Yeah, same guy. Scored what - 30 goals for Waterford's 19s last year? Scored against Dundalk in a friendly last month (Dundalk scored 7, granted...)Quote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Him and Mahdy up front could score a few hopefully.
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Yeah, same guy. Scored what - 30 goals for Waterford's 19s last year? Scored against Dundalk in a friendly last month (Dundalk scored 7, granted...)Quote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Him and Mahdy up front could score a few hopefully.
Yeah that's him he scored v Dundalk in pre season and looked really impressiveQuote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Whelan is a superb talent. Definitely one to watch. Big career ahead of him if he keeps his head screwed on.
Brian Murphy tonight signed for Waterford from Cardiff.
Rennie has gone quietly about his business and has built a potentially serious little squad. Much more optimistic then this time last year. Can’t wait for it to get going again
I'm not sure how Waterford will do this season but I think Rennie deserves huge credit for building the squad he has and at least giving the blues some sort of chance. 5 or 6 weeks ago they barely had a single player on the booksQuote:
Originally Posted by sulywaterfordfc
Hard to pass up the opportunity to sign Murphy but now 2 keepers & still only one centre half in Bone who is more or a midfielder.
Waterford have some interesting signings but the side looks so unbalanced
In fairness when it was announced Rennie signed a new contract, most assumed he wouldn’t stay on without an competitive budget. Even going back 5/6 weeks ago, with the players that were on the the books it was looking likely we’d build a good albeit small squad for 2020. At that stage we’d some highly rated youngsters signed on first team contracts with Cummins, Bone, Kev OConnor, Tagh Ryan, Allardice, FitzGerald etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Our two most interesting signings without a shadow are Wilson from Man City andAle Coote from Brentford B, Coote was their play of the year last season and was also the B team captain. Interesting season ahead for sure
Graham Cummins can play centre back and started his career in that position before making his name as a striker. Good interview in local paper with him this week about that. We definitely need a few more defenders as squad still lacks depth. I agree that Reynolds deserves credit for squad with he has got together over last 6 weeks.
No offense but you need two keepers in the first team squad, you can’t run the risk at premier division level of the first choice getting injured for a lengthy period and then having to rely on underage keepers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny Kelly
Aside from that, Rennie has players training throughout preseason, just because a player hasn’t been announced doesn’t mean he wont be signing. I’ve heard we’ve potentially 3/4 others to be announced. The PFAI gave away a couple on a recent social media post.
When Cummins last played with the club he signed as a centre back and then was converted into a striker from when we played and beat Monaghan 6/0 if I remember correctly. Cummins has played at centre back a couple of times during preseason, wouldn’t surprise me if he played centre back this year with a couple of defenders to come in before the deadline.
I think goals might be our biggest problem this year.
You need two keepers but I’d imagine Ryan is on a wage for a starting keeper & Murphy won’t be cheap either so that is a large chunk of your budget especially when you have a small squad
Cummins as a starting level prem division centre back is a massive leap of faith, you may get away with something like that in the first division but I’d have serious reservations at this level.
On the plus side if Cummins is at centre back then O’Connor is less likely to be shifted out to the wing, he didn’t get loads of goals at the end of last season but I really liked his all round play which could be a great foil for someone like coote who is a really interesting pick up
That certainly explains why Caulfield was so eager to bring him in as a striker. I doubt he can be seriously a considereation for centre half. If a patched up defence due to injuries/suspensions of course, but even as proper cover after years of playing up front?Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy
City bring Joseph Olowu in on loan from Arsenal until the summer. Center back, looked very comfortable on the ball against Longford on Saturday.
Pats have signed Ollie Younger on loan from Burnley until July. Plays at centre back
Deshane Dalling also joins us on loan from QPR
Waterford signed two players Andre Burley and Akin Odimayo on loan from Reading. John O'Shea who is a coach there helped arrange the loan move. Both played very well last night by all accounts.
Was wondering who those lads were when reading the match report. That clears things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy
Vinny Faherty resigns for gufc.
I wonder are Preston hoping Burke does well between now and July so they can sell him in the summer. He still has one year left on his contract after the current English season. I wonder if they’ll try to recoup some of the transfer fee in the summer by shipping him off to a league one club or have they already cut their losses and they’re willing to send him back on loan in July for the remainder of his contract?
Will Longbottom signs from Waterford having been released by Doncaster in recent weeks
He was on trial with Rovers, we are supposed to be signing a new striker this week I thought it was going to be him. Be interesting to see who we sign now, were being linked to Adam Rooney.Quote:
Originally Posted by sulywaterfordfc
No chance of Rooney signing he is on megabuvks at Salford and he is their top scorer with them chasing a playoff place.
Chances of Rovers are signing Rooney are extremely slim. He’s on reportedly £4/5,000 a week and is under contract till June 2021 at Salford. Not a hope he’s going to give up over 100k in gross income. I’d say he’d sooner sit on the bench on Salford for the rest of his contract then sign for Rovers for half the wage. The only way it happens is if Salford paid him off in full the rest of his contract and then Rovers made him highest earner in the league and you’re probably looking anyway between €2/3k.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Dermot Desmond looking to buy the league for Rovers..
not a chance lads he is Salfords top scorer , this is newspaper nonsense
Wouldnt rate the chances of signing him that highly, the only thing is that he has shown himself to be a mercenary leaving one countrys top tier for non league football in another for cash. If Rovers have the money it could be that simple.
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Originally Posted by D24Saint
Call him a mercenary is harsh, he is a professional going to a job that pays more like 99% of us out there, outside the top few leagues lads are just trying to what they can while they can
You would do the exact some thing if it meant doubling your salary...Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
I am surprised rovers arent in for Dave Mooney considering hes back home in Ireland and now playing for Lucan Utd. I am gutted we didnt go back in for him myself considering Daire doyle played with him in 07.
Really? You're surprised one of the top two richest clubs in the country isn't interested in a 35 year old player that's currently in the Leinster Senior League?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Admittedly I haven't seen him play in years but he's definitely past it, his last club in England was someone called Royston Town who he was loaned to from the dizzy heights of non league benchwarmer for Leyton Orient
Brian Maher gone on loan to Bray, good move for the chap. Im not sure if he will be No.1 or backup at Bray but hopefully he gets more game time than he would have by staying put.
Don't think anyone could have put it much better than thisQuote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
I seem to recall him being tentatively linked with a move back home three or four years ago. While I'm sure he can still finish, even at his peak he wasn't really quick. Leave the memories alone!
I've been to a Royston town match and can confirm they're sh*te!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
No wonder he grew his moustache so!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Gaffney to Rovers?
https://twitter.com/McDonnellDan/sta...710838785?s=19
Now that I would like , thought the was excellent before he went away and similar to greener
Hopefully it happens. It would work out just about as well as the Cummins signing did!
A bustling old-fashion centre forward - he could hardly be more different in style than Aaron Greene who is far more mobile and makes his space through good movementQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Stephen Kenny tried to sign him back in 2014 before he moved to Cambridge Utd. Apart from a very brief golden loan spell with Bristol Rovers he has hardly set the lower league alight since then and has been injured for most of his most recent loan spell with Walsall.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lilywhites
To be fair about the comparison with Graham Cummins who was 31 coming to Rovers, Gaffney is a more youthful 30 and could give Rovers a different option if they want to revert to the long ball game Bradley played when he first came in
He scores from open play, so would be of no use to dundalk anyway.
Is Salford Gaffneys parent club ?
Hoban hardly set the world alight in the UK eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial