Definitely best to halt posting in this thread to try avoid becoming a permanent figure of humour.
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Definitely best to halt posting in this thread to try avoid becoming a permanent figure of humour.
Xano's a long-running in-joke. I think galwayjames lost the crowd when he brings up a thread about this in-joke and uses it to rebuke another poster for being an idiot when they were actually partaking of this in-joke.
Glen Crowe and Matt Gregg released by Bohs
Poor GalwayJames!! Dont mind them buddy!! Shocked at the departure of Crowe! Wonder where he will end up now? I heard he was going to porto GalwayJames!!
All his posts show he clearly didnt know about this in-joke and were asking questions to get clarification before realising he was having the p!ss ripped out of him. At worst he is guilty of not copping on quicker.
It doesnt mean that he should be asked to stop posting in a thread or that the more "in the know" posters should criticise everything he posts from here on in.
As a mod, i think you have a responsibility to put a stop to the childish crap and not encourage it as per your previous post.
How the hell can Bohs afford to pay such a "massive" wage to Cretaro considering it was touch and go as to whether they could even remain full time next season?
I thought clubs were supposed to be learning from their mistakes regarding wages over the last few years, not compounding them?
That said, I would prefer to see him at Bohs than Shams if he does go, which i must admit appears very likely.
yeah, he's over it alright - he is just not the player he used to be. At 31 years old he should still be offering more than he did this season and the end of last season to be justifying the wages he was receiving. That the young Paddy Madden took his place in the team for the second half of the season speaks volumes.
I would say he will go to Fingal though there are rumours of Sligo signing him and Ndo. Just rumours mind.
Fenn will be released too for the same reasons as Crowe. Moments of brilliance but for those wages he has to be released.
Bohs are apparently (and hopefully for the sake of the league) okay financially with the deal with the Conway fella and the half a million made from winning the league, plus money coming from the Champions League it really is a good time to be a Bohs supporter...
I don't think singing Cretaro on the wages he will get will have too much of an effect.
dont be so sure that we are - all that most of us have heard is that it was either us or Shams - no-one seems to know what sort of wage he is demanding - :confused: only one Rovers fan says that Bohs have offered him a huge wedge which is more than Rovers were offering but i would take that with the usual pinch of salt. Our budget will be significantly reduced again this season as it was last - even more so.
edit: Crowe, Murphy and Fenn leaving will free up A LOT of money by the way. They were amongst the highest earners at the club. We have also signed up some of our promising youngsters to medium term contracts and i think they will have a bigger role to play in the coming season.
Just before speculation runs riot as it is inclined to do on this MB, Bohs have 6 players left on contracts. All other players are to be either let go or a new contract negotiated. In case any of the numpty's on this MB are unclear, we are in the middle of the worst recession to ever hit this country. It is a Buyers Market. With Derry, Cork, Kildare, et al showing signs of stress recently, it would be fairer to assume that players will not be offered the ridiculous contracts that were flying about the place 2 - 5 years ago either by Bohs or by other LoI clubs.
Rumours that Skippy is heading to Bohs to replace Murphy
I agree on Crowe, he's been very poor this season. Some would say the same of him last year, but he suited the system Bohs played with players coming through from midfield to support him. In the more regular 4-4-2 this season, he was really found out. I wouldn't have him at Sligo on even half his current wage, would rather see Marshall get more of a run in the team.
Couldn't see Ndo leaving Dublin, to be honest. Much more to offer than Crowe, obviously, but I'd expect him to negotiate a contract with one of the other Dublin clubs if he leaves Bohs.
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http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/cr...l-1937946.html
IN-DEMAND striker Raffele Cretaro hopes he will able to agree a deal to stay on at Sligo Rovers.
The Tubbercurry man scored 21 goals in all competitions this season and his form in recent weeks earned him the player of the month award for October from the Soccer Writers Association of Ireland.
That form in front of goal has attracted interest, as Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians have been linked with Cretaro, but the player would like to stay at the Showgrounds.
"There have been a lot of rumours about my future and I haven't decided yet about what is happening," said Cretaro, who helped Sligo secure their Premier Division status and also reach the FAI Cup final. I will speak to Paul Cook over the next week or so. I owe him that much, to see if we can arrange something. If that's not possible, then I'll see if I can come to an agreement elsewhere.
"My future is up in the air but I do owe Paul that much - the opportunity to try to get me to stay because, if it was possible, I would like to stay at Sligo.
"I can't wait for the FAI Cup final. I am a local lad and I've always wanted to play for Sligo in a final. I just hope the nerves don't get the better of me on the day."
- Aidan Fitzmaurice
maybe neither Bohs nor Rovers were willing to match his alleged wage demands.
same article was in the star
Great keeper, He'd do very well at Boh and end up across the water after a year or two aswell IMO!
Just to respond to this and leave it at that (cos I don't want to drag the thread off topic).
The "dumbass" was meant more tongue in cheek than anything. If you know the Xano story, I thought the Sligo lads' posts were quite funny, and galwayjames dug himself a hole. If we want to stick rigidly to rules, I can infract him for calling another poster an idiot if you want. Otherwise, I think a little ribbing for falling so spectacularly into a long-running in-joke is compromise enough.
If this is a rumours thread and not official transfers thread, I've heard Ronan Finn is on his way to Drogheda if they stay up, and Gavin Peers on his way to Bohs.
I'd be surprised if Drogheda could afford the transfer fee on Finn. He seemed happy enough to stay on when I was talking to him on Saturday night too; has it cushy with refereeing Superleague for extra cash and all*. But it's possible, obviously.
* - Oh no! Double contracts! :p
Graham cummins and kenny browne on trial with St johnston
The rumour of Glen Crowe to us seems to be hitting the papers now. I still think if Crowe is some sort of replacement for Raff if he leaves is a step backwards, a star player in his day but hes past it now, hes 31 now but he should still be banging them in! Has the other rumour of Ndo to us been mentioned aswell ?
The various transfer speculations about Rovers reminds one of a piece of verse by er, em, er Heaney one thinks,
If he gets the Dough,
then Raf won't go,
All say hello,
To Crowe,
And Ndo.
Quite.