Ian Bermingham

[pineapple stu]

Ian Bermingham has signed a pre-contract deal for Stockport (I think) and will move on a free in the next couple of weeks.

[CollegeTillIDie]

That leaves a vacancy at left back which might be filled by a returning old boy if the Darragh Ryan being available rumour proves correct. Failing that tempt Micko out of retirement before Finn Harps do

[Poor Student]

I'd rather tempt Keith Doyle out of retirement than either of those two.

[pineapple stu]

Bermingham having trials with Leeds and Stockport.

[CollegeTillIDie]

pineapple stu

Is he in danger of ending up like Quigley last year, crawling back to Belfield in February looking for a gig?

[pineapple stu]

No idea. Best of luck to him anyway; we should be looking to get our top players over to England (or another professional league) as often as possible. And we have a ready made replacement in Killian Gallagher.

[CollegeTillIDie]

No idea. Best of luck to him anyway; we should be looking to get our top players over to England (or another professional league) as often as possible. And we have a ready made replacement in Killian Gallagher.

Well yes for sure best of luck to him, but I'd prefer if the players who aren't amateurs were the ones getting signed by foreign clubs for obese transfer fees

[Poor Student]

pineapple stu

Is he in danger of ending up like Quigley last year, crawling back to Belfield in February looking for a gig?

I don't think that's fair on Quigley. He's a very talented goal keeper. He was invited to trials, he gave them a go, no one took the punt and we were happy to have him back.

[CollegeTillIDie]

I don't think that's fair on Quigley. He's a very talented goal keeper. He was invited to trials, he gave them a go, no one took the punt and we were happy to have him back.

No dispute he is a talented keeper. He did leave Belfield in the close season confident of getting fixed up elsewhere and returned chastened. It harks back to a point I made on another thread about how difficult that sort of thing is for our club in terms of planning for the new season.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Bermingham has resigned for UCD.

[John83]

Oh no! Where does this leave our mystery exotic import left back rumoured in text messages?

Nice to see him back.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Oh no! Where does this leave our mystery exotic import left back rumoured in text messages?

He can also play left mid and is presumably better than Gallagher so that part of the squad is improved. Also there's a chance Bermingham could leave in July leaving us stuck for a replacement.

Also on a more postive note* for a change this means our defence from last season is still intact.

*depending whether or not you consider having Alan Mahon as a positive

[pineapple stu]

Oh no! Where does this leave our mystery exotic import left back rumoured in text messages?

This lad?

[Schumi]

Woo hoo. Bermingham's staying.

I hope splitting this into a new thread doesn't mean that people look at the first post and think it's new.

[pineapple stu]

pineapple stu

Is he in danger of ending up like Quigley last year, crawling back to Belfield in February looking for a gig?

Shock horror as CTID calls it correctly!