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I'm quite happy with us being dismissed as contenders much the same way dundalk fans liked it last year.. we can quietly go about our business without the pressure and its been going well apart from 2 defeats we have since bounced back fromQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
There was nothing quiet about Dundalk's run last year...Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
People were writing them off all year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Exactly.. and I'm sure they liked it that way.. not saying were gona emulate their 2nd place finish but were up there at the minute and being dismissed which is great.. let's see where we are with 10 games to go and ridicule us then if were after falling behindQuote:
Originally Posted by CityRebel
Cork are up at the top end of the table on merit. There is a certain snobbishness in LOI circles that says that only certain clubs should be considered as challengers.
It suits Cork (as it did Dundalk) to fly under the radar. Our performances deteriorated towards the end of last season when people began to name us as challengers.
Rightly, let's remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by CityRebel
The table always (or pretty much always) reflects a team's deserved position. Column inches don't matter a jot - the English media were telling all and sundry that Liverpool had the premier league wrapped up with 3 games to go! Same sort of hype happens everywhere.
I don't expect us to win the league this season ultimately, but I'm very glad that we're competitive again because for the last number of years no team south of Dublin has been.
Meanwhile, back on the very early transfer gossip/squad retention thread.. not sure about Karl Sheppard not exactly prolific but then again new surroundings and a little bit of faith can be a shot in the arm for a footballer ala kilduff.
Sheppard left on the bench tonight and Dean Kelly brought on when chasing a goal. One thing's for sure, he won't be playing for Rovers again. Absolute shambles.Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
It was said on the local radio yesterday that the club will make funds available to Taylor to bring in 2 or 3 in July to strengthen. It's possible we could be talking to Sheppard but I'd still think it unlikely enough. He'd be guaranteed a start though.
True but in Kilduff's case we were pretty desperate at the time so anything resembling a striker would have done.Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickccfc
It just so happened it worked with him.
Things are a little different now in that we need a striker with proven ability who can take us forward so we need someone who has been doing it regularly or has done it with us before.I know you might still be taking a chance but the situation is different.
The ideal situation would be to get someone on loan & if it works out then sign him permanently.
Andy O'Connell to Cobh Ramblers.
Forrester linked with EPL and Championship clubs for around £200k according to the Daily Heil:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...er-Column.html
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Premier League clubs eye St Pat's star Forrester
Premier League and Championship clubs are keeping a check on St Patrick's Athletic winger Christopher Forrester. Scouts are expected at Friday night's game in Dublin with Derry City and the 21-year-old is understood to be the main attraction.
Everton and Sunderland have a long-held interest but West Ham and Leeds have also checked on his progress.
He has chipped in with some spectacular goals notably a 35-yard lob against Drogheda last month and St Patrick's rate him at around £200,000.
200k - sickening
Former Inverness midfielder Adam Evans is training with Rovers according to the newspaper.
We don't have a great record of former Inverness midfielders impressing up here.
Forresters would be a decent deal I think. Get add ons to it and it would be very good (something we didn't do with Coleman apart from a couple of international clauses - we were totally broke at the time mind).
People thinking League of Ireland players should be going for 1m etc are deluded if you ask me.
Pats would do well to get €200k up front. It's the add ons that could make it a great deal. LOI clubs tend to sacrifice these for a few extra quid up front.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
I'd be delighted with 200k especially considering he will go for free in NovemberQuote:
Originally Posted by desaintsno.12
Would he not go for a tribunal fee at the end of the season given his age?
Nothing wrong with 200k in the coffers if can be got. From what I have seen Forrester can be a bit hit and miss. Moments of brilliance and some times he isn't in the game at all. 200k with a few add ons = happy days. The fees I've a problem with are the ones for under 150k where they are clearly taking advantage.
Anybody any idea what kind of fee Shels will get for Ryan Robinson?
Ye would get compensation for him if he goes to England at the end of the season because he's under 23.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
I think this is the case with players with his level of ability and what makes them dangerous - quiet, out of the game and then hits another goal of the season contender from nowhere. LeTissier or Coyle like. His problem is that he looks like he will break if tackled and needs to be on a weight training program if he isnt already. He would get busted in the English lower leagues especially. I think he is good enough for Pats to take a gamble on significant add-ons and sacrifice some up front payment depending on his to bulking up a bit!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
I've heard €50k up front with add ons. No idea how accurate the info is though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Yeah i'm aware of that but that's spread out between all his former clubs- it probably wouldn't cover a weeks wages for the squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by CityRebel
[Partridge]So you could say it's a case of here's to you Mr Robinson?[/Partridge]Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
200k for Forrester? LOL
Pat's won't get anything close to 100k, nevermind 200k. And that's regardless of where he goes in England.
Roddy Jnr released by Derry tonight.
Philip Lowry signed from Linfield
Gavin Kavanagh and Conor Meade released by Waterford.
Kav could do a job for Galway perhaps.. he knows Tommy Dunne too.
Waterford are a farce.
That's his LOI career down the drain so, unless some other club is mad enough to employ his old man.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Has James McClean said anything yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
James McClean @JMcC_23 17m Great to pizza stamping his own mark on the squad and trust him now to bring in some good players to strengthen the squad https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v1/72x72/1f44d.pnghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v1/72x72/26bd.png @derrycityfc
Tomorrow's headlines: "Ireland soccer star James McClean attacked at Craven Cottage by nephew of world champion boxer"
Things just keep getting worse for Sean Connor. No wonder he calls himself David Truscott now.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-27643702
That 200k quoted for Forrester is sterling remember so about €250k, if that's the basic fee, throw in a few add ons, maybe a % sell on clause too Pats would be mad not to take it.
Pat Dolan rates him at €17m (maybe that is sterling too?), St Pats rate him at stg£200,000Quote:
Originally Posted by colonelwest
If Chris Forrester is out of contract at the end of the season, why would anyone pay more then the UEFA compensation amount?
I'd say that's roughly the exchange rate between sterling and Pat Dolan's imagination.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial