How is he available before July 1st? Every other signing I've seen so far hasn't been able to play till then.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
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How is he available before July 1st? Every other signing I've seen so far hasn't been able to play till then.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
From looking him up, it appears he’s been without a club since leaving QPR in July 2021 so they may have been allowed to register him as he was a free agent? Unsure of the deadline for registering them but it’s the only possible solution I can think ofQuote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
Hard to find anything regarding registration rules for 2022 season but going on previous seasons if you were a free agent when the previous transfer window closed you could still sign/play a for LOI club at any time after the closure of the 1st transfer window. If you were registered with an Intermediate or Junior club you could sign/play for a LOI club from June. Anyone else who was registered with another LOI club or clubs from any other leagues can only play for their new LOI club from the transfer window opening from July
If that lad from Harps has come from UK and is playing from June it would indicate simply he had no club
Cathal Heffernan signs for AC Milan from Cork permanently. Good luck to him.
Feyenoord tracking Sam Curtis,be great to see more of these moves and tbf they seem to be happening more and more,can’t expect the UK to develop our players any more….
What a fantastic player. It is really great that the market for LOI players seems to widening, which should mean transfer fees should be increasing. It gives LOI clubs more power to get better deals.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Yeah Sam Curtis is a huge prospect and looks destined for a big move away. He was voted as Pats player of the Month for May. Scary that he only turns 17 in December!
Elsewhere in terms of Pats young lads, UK journalists are reporting that Josh Keeley is a done deal to Spurs on a 3 year deal and Luke McNally looks to be on the way to Burnley from Oxford as a Nathan Collins replacement for a fee of £1.75m which would see Pats earn €350k via the sell on clause.
All great to see as a Pats fan. As well as being a serious talent Sam Curtis is also a beast of a lad for his age. Even facially he looks about 23. Adam Murphy will be the next player off the Pats conveyor belt from what I’ve seen of him. So unlucky with his injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
What is Ben Curtis like as a player lads and are there prospects of him going across the water?
Dundalk fielded 14 year old Luke Mulligan in the friendly against Larne Saturday. Supposedly he didnt look out of place either. It is great to see players go to clubs where technical ability rather than a physical presence is the focus, AC Milan, Feyenoord, Anderlecht, Borussia Monchengladbach, Dundalk, Inter, Udinese, Getafe, Seville, Stade de Reims, Wolfsburg, and 2 keepers at 2 of the current best sides in Europe.
What do people make of this interview from UCD Manager Andy Myler ? Sounds like a man making his excuses in advance of possible departure? https://fb.watch/dN9SYZmLxM/
He is circling the wagons for sure but I dont think there was much there to indicate he could leave. He might be deflecting responsibility of UCDs form like a manager that fears that a sacking is near hand. The persecution of UCD by refs is bordering on conspiracy theory rhetoric. Refs are consistent with all teams, often consistently bad. I'd hate to have to do a post match interview when incidents are fresh in the mind as ye could say anything in that moment. Myler looked quite calm there imo.
I wonder is Andy behind the "LoI corruption" Twitter, which has all our soft penalties against as a pinned tweet?
https://twitter.com/FAIMadness/statu...d9_4ovT5Q&s=19
Whoever runs the page should have covered their tracks a bit better. Its clear that its an UCD fan with an axe to grind. They should have just called the page FAI Hates UCD.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
The first one there did look to be a nudge in the back so not extremely controversial though the shels player milked it. The last one the ball came off the arm and helped push the ball on in front getting it under some control, dunno if it was in the box and the ref looked initially that he was signaling for a free and then changed to pointing to the spot but ive lost track on the handball rule at this stage . The one against St Pats kinda reminded me of the John Cleary cup final penalty v Derry. Bohs one was a good tackle. For most though the footage isnt great to be certain ether way.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Based on the general tone of a good chunk of your posts here I suspect you wouldn't be broken hearted if he was to leave? Seeing him depart Belfield seems to be your driving football ambition (in the short-term at least)?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Ah that's a tad harsh now, I've a good general interest across the league, but as a UCD fan, of course my posts will focus on goings on at my club. I'm not at all happy about the direction the club is taking, we were never a long ball team, never in all my 15+ years watching. I don't think he's a good manager at any level based on what ive seen, I think we probably fluked getting promoted last year, and just hate watching us play hit and hope most of the time. The irony being, when we try and play, we have proven we can do it. Recent goals v Pats and Harps show that. I don't recall us scoring from a long punt all season, so I'm even more confused. As to my driving ambition, I want to watch UCD playing the UCD way, so every second Friday at the Bowl brings me pleasure, not frustration. For what it's worth, I think Bray need to sack Devo also, and bring in some fresh blood.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
That's hilarious, didn't know we had any fans other than me and Stu. We've had some soft ones for sure, but setting up a Twitter account to highlight them, he must be getting desperateQuote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
There are dozens of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
https://www.sligorovers.com/bit-o-re...vadia-tallinn/
Sligo sign Estonian international Frank Liivak….
So everyone agrees, defo not a pen!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Hundreds even.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Well it was a peno, just one that shouldnt have been given...Quote:
Originally Posted by A N Mouse
Haven’t seen him, and as far as I’m aware he hasn’t made the Pats bench yet (open to correction there), so he seems to be a bit behind the brother.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Great to know, you'd be hard pressed at an average game at The Bowl to pick out the same 10 faces game to game, outside of the players families. Always been a great mystery how the football media team at UCD have failed to mobilise any sort of meaningful student attendance at games, given there are 30k students in the place. Pints can be had just around the corner, just needs a but of effort and imaginationQuote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Ben has made the bench 4 times this season, most recently the 3-0 win over Bohs before the break.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
Ive seen him a couple of times for the 19s including a 3-0 win over Rovers on Monday, he looks a good prospect too but as you say, he doesn’t appear to stand out as much as his younger brother Sam has. Hard to judge lads playing in the 19s league though (particularly defenders) until they get into senior football and play games at that level
I was only messing about the hundreds.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
There's been many attempted promotions and initiatives over the years including free beer vouchers back in the Budweiser sponsorship days, playing on a Thursday, free entry for students and so on. In the pre social media days I used to plaster the campus with posters for upcoming games for a couple of seasons. Nothing seems to garner interest with the student base or stick. If you look on the UCD forum here you can probably dig out previous discussions about it. There's probably more traction trying to tap into the locality than the students.
That's great insight Poor Student, thanks, will look into that thread.
Here's one such discussion: https://foot.ie/threads/126132-UCD-support-discussionQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
In my memory there was a lot more robust discussion about it here in years gone by. Maybe some of it took place on threads in the main LOI forum. There was a time when a fair few fans of other clubs would write missives on here about how UCD's lack of support is a disgrace to the league and would welcome our demise or removal, particularly Cork fans who couldn't cope with the fact they were playing hoofball to Clive Delaney and couldn't beat us.
Interesting signingQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Myler and his assistant O'Connor in the Shels match at Tolka spent as much time hounding the 4th official on the sidelines over completely nothing things rather than watching the match and coaching their team. I must say Kevin Doherty and Daire Doyle were not much better in the previous matchQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I know management is a tough gig but if managers and coaching staff of part-time teams are under crazy levels of pressure and badger the 4th official over every single stupid little thing going on in the match I don't think it's the role for them
Didn't play as his side lost 6-1 in the Champions League preliminary round away to Viking Reykjavik. Came on as a sub in their last league game.Quote:
Originally Posted by pateen
I'd love to know how these sort of moves come about. Completely random one
Of all the clubs in all the leagues in all the world, UCD Managers are under practically zero pressure from either their limited fan base or their board (unless that is the board member wants you to play his son 😀.....remember the Collie ONeill debacle ). In fact, in the bigger scheme of things, they genuinely don't care which division they are in. Sometimes, you just get people who can't cope themselves, and their only mechanism is to lash out because they don't have what it takes. And when your own players have no respect for you, you may as well take it all out on the officials. Yes, I know.....I'm Myler bashing againQuote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball
Hearing word here in The Bowl this evening that Liam Kerrigan is heading to Italy, to Serie B side Como. Also hearing another player walked this week. WTF is going on. Best of luck to LK, what a move to an amazing part of the world. Beats cold nights in Derry or Tallaght !
eoin farrell signed with wexford , not that he featured much this season anyway with ye.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Derry reporter Eric White has tweeted that about Kerrigan. Interesting move for him. Glad he's not gone down the league's in England, wouldn't suit himQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Pretty spectacular place to play your football,hopefully he develops well there….
of all players i think uk would suit kerrigan a lot better tbh. hes well able physically.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Agreed - assume they noticed him in the under 21 game a couple of weeks agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
I guess that accounts for his departure, as it does for the other players who walked, although there's plenty more to the story than lads not getting game time. Farrell is an excellent young player, and I hope he does well at Wexford. Think Wexford are going to muscle their way into the playoffs and be stronger again next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793