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He definitely wasn't as good this season as last, I actually think he was better for us at CB. Long throw will be a loss, if we don't have an actual long throw replacement I hope we don't just stick a randomer on it, you can't half arse it if you want it to work
It was kind of strange at the end of last season. It seemed to be a similar situation as Halwax in that it seemed like Wayne knew he was leaving.
I think O'Shea was injured, Halwax was still around the squad whereas there was no sign of O'Shea so would suggest an injury but he could have just as easilly been exiled for all I know.
Doran again Ole Ole. Happy Christmas lads
Ordering my Doran jersey right now build a fu**ing statue
Did not expect that at all lads. Any word on Norris, Irhue,Manuel, Alex o Brien and Stefan?
Also what do yee make of this:
Jake Hough (Bohemians) and Aidan Russell Vargas (Dundalk) are believed to be targets of Longford!
Never heard of either
Ugbesia and Egan back on board. We might have lost 3 or 4 starters at the beginning of the window but we've 3 lads signed who will be first choice. And I imagine Egan will start if he's not injured. Slowly coming together now
By the way, did we lose anyone other than Oisin Hand, Dean o Shea and Harry?
Nothing yet. FAI Connect was my gospel for this stuff the last couple years but it hasn't been updating, maybe they've started cracking down on it and letting the clubs announce first, seeing as we knew the whole Town squad last February before the club announced most of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by drelihan
It does say Ibrahim is at a different club though, and I hope that to be accurate
Yoro to Treaty.Quote:
Originally Posted by drelihan
I thought after the Doran announcement there would be an avalanche of stuff but it's very quiet. Hopefully more news soon
Ah yeah, forgot about Eric ðŸ‘
Yeah, it's a pity about the lack of announcements. Especially since 3 starters are gone.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Alex o Brien
Alex O'Brien the latest to be announced. We're up to 6 players confirmed now.
Drogs in the Leinster Senior Cup at the weekend will surely reveal more - open to correction but I don't think we'll be able to name trialists in the team for that due to it being a "competitive" game.
I had heard over Christmas that we had 12 or 13 signed up. Not sure if it's true, but if it is, I'm not sure what the delay in rolling them out is.
Anyway, half way to a starting 11...
Correct on LSC, don't think trialists allowed. Only signed players.
This is 2 years in a row now they've been at this sh1te of not announcing players. I refuse to believe we don't have more than 6 lads signed up now. Like you I've heard we've certain lads who are apparently staying on. I see Luke O'Brien from Harps is now down with us on FAI Connect, so why hasn't he been announced? No mention of friendlies or LSC games coming up this month. These are basics like
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Originally Posted by MoydowMonty
Was his last club Carrick Rangers?
I think so. That would explain the gap FAI connect.
Looks like Andy Spain is not down against us in FAI connect anymore so he could be moving on.
Conor Errity (18 bohs) is down against us in connect.
Also Daniel McKenna from Athlone.
Currently it looks like the squad from last year ( minus Eric, Oisin etc...) and some younger defenders to replace the folks who left.
No idea who or who isn't staying, I've also seen the names coming and going on FAI Connect so I've no idea why there hasn't been more announced.
Very little detail on pre season fixtures, it doesn't seem the way to build excitement for a new season. Then again, if we win our first give games we'll soon have a buzz about us but I'd agree that things need to improve on the communication side of things.
I thought you could play trialists in LSC but could be wrong on that
Looking at 2 pics Bohs put up from the friendly with them tonight, I think it looks like Aaron Walsh in the first one and Cole Omorehiomwan in the second one.
Both of those guesses could well be wrong.
We lost 2-1 too.
I really doubt that it's the rest of the squad signed on still. I imagine FAI Connect just hasn't updated for some of those players yet. I'd be absolutely stunned if Campbell and Ibrahim were still here next season.Quote:
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Squad beginning to take shape now. Starting 11 today K Moore, MCCarthy, Errity, George, Murtagh, Irhue, Doran, O Brien, Ugbesia , Hough and S Moore, subs Jakas, McKenna, Mensah, Robinson, Manuel, O Brien and Educard.
I wonder what that unusual tingling feeling might be..?
It's hardly optimism..?
11 lads announced now. And you'd like to think those in that squad who aren't announced are signed on too (the 2 Moores) being the highlight of that bunch. So there's a bit of shape there now. Picture is looking better than it did 2 days ago when all we knew was we had 6 lads signed.
I'd love if we can bring in a bit more experience, as it stands George and McKenna are looking like the oldest players. And of vourse, get young Manny back in
When is the LSC cup games starting for us as I couldnt see anything on FAI app?
Double check because they're definitely there, I can see them appearing when I click into the club alongside friendlies and first division.Quote:
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We played Drogheda yesterday, 1-1. Next game is Tuesday in Grangegorman
We were really quite good against a strong Drogheda side. I know you can't take a lot from the pre season matches but I thought we looked better than the two previous pre seasons. A lot more communication on the pitch than previous years. Particularly from Cian Moore.
The new young lads were very impressive. Very solid. Best way I can describe them is that they impressed as much as Alex O Brien in his debut last year.
Darragh Murtagh still with the biggest engine going 😀😂🤣
Emre Topcu has signed for Iskenderunspor in the Turkish 3rd tier.
Looks like they're based near the Syrian boarder. An interesting move to say the least.
A player who I'd have liked to have kept as a squad player, but ultimately he was probably not good enough too. Good luck to the lad.
Jaysus, reminds me of Adeyamo heading to Iceland. Can't say either of those moves would have been on my bingo card.Quote:
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Fair play to him anyway. Always liked him and was hoping we'd keep him. Good luck to him
Did you see Jordan Adeyamo has 19 goals in 23 games in Iceland?!!
Couple more signings (it appears) with our lineup in tonight's LSC game.
Mark Canavan from Klub Kildare's under 20s.
Andy Paraschiv from Dundalk.
Seems Cole has signed too as per Connect. Like by Bray, disliked by Athlone. Think I'm ok with signing him and giving him a chance with us
Whos Cole MM?
Surprised we signed Cole, he was only fit enough to take the kick off in the legends game. Then again, he probably still knows where the goals are. Daragh Murtagh will have stiff competition at least
Cole Omorehiomewan. Big tank of a centre half. He got playoffs with Bray but came bottom with Athlone last year so I guess we'll see. I'll take him, I'd rather try him at centre half than Yoro againQuote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Couple of folks I didn't recognize in the friendly on Saturday. Good to see Fran around. Hopefully he can have a good season if he does rejoin:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DgHmNob57/
I was looking at FAI app earlier in the LSC tie v St Pats Athletic it said Town had no subs who came on? Just wondering is that true and if not what subs came on in that game?
I'd say subs were made and the Connect app just wasn't updated on our side. I was at the Montpellier game on tuesday and Connect wasn't updated with our subs or Murtagh's goal till well after the game.Quote:
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Surprised Fran is getting a shout. I guess he's one of the trialists so. Pity for him it was against a Shamrock Rovers team with Byrne, Mulraney, Cleary etc. Be very hard to make an impression in a game like that when you lose 6-0. I'm starting to worry Manny isn't going to be back, been no mention of him anywhere yet
I'm certain Manny was at the Drogheda match but just wasn't togged out. I guess that doesn't mean anything though....
Just on Fran....if Darragh Murtagh gets an injury we're kind of goosed! We're bit thin on strikers compared to other years.
All the more reason to need Manny, his goal record in the league last year was more impressive than Murtagh considering the fewer minutes he got.
I guess we've Robinson again this season since he has been playing, just not been announced. But I haven't been impressed with him since he joined and thought he was the weakest player on the pitch last Tuesday. He has some proving to do. There's goals in him tho as per his other first division spells, but think his attitude might he questionable
Going by one of Wayne's interviews last year, its a kind of strange situation as Manny wasn't able to commit to training with the team last year (but I suppose that was probably the case with Beineon O'Brien-Whitmarsh!!!). Serious talent though.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoydowMonty
I don't like criticising players as the commit it takes etc.... but I've really felt that Robinson hasn't been interested since he joined last year. Obvious talent - but he seems as interested as James Doona was when he was with us....