2023 Season, Arrivals and Departures

[DCSIL]

Already started looking at the Lincolnshire Echo facebook page

[total hoofball]

Lincoln City job available, might as well start the Bradser rumour mill here.
I'm sure he wouldn't touch it with a barge pole now and I'm equally sure Lincoln won't touch another leftfield Irish managerial appointment either. It probably would have been Bradley sacked today if he took that job last year

I just hope Jack Moylan gets a proper shot in the new year at Lincoln under whoever their new manager knowing how some ex-LOI player's time in England gets derailed by a managerial sacking

[sbgawa]

Was having a look at the Lincoln fans forum. The majority seem to be hoping its him and he is 4/5 favourite with Bookies.
Im theory we could win the LEague on Monday (of fuvk it up completly) so he could be Lincoln manager by Saturday week.
I doubt it though, he already said no once

[DCSIL]

I'm sure he wouldn't touch it with a barge pole now and I'm equally sure Lincoln won't touch another leftfield Irish managerial appointment either. It probably would have been Bradley sacked today if he took that job last year

I just hope Jack Moylan gets a proper shot in the new year at Lincoln under whoever their new manager knowing how some ex-LOI player's time in England gets derailed by a managerial sacking

Kennedy criticised Danny Mandriou on saturday after the game. Now we all know Danny is a pain in the hole sometimes as seen at Bohs/Rovers but sounds like he is being polished up to sell on(Lincoln have American Hedge fund investors) and he tainted one of the "stars" maybe?

Also they drew about 18 games last season which doesn't make for entertaining football.

Local Radio interview from last night

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gml19f

[Calcio Jack]

Kennedy criticised Danny Mandriou on saturday after the game. Now we all know Danny is a pain in the hole sometimes as seen at Bohs/Rovers but sounds like he is being polished up to sell on(Lincoln have American Hedge fund investors) and he tainted one of the "stars" maybe?

Also they drew about 18 games last season which doesn't make for entertaining football.

Local Radio interview from last night

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gml19f

Mandriou was brilliant with us an a modal pro…. Who deservedly earned his move away based on that

[total hoofball]

Shels' Gavin Hodgins on his way over to Hull for training next week, he is most likely candidate for a transfer in that direction though always a possibility if Hull sign any of our young players that they could be loaned back to us

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/shelbourne-prospect-hull-city-bound-31233765


Wexford's Kian Corbally also reported to be a target for UK clubs. I recall he was considered a prospect when he was with Pats a year or two ago, was he let go by them or did he leave them to play regular football?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/wexford-youngster-set-cross-channel-31233791?int_source=nba

[outspoken]

Shels' Gavin Hodgins on his way over to Hull for training next week, he is most likely candidate for a transfer in that direction though always a possibility if Hull sign any of our young players that they could be loaned back to us

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/shelbourne-prospect-hull-city-bound-31233765

Wexford's Kian Corbally also reported to be a target for UK clubs. I recall he was considered a prospect when he was with Pats a year or two ago, was he let go by them or did he leave them to play regular football?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/wexford-youngster-set-cross-channel-31233791?int_source=nba

Incredible the hype around Corbally. Couldn't get a game on loan at Longford and don't think he's done much at Wexford.

[joey B]

Hoban on the way out at Dundalk? Who’s going to sign him? Derry or Galway even would make sense…..

[brendy_éire]

Hoban on the way out at Dundalk? Who’s going to sign him? Derry or Galway even would make sense…..

Cracking player, any club would do well to have him. May as well stick in an offer.
Rumours that Daniel Kelly may be coming this way too.

[Jack B]

I would like Pats to sign Kelly just so he'll leave us alone and stop scoring against us.

Slogget to Shels seems to be as good as confirmed.

[pineapple stu]

Crikey - three big enough names there. Is it a confidence it's so soon after the suggestion on the other thread (about Hull) that Dundalk may be going part-time next season?

[ger121]

Facebook and Twitter have referenced a post that Hoban will be sitting on the bench next season if he stays. In other words, they want him gone to lower the wage bill and can go for free. Now I know it is nearly silly season and social media can be as accurate as a crooked arrow but things are not good at Dundalk so there could be some merit to him leaving.

[sbgawa]

10 league goals and i guess a few penelties in there.
I wouldnt be banging the door down for him at Rovers, not sure he has the legs to do the work Gaffney does.
Still surprising to see a long time servant treated like that (if its true of course)

[Jd2793]

gaffney much better overall than hoban is. galway seems like the obvious destination

[brendy_éire]

10 league goals and i guess a few penelties in there.
I wouldnt be banging the door down for him at Rovers, not sure he has the legs to do the work Gaffney does.
Still surprising to see a long time servant treated like that (if its true of course)

12 goals so far, but you don't tend to get 20+ scorers these days, so that's a decent enough return IMO.
Gaffney is a better player though, yes.

[2 Year Contract]

Depends what you’re looking for it a striker depending on your team really, Hoban is undoubtedly the better goalscorer, Gaffney has a better strike from distance, is better in the air and is definitely more mobile and hard working off the ball, while both are good at holding up the ball with their back to goal.

[pineapple stu]

Hoban has a really poor record in Europe too, which you'd imagine would be a focus for Rovers.

[ger121]

From the Hobanator to Hoban see ya later. Poor guy.

[mcgonigle]

Rumours that Daniel Kelly may be coming this way too.

It'll be 5 in a row for Rovers if Dickie is the caliber of player Derry are looking to sign. Lovely fella, has ability but shows it once every 10 games or so.

[joey B]

Do Derry really need more injury prone wingers aswell?

[2 Year Contract]

It'll be 5 in a row for Rovers if Dickie is the caliber of player Derry are looking to sign. Lovely fella, has ability but shows it once every 10 games or so.

Id take him at Pats purely to stop him scoring every time he plays against them. Scored in 3 separate games this year and 2 last year. Always a cert to score against pats it’s a mad record he has

[Another Bohemia]

Do Derry really need more injury prone wingers aswell?

If they sign enough of them they might be in a situation to have 2 of them available at the same time! Granted that might eat up a significant portion of their budget and lead to holes elsewhere on the team but I believe that is a risk they should take.

[sbgawa]

Rovers have two wingbacks in Farrugia and Clarke that when they are fit they are unbelievably effective but they are injured a lot (or recovering) its gas that they are 23 and 35 (i think) but the most consistant WB we have is the 35 year old Ronan Finn.
Not giving out about the lads id have them boith 100% but Derry already have a lot of injury prone players , Fats, Duffy, Whelan and thats just the first 3 that occur to me

[culloty82]

Seán McGrath has put pen to paper for a further two seasons:

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[ger121]

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/11563129/dundalk-patrick-hoban-disappointed-told-can-leave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=irishSunSportTwitter&utm_source=Twitter

Feel bad for Hoban because he has given his all for Dundalk. He will have no shortage of offers.

[pineapple stu]

Bit unusual to be arranging next year's squad while Europe is still up for grabs, no? That'll impact the budget hugely, you'd have thought

[Onapointoforder]

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/11563129/dundalk-patrick-hoban-disappointed-told-can-leave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=irishSunSportTwitter&utm_source=Twitter

Feel bad for Hoban because he has given his all for Dundalk. He will have no shortage of offers. Galway United bound ??

[Shearer]

Derek Daly departs Longford Town, another one emigrating.

[DCWA]

Derry have already spoken to both Kelly and Hoban… both of them fall into the category of players I would take but wouldn’t necessarily excite me… Hoban for his mentality/character alone we could probably do with. As an all round centre forward Gaffney miles better… the perfect testing ground for this was England, if Hoban hadn’t have came back would have been National League level at best (and probably worse) whereas Gaffney had credible success in the football league.