2024 Season, Arrivals and Departures

[WoodquayBoy]

Jimmy Keohane joins United - another of Caulfield’s ‘old boys’

[joey B]

Shane Farrell rumoured to be heading to Drogheda from Shels …..

[2 Year Contract]

Shane Farrell rumoured to be heading to Drogheda from Shels …..

Farrell is supposedly on a permanent, while Jad Hakiki is also rumoured to be heading to Drogs on loan. Also Elicha Ahui who was on loan at Drogs last year is rumoured to be signing back with them

[joey B]

Chris Lyon’s departs Longford,scored 2 goals in the first 13 minutes of the season but never scored again,injuries curtailed him a lot it seems…..

[Buckett]

Galway Utd sign Junior Ogedi Uzokwe, he was previously with Dundalk, Bohs and Derry. Is he any good?

https://galwayunitedfc.ie/junior-ogedi-uzokwe-joins-galway-united/

[Acornvilla]

Galway Utd sign Junior Ogedi Uzokwe, he was previously with Dundalk, Bohs and Derry. Is he any good?

https://galwayunitedfc.ie/junior-ogedi-uzokwe-joins-galway-united/
He was top scorer in the league at Derry a few years ago, or did I dream that? Doesn't seem to have ever found a club to stay at and play consistently thou.

[Another Bohemia]

Galway Utd sign Junior Ogedi Uzokwe, he was previously with Dundalk, Bohs and Derry. Is he any good?

https://galwayunitedfc.ie/junior-ogedi-uzokwe-joins-galway-united/

He has flashes of good play for sure. IIRC though his big problem was always his attitude. He was pretty much frozen out of the squad towards the end of his time at bohs despite singing one of the famous "multi year deals". I think he's had just shy of 20 senior clubs in his career which is mental to think about! Even in this day and age where club loyalty is to a minimum

[2 Year Contract]

Al-Amin Kazeem has signed for Pats. Happy with that, I was only saying at the Pats Galway match last month that he’d be a good signing for Pats after impressing that night. First time having 2 left backs at the club in a number of years

[joey B]

He was top scorer in the league at Derry a few years ago, or did I dream that? Doesn't seem to have ever found a club to stay at and play consistently thou.

He scored 14 goals to be top scorer that season and 3 of them came against a reserve Harps team on the last day getting ready for a playoff the next week,not the most impressive golden boot winner but always sounds good when he’s getting a move,which seems to be quite often!!!!!

[Jack B]

Galway fans would know better but seems a great signing for us, on the few times I've seen them this season he's been impressive.

I like Anto Breslin but it's a bit ridiculous he's been the only senior left back at the club for the last couple of seasons, which were were punished for when he finally got injured over the last month or so. It's not like he's the best in the league or anything either, so it was necessary to get another body in there. Wouldn't be surprised if Kazeem takes his place quickly enough.

[nigel-harps1954]

Galway Utd sign Junior Ogedi Uzokwe, he was previously with Dundalk, Bohs and Derry. Is he any good?

https://galwayunitedfc.ie/junior-ogedi-uzokwe-joins-galway-united/

Woeful. Flash in the pan season at Derry and been crap everywhere else. Shows glimpses of being able to play football but fails to do so on a semi-regular basis. As Joey said, wouldn't have even got top scorer that season if Harps had put out half a side at all against Derry on the last game of the season.

[RealJohn91]

He was terrible at Bohs in his spell there. Find it funny that Devine has bombed him out of two clubs now after also getting the best out of him at Derry.

[2 Year Contract]

He was terrible at Bohs in his spell there. Find it funny that Devine has bombed him out of two clubs now after also getting the best out of him at Derry.

He’s a modern day Dave Rogers looking at his club list. This is the 20th move of his career at age 30! It’s his 10th club in the last 5 years. Long live the journeyman!

[joey B]

Jad Hakiki joined Dundalk on a permanent basis.

[culloty82]

Kerry FC confirm that Ferdia O'Brien, Evison Rramani and Steven Healy have left the club - no surprise about the last, it seems there were certain unspecified personal issues that arose between him and the coaching staff, which is why he gradually fell out of favour after a promising start, by contrast to Daire McCarthy. As for O'Brien, that has all the hallmarks of signing a KDL player simply for the sake of being seen to do so, given he literally didn't play a single minute in the league, and was only introduced in the MSC when the Treaty game was effectively over.

[Shinkicker]

Rumours around saying Dylan Connolly going to Drogheda, possibly on loan. To be honest as much as I like him he has not been great this year and I don't think he'd be a big loss at this point. However I'd like him to pull his finger out and get back to his old form and stay. If he does go you'd wonder who will be his replacement? We do need some fresh blood and the Tierney signing was great to see but we still need 2 or 3 more with quality if we want to make an impact in the second half of the season.

[RealJohn91]

Bohs sign Leigh Kavanagh, a centre half who was on the books of Brighton. Didn't think we were short of options there tbh.

[Another Bohemia]

Bohs sign Leigh Kavanagh, a centre half who was on the books of Brighton. Didn't think we were short of options there tbh.

Well Keita and Mills are both on loan, Carroll is 33,is also cover for LB and is just recovering from a serious knee injury, Cornwall is out for the season and I'm not sold on Cian Byrne personally. Good signing IMO and should mean that we're not forced to sign a loan army for the defence next year. Get a RB and a ST in and I think it's a great window for Bohs. Also the speed at which these deals are being done does point fingers at Devine being the one slowing down transfers before the start of the season.

[Shearer]

Kerry FC confirm that Ferdia O'Brien, Evison Rramani and Steven Healy have left the club - no surprise about the last, it seems there were certain unspecified personal issues that arose between him and the coaching staff, which is why he gradually fell out of favour after a promising start, by contrast to Daire McCarthy. As for O'Brien, that has all the hallmarks of signing a KDL player simply for the sake of being seen to do so, given he literally didn't play a single minute in the league, and was only introduced in the MSC when the Treaty game was effectively over.
Wouldn't be like Dennehy to fall out with a player.

[RealJohn91]

Bohs sign Archie Meekison, a midfielder who was at Dundee United.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Ollie Denham signs for 18 months and McGinty there for the rest of the season

[Another Bohemia]

Great to see Bohs doing business early! On top of that signing players who look to have a bit of upside. Still need a natural right back and striking option but positive signings imo

[joey B]

Harry Wood heading back to Shels on a 2 1/2 year deal according to Dan McDonnell

[oriel]

Woeful. Flash in the pan season at Derry and been crap everywhere else. Shows glimpses of being able to play football but fails to do so on a semi-regular basis. As Joey said, wouldn't have even got top scorer that season if Harps had put out half a side at all against Derry on the last game of the season.

Would agree with that, looked him up as totally forgot the season he was at Dundalk, it was 2021, he played 12 games and scored 2, came with a decent reputation too and was hailed a big signing, they couldn't offload him quick enough in the 2021 summer window. Have a vague memory he was an unused sub towards the end of his time with us for a good few games.

[oriel]

Hayden Cann is an interesting perm signing today for Dundalk, another central defender also but on loan from Doncaster, Bobby Faulkner.

The lad from Shels also on perm move today, I don't know too much about him, Jad Hakiki seems a decent option as hes still very young, but he was obviously wasn't getting too much game time at Shels.

[total hoofball]

Hayden Cann is an interesting perm signing today for Dundalk, another central defender also but on loan from Doncaster, Bobby Faulkner.

The lad from Shels also on perm move today, I don't know too much about him, Jad Hakiki seems a decent option as hes still very young, but he was obviously wasn't getting too much game time at Shels.
Hakiki has talent low centre of gravity attacker he made an impressive breakthrough to the first team mid-season in 2022 then he got a nasty enough injury curtailing that season for him but after two years since endlessly coming off the bench making no impact whatsoever each time and being physically lightweight it's a case that the Shels can't wait anymore for him to develop while on the field we are fighting at a level now at the top of the league and Europe

Daly got criticism for his signings at Pats and I see 4 new signings all very young and inexperienced not exactly what you need in a relegation battle I'm not sure what Daly is expecting unless more experienced known LOI quantities are due to come in

[total hoofball]

Harry Wood heading back to Shels on a 2 1/2 year deal according to Dan McDonnell
Huge signing for us

Shane Farrell has joined Drogheda aswell today. Duff not messing around with upgrades

[Jack B]

Was really impressed with Harry Wood when he signed for Shels last season, he and Jarvis came in and they really kicked on with those two helping out Moylan. Think he nearly had a 1 in 2 record for assists in the limited time he spent in the league.

Some of the other signings around the league from the likes of Dundalk and Bohs today are less inspiring on paper but it's always impossible to know with these players until the actually get going. When I watched Cann play for Drogs this season I thought he looked good but judging from the reaction of their fans I must have only caught him on his few good days.

[oriel]

Was really impressed with Harry Wood when he signed for Shels last season, he and Jarvis came in and they really kicked on with those two helping out Moylan. Think he nearly had a 1 in 2 record for assists in the limited time he spent in the league.

Some of the other signings around the league from the likes of Dundalk and Bohs today are less inspiring on paper but it's always impossible to know with these players until the actually get going. When I watched Cann play for Drogs this season I thought he looked good but judging from the reaction of their fans I must have only caught him on his few good days.

Not saying Cann is a massive signing, but this is just typical of LOI fans 'oh he was ****e for us' etc, same over reaction from Pats fans too while I`m on about it re SOD, now look at him, he's a no 2.

[Another Bohemia]

Some of the other signings around the league from the likes of Dundalk and Bohs today are less inspiring on paper but it's always impossible to know with these players until the actually get going.

So what I like about the players signed by Bohs is that it's returning to how we built our best squads under Long. Signing young, hungry players who want a chance to play first team football brought a lot of talented players through the door at Bohs like Talbot, Leahy, Dan Casey, Danny Mandriou, Afolabi and plenty others. Sure you still get the occasional dud but it's a lot easier to get behind a young fella who's trying to kick start his career and might be having a bad game than a mid career journeyman who looks like their just here for a paycheck. The downfall of this approach was always that the wages on offer at Bohs were lower than they could get at other clubs in the league so after a solid season or 2 they signed for Rovers or Dundalk who were at their peak. That should be less of an issue now that the club has gone full time. Players will still leave of course but hopefully for a fee and across the water rather than down the M50!

[Jack B]

So what I like about the players signed by Bohs is that it's returning to how we built our best squads under Long. Signing young, hungry players who want a chance to play first team football brought a lot of talented players through the door at Bohs like Talbot, Leahy, Dan Casey, Danny Mandriou, Afolabi and plenty others. Sure you still get the occasional dud but it's a lot easier to get behind a young fella who's trying to kick start his career and might be having a bad game than a mid career journeyman who looks like their just here for a paycheck. The downfall of this approach was always that the wages on offer at Bohs were lower than they could get at other clubs in the league so after a solid season or 2 they signed for Rovers or Dundalk who were at their peak. That should be less of an issue now that the club has gone full time. Players will still leave of course but hopefully for a fee and across the water rather than down the M50!

Yeah it can work both ways for sure, Bohs especially have signed lads like O'Sullivan with hundreds of games behind them in England and it's not like they worked out. There's just more of a risk element behind these kinds of signings than the ones Shels (and maybe to the same extent Pats) have made as they aren't known quantities at all, but there's a lot of upside there if it turns out they're up to it.

[Another Bohemia]

Yeah it can work both ways for sure, Bohs especially have signed lads like O'Sullivan with hundreds of games behind them in England and it's not like they worked out. There's just more of a risk element behind these kinds of signings than the ones Shels (and maybe to the same extent Pats) have made as they aren't known quantities at all, but there's a lot of upside there if it turns out they're up to it.

Absolutely. Don't get me wrong if Georgie Kelly was announced for Bohs today I'd say great signing, exactly what we need etc. but as a general policy I prefer the moves we have made so far and I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment among Bohs fans. There are a lot of fans who are fed up of seeing average journeymen getting a good wage from the club and would much prefer a younger team to get behind. As I said before it's a bit easier to forgive the mistakes of someone who's trying to kickstart their career and is still learning than someone who appears to be in it for the paycheck and should know better at this stage of their career. Supplement these younger signings with pros who have experience in the league like Jake Carroll (Who from the effort he put into getting back on the pitch is still a hungry player in his own right) and I think you can make a very reliable and potentially exciting team.

[yurt]

Harry Wood heading back to Shels on a 2 1/2 year deal according to Dan McDonnell

That is great news for Shels fans. Funny that if he hadn't had the 14 games for them on his CV already it'd look like a very underwhelming signing. Only managed to start a few games at Grimsby in the 5 months he was there.

You never know how these things work out but given how he played under Duff last year you'd have to imagine he'll get close to those levels again.

The type of player who'll make them that bit more competitive in Europe.

[joey B]

Harps signed Sean Patton on loan from Derry City.

[Burnsie]

james Abankwah in talks to rejoin Pats on loan according to the Indo.

The latest generation of LOI exports sure do love a comeback

[D24Saint]

james Abankwah in talks to rejoin Pats on loan according to the Indo.

The latest generation of LOI exports sure do love a comeback

Good player James but it’s not a position that we are short in. If it came down to budget I’d prefer a midfielder or striker but it would still be great to see him back.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

Good player James but it’s not a position that we are short in. If it came down to budget I’d prefer a midfielder or striker but it would still be great to see him back.

Unless we're going to ship players out ( looking at you Conor Keeley ) , or else use him at right back where we're an Axel Sjoberg hamstring away from being in bother

[2 Year Contract]

Unless we're going to ship players out ( looking at you Conor Keeley ) , or else use him at right back where we're an Axel Sjoberg hamstring away from being in bother

There was talk of Dundalk and Drogheda both wanting Keeley on loan this month but Kenny shot it down as he deemed him needed for numbers at centre back. Now that the Abankwah talk is there I’d imagine if he was to come in then Keeley would be the one to go

[Shearer]

Looks like a big Treaty United signing tonight.

[nigel-harps1954]

Looks like a big Treaty United signing tonight.

Conor Winn back?

[thebronze14]

Disappointed to see Treatys longest serving and most exciting player Willie Armshaw leave the club,cant say i blame him as Barrett never trusted him ,constantly on the bench or at times bizzarely subbed off despite being the teams main threat in many games.Thanks for your service Willie a real fans favourite.


Harps signed Sean Patton on loan from Derry City.
Has he played many games for their first team?

[2 Year Contract]

Has he played many games for their first team?
Patton has 1 substitute appearance in the league last season for Derry and 5 this season. Combining the minutes in those appearances adds up to 54 minutes

[Shearer]

Conor Winn back?
No. We've signed a deal with Fosset's Circus and their ringmaster Dave Rogers.

[culloty82]

Has he played many games for their first team?

You wouldn't think he'd have any time left to play soccer, considering Donegal are still in the All-Ireland semis!

[joey B]

You wouldn't think he'd have any time left to play soccer, considering Donegal are still in the All-Ireland semis!

He used to play for us aswell!

[Shearer]

Lee J Lynch signs for Treaty United

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps youngster Gavin McAteer has signed a 3 year pro contract on his 16th birthday. This lad is the real deal.

https://finnharps.ie/gavin-mcateer-signs-pro-contract/

[da bishop]

Has he played many games for their first team?

Willie played over 100 times for Treaty i think but most of those appearances were off the bench.

[da bishop]

Treaty with a big statement signing in Lee Lynch who you would have to assume is signing fulltime given he has just left fulltime football to return for what i believe is his third spell on shannonside and the 12th move of his career.Here,s hoping he can inspire all around him from the rather mundane stuff we have witnessed so far .

[trevy]

Waterford sign Sam Bellis a striker who was with Barrow and Kidderminster last season and Kyle White a midfielder from Fleetwood Town.