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From replacing Alexandre Pato to signing for St Pat's in the space of 5 months. Looking back through this thread I feel like I've maybe given Mulraney a bit of a hard time but, to be honest, I'd say this is him now finding his level. Fair play to him if he was earning £300k a year with his previous clubs though, must have a good agent!
very good signing for pats
Sure MLS is a fairly crap standard too so he's not exactly jumping off a cliff in terms of playing standard. He'll still probably get a couple of grand a week and a move closer to family and friends, as well as a chance to play in Europe in the summer.
At 26 he's not exactly over the hill either so a good year could see him get a good move back to England or Scotland if he wants it.
MLS to LOI is a massive drop off in absolutely every way including standard of football.
Should be an excellent signing for Pat’s and disappointed Derry missed out there as talk was we were close (ish anyway).
MLS is so bad that I can't think of even one LOI player who made it in the League. Actually in fairness Paul Keegan did have a good spell 25 years back.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Personal reasons can be the only logical reason for the move home. It’s a massive drop in terms of facilities and standard of play. He will gone from playing in front of 40k plus in a billion dollar stadium in Atlanta to the LOI in a short period of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
Argentina had an MLS player in their World Cup winning squad. I wouldnt mind seeing a few of our players play in MLS rather than lower leagues in England. Its a league that is improving massivelyQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
There's several players done well in both leagues. Richie Baker and Kevin Doyle, for instance both had good spells in MLS having come through LOI. Ryan Guy, American lad who spent a few years in LOI also played a good few years in MLS as did ex-Longford player Avery John.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark12345
I'm not doubting there's a drop in standard. What I said was it wasn't dropping off a cliff. MLS is between Championship and League One standard and LOI isn't much below that.
Standard of facilities is a drop off, that's a given, but that's nothing to do with playing standard again, which I was fairly specific in saying.
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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
mls has come on massively over the last 5 years i would say. USL 1 + 2 are more comparable to LOI than MLS, even at that some usl1 clubs are a lot better than what we have here. The yanks have done a serious job of improving the quality of the league over there. If MLS is between champ + l1 we are some way off that here im afraid!
The top players in LOI are L1 standard for the most part as seen by the likes of the exodus that went over last summer. Some have done well others not so much, but after that the rest of the LOI are below League 2 I think. There will be exceptions like Abankwah and some of the other younger players in the LOI at the moment, but the overall standard of the LOI is below what it should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
MLS to LOI is off a cliff for sure. I don’t know the science or maths in the criteria of off a cliff so it’s all subjective I suppose but in the general sense that it means a significant and sharp drop then certainly a direct move from Orlando City (or any other MLS club) to St Pat’s (or any LOI club) is off a cliff to me.
To also say the LOI isn’t far off a level between the Championship and League One in England is crazy. Way, way and, for emphasis, way again, off.
Wasn't the lad dundalk had in 2021 an mls all star, one of the worst signings an loi side has made.
yep 3 years previous. he looked to have no interest at dundalk, was there to pick up a wage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Played for Valencia too but I wouldn’t fancy Derry winning the Copa Del Rey. Anyway seriously digressing from the topic. I assume Mulraney is no longer relevant in terms of Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Well he has been on a Plane ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by DCWA
Getting confusing now with talk of drops, cliffs and planes. Take it he is more a base jumper, skydiver than footballer.
Interesting to see how he does all the same.
Looking at his career stats to date, the heights being play in the Scottish Premiership and the MLS, it’s rare he completes 90mins – when he plays, he is either taken off or comes on. He is a quintessential squad player, hard to know if can evolve from this and establish himself as a first team regular. So agree, will be interesting to see how he gets on – if nothing else, as means of measuring that cliff drop. :-)