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He doesn’t seem to. I like his pace but when he has time to think his finishing is awful. He is a useful player to have. I think though with Serge coming in , Tunde could be squeezed out and he will never get in ahead of golden boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
need more wide players with a bit of pace. too many of their midfielders are the same imo. as said above though power doesnt have great injury record, rovers must think its worth the risk. profile of player id go for if i was them tbf but injuries a worry. last thing rovers needed was another 29-30 year old.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
What is it saying when our champions are signing a player from the 5th tier of English football. He's one of those super quick wingers, a little one dimensional possibly, and like all quicks, a bit injury prone on the hammers. Rovers missing pace out wide, so he might at least be additional in that sense. Best of luck to him, hope it works out for himQuote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Fourth tier (Harrogate Town), but agree with your post other than that!
I guess we must be working on the theory that either him or farrugia will be fit. We need a centre back to replace pico and cotter...I see Dan cleary has left st johnstone, I assume he is on route to oriel given Connolly isn't coming back. We could do with him if Derry don't get there before us if he isn't Oriel bound
St Johnstone fans seem really unhappy with that one and it seems to be a personal reason for Cleary departing,hopefully it’s not too serious….
You nail me on my lack of attention to detail all the time Stu. I really must do better ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
May as leave some teensy bit of excitement in it for the Rovers fans :)
He was fifth tier in 2020/21 (and sixth tier the year before that). Has been two months without a club and I'd suspect he was looking to stay in England but didn't have any good offers. Harrogate gave him a good review when they released him but also flagged his injuries ("We're in a position where we need to be confident that he will be able to start 30-35 games a season, and the way things have gone this year that doesn't seem like it would be feasible at the moment"), which seemed a tad unnecessary.
https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...2284.html?s=09
Cleary heading for Rovers…
Alfie Lewis will be a huge signing for Dundalk. Class act.
And to think that a few seasons ago having scored against us in Tallaght he was in Bradley’s face giving him two fingers…. You have to love the merry go round of the LOIQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Do you remember him from UCD stu?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Can't say I'm over the moon with him coming him but we need pace from wide areas with Danny gone. Maybe Farrugia and Power can just play a half each for the rest of the season....
Cleary coming in is a funny one but at 25 he bridges the gap between our aging seniors and 17-19 year olds who are starting to come on the scene. It's an age group we need a few more at. Will be interesting to see if he displaces Grace on the left side of the back 3.
Delighted if that is true re cleary.
I don't think it's a question of displacing Grace (who is a better player imo) as much as another cb to be one of 3 from hoare, grace, gannon (not really a cb) kavanagh (not really a cb) badly needed, cotter was played left side of a 3 a few times, still surprised he was let out to pats tbh
Yep. First impact was two goals in the 19s final v Galway that got us into the Youth League. Only played 13 first-team games before signing for Norwich - missed a couple of months with injury even then. Great pace and thought he was very similar to Farrugia (who came in the following season) but I think he was a slighter build than Farrugia. Four years in England (and Scotland and Holland) may have changed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
I'm slightly surprised Rovers have gone for him. Could have seen him coming back to Pat's or Bohs easy enough
I'd picture Grace going central or to the right side of the back 3 sbgawa. Not being completely displaced. Cleary is left footed I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
McCourt was very good with us first half of last season then broke his wrist in Inchicore and wasn’t the same player since
Meant to be confirmed shortly and its going to be permanent which is a surprise but a welcome one at that.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
These are the posts you really miss our old friend Ezekial for, he would have probably said Bradser will come out and say it was the other way around, 'Peace Man'Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Bohs sign James Clarke from Drogheda. He looked decent anytime he played against us but what's he like overall Drogheda fans?
Happy to hear we're trying to fill the gap in defence with Pico out.
Think the two fingers thing from Cleary was in regard to him believing Bradley snubbed him when he was on loan with us prior to joining dundalk. We seem determined to recreate the dundalk back 4 it seems...