Rob Slevin signed for Harps, last with Cork City.
Interesting, wouldn't have been expected, but looking forward to seeing him play.
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Rob Slevin signed for Harps, last with Cork City.
Interesting, wouldn't have been expected, but looking forward to seeing him play.
Bolton media reporting that tonight is Eoin Doyle’s last game (he has come on after an hour as sub for the guy signed to replace him) and he’s off to St Pats after that.
Maybe I’m reading this wrong but it appears James Brown is going to sign a six month deal with Blackburn. Seems mad to me that he’s effectively going on a six month trial. Surely he’s had offers from other clubs in England for a longer deal.
https://www.the42.ie/james-brown-5646484-Jan2022/?amp=1
Waterford confirmed two re-signings this morning.
- Darragh Power
- Tunmise Sobowale
Both played 19s at the club, Sobowale has had a few clubs since he came through the 19s. Sobowale went on loan for the second half of last season, heard no reports on how he done. He can play a couple of positions across the team, guessing he’ll play a big part as a squad player this year. Darragh Power is the big one, took the jump from the 19s and looked really comfortable in the starting team last year, a lot to learn yet but he showed a lot of promise and potential last season. He’ll be one to watch out for.
I’m assuming at this stage every club is in pre-season training?
i had assumed it would have been a better deal than that. 6 months to play for the u23s is poor by any stretch considering they could end up in the PL in which case he'd 100% be let go. SPL or L1 clubs surely would have been better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
sobowale is decent on the right imo didnt get why ye loaned him out. he played cm with athlone wasnt ever impressed with him in there. has a great engine to playing as full back/wing backQuote:
Originally Posted by sulywaterfordfc
Conor Tourish signed for Harps,defender ex of Letterkeny Rovers and Institute….
"While he will train with the first team, Brown will initially play with the U23s side to build up match fitness, given he hasn’t played since the end of the Premier Division season last November. "Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Maybe he's been told he has a chance with the first team when he is fit? Can't see him stepping up to that level to be honest but good luck to him. I suppose the worst thing that could happen is he ends up back here and plenty would take him in 6 months.
Harps signed Jose Carillo,Spanish defender last at Fk Senica in Slovakia,Kris Twardek’s previous club before signing back at Bohs incidentally……
https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...-41212382.html
Decent enough deal for us if he continues to progress
Will be hard to replace and certainly leaving Sligo very sparse up front. Defence and midfield looking okay though.
I don’t think he’s cut out for full back. A lot of the time his pace makes up for his positioning and he can give away needless free kick in dangerous areas. Darragh Power will likely be our first choice right backQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Ollie is some man for signing the exotic players from random countries/leagues. And as a lover of niche football players in the league of Ireland, long may it continue I hope :)Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
He’s never afraid to bring in players of the eclectic type I’ll give him that!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Carrillo comes in with a half decent bit of pedigree too. Most of his career in the Spanish third tier, and the last four years in the Slovakian premier. Played with FC Senica last season, same club as Kris Twardek is after joining Bohs from, as Joey said.
It'll be interesting to see how he adjusts to the LOI, the Donegal weather, and picking up the language, as I understand his English isn't too great.
How's Ollie's Spanish?
He's probably fluent, knowing him..Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Pats going a bit further afield than usual in the hunt for new signings. Pakistan.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...stan-1.4770207
Interesting that they'll promote their new kits as sustainable and then send Kerr jetting off to Pakistan and back, presumably with Pakistani players in tow.
I suspect the latter will far outweigh the former in terms of impact.
Is that the best you could come up with?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
You're welcome to make an argument against the open hypocrisy out of Richmond if you want.
It's apparently only 6720 nautical miles from Dublin port to the Port of Karachi, poor form from us not to just stick Kerr and Ger O'Brien on a boat over.
Joking aside, when it comes to sustainability a lot of companies (not just Pat's obviously) are bleating about the great things they're doing and keeping shtum about the bad things they're doing (and flying long-haul is actually up there in terms of the worst things an individual can do for the environment).
Unfortunately any benefit out of making your jersey out of recycled plastic or whatever it was is going to be dwarfed by this, and so while we keep collectively burying our heads in the sand about negative impacts, then climate change will continue apace.
If Pat's are going to pat themselves on the back for sustainability over their jerseys, I think it's worth calling things like them out for this. Bit of balance never hurt.
Now I'm wondering if you were actually being serious, or are you just trying to dig a bigger hole to justify your lame joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Are you seriously suggesting that talented young Pakistani soccer players should be denied the opportunity to come to Ireland to develop their career? Do you also apply that to Pakistanis who come here to study medicine? Or to work? Are you saying that flying long-haul can't be justified in any circumstances? Find me any climate change expert who makes that claim - and who hasn't attended any of the annual Climate Change COPs to which climate change activists fly long-haul from all over the world.
Nope, it's serious. You can read the recent National Geographic issue on sustainability (Oct 21 I think) as a starting point if you want to see flying described as I did (particularly long-haul, because of the way emissions interact in the upper atmosphere - flying has something like twice as much climate change impact per unit of CO2 than other carbon emissions).
Climate change doesn't give a damn about individual rights unfortunately. If you're that worried about their careers, why not look to let the local football league develop rather than undermining the league by taking away any underage talent as soon as they show any potential?
That has certainly sucked the life right out of our little PR stunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Can Kerr and co not just assess these lads via YouTube and fly them over only when they're signing? Worked well for Dundalk.
Sorry, Pineapple, I’ll leave you to your views on this one.
Ye started it with the comment about the jerseys! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
It's a pity that you've no debate in you at all about it tbh. It's an important topic, and only going to get more so in the coming years.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsdad
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I know that better than most as I have worked professionally on climate change issues. There is no disagreement from me that emissions have to be reduced drastically in aviation just as in road transport, agriculture etc. That doesn’t mean you have no long-haul travel, no more than it means you have no trucks and no cows. People flying from one country to another to further their career or help others further theirs is not the type of travel that anyone wants to prevent. I go back to the question implied in my first post. Are you opposed to Asian medical students coming to Ireland?
what a silly argument.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
If you drive a car, dont bother recycling.
Sure we'll learn him English good in Ballybofey, he will always mind itQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I didn't say that you can't have any long-haul travel. And of course I agree that there are other factors in climate change. (Aviation emissions are estimated at 4-5% of the total impact of climate change, so while it's relatively small compared to, say, agriculture, it's not insignificant and the challenge from the UN is to reduce carbon emissions by 50% in the next ten years.)Quote:
Originally Posted by patsdad
So for Pat's to be patting themselves on the back over a sustainable new kit, and then go flying people half way around the world to scout some Pakistani teenagers for the privilege of joining Pat's U19 team, is clearly worth calling out. Are you telling me that that's a level of football that simply isn't available in Pakistan? The issues of underage transfers abroad have dogged Irish football for decades - both in terms of the players themselves and the league - and I'd say there's a strong argument that flying teenagers half way around the world to join the Pat's 19s really is the sort of transport that we should be looking to prevent.
The issue of Asian medical students is tangential - primarily because they at least are on a solid professional path, whereas teenage footballers aren't, and really the idea of comparing some speculative scouting trips to Pakistan with medical student exchanges is daft to start off with - but the overall impact of large-scale emigration still isn't as clear-cut as you make out, partly because of the brain drain impact on the countries these people are leaving, which nobody seems to care about. Brain drain afflicted Ireland for decades, of course, so we should know about it; it makes it really hard for a developing country to grow its economy. So the gap between the rich and the poor economies in the world will continue to grow, the movement of people will continue to increase, and airline emissions continue to rise as more and more people take long-haul flights that they simply wouldn't have taken 10/20 years ago. Is that a good thing? It's why I said the bigger picture trumps people's individual "rights". (If you want to limit to just studying, then the lesson of the past two years is that increasingly remote study is a very real option if Asian colleges aren't good enough)
You can compare it to club football in a way - increased freedom of travel since 92 in particular has led to far less competitiveness and far more concentrated wealth across European football, to the extent now that even the Champions League seems to be broken and utterly predictable. Yes, some professional Asian footballers get a chance to forward their careers in Europe (partly because that same freedom of travel has made their own leagues irrelevant), but is the bigger picture worth it? The point you've put across is way too simplistic, in my view.
It is a silly argument.Quote:
Originally Posted by desaintsno.12
Fortunately, it's not remotely the argument I put across.
To change the subject a bit we have signed from Shamrock Rovers Dean McMenamy on loan for the coming season. For all the shamrock rovers fans that are posters here is he any good as I have never heard of him before?
https://ltfc.ie/2022/01/dean-mcmenamy-joins-on-loan/
With all the lockdown stuff I didn't get to many of the underage games but judging him off the few appearances for the first team he looks a decent player. There are lots of good players in the underage so just making it to the first team is a big vote for the kid. Hopefully he does well for you.
Hopefully Kerr stays there, some dose these days
What a silly analogy. Perhaps a little close to what he said was: if you brag loudly about recycling and then make unnecessary short trips in humvee, you look like a buffoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by desaintsno.12
That's very islamabad of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
I appreciate you probably didn’t watch the press conference or read the detailed press release. This is a project originated by the Pakistani Government as part of a strategy to raise the standard of their game. The number of people who will be involved is small - 4 coaches now, and about 20 Pakistani players over 3 years. St Pats were approached because these kids would have a better chance of doing well by starting in an Irish club rather than an English one and the standard of our academy is known to be very high. It’s a honour for St Pats to be asked to do this, it will help us build links with the Pakistani community here (most of whom live in our catchment) and if we end up finding a player who can go on to have a good career, all the better. It’s basically a good news story and to try and turn it into a story about a tiny number of flights is, frankly, petty in the extreme.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I have to say I’m very surprised because over the years I’ve found you to be one of the most sensible and balanced posters on this forum. But I really feel you’ve got the wrong end of the stick here.