’ll find those in Ireland who speak up for the SPL when you dig through their social media are probably Celtic fans.

By that you mean David McMillian. But yeah always look at what makes the Scottish side looked on more favorably. We should rename the forum the Tartan Army forum as posters here seem better supporters of Scotland than the actual Tartan Army forum are.

[Jd2793]

Or you could look at Scottish sides results in Europe over the years. It shows like many have said that it’s a league that’s hugely dependent on Celtic & Rangers delivering and you’ll find those in Ireland who speak up for the SPL when you dig through their social media are probably Celtic fans.

By that you mean David McMillian. But yeah always look at what makes the Scottish side looked on more favorably. We should rename the forum the Tartan Army forum as posters here seem better supporters of Scotland than the actual Tartan Army forum are.

mcmillan, mahon , mceneff , tierney (so far, v young) , boyle. its hardly controversial to be saying SPL is better infairness. we still had "part time" teams in PD this season ffs. mccarthy mcgreath mcloughlin and scales could be deemed ones who were good enough outside the big 2. its not exactly a ringing endorsement of the league if half of the players arent hitting the ground running over there. people dont realise how far behind this league is to something like spl/l1. its a bit mad considering how many of the leagues defenders go to games!

[CSAD]

mcmillan, mahon , mceneff , tierney (so far, v young) , boyle. its hardly controversial to be saying SPL is better infairness. we still had "part time" teams in PD this season ffs. mccarthy mcgreath mcloughlin and scales could be deemed ones who were good enough outside the big 2. its not exactly a ringing endorsement of the league if half of the players arent hitting the ground running over there. people dont realise how far behind this league is to something like spl/l1. its a bit mad considering how many of the leagues defenders go to games!

Of that list literally only 2 have actually “not made it”. Still part time players and yet the one game when one team played the other it was a comfortable win for the Irish side. Plus any player with any aspirations of a career in football will go to England rather than Scotland, bar the poor souls who still think Celtic is a good option, even if it’s only L1 / L2 which possibly skews the statistic abit.

After seeing the list I’m already dreading even beginning this discussion as you appear to be another pineapple and religiously defend the SPL no matter what, if only you were this passionate about Irish football!

L1 I could go with potentially but don’t try throw the SPL in that discussion. After this summer I would pipe down if I was you for you’re own credibility’s sake.

PS I’m not a LOI defender if just trying to give some of ye SPL supporters a little dose of reality, you aren’t as great as you think you are, when will that get in you’re head? Does another LOI side need to pull your pants down for you to realize it?

[RealJohn91]

Someone has been enjoying their Christmas

[Jd2793]

Of that list literally only 2 have actually “not made it”. Still part time players and yet the one game when one team played the other it was a comfortable win for the Irish side.

After seeing the list I’m already dreading even beginning this discussion as you appear to be another pineapple and religiously defend the SPL no matter what, if only you were this passionate about Irish football!

L1 I could go with potentially but don’t try throw the SPL in that discussion. After this summer I would pipe down if I was you for you’re own credibility’s sake.

PS I’m not a LOI defender if just trying to give some of ye SPL supporters a little dose of reality, you aren’t as great as you think you are, when will that get in you’re head? Does another LOI side need to pull your pants down for you to realize it?


all of those listed didnt make it. mceneff was one of the best midfiedlers in this league(only behind Jack B in my book), 7 spl starts and he was sent off to oz. mahon needs a loan , mcmillan and boyle useless. tierney is again struggling for game time but should come good as hes a real talent.
you do realise a 1 game sample means, nothing? again i cite cork city beating malmo in 00's and hacken in 16. did that tell us our league was better? did we have foreign players banging down the doors of clubs here to play after those games? or were they just really good one off performances from teams who did a lot better than expected given their resources? i mean sligo were average last year, they very nearly p1ssed the bed against a team from a pub league the round before. mcginty saved their bacon. fairplay to them for turning over a team from a better league with bigger resources though!
i couldnt give a toss about SPL but pretending our league here is better than is does no good to anyone, does it? it would be a good eye opener for you no doubt. 1 tie proves nothing.

[nigel-harps1954]

So here it is..merry Christmas.. everybody's having fun.

[CSAD]

all of those listed didnt make it. mceneff was one of the best midfiedlers in this league(only behind Jack B in my book), 7 spl starts and he was sent off to oz. mahon needs a loan , mcmillan and boyle useless. tierney is again struggling for game time but should come good as hes a real talent.
you do realise a 1 game sample means, nothing? again i cite cork city beating malmo in 00's and hacken in 16. did that tell us our league was better? did we have foreign players banging down the doors of clubs here to play after those games? or were they just really good one off performances from teams who did a lot better than expected given their resources? i mean sligo were average last year, they very nearly p1ssed the bed against a team from a pub league the round before. mcginty saved their bacon. fairplay to them for turning over a team from a better league with bigger resources though!
i couldnt give a toss about SPL but pretending our league here is better than is does no good to anyone, does it? it would be a good eye opener for you no doubt. 1 tie proves nothing.

So basically all the journeymen that had no aspiration for a career boost went to Scotland bar Tierney & Mahon… Reiterating what I said previously, any player with real aspiration of a career in football will go to England.

Hacken I didn’t read anything into because they only qualified because they won the Swedish cup, that season they were a mid table Swedish side so were always going to be there for the taking. I’m two actually Greg Bolger and Maguire were wanted by two sides Cork played in qualifying that campaign.

Average and yet were comfortably better than the SPL side…a team from a higher ranked league you mean.

I’m surprised you denied you are an SPL fan, I thought you’d just come out and admit it. Oh
Sorry did I give the impression I was pretending, my apologies, What I think does no one any good is these SPL fans thinking their league is better than it is just because Celtic and Rangers save their ass every year. These fans need a serious reality check of their standing in football.

[Another Bohemia]

not a big enough sample size of loi vs first team spl sides to come to any meaningful conclusion. i mean cork city beat hacken in 2016 over 2 legs, nobody has ever said loi is better than sweden premier division after that result... maybe look at all those good/very good loi players who havent made it over there.its either every club scouting poorly or just that players arent good enough...

I think there is certainly an element of Scottish teams scouting poorly. I'm taking Ross Tierney as an example. Any time I've seen him play for Motherwell he's been played in a wide position. One of the last places I'd ever think of playing him. He has the energy but not the trickery or speed for that position. Put him in the middle and he can press the oppositions defense and poach a goal(if played in the 10) or if you play him deeper he can play box to box and be very effective at breaking up play and linking attack & defence. Now he's had a change of manager so maybe that is the problem here but even the manager that signed him tried him out wide.

Outside of that I think while Scottish teams have more spending power and more support they suffer from something a lot of LoI teams suffer from. Anyone that excels at their job (player, coach, DoF etc) will ultimately be looking to leave and when the best are leaving on a semi regular basis then you will get results like Sligo beating Motherwell because what's left may not be as good or motivated. Game to game there probably wouldn't be much between a lower level SPL team and a good LoI team but over the course of a season that's when the wheat would be separated from the chaff.

[outspoken]

So here it is..merry Christmas.. everybody's having fun.

Tis the season for arguing over league comparisons, merry christmas everyone

[Kiki Balboa]

It is a silly argument that says because the transfers of x,y, and z do not work out in a league, said league is of better quality.

Football Transfers are far from an exact science- there are many different variables why a player might work out at team 1 but not team 2. Its funny as the argument only ever works one way. No body is looking at Delli Alli and saying Turkish football is a force to be rekoned with.

[CSAD]

I think there is certainly an element of Scottish teams scouting poorly. I'm taking Ross Tierney as an example. Any time I've seen him play for Motherwell he's been played in a wide position. One of the last places I'd ever think of playing him. He has the energy but not the trickery or speed for that position. Put him in the middle and he can press the oppositions defense and poach a goal(if played in the 10) or if you play him deeper he can play box to box and be very effective at breaking up play and linking attack & defence. Now he's had a change of manager so maybe that is the problem here but even the manager that signed him tried him out wide.

Outside of that I think while Scottish teams have more spending power and more support they suffer from something a lot of LoI teams suffer from. Anyone that excels at their job (player, coach, DoF etc) will ultimately be looking to leave and when the best are leaving on a semi regular basis then you will get results like Sligo beating Motherwell because what's left may not be as good or motivated. Game to game there probably wouldn't be much between a lower level SPL team and a good LoI team but over the course of a season that's when the wheat would be separated from the chaff.

And that is why any Irish player with career ambitions should, and usually do, avoid Scotland.

But which Motherwell player left? Looking at their fan forums pre match I didn’t hear much about a player leaving so I don’t see how that could be used as an excuse plus if they are playing an Irish side that normally has the same issues like you said then surely that works both ways and if anything Sligo could say they lost Johnny Kenny.

And you see this is the start of the moving of the goalposts. This was 2 teams that are mid table in their league and in this case there wasn’t any real gap in quality that was suggested pre match, granted I’d wager these Motherwell fans hadn’t watched a second of Sligo pre match.

[Jd2793]

And that is why any Irish player with career ambitions should, and usually do, avoid Scotland.

But which Motherwell player left? Looking at their fan forums pre match I didn’t hear much about a player leaving so I don’t see how that could be used as an excuse plus if they are playing an Irish side that normally has the same issues like you said then surely that works both ways and if anything Sligo could say they lost Johnny Kenny.

And you see this is the start of the moving of the goalposts. This was 2 teams that are mid table in their league and in this case there wasn’t any real gap in quality that was suggested pre match, granted I’d wager these Motherwell fans hadn’t watched a second of Sligo pre match.

there wasnt any gap in quality between sligo and bala town either. mcginty kept them in the game. is that pub league on par with LOI now? or could it be that you cant really gain anything from a once off 2 legged tie? any idea who sligo replaced kenny with btw?

[sheao]

Great signing for Cobh getting Jack Doherty.


http://cobhramblers.ie/jack-doherty-is-a-ram/

[CSAD]

there wasnt any gap in quality between sligo and bala town either. mcginty kept them in the game. is that pub league on par with LOI now? or could it be that you cant really gain anything from a once off 2 legged tie? any idea who sligo replaced kenny with btw?

Or paint it another way, is a pub side better than a SPL side given the side Bala town came close to beating smashed Motherwell only a week or so later?

The big difference is Sligo still got the job done. When Motherwell were supposed to be a big favorite, in SPL fans eyes anyway, they got battered. Slight difference there.

They replaced him with Aidan Keena.

[Another Bohemia]

And that is why any Irish player with career ambitions should, and usually do, avoid Scotland.

But which Motherwell player left? Looking at their fan forums pre match I didn’t hear much about a player leaving so I don’t see how that could be used as an excuse plus if they are playing an Irish side that normally has the same issues like you said then surely that works both ways and if anything Sligo could say they lost Johnny Kenny.

And you see this is the start of the moving of the goalposts. This was 2 teams that are mid table in their league and in this case there wasn’t any real gap in quality that was suggested pre match, granted I’d wager these Motherwell fans hadn’t watched a second of Sligo pre match.

I was speaking in generalities. What you see in the Scottish league is the best players, managers etc moving up the league until they get to the Glasgow clubs and then making the journey south to the English leagues. AFAIK Motherwell actually scraped into the conference league at the end of the previous season they weren't a strong team and needed improvement. They still lost a player to Rangers. The same way Bohs were a bad team last year and are still losing players to the UK (Promise, Devoy and inexplicably Ciaran Kelly & Rory Feely). Also if you put Motherwell into the premier division with their current squad and resources they wouldn't be scraping European qualification. That's the crux of my point. Sligo deservedly won vs Motherwell but on the course of a season those individual results will balance out. The same way Bohs beat rovers 3 times (twice in the league once in the cup) during the 2021 season but were nowhere near winning the league. Individual results mean very little in terms of quality.

[CSAD]

I was speaking in generalities. What you see in the Scottish league is the best players, managers etc moving up the league until they get to the Glasgow clubs and then making the journey south to the English leagues. AFAIK Motherwell actually scraped into the conference league at the end of the previous season they weren't a strong team and needed improvement. They still lost a player to Rangers. The same way Bohs were a bad team last year and are still losing players to the UK (Promise, Devoy and inexplicably Ciaran Kelly & Rory Feely). Also if you put Motherwell into the premier division with their current squad and resources they wouldn't be scraping European qualification. That's the crux of my point. Sligo deservedly won vs Motherwell but on the course of a season those individual results will balance out. The same way Bohs beat rovers 3 times (twice in the league once in the cup) during the 2021 season but were nowhere near winning the league. Individual results mean very little in terms of quality.

Maybe but at the same time like you said that is also a case in Ireland yet when talking about the Sligo Motherwell game you highlighted how it affects Motherwell but ignore how it affects Sligo.

Yep and Sligo lost a player to Celtic…I forgot his name now… Well they lost 3-0 to a side that didn’t even make Europe themselves in the LOI for 2023 so I wouldn’t be so confident if I was you.

Again you seem to be biased to one side in this argument especially when you ignore the fact that the same issues apply for Sligo.

[pineapple stu]

Sligo deservedly won vs Motherwell but on the course of a season those individual results will balance out. The same way Bohs beat rovers 3 times (twice in the league once in the cup) during the 2021 season but were nowhere near winning the league. Individual results mean very little in terms of quality.
Don't forget too that if you're going to play a side with a bit of squad turnover, July (their pre-season/LoI mid-season) is the best time for it.

[ontheotherhand]

I think there is certainly an element of Scottish teams scouting poorly. I'm taking Ross Tierney as an example. Any time I've seen him play for Motherwell he's been played in a wide position. One of the last places I'd ever think of playing him. He has the energy but not the trickery or speed for that position. Put him in the middle and he can press the oppositions defense and poach a goal(if played in the 10) or if you play him deeper he can play box to box and be very effective at breaking up play and linking attack & defence. Now he's had a change of manager so maybe that is the problem here but even the manager that signed him tried him out wide.

Outside of that I think while Scottish teams have more spending power and more support they suffer from something a lot of LoI teams suffer from. Anyone that excels at their job (player, coach, DoF etc) will ultimately be looking to leave and when the best are leaving on a semi regular basis then you will get results like Sligo beating Motherwell because what's left may not be as good or motivated. Game to game there probably wouldn't be much between a lower level SPL team and a good LoI team but over the course of a season that's when the wheat would be separated from the chaff.

I'd add McEneff to the misused pile. Never really got a chance in his best position over there. Played wide right instead of as a box to box midfielder. Even their fans seemed to think that if you read their forum. That said, it's still a step up and it's a bit ridiculous to claim otherwise. Our best teams might hold their own but our worst would be trounced every week in the SPL. Sligo did very well against a shambles if a Motherwell side. Fair play to Sligo but that was a side in a desperate state.

Ultimately who cares though? I'd rather follow the LoI any day of the week than a league with only 1 or 2 possible winners who basically don't change.

[CSAD]

I'd add McEneff to the misused pile. Never really got a chance in his best position over there. Played wide right instead of as a box to box midfielder. Even their fans seemed to think that if you read their forum. That said, it's still a step up and it's a bit ridiculous to claim otherwise. Our best teams might hold their own but our worst would be trounced every week in the SPL. Sligo did very well against a shambles if a Motherwell side. Fair play to Sligo but that was a side in a desperate state.

Ultimately who cares though? I'd rather follow the LoI any day of the week than a league with only 1 or 2 possible winners who basically don't change.

I’m noticing a pattern. And yet we think we should trust any Scottish side with youth development over England or elsewhere, they don’t even know what to do with senior players.

Our worst get trounced even in the Irish league…Here’s a question, were people saying Motherwell were a mess prior to kick off or were they only saying after their pants was pulled down? Big difference there. Looking at vlogs and other fans reactions pre kick off there was little to say there was a mess prior to kick off in fact some were already talking about the next round of qualifying… they got their pants pulled down and were completely outplayed by a mid table LOI side, that’s the reality.

[CSAD]

Don't forget too that if you're going to play a side with a bit of squad turnover, July (their pre-season/LoI mid-season) is the best time for it.

…Are you still here!

Damn that’s excuse number…how many I’m losing count.

Okay you tell me what turnover exactly did they have in detail, which players left that hindered their chances?

[Martinho II]

Maybe but at the same time like you said that is also a case in Ireland yet when talking about the Sligo Motherwell game you highlighted how it affects Motherwell but ignore how it affects Sligo.

Yep and Sligo lost a player to Celtic…I forgot his name now… Well they lost 3-0 to a side that didn’t even make Europe themselves in the LOI for 2023 so I wouldn’t be so confident if I was you.

Again you seem to be biased to one side in this argument especially when you ignore the fact that the same issues apply for Sligo.

That player Sligo Rovers lost to Celtic was Johnny Kenny.

[gufct]

Rob Manley resigned for gufc great news .

[Jd2793]

great signing. lets hope caulfield actually plays him for a decent stretch this year, he was criminally wasted last year for ye imo

[Martinho II]

See that Gavin Peers has being appointed as a coach with us. Thought that he had long retired but was playing with Warrenpoint till recently.

https://ltfc.ie/2022/12/gavin-peers-first-team-coach/

[ToberonaTornado]

Whats the current rule re: MAX number of players a LoI Prem team can take on loan for a season?

Asking for me ;)(have no mates :( )

[RealJohn91]

I'm not 100% sure but I think you can only have four at any given time.

[joey B]

Johnny Kenny confirmed to Shamrock Rovers on loan....

[2 Year Contract]

I see shams have confirmed the signing of the Aldi version of Tommy Lonergan on loan from Celtic ;)

[ger121]

Johnny Kenny confirmed to Shamrock Rovers on loan....

I know the lad hasn’t exactly set the world alight since he left Sligo but he is still very young. He knows the league and has proven he can score in it, so it’s a good acquisition for Rovers for the full season.

[redarmyfaction]

I know the lad hasn’t exactly set the world alight since he left Sligo but he is still very young. He knows the league and has proven he can score in it, so it’s a good acquisition for Rovers for the full season.

Hardly any football since he left us at a very crucial stage in his development, hard to see him featuring for Shams this year so I expect to see him twist the knife again by signing for Harps next season.

[nigel-harps1954]

Hardly any football since he left us at a very crucial stage in his development, hard to see him featuring for Shams this year so I expect to see him twist the knife again by signing for Harps next season.

If he were half as good as his auld fella was for Harps, I'd take him in a heartbeat!

[placid casual]

Hardly any football since he left us at a very crucial stage in his development, hard to see him featuring for Shams this year so I expect to see him twist the knife again by signing for Harps next season.

That's quite the gap between playing for the Champions and signing for 1st division Harps ??.
A cynic would suggest your a tad bitter.

He looks a decent prospect and if Rovers have as many games this season as last he'll get plenty of opportunities to shine.

[redarmyfaction]

If he were half as good as his auld fella was for Harps, I'd take him in a heartbeat!

Not half the player or quarter the man.

[Jd2793]

Hardly any football since he left us at a very crucial stage in his development, hard to see him featuring for Shams this year so I expect to see him twist the knife again by signing for Harps next season.

greene is done as a player on a top side. kenny should/will get his minutes.

[Shinkicker]

I know the lad hasn’t exactly set the world alight since he left Sligo but he is still very young. He knows the league and has proven he can score in it, so it’s a good acquisition for Rovers for the full season.
Another player who only saw the bright lights of Celtic and thought he would set the SP league on fire. These lads must realise celtic have 5 or 6 Johnny Kennys behind 2 or 3 players who are really battling for places. They are small fish in a big pond. He would have been better going to Hearts, Aberdeen or an English league one club and playing regular football. Now he's back in the LOI and he should do OK as a big fish in a little pond, but if celtic have sickened his happiness he may not perform.

[D24Saint]

Not half the player or quarter the man.

Only a youngfella, they do all sorts of stupid things. He could end up back at Sligo eventually.

[Jd2793]

Another player who only saw the bright lights of Celtic and thought he would set the SP league on fire. These lads must realise celtic have 5 or 6 Johnny Kennys behind 2 or 3 players who are really battling for places. They are small fish in a big pond. He would have been better going to Hearts, Aberdeen or an English league one club and playing regular football. Now he's back in the LOI and he should do OK as a big fish in a little pond, but if celtic have sickened his happiness he may not perform.

i highly doubt he thought he was going to celtic to challenge for a first team spot that soon! hes not even there 12 months

[ontheotherhand]

Only a youngfella, they do all sorts of stupid things. He could end up back at Sligo eventually.

I hope not for his sake. He'd have to go even further backwards for that to happen.

[Martinho II]

Stephen Henderson has made two more signings for us. Stephen Meaney from Athlone Town and Darragh Lynch from Bray Wanderers. According to our website its our 15th signing so far!

[Shearer]

Treaty United re-sign Willie Armshaw, while Scott Kirkland and Josh Quinlivan move up from the 19s.