2025 Arrivals and Departures

[2 Year Contract]

I’ve seen Anto Breslin linked with a move back to Bohs. I think a lot of Pats fans would be happy enough with that to be honest. He was a solid full back in years gone by but his performances and attitude this season have fallen off a cliff and he’s on a long term deal. I’d even say Pats would be happy enough to let him go without a fee just to get him off that long contract, which is something that’ll have to happen with a few more lads too. The last time he played was at home to Shels in what was one of the worst individual displays I can remember in recent years from a Pats player, before being taken off at half time and dropped from the squad for the following game in favour of Jay McClelland who’s had the left back spot ever since even though he’s not a full back, such has been the performances of Breslin and Kazeem this year

[Bohtastic]

Surprised he wasn't held back until the shirt.
2 year contract, you may disapprove, but without Keleher's, O'Doherty's or Desmond's backing fundraising, and Jersey sales are central to the club's progression.

[Another Bohemia]

Bohs have signed Douglas James Taylor. That's a good signing, that was at 9.00am and yet they advertised something for today at 11.00am. Is there more???

Outside of the Jersey that is all but confirmed since it was in the news update on the radio this morning I believe some players have had contract extensions as well so might hear some of those today.

[Another Bohemia]

I’ve seen Anto Breslin linked with a move back to Bohs. I think a lot of Pats fans would be happy enough with that to be honest. He was a solid full back in years gone by but his performances and attitude this season have fallen off a cliff and he’s on a long term deal. I’d even say Pats would be happy enough to let him go without a fee just to get him off that long contract, which is something that’ll have to happen with a few more lads too. The last time he played was at home to Shels in what was one of the worst individual displays I can remember in recent years from a Pats player, before being taken off at half time and dropped from the squad for the following game in favour of Jay McClelland who’s had the left back spot ever since even though he’s not a full back, such has been the performances of Breslin and Kazeem this year

His form this year would be concerning if there wasn't a few pats players who's form has fallen off a cliff from last year. Could be a situation where a change of scenery is a good fit for both parties.

[2 Year Contract]

Surprised he wasn't held back until the shirt.
2 year contract, you may disapprove, but without Keleher's, O'Doherty's or Desmond's backing fundraising, and Jersey sales are central to the club's progression.

Totally understand that and Bohs make good money doing it, fair play to them. But that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t laugh at Bohs linking themselves to every non football related topic they can find and sticking it on merchandise

[2 Year Contract]

His form this year would be concerning if there wasn't a few pats players who's form has fallen off a cliff from last year. Could be a situation where a change of scenery is a good fit for both parties.

Yeah that’s fair. There are plenty of lads in this Pats squad that need to be let go but also will probably do well at the next club they’re at because the ability is there

[Another Bohemia]

Surprised he wasn't held back until the shirt.
2 year contract, you may disapprove, but without Keleher's, O'Doherty's or Desmond's backing fundraising, and Jersey sales are central to the club's progression.


I've seen the jersey stuff called cringe and embarrassing but if you watch the LOI regularly I dont think a jersey should even register as embarassing. Clubs need to raise money to pay players & staff, build academy facilities and plenty more. You can raise money many ways but this works for Bohs

[Kiki Balboa]

I've seen the jersey stuff called cringe and embarrassing but if you watch the LOI regularly I dont think a jersey should even register as embarassing. Clubs need to raise money to pay players & staff, build academy facilities and plenty more. You can raise money many ways but this works for Bohs

I think people are allowed to snigger that Bohs, despite advertising themselves as a left-wing club, are hyper-commercialised and are willing sell anything.

You have to wonder do Bohs really have 'values', or are these 'values' just the best way to generate revenue.

Nearly all clubs walk-the-walk when it comes to being community focused in LOI. Bohs have just milked that to create revenue (and fair play to them).

[Another Bohemia]

I think people are allowed to snigger that Bohs, despite advertising themselves as a left-wing club, are hyper-commercialised and are willing sell anything.

You have to wonder do Bohs really have 'values', or are these 'values' just the best way to generate revenue.

Nearly all clubs walk-the-walk when it comes to being community focused in LOI. Bohs have just milked that to create revenue (and fair play to them).


Well we live in a commercial world, whether we want to or not we all have to participate in it, including Bohs. I dont want to support any Isreali settlements for example but its impossible for me to know exactly where everything I buy to live comes from and even harder to know who owns the various companies I buy from or where these companies invest. So Bohs can either play the commercial game and raise money for good causes while doing it or sit back and hope that revenue solely from fans and sponsors is enough to keep the club going. Thats not the case so things like this will be done to drive revenue so the club can be sustainable. As for values the Bohs partnership Jerseys have raised funds for Palestine, Bohs in the community and Bohs Pride comittee just this season. This Oasis Jersey follows suit its a split 50/50 profit with Bohs getting 50 %, 25% going to Music Generation Ireland and 25% going to Irish Community Care manchester. Raising money for good causes & investing in communites seems pretty left wing to me. Add to that the Jerseys are made in the Oneills factories in dublin so lower carbon footprint etc, the usual woke nonsense :D

[Shinkicker]

I think people are allowed to snigger that Bohs, despite advertising themselves as a left-wing club, are hyper-commercialised and are willing sell anything.

You have to wonder do Bohs really have 'values', or are these 'values' just the best way to generate revenue.

Nearly all clubs walk-the-walk when it comes to being community focused in LOI. Bohs have just milked that to create revenue (and fair play to them).
When you say Bohs have milked it you are correct, and yes Fair play to them. We don't have a sugar daddy and have to create our own finances. Most sugar daddies end up being the downfall of clubs in Ireland. With that in mind Bohs give a percentage to various causes linked to the shirt. Aslan-hospice, Marly - Marly foundation and so on. If we could only keep full revenue from one of these we would probably be the wealthiest club in the land but that's not the case, therefore we restrict ourselves and make do. You have to say there's a nice ring to each of these Bob Marley, Thin Lizzy, Aslan, DC Fontains and Oasis. A better ring than the Corrs or the Mary Wallopers. Would you wear a Corrs Jersey?

[2 Year Contract]

Well we live in a commercial world, whether we want to or not we all have to participate in it, including Bohs. I dont want to support any Isreali settlements for example but its impossible for me to know exactly where everything I buy to live comes from and even harder to know who owns the various companies I buy from or where these companies invest. So Bohs can either play the commercial game and raise money for good causes while doing it or sit back and hope that revenue solely from fans and sponsors is enough to keep the club going. Thats not the case so things like this will be done to drive revenue so the club can be sustainable. As for values the Bohs partnership Jerseys have raised funds for Palestine, Bohs in the community and Bohs Pride comittee just this season. This Oasis Jersey follows suit its a split 50/50 profit with Bohs getting 50 %, 25% going to Music Generation Ireland and 25% going to Irish Community Care manchester. Raising money for good causes & investing in communites seems pretty left wing to me. Add to that the Jerseys are made in the Oneills factories in dublin so lower carbon footprint etc, the usual woke nonsense :D

Unfortunately for the clubs environmental officer, the aul carbon footprint arguement goes straight out the window when it’s the 6th jersey the club have released this year alone (home, away, third, normal GK jersey, Guinness GK jersey, Oasis Cup jersey) that are shipped all over the world. It’s pretty much the exact opposite of a lower carbon footprint. UCD to their credit have an amazingly low carbon footprint in terms of merchandise and its distribution I would imagine ;)

[Jolly Red Giant]

I think people are allowed to snigger that Bohs, despite advertising themselves as a left-wing club, are hyper-commercialised and are willing sell anything.

You have to wonder do Bohs really have 'values', or are these 'values' just the best way to generate revenue.

Nearly all clubs walk-the-walk when it comes to being community focused in LOI. Bohs have just milked that to create revenue (and fair play to them).

I don't think its a case of milking' anything - just a reality that Bohs have to generate reveune from somewhere. They can't run up a debt and they don't have a wealthy owner to carry the can for overspending. On top of that the club is going to be homelss once the redevelopment of Dalymount Park begins and that will put a significant financial burden on the club - they need financial reserves. I do think that a fourth (excluding goalkeepers) jersey this year is probably a bit much - but you don't have to buy it if you can't afford it or don't want to (and half the profits of the latest one is going to charity). Given that Oasis are trying to generate a bit of hype as well - it benefits both.

[Another Bohemia]

Unfortunately for the clubs environmental officer, the aul carbon footprint arguement goes straight out the window when it’s the 6th jersey the club have released this year alone (home, away, third, normal GK jersey, Guinness GK jersey, Oasis Cup jersey) that are shipped all over the world. It’s pretty much the exact opposite of a lower carbon footprint. UCD to their credit have an amazingly low carbon footprint in terms of merchandise and its distribution I would imagine ;)


It would if every Bohs fan bought every jersey, every year. Most buy a home or away Jersey and a good portion only buy them every other year. Id wager that a few hundred or thousand Jerseys that go to the far flung corners of the world would still mean a lower total footprint than shipping in thousands of Jerseys from Bangladesh and then shipping them all over the world.

[2 Year Contract]

Anyways, back to football, I see Trivela have shown another example of how not to run a football club…


"Mistaken belief that Walsall would be due significant compensation if James-Taylor joined a club outside England led to misplaced confidence that he wouldn't join a rival club in LOI."

https://x.com/betweenstripes/status/1939994570869055676?s=46

I mean, this exact scenario happened to Drogheda when James Brown went to Blackburn a few years ago and they weren’t entitled to any compensation as he was also over 23. Crazy not to know this stuff as an owner of multiple football clubs

[Another Bohemia]

Anyways, back to football, I see Trivela have shown another example of how not to run a football club…



https://x.com/betweenstripes/status/1939994570869055676?s=46

I mean, this exact scenario happened to Drogheda when James Brown went to Blackburn a few years ago and they weren’t entitled to any compensation as he was also over 23. Crazy not to know this stuff as an owner of multiple football clubs


These lads must have hired people from the American equivalent of Fossets Circus to run their clubs because they are complete clowns

[Dalymountrower]

You have to wonder do Bohs really have 'values', or are these 'values' just the best way to generate revenue.

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Well, I don't have to wonder.
Not much revenue in prisoner outreach, joint initiatives with Intellectual Disability services support for asylum seekers.
Not exactly Revenue friendly initiatives, which I am proud that Bohs have initiated.
That other issues around Palestine etc happen to chime with the views of a good chunk of the population is great, but again, no exactly a revenue friendly subject.
The music tie ins, I couldnt give a f..ck about, and if they generate revenue to support ongoing community and human rights and climate projects, I am fine with that.
Plus , as a certain aged man I am swooning at the cameo role played by Paul Weller in the video launch today.

[placid casual]

As a way to offset the inevitable financial hit they will take if/when they leave for the ground redevelopment ,it's a prudent move.
As for weller and quo-asis involved,the less said the better,but it appeals to a centre type of individual I guess.
The kneecap guy wearing the shirt at Glastonbury would surely be seen as better exposure but then what do I know about the vacuous corporate mind.
On the actual football front Taylor could be a decent acquisition for them

[oriel]

These lads must have hired people from the American equivalent of Fossets Circus to run their clubs because they are complete clowns

Plus the nonsense by Trivela telling Drogs fans they would make up the 525k euro loss, so effectively 1m down now, no way that was happening, otherwise they would have easily met DJT demands.

Said it at the time, I'd be fuming if I was a Drogs fan with their owners, they had 6 months to prepare for the unlikely event that the Danish club would not also make europe and did almost nothing but hope the other club wouldn't make it. No point blaming UEFA for that fxxx up.

[sbgawa]

Surprised he wasn't held back until the shirt.
2 year contract, you may disapprove, but without Keleher's, O'Doherty's or Desmond's backing fundraising, and Jersey sales are central to the club's progression.

Desmond put in 2 million about 6 or 7 years ago.
European money and transfers in that period are around 15 million and the members have raised probably around another 2m .
Thats not counting Gate reciepts and Sponsorships.
Desmonds money is not whats keeping the club going.

[Bohtastic]

Desmond put in 2 million about 6 or 7 years ago.
European money and transfers in that period are around 15 million and the members have raised probably around another 2m .
Thats not counting Gate reciepts and Sponsorships.
Desmonds money is not whats keeping the club going.

Never suggested it was, or never meant to. Mind you, if the finances went south I'd imagine you'd have Desmond or Ray Wilson to lean on. Also,
2 million isn't exactly small change, no? Hence the jerseys.

[culloty82]

Never a good look when a manager decides to sign his own son, but hopefully Cork fans might put me straight:

https://kerryfc.com/arran-healy-becomes-kerrys-first-new-arrival-of-the-summer-transfer-window/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLQ3LBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqnpv4PtwbVo D7Z3erZs3rQIHExLHfEBZO_h_nR3D4mFJcHZrNqTSG8X9IeS_a em_sxmDqTHvDMzbeuPfPpH-bA

[2 Year Contract]

Sligo have signed Ryan O'Kane on loan from shels. Another one that suits all parties

[pateen]

Never a good look when a manager decides to sign his own son, but hopefully Cork fans might put me straight:

https://kerryfc.com/arran-healy-becomes-kerrys-first-new-arrival-of-the-summer-transfer-window/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLQ3LBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqnpv4PtwbVo D7Z3erZs3rQIHExLHfEBZO_h_nR3D4mFJcHZrNqTSG8X9IeS_a em_sxmDqTHvDMzbeuPfPpH-bA

Nothing wrong with that at all

[total hoofball]

Sligo have signed Ryan O'Kane on loan from shels. Another one that suits all parties
Shels fans don't even know if the lad is any use or muck from 5 very brief substitute appearances. One of a number of head scratchers on our recruitment to sign a bunch of wingers over two windows and then Duff decided from Game One of the season he did not want to play a system with any wingers

Hopefully Rayhaan Tulloch will be moving on next he must be gathering a serious amount of dust somewhere at the back of the stands or in his house no sight of him for about two months now not even making the bench

[nr637]

Any news on Cian Bargarys I jury stays and return with Cobh Ramblers?
Or has the player left the club!

[brendy_éire]

Nothing wrong with that at all

Ah, it's not a good thing.
We'd to endure Dean Shiels and Roddy Collins Jr on the back on that sort of thing.

[Another Bohemia]

Ah, it's not a good thing.
We'd to endure Dean Shiels and Roddy Collins Jr on the back on that sort of thing.


I think the cork fan may be saying "Nothing wrong with that" because it gets a player who has played a grand total of 70 minutes this season off their books

[RealJohn91]

Mousset gone from Bohs. Shame it didn't work out but it looks like he's not physically up to it anymore.

[Shinkicker]

Mousset gone from Bohs. Shame it didn't work out but it looks like he's not physically up to it anymore.
Reynolds said "we are taking a chance on him and he is taking a chance on us, we'll see if it works" and it didn't. Now we have two strikers one of them should start and hopefully we'll see an increase in the number of chances converted to goals.

[ger121]

Goodbye Moose. We’ll always have Sligo.

[2 Year Contract]

Apparently James Clarke is heading to Grimsby - he's out of contract in November so maybe a case of Bohs getting whatever they can for him.
Grimsby have today signed ex Ireland 21s attacking midfielder Zak Gilsenan so I’d imagine that could be instead of Clarke.

While on the topic of Grimsby they’ve also signed ex Cork/Shels/Cobh man Jaze Kabia to add to Darragh Burns who they already have. They seem to be targeting the Irish football market for signings

[brendy_éire]

There's obviously been a terrible mistake made at the Brandywell, as we've signed a 21 year old for the next year.

https://www.derrycityfc.net/2025/07/bannon-its-a-great-opportunity/

[Another Bohemia]

Dayle Rooney has signed a contract extension with Bohs. Not a new signing but real hard worker and showing a bit more end product recently

[sessylU]

There's obviously been a terrible mistake made at the Brandywell, as we've signed a 21 year old for the next year.

Ah now, in fairness, Derry usually have a talented youngster or two about the place. You just never seen them because they're always on the treatment table because of that ****ing pitch.

[RealJohn91]

Bohs linked with Patrick Hickey in the Examiner. I'm not sure how he would fit in with the style of football Reynolds is using at the moment. Could be a James Clarke replacement I guess but they're completely different footballers. Intriguing one on paper.

[total hoofball]

Grimsby have today signed ex Ireland 21s attacking midfielder Zak Gilsenan so I’d imagine that could be instead of Clarke.

While on the topic of Grimsby they’ve also signed ex Cork/Shels/Cobh man Jaze Kabia to add to Darragh Burns who they already have. They seem to be targeting the Irish football market for signings
I wonder is Kabia's current agent the same one who got that move for him back in 2021 to Livingston in the Scottish Premier League? I just don't see any track record as to why Grimsby would sign him at League Two level, he has bounced around aimlessly since that Livingston spell until last season at Truro City scoring a decent 16 goals in their promotion from National League South but that level is about the equivalent of our First Division

[Another Bohemia]

Bohs linked with Patrick Hickey in the Examiner. I'm not sure how he would fit in with the style of football Reynolds is using at the moment. Could be a James Clarke replacement I guess but they're completely different footballers. Intriguing one on paper.

Wouldn't be a signing i think the squad needs. Midfield is bloated as is. I hope they somehow mixed up hickey with the Galway RB Esua. Not sure how that would happen mind you but it would be a more logical signing

[Olander]

I hope they somehow mixed up hickey with the Galway RB Esua.

Easy to get the two confused I suppose :dazed:

[Another Bohemia]

Easy to get the two confused I suppose :dazed:

Listen, the lads are carbon copies of each other :D I just think Esua is a player in a position that Bohs actually need cover in unlike Hickeys position so I'll live in hope that the person who wrote the report is functionally blind and confused the 2 :D

[Buckett]

I think people look at Hickey and assume he's a certain type of player because of his size. He's actually best when he has the ball at his feet and he's running past players. He can play anywhere really.

[Another Bohemia]

I think people look at Hickey and assume he's a certain type of player because of his size. He's actually best when he has the ball at his feet and he's running past players. He can play anywhere really.

Does that include full back? Because more often than not we have played Morahan and Flores as full backs and while they have been able deputies I would like another full back in

[Glen Of Aherlow]

Anything to the noise about Aidan Keena ?

[Another Bohemia]

Anything to the noise about Aidan Keena ?

According to the man himself. No

https://x.com/Aidan_Keena/status/1940390624341229947

[Neish]

Harps sign Oran Brogan
https://finnharps.ie/oran-brogan-signs-for-finn-harps/

[Shearer]

Luke McNicholas gone to Forest Green from Wrexham.

[El-Pietro]

David Odumosu is our new goalkeeper. Previously at Drogs and Pats (and Cliftonville). Is he any good?

[2 Year Contract]

David Odumosu is our new goalkeeper. Previously at Drogs and Pats (and Cliftonville). Is he any good?

I see he’s been bought for an undisclosed fee too. Was a backup keeper at Pats and was pretty awful in the handful of games he played at the start of the 2023 season when Danny Rogers was injured, to the point that Dean Lyness was signed from the free agent market about a month into the season and took the number 1 jersey straight away. Odumosu was a good young keeper at Drogheda before that and has reportedly been very good for Cliftonville since going there

[Buckett]

Aaron Bolger signs for Galway Utd

https://galwayunitedfc.ie/aaron-bolger-signs-for-galway-united/

[De Town]

Looks lik we've signed Kian Moore from UCD, who's been warming their bench for the last few months. I guess he's moving from one bench to another for the rest of the season.

[Shearer]

Looks lik we've signed Kian Moore from UCD, who's been warming their bench for the last few months. I guess he's moving from one bench to another for the rest of the season.
I would say Harry Halwax is more likely to be sitting on the bench. He is the worst around.