Are you going to sign them, grow them or fatten them up?Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
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Are you going to sign them, grow them or fatten them up?Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Combination of all 3 plus import themQuote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
They must be some advanced Lab facilities in RoadstoneQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Tallaght is full of advanced lab facilities :)
And yet they still can't find that winning formula 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
We are busy stirring and adding potions.
Feeling good about next year's blend
Aaron Greene being linked with Derry City by Derry Daily. There are not many LoI clubs that he has not played for.
I thought he was under contract for 2018 with Bray.
http://www.derrydaily.net/2017/11/25...ho-is-leaving/
Ronan Murray to Dundalk seems to be gathering pace, rumours of a 2 year contract to be agreed next week. Dlk also believed to have offered a decent cash offer to Derry for McEneff, who is under contract, not sure on any price, but I wouldn't see them selling for anything less than 50k.
He's under contract with Bray for 2018 season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
I couldn't imagine we'd be paying money for someone. If Bray are looking to cut their wage bill, maybe he'd be let go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bray Head
You might have some money incoming if the rumours of Dundalk's bid for McEneff is correct.
How much would Derry price him at? 50k? Not to say that's what Dundalk would pay, but everyone has a price.
There has been no offer from Dundalk for McEneff...it's just made up.
£150,000 plus addons. The same price quoted for all our young players for prospective buyers.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
He meant just for McEneff, not the whole team...Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
If I had a pick between Greene and McEneff id go for Greene.
First world problem
McClean, Lafferty, McLaughlin, McGinn, McCourt, Holden... all 150K or more. McDermott already tempting a few clubs and may not see him here for next season. Ask Barry McNamee why he isn't playing at Brentford, Phil O'D wont sell for peanuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
Later... I'm off for another sabbatical. :)
I can only assume that you see Rovers as needing a striker more than a midfielder.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Aaron McEneff at 22 years is after completing a second outstanding season for Derry, scoring 9 league goals, and culminating in PFAI Team of the Year selection. He is likely to have a further significant impact in the 2018 season and may well subsequently attract cross-channel bids
Aaron Greene on the other hand is a decent journeyman who provides versatility across a number of positions (Striker, Left Wing, Left Back). About to turn 28 years, he is less likely to improve. That said, 12 league goals is decent rather than prolific. Loyalty or continuity is not a strong suite having ended successive seasons with the same club only once in the last 9 seasons:
2009 - Galway
2010 - Bohemians
2011 - Sligo
2012 - Shamrock Roversif
2013 - Sligo
2014 - St Pats
2015 - St Pats
2016 - Limerick
2017 - Bray
I would be pleased if Aaron Greene ended up in the Dundalk squad for the start of next season, but absolutely ecstatic if Aaron McEneff was there
I'd be gutted if that waste of f***ing space greene ended up back up at Rovers.
McEnneff , on the other hand, looks a good prospect
Gas how different people see the same player.. We need a left winger we can't keep asking Clarke to play there.
Gavin Peers is meant to be one of the ones signing for Derry this week.
That will probably be the worst signing you will ever make. Chancing it for years at sligo (sorry Sligo fans but he was) last year at pats he was a disgrace. Always knew we had a chance when he played
One of the best centre backs in the league for 5 or 6 years. Just not recently. Never really recovered from doing his cruciate in 2013 Cup final.
Agree. He lost a yard of pace which he couldnt afford to lose and became a liability in some games if he was up against a pacy striker. Hard to see him adding much to a top squad now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Ya he was a complete chancer. He chanced his way to a League title, 3 FAI cups, a League Cup and a Setanta Cup while playing in the Showgrounds. And was captain on and off during all that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by gael353
Yep that’s a ridiculous comment but as said above he’s never recovered from that horrendous injury in 2013, would be a dreadful signing for Derry.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-36359636.html
Dundalk closing in on Ronan Murray, according to Dan McDonnell.
Signing him and Hoban would be great business. I was sure one of them would have been snapped up by Cork.
The sun has Ethan Boyle as going to Rovers, well Harps fans is he any good?
I think we tried to sign both of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
I'd have been more interested in Murray tbh. Hoban has not exactly set the world alight in his time in England. We do still need to sign a striker though.
Your faith in Bradser is commendable....Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
....and will be tested if Ethan Boyle is the planQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Murray has not signed yet so nothing for sure until he does, looking likely though.
Agree on Hoban in England, but he still scored 6 or 7 in his time over there, may not be much but its a very tough league, and as much as we don't like to compare to that level (league 2) most clubs there are a lot stronger than most of our PD. Cork, Dundalk, and possibly Rovers / Derry exempted.
They have Madden, Dean Clarke and Ian McLoughlin linked with us today.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I like him as a player. A bit raw and can be positionally suspect but a good athlete and strong in the air. Versatile too. Was in a full Ireland U21 squad at one stage while with us. Best of luck to him. We missed him badly in the final weeks of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
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Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Breaking news ...............Ezeikial thinks Rovers on the wrong track.........Pope declares God exists and following the setting of the sun tonight it will become dark.
I like the strong in the air bit........, recurring problem for us last season was conceding to many goals from corners / free kicks and not scoring enough at the other end from the same. Dave Mc was our top scorer with the head (I reckon) last season and he might struggle for a spot next season with Finn and the two Bolgers in the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Ethan Boyle is a raw talent, but one who will keep improving. He's only turning 21 in January and has already three and a half seasons as a senior player under his belt.
As Mr.A says, he's a big fella, strong in the air, and very versatile. I've said elsewhere, but to me, he's a little bit similar to John O'Shea. He's not the most technically gifted, but is versatile and gives you a raw energy, busts a gut every game, and won't shy away from any tackle. Good at right back, centre mid, and I see him potentially as a centre back.
If Ethan Boyle is a direct replacement for Simon Madden, Rovers are in serious trouble.
Madden has more football in his little finger.
Not necessarily, the Sun could have it wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
But if Bradser intends to replace a cultured full back like Simon Madden with a raw athlete like Ethan Boyle, that is certainly the wrong track
He was confirmed to Shamrock Rovers in the past half hour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
It just gets betterQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...om-finn-harps/Quote:
it is understood the Tallaght side had to pay relegated Harps around €8,000 in compensation because of the player’s age.
I don't see what's funny about this. Boyle has serious potential to step up. He's only 20. He's won young player of the year two years running at Harps. He's worth an awful lot more than €8,000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial