Rumours that Waterford will be looking for a new manager soon.
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Rumours that Waterford will be looking for a new manager soon.
Rumoured to be interested in from Sligo in Lomboto. Looked a very limited player in Richmond a few weeks ago and was expectedly subbed off at half timeQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Is the talk that Long is just stepping down or is he heading to another club?Quote:
Originally Posted by Partizan
He's just not a Premier standard player. Very, very quick and strong. He's lazy though and he seems to read the game poorly, he reacts slowly to situations. He scored a couple of important goals for us but he has missed a lot of good chances.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Best of luck to him wherever he ends up, I like to see Galway lads do well regardless of who they play with.
Do you think Higgins would be able to play Premier? It's a few years now since I've seen himQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
In as much as these comparisons really mean anything, I'd have him roughly similar to Dara Keane, who got a move to Dundalk last year, but seems to have struggled to make an impact in a poor team, not helped by a lengthy injury it seems
Of these six, Brad Wade is the one I think is a loss. Doherty didn't really seem to fit into the system once Keating and Maguire arrived. The other four I'm not too surprised to see them leaving.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
How did he go about fitting both Keating and Maguire into the team? I know at Pats Clancy used a 5-3-2 formation at times. Did he go with that again at Cork or was it a 4-4-2 or even a 4-3-3 with Maguire coming off the left as he did a good bit in England?Quote:
Originally Posted by sidewayspasser
A pity for Jack, I think he's a really excellent first division footballer, but very light physically, I think he could do well at a more ball dominant PD team, but he's never gotten the opportunity. The gap in quality between the semi pro 1st div teams and the PD teams now is so large that maybe he just isn't physically up to it and that's why no one has taken that punt.Quote:
Originally Posted by sidewayspasser
There seems to be someone on Twitter looking at our forum and if anyone asks a question about a player starts saying we’re interested in themQuote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
This would be a strange one. I know you had a rough 2nd half of the season but you would assume if you offered anyone at the club safety with games to spare they probably would have taken it at the start? Would it be Long walking away or a structural change? I got the feeling he didn't appoint his own assistant and that it was someone from within the parent clubs structure that he was saddled with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Partizan
James Keddy departed Wexford
FC32 will take Jack Doherty back as its where he had his best success. When City came in for him it was an opportunity for Jack to go full-time as the offer was there. He was right to try it, it didn't work, so best go back to where you were at your best beforehand!Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
I'm not sure if these rumours about Long and Waterford have anything to them. I've only saw 1 comment on social media about it. Long said after the game on Friday night he is planning ahead for next season, that players will come and go and he is under contract. Fans are behind him too and overall happy with the season despite a poor finish to it.
In fairness to Keane when fit he looked one of our best players.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
If he had been fully fit this season, he would have started the majority of the games
sorry to hear JD wasnt kept on. Would love to see him back with us as I was mightily impressed with him during his short spell with ourselves.
Will Patching off to Carlisle United apparently, who are L2.
Didn't really expect him to stay. Such a talented player, but a tendancy to go missing for periods.
In fairness to him, he's been playing through injury for the past few months too.
Expected him to go, but thought he was better than League 2, to be honest. I suppose between injuries and everything else he hasn't really had a chance to put his best foot forward this year. Maybe he's a less appealing prospect than he should be because of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Good luck to him. Enough people I've talked to recently seem to want to pin a lot of the blame on Derry's falling away on him (unfairly imo), but he's some player when things are going his way.
He'd tell ya himself he was utter crap in all his spells with Longford. I'd imagine at this stage of his career he's happy to play ball as close to home as possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I think he takes his ability a bit for granted, coasts some games and could still be motm or game changer. Id still love to know why Filipo made him train away from the senior squad and then sent him out on loan, for him to be back in July and was needed before the permanent exit to Derry.
Francely Lomboto gone to Sligo Rovers.
Galway United fans seemed to be glad to see him gone. I thought his next club would be in the First Division but obviously not.
Best keep John Russell off your forum so ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Francely is probably one of the quickest and strongest players in the league. He's been a rough diamond for the past 5 years. He's got a lot of the raw attributes but has lacked composure so far in his career. A comparison to Darwin Nunez is probably kind to him but he does bring a certain chaos to a game but it's never clear who it's benefiting.
Think in the right circumstances is career could burst into life. That said I'm surprised he managed to find a sideways move.
Quickest, absolutely. Strongest? Nowhere near. He gets bullied off the ball regularly and often doesn't make it stick.Quote:
Originally Posted by yurt
He was poor for us this season. Waweru who we farmed out to Cobh before joining Sligo is a far more accomplished player than Lomboto. He's quite lazy and very technically limited as a player, he relies heavily on his pace, and outside of that, he doesn't really offer much.
I think you're being overly fair in your assessment of him, he has shown little over the last few seasons to indicate that moving to Sligo will improve him. He's a poor player. He's not 20 or 21 anymore, he will be 25 next season.
Stopped clock and all thatQuote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Dervin has re-signed for Dundalk. Good few days for the club.
New sponsor and kit deal meant to announced next week and possible work starting soon on the pitch and lights too, and the biggest arrival of all, seems there is positive news on the licencing and that was one I was really fearful of.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Bookings taking off in the YDC for indoor pitches and gym, fxxx knows why it took until end of 2024 for this to happen, as it was an obvious revenue spinner.
I have no idea how they have made so much progress over the past few weeks, seems almost dare I whisper, a positive vibe around the place.
Nothing like nearly going out of existence to focus minds.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
In a strange way getting relegated is almost a blessing in disguise and gives you time to do a major overhaul and reset.
Glad to see things are progressing in the right direction and you will have a club next season.
Sometimes its no harm to go down, re-charge, re-org, then again in our scene it was fully deserved to go down, easily the worst in the PD last season.
I didn't see a single home win this season, missed all 4 wins, mix of holidays and just couldn't bring myself to go when Kinger got appointed ! Chance to win games now, and at least a match to go to on Fridays and that wasn't looking good in Sept !
It was exactly this that made our year in the FD in 2010 so enjoyable. Plus, you get to go away grounds you mightn't have been to in years.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
In saying all that, one season was enough!
Good few of us already looking at Kerry away, fly down from Dub, eur60 return, bit of craic.
Always thought that was admirable by SK for Derry, he could have easily walked away that season when you were 'moved' to the FD.
Dervin is brutal IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Fully agree. First Division player at best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Didn't Dundalk pay a fee for Dervin? Seems a bit weird that they'd do that and yet his contract expired at the end of the season. Unless there was some kind of clause to do with relegation in his contract that got him out of the club and he's decided to sign back anyway.
Did that two seasons ago it was great craic. Drove up and down last season, it was painfulQuote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Then a good signing for Dundalk so.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeForeToo
He is just the type of player they need and will rely on to get them back up.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Dervin didn't do too much wrong for Dundalk. He is a good tenacious player, with some holes in his game.
He is definitely held back by his lack of efficiency on the ball. It is nearly the simple passes that he can struggle with the most.
In saying that, never looked out of place in Premier division, and has First Division experience. All the caveats with any player regarding off field stuff... But am sure he is capable of being in the divisions team of the year next season.
For whatever it's worth the PFAI transfer list went up this morning.
Transfer List | Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland
Simon Power has signed for Pats on a (my username). I think most would be in agreement that he’s an excellent player but he’s had a lot of problems with injuries. He probably won’t start over Mulraney or Elbouzedi but he’s a great backup option if he can keep himself available