2023 Season, Arrivals and Departures

[Jd2793]

Bogdan Vastsuk confirmed to have left Sligo Rovers,judging by the reaction on Twitter he was a bad egg…..

any sligo itks care to let us know what went on? never seen a fan base so happy to lose a player

[JC_GUFC]

He walked by me in the tunnel the other night , doesn't look like a fella carrying weight. He's obviously not going to be at peak fitness after 6 months off, red card looked harsh to me, Hery has been through a tough time personally over last year or so, I'm willing to give him a chance, he's probably on buttons with us.

I guess when talking of a player you sometimes don't think that anything off the field could be effecting them. He was ok for us - looked good in some games - not so much in others. It was a short-term signing but at the same time it was very surprising that Caulfield went for him. I think Ollie Horgan wanted Gary Boylan at the time and that's how Hery ended up with us.

Probably could add something that Longford don't have in terms of creativity and experience.

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps confirm the departure of Brazilian/Norweigan striker Filip Da Silva. 20 appearances and 4 goals.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

any sligo itks care to let us know what went on? never seen a fan base so happy to lose a player

Terrible attitude. Didn’t try a jot when he did play. Refused to warm up one day. Liked posts on twitter when we lost games. Good riddance.

[culloty82]

Leo Gaxha has been appointed Head Coach of the Kerry U14s for 2024, so he'll be staying put for at least another 12 months.

[Shearer]

Leo Gaxha has been appointed Head Coach of the Kerry U14s for 2024, so he'll be staying put for at least another 12 months.
Brilliant bit of business, he has become the flagship player that I thought Matt Keane would be.

[trevy]

Waterford sign goalkeeper Sam Sargeant from Leyton Orient.

[SPXcyan]

Badly needed a goalkeeper, Paul Martin simply isn't good enough this season, surprisingly.

[ger121]

Good to see Shels hire a FT academy coach. Not sure if he is the first but it is definitely something we need far more of across the league.

[Dermobohs]

Good to see Shels hire a FT academy coach. Not sure if he is the first but it is definitely something we need far more of across the league.
Don’t Croly and Sexton do this at Bohs?

[RealJohn91]

Don’t Croly and Sexton do this at Bohs?
Pretty sure Croly is working with the academy now because he couldn't go full time with his job.

[Shearer]

Badly needed a goalkeeper, Paul Martin simply isn't good enough this season, surprisingly.
Matt Connor get the road so?

[trevy]

He's still there but hasn't played this season so maybe he will move on with the new keeper signing.

[SPXcyan]

Matt Connor suffered an injury just before the season kicked off, never got a look in since.

[culloty82]

Wayne Guthrie has left the Kerry FC squad.

[Shearer]

Wayne Guthrie has departed Kerry. Has to be more than meets the eye there.

He almost broke Colin Kelly's leg at the Markets Field and hobbled off a bit after making the tackle, I think Billy/club said he was injured but I don't see how especially when Colin Kelly miraculously played 72 hours later.

[legendz]

Wayne Guthrie has departed Kerry. Has to be more than meets the eye there.

He almost broke Colin Kelly's leg at the Markets Field and hobbled off a bit after making the tackle, I think Billy/club said he was injured but I don't see how especially when Colin Kelly miraculously played 72 hours later.

A number of players were dropped after one particular game and they haven't played since. Some people were questioning the gaffer criticising the players but he seems to have been right.

[outspoken]

A number of players were dropped after one particular game and they haven't played since. Some people were questioning the gaffer criticising the players but he seems to have been right.

There were a lot of rumours flying around MHP the week after that game when you played Longford about the social activities of certain players.

[joey B]

Shane Hallahan departs Treaty due to work commitments,played most of their league games so will be a disruption…

[Shearer]

Shane Hallahan departs Treaty due to work commitments,played most of their league games so will be a disruption…
Looks like Conor Winn will come back in now. Hallahan was dependable enough but had his drawbacks of course.

[joey B]

Luka Lovic back to Wexford...

[outspoken]

Colm Cox the latest to leave Wexford. Would love to be a fly on the wall there.

[Neish]

Goalkeeper Rory Kelly played for Harps vs Killbarrack in the cup last night, his name appearing on the team sheet seemed to be the first notification most Harps fans got that he had signed. No idea how long he has been signed for. Kelly was on the books at Harps before in 2012 & 2013 but only played a handful of games.

[Shearer]

Colm Cox the latest to leave Wexford. Would love to be a fly on the wall there.
A goalkeeper has come in and pushed Cox down to third place, I don't think his departure is that deep.

[Bunny Kelly]

Does Ian Ryan give anyone else Neale Fenn vibes, a lot of good press without that much substance. And like Fenn in his latter days at Longford he is going through a lot of players because they are the problem for the underachievement instead of him not coaching up what he has

[Longfordian]

Ola Adeyemo, brother ofJordan and a well travelled journeyman striker that doesn't seem to score many goals, signs for LTFC.

[Martinho II]

Ola Adeyemo, brother ofJordan and a well travelled journeyman striker that doesn't seem to score many goals, signs for LTFC.

He comes in from Newry Town AFC.

[outspoken]

Ola Adeyemo, brother ofJordan and a well travelled journeyman striker that doesn't seem to score many goals, signs for LTFC.

I'll be sure to introduce him like that haha

[culloty82]

Incidentally, Guthrie came on for Stacks yesterday in their relegation play-off derby, so his "injury" has miraculously resolved itself! ;)

[total hoofball]

Does Ian Ryan give anyone else Neale Fenn vibes, a lot of good press without that much substance. And like Fenn in his latter days at Longford he is going through a lot of players because they are the problem for the underachievement instead of him not coaching up what he has
Yes both hyped some similarities but not exact same circumstances Fenn inherited a team at Longford in a better position with a bigger budget and further up the table than Ryan at the basement with Wexford. There was more irrational hype with Ryan that went up a bizarre level following that FAI Cup win over an average Sligo and as Wexford never looked breaching the top half of the table, then he nearly landed the Bohs job we'll never know how it would have worked out

You could see with Fenn Longford played some good football that could have had promotion potential but they were plagued with inconsistent results as they never look streetwise to avoid too many defeats. Daire Doyle then takes over despite losing some quality players gets them streetwise and promoted via the play-offs

Bray still have a Cabinteely stink off them this season, struggling for wins and no consistent starting XI with a turnover of players already, it may look good for Ryan or any manager that about 10 players follow them over from their former club but if they don't do the business and some of them are gone by mid-season it doesn't look great for the manager. I still think Bray need to give Ryan time to get that Bray team on the right track as it was not far off a new squad assembled with alot of youth alongside proven veterans like Massey, Webster, Lyons

[joey B]

Jaze Kabia signs for Cork City...

[Martinho II]

Jaze Kabia signs for Cork City...

Where from Joey B is that Cobh Ramblers?

[outspoken]

Where from Joey B is that Cobh Ramblers?
Was in Scotland

[Stav]

Fenn had no budget when it came to signings to push for a play off position.

[Martinho II]

Jaze Kabia follows his dad Jason in playing for Cork City. His dad was part of Cork Citys FAI cup winning side in 1998 that beat Shels.

[El-Pietro]

Jaze Kabia follows his dad Jason in playing for Cork City. His dad was part of Cork Citys FAI cup winning side in 1998 that beat Shels.

His dad scored two goals in the 1998 semi final away to Athlone, so he was a big part. Also, Jaze started out playing underage for City so its a bit of a return.

[Longfordian]

Fenn had no budget when it came to signings to push for a play off position.

I imagine it was much the same as Daire Doyle had. Neither would have had a big budget.

[outspoken]

I imagine it was much the same as Daire Doyle had. Neither would have had a big budget.

Exactly. Ask anyone involved with de town in those few seasons, they'll tell you the difference in 2020 was Johnny Martin coming in, a total genius

[Stav]

Fenn got no money in mid season and the promotion whilst it was great had a bit to do with the times we were in.
Premier division displays were with few exceptions awful. Park the bus stuff.
Longford have a lovely set up with a large hinterland that has no opposition in it. Its easy to say but the net has to be spread much wider. With all due respect to the county team and the rugby club they are not setting the world on fire.
i suppose it all boils down to the old saying "how do you make a small fortune? Invest a large one into a League of Ireland club."
To be fair a lot of clubs with more money and support could learn from Longford in terms of facilities.

[Bunny Kelly]

Fenn had no budget when it came to signings to push for a play off position.


Can I laugh at this one? How big a budget do you need to aspire for a playoff spot in the Irish First Division?

The original point was 2 fold, one the media hype (when Tim Clancy was doing a much better job with a similar budget) & the heavy turnover of players similar to Ryan this year. Fenn did well year 1 as did Ryan at Wexford given their low level, but halfway through their second season but sides signed & released plenty when the squad should have been fairly settled after 18months.

Obviously it across 2 clubs but Ian Ryan is basically in hos second season with a group of players given how many he signed for Wexford & then took with him

[Another Bohemia]

Apologies for breaking up the Ian Ryan v Neale Fenn debate but Bohs have signed Louie Holzman on loan from Reading. He's listed as a CB. Hopefully he can play LB as well as we need some cover there

[Jd2793]

E.Doyle retiring from football, bit of a shock that. In other news city are due to sign their 3rd keeper of the season, oliver byrne from altrincham. lets hope this guy doesnt get injured in his first game like the other two .

[Jack B]

Think one of Doyle's kids has been unwell and that's played a part in his decision, as far as I know he's been omitted from a couple of match day squads recently because of it.

All the best to him anyway. On a footballing level I think he did better than he was given credit for last season, but obviously just didn't live up to expectations. This season has been a write off though and he's really looked like age has caught up with him, even though he had a contract up until the end of next season I was expecting him to be off at the end of this year as he can barely move anymore.

[Jd2793]

good luck to himself and his fam in that case. cant be easy to get yourself going for games, especially at his age, when stuff like that is going on in the background

[2 Year Contract]

Best of luck to Doyler, and hope the personal issues work out ok. I think a lot of people seemed to have expectations befitting of a 28 year old Eoin Doyle rather than the reality of him being 34 at the time. 15 goals last season was a very decent return. As mentioned he had a big drop off in performance level this year compared to last but that’ll happen to most at 35 years old. 635 games and 208 goals is a sensational career for any LOI player, particularly considering the vast majority of those were across the water.

For Pats it will mean they’re down a body but with Doyle not having featured much at all recently I don’t think they’ll bring in a replacement with just 4 days left in the window, despite the big wage that's now been freed up. It will probably mean more game time for Lonergan and Melia in support of Carty. Unless of course Daly has had a potential replacement lined up but we'll see how it pans out over the weekend

[D24Saint]

I’m not in a place to comment on Doyle’s personal life. I can only judge his departure as a positive for the team. If we can use the money to better affect elsewhere then it can improve the side.

[El-Pietro]

E.Doyle retiring from football, bit of a shock that. In other news city are due to sign their 3rd keeper of the season, oliver byrne from altrincham. lets hope this guy doesnt get injured in his first game like the other two .

He goes by Ollie. We've literally signed Ollie Byrne the day before we play Shels. He'll be the 5th keeper to start a game for us this season, and this will mean Jimmy Corcoran gets dropped for the 4th? time this season.

[Philosophizer]

He goes by Ollie. We've literally signed Ollie Byrne the day before we play Shels. He'll be the 5th keeper to start a game for us this season, and this will mean Jimmy Corcoran gets dropped for the 4th? time this season.
How has Corcoran done for you this year overall?

[Jd2793]

How has Corcoran done for you this year overall?

not good. decent lad by all accounts but hes too small and hes terrible under a cross. not good enough for a premier div team

[Hitman]

He goes by Ollie. We've literally signed Ollie Byrne the day before we play Shels. He'll be the 5th keeper to start a game for us this season, and this will mean Jimmy Corcoran gets dropped for the 4th? time this season.

Sixth I think, Mannix started against Waterford in the Munster Senior Cup.