Definitely a good player , I think dundalks focus is on having two first 11s where each player has an equal replacement. He can cover a few positions and is a long term prospect.
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Definitely a good player , I think dundalks focus is on having two first 11s where each player has an equal replacement. He can cover a few positions and is a long term prospect.
A lot within DFC keep saying that about two players for each position, but there isn't for left side MF, Duffy has no competition, Shields is probably the other. Murray did a good job there for 3-4 weeks when Shields was out, but not the same type of player / style. First world problems granted !
This season was also the first we had competition for Gannon, (Hoare can play there, but not his position) Cameron Dummigan started his first league game last eve v Pats, did very well, but only for the quality of Gannon, who will probably be shortlisted for the league POTY, he would have played a lot more.
DFC have also rejected two bids for Dummingan from Grimsby, he has good exp in League 1.
Can absolutely see him leaving regardless of where. There's only one way Waterford are going for the foreseeable.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Has the investment dried up ? Pity as it was good to see a Waterford team challenging.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Brandon Miele has left us for...reasons.
Talk of a straight swap happening between us and Cork with Daire O'Connor and Rhys McCabe.
Surprised to see McCabe go, he was very good on the few occasions I saw him this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
I'd agree with that myself, not to bang on too much about Kenny but I think McCabe hasn't been aided by the type of football we've been playing. He's often been played in teams where he's alongside two sitting midfielders, with five defenders behind him, so as much as certain fans have gotten on his back I think he's had a tough job of being able to impress really.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
It'd make sense for him to leave if this deal were to be true though. We've already got more centre mids than we need at the moment as is, and he's one that it was well known we'd only be getting a season out of anyway (only signed for us in the first place because his Visa to move to the States got refused apparently). Good player but we've also got Lennon, Forrester, Clifford, Markey and Coleman that play in his area of the pitch, while Bermo is having to fill in on the wing...
Paddy McClean moves from Derry to Glentoran.
Has barely played this season, so probably a good move for him.
Trevor Clarke signed for Rotherham and apparently stretchered off with a brace on his leg in his first game, terrible luck if it's a repeat of his previous injury....
That’s horrible luck. The poor lad must be in bits. Hope it’s not too bad
Hopefully not, a good chance for the lad and hope he gets the chance to give it a real go.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Thomas Byrne signs for Glentoran,Patrick McLean and himself will bring great harmony im sure!
whos thomas byrne btw? I cant place him at all!Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Played for Drogs then us, lovely pair of feet but an absolute headcase with no discipline. At one stage at Pats he had as many cards as appearances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
A once promising player at Brighton who is now a a fast decent towards junior football, unless someone can save him from himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
A talent being wasted up to now
Though McCabe has been one of Pats better players whenever iv watched them so surprised Pats will be willing to let him go. Very organised player. Lennon and Clifford both up there aswell but other than them nobody else has been decent and thats including Forrester.
We've signed Eoghan Stokes. Wasn't getting much of a look in at Derry.
Burke confirmed on loan to Rovers until July 2020.
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Originally Posted by Asterix
Delighted with that and that he is around for next season as well ( i assume he will stay on again after the loan expires)
Wonder can he play tomorrow night or be on the bench , i assume not .
No brainer of a signing for Rovers, they'll be delighted with that.
I'd imagine that's Burke's time at Preston over, hardly going to impress enough for them to offer him a new deal and bring him back. I wonder if he had other loan options in the UK
Great business by Rovers, €300k in the bank and the player back in double quick time.
He wasn't, and we were never sure why. Looked decent the few times he did get on, and scored a couple of penalties.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Cork is likely a decent move for him, I'd assume he'll get plenty of game time there.
Good signing if he can recreate the form that got him his move. Maybe too late to catch Dundalk this season but a selection of hat stands for the run in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Said the same elsewhere. Great business model!Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Cummins, Carr, Greene, Burke pushed up top, Rovers now have a few hatstands to choose from. Bohs connections aside i'd have thought Stokes would have slotted in well at Rovers - pace, mobile, eye for goal, young enough, with the service the midfield could provide!?Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
This was the plan all along. You didn't think Roadstone was just a load of pitches, did you? It's a sophisticated psy-ops centre designed to programme players to get big contracts in England then get sent back to us at a massive discount.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Stokes played in a friendly for Rovers the week before he signed for Bohs. Might be remembering wrong here but he was either offered a deal with Rovers or was going to be when he opted to go to them and the management weren't happy. To be fair, he'd have had a tough job getting ahead of Burke and he was in and out of the Bohs team then so might not have worked out anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I thought that too , Stokes would have been an easy fit, he did have a trial but was left hanging around while Rovers looked elsewhere for options and then signed for Bohs which you couldn't blame him i suppose. I think his stock has fallen since then due to lack of games/goals but i could see him doing well in Cork, he seems to have all the parts that should make him a decent striker (attitude/application ? ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Plenty of options now up front and maybe Burke can be the hatstand we have been searching for if he is played further forward, he was well on track for 20+ goals in a season when he was sold last July.
Burke back to Shams may be good for the club but I don't get the players take on this at all. How is this progressing for him personally (no offence to Shams or the LOI). Fair enough plenty of players go on loan and can drop down in leagues to get experience, but surely there was better options for the player than running home at the first opportunity to where he is in his comfort zone both on and off the pitch.
Pats sign Ronan Hale from Crusaders. Good player when he was at Derry. Doesn't look like Pats fans are going to be seeing wingers any time soon
There's a lot to be said for just being happy playing football. I watched highlights of some of Gillinghams games last season and it looked soul destroying for him. No desire in the rest of the team to play any sort of ball on the ground, rest of the league wasn't any better so why not come back to LOI play actual football and be happy while Preston continue to pay most of your wages.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Or a new manager :(Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
Wingers are an outdated concept in the game according to Harry , but he also thinks scoring goals and entertaining are aswell.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
Our problem isn't our strikers, more than we can't fashion a chance for any of them at any point in a game. Not sure what adding more will do to aid that, or why we're even allowing Kenny to conduct more of his madness, but here we are anyway.
Yep, he played a friendly for shams then signed a week later for Bohs (on his return from Leeds). Not a line leading striker, prefers the “number 10” playmaker role. Showed some class touches st Bohs but overall a major disappointment. Vaguely recall something about him modeling which might explain his reluctance to get stuck in !Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Has the talent but application has, so far, eluded him.
Because that is taking the easy way out. Not the progressive path.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
What's the progressive path then? Go to league 1 and watch the ball go over his head and back again for another 9 months? Or come back, have fun and play football the way that got him an international cap at a club he likes with all the comforts of home. In this world football has become people seem to be quickly forgetting why most people start playing football, for enjoyment, making a living from it is a bonus.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
And you never know if he plays well at Rovers maybe a European club that like to actually play football will come in for him.
As for easy way out. The easy way would be to go on loan to some poor lower league club, collect your paycheck and do **** all or to sit on the bench every week. Coming back to Rovers to compete for a place isn't the easy way.
To be fair to him the manager said when he was being loaned out that he wasn't going to get game time at Preston and if all that was on offer was league 1 you couldn't blame him coming home.
Guys that want to play football arent suited to lower league english football.
Graham Coughlan the Bristol Rovers manager is blaming the "Irish Media" for using "other clubs against us (Bristol Rovers)" in relation to Liam Scales's proposed move from UCD. which he says they have stepped back from. he is obviously sore because they have been asked for a decent transfer fee rather than the usual pittance offered by most UK clubs for LOI players, https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/...-taken-3161703 (oh and this is my first post.... hello. )
I watched his debut for Gillingham and he was busy trying to play ball through and work with an absolute desert of a midfield creatively and a big lump upfront in Tom Eaves. It says it all about the league that he got 20 goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop