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Right lads how many players do we need? It will also be interesting who will be leaving.
What postions are we looking for?
Harps are relegated and Galway are cutting costs big time (budget 250k to 300k) we may get players from either of these always thought Lester and Russell were very decent.
I reckon we'll have at least ten more games next year.....and we could have done with five more players this year so it should be interesting!
Not only will it be interesting to see who goes but it will be interesting to see if we sign anyone from Drogheda. Is there any players wages we can afford who play for Drogheda ?
I wonder if any current/former Accrington players will be joining us :D.
Quote's from Rovers1 post:
Out:
Cash
Curran
Jennings
Judge
I'd actually like to see those two stay, Curran is young and altough his appearances have been limited, he's had his best season yet IMO. Cash can be good for getting and setting up goals, but I reckon he will be only a back-up if he does stay.
maybe 2/3 defenders(if Mauro stays)
According to an interview with Paul Cook Mauro,Boco and Cretaro are all signing new contracts, so hopefully this happens.
IMO we need:
1 keeper (Jennings more than likely wont be kept on)
maybe 2/3 defenders(if Mauro stays)
2 midfielders, although if we sign centre forwards, then Raf will probably go back to right wing
2 strikers.
Out:
Cash
Curran
Jennings
Judge
With the Setanta Cup (hopefully) and hopefully a decnt run in Europe we could have up to 55 games next year. We'll certainly need a squad of 18+ at least.
We should hold on to Cash and Curran for certain, Judge was really poor this year and to be honest i can't see him being kept. I can't see us bringing in as many as 10 (Thats the comment of a Loo la ;):p)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
Hopefully we can hold on to Mauro and hopefully on to Raf. We need to have 4 or 5 extra players compared to the end of season squad.
I hope we do sign a few strikers , Raff done fantastic job up front in the last few weeks of the season but he's not really a striker , we need a real goal poacher type striker , preferably one with a bit of height
I heard a rumour that there may be interest in Raf from Scotland.
There's also the Alan Cawley rumour.
What about Ciaran Foley....could do a job for us...he'll always give 100%
Ciran Foley NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Only1Rovers
I heard a rumor myself Raf was off from a very good source :(
Heard something about that too a couple of weeks ago, Hibs were supposedly interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers Maniac
But they wont be in Europe next year! :p:D
i would get rid of feeney also as he has no pace
Did i hear somewhere that he was involved with the A team / U20 managment. Could be an additional reason to consider keeping him.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligored
He's the coach or the manager for the U-20's.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Hope now Cook doesnt jump the gun to sign players. I'm sure he won't and will stick to his mentality for quality rather than quantity. We will have a hell of a lot more games next year considering we only had 3 cup matchs last year! and we are now in 4 cup comps, do the math.
Judge is defo gone.
He's gotton trials with Brighton. He has a few conections within the club thats how he got them, couldn't see him getting them any other way to be honest.
Main proirity is to keep the backbone of the team: Brush, Coleman, Peers, O'Grady, Raf, Boco. Build a team around them.
Source ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Inside Man
Hopefully we can hold on to the players you named, and hopefully we can keep the same back 4 as this season (when Butler recovers).
Is there any left backs available Cook could try and sign in the meantime until he does come back ?
We need a keeper as back up for Brushie, 2 covering defenders plus a replacement for Seamie (Presuming...), a midfielder or 2 and a big target man up front. All or most relatively proven in the Eircom League.
The rest of our team next year should be what we have at the minute plus u-20's coming up.
I would hate to see a lot of money being spent on unknown quantity's coming across from England or wherever...
Where is this interview? Last time I spoke to Cook, he didn't sound too confident that Mauro would be back.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligofan4ever
Breaking news:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
Judge is going. I'd keep Cash and Curran but then it's well known you don't like them so that's why you'd like to see them go:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
EDIT: Parkhouse to Rovers is more than just a rumour, Cook would like to sign him. He would need to get fit though.
In a short segment with Paul Lennon, he didn't say they were definetly signing contracts but he said Mauro,Boco and Cretaro should be signing new contracts. Hopefully we do hold onto Mauro, he's brilliant at the back and he seems to love it here.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Aye, It's known that Cook admires Parkhouse a lot...
I think Conor Gethins would be a much better buy than Parkhouse.
Not a hope. In fairness to Parkhouse, he would add height to our strikeforce and if he got fit, would be alright, it's just a case of whether he'd get fit or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by redrov2005
Gethins is just a small, poor striker.