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Rumours:
Derry out:
Delaney: Bohs
Brennan: Drogheda are interested
Higgins: Bohs/ Cork;) (hasn't signed a deal that's been offered nearly a year ago)
Jennings: wants to leave
O'Flynn: Hasn't been offered a new contract as yet
Derry In:
A new manager.
wont mind him coming to The Showgrounds....as back of for Dick Brush of course:)Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
Webb is assisting Ristilla coaching the u21s next seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Don't think so. We released Charlie Treacy and Derek Tyrrell the other day but no mention of Fitzpatrick. He played well in the last few games of the season so I'd be surprised if he was let go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish Fan
our club does not exist for the sake of existingQuote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
UCD fans just seem to have trouble with the concept of not selling off your best players and instead building a strong successful team.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
They wanted to take him on trial....training. Rico and BL thought that was an insult to Roy. Rico said Roy is a soecial talent and if is going nowhere. If people want him they can put in a bid or wait until he is free to speak to others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
His contract is up at the end of 2007 afaik.
Right decision IMO. Roy is gonna be huge for us next season. Id prefer to keep him and win the league than seel him for the sake of it.
Of course if a really good offer came in it'd change thing.
It howed the typical condescending attitude of english clubs. Ah sure wel do him a favour and take him on trial for a while. Screw that, our players are better than that
Gareth Cronin was on local radio today and said that he has 10 premiere players already ear-marked for the 2007 season and 3 has already signed, the club has money now to spend for next year and said that the Blues will be very strong next year and going for a least a mid-table finish and a good run in the cups.
I have the names of 3 already but i will post them up when everything is confirmed locally here, cheers.
bloody proof. WUFC had no intention of competing this year. tbh they were more of a disgrace to the league than dublin city - at least rocky seery bloody tried.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mental Man
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Originally Posted by micls
Absolutely. Cork were dead right. It's about time clubs and players here got wise, and showed some self respect. English clubs have plenty of opportunity to see player in competitive games for their clubs, in O'Donovans case they could also see him playing international football.
Sean Francis, former Rovers and Longford striker is on his way to Waterford United as assistant manager to Gareth Cronin.
What a stupid comment. If your player is out of contract and wants to leave, you can't stop him. If you can get a good bit of money to plough back into the team, then him leaving isn't carrying the team back. And when you have a replacement ready in waiting, it's hardly harming the squad either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
What part of this is causing you confusion?
Well firstly the player we were talking about isnt out of contract, him leaving when we've lost so many players already will be detremental and we have no replacement so it would hugely harm the squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Ditto. He is already signed up until next season and is a class player - why sell him unless a proper, unrejectable bid is put in? Letting your most talented player go to England to train for a few weeks isn't all that great a prospect yaknow. Nice to see Cork reject this, erm, "bid"...Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Just reading over this, how many Teams Can Philly Hughes Be signing for?
So Far its: Bohs, Rovers, Waterford, Pats, Shels, Drogheda(No Chance at al),and hes also supposedly staying with Dundalk if they go up?
Doubt he would play for Drogs if he Leaves, he really does love Dundalk, From what ive heard, Bohs is the Most Likely Destination.
Dundalk
In: Crawley(Shels), Whelehan(ex-Dub City), Perth(Rovers), Ronaldinho(Barcelona-**** thats not supposed to be getting out!)
Out: Philly Hughes(Take Your Pick, nah Bohs!), Cathal O'Connor, Shane Grimes, Séamus McCabe, Derek Griffin, and a few more!
Darren Quigley to West Ham.
Philly Hughes just loves himself not any club. His loyalty to teams is evident in his journeymanship.
Roy O'Donovan? That's fair enough. But Philly's comment was about UCD fans being happy to sell our best players, referring to Gary Dicker and Pat Kavanagh - a thread he started earlier. That's what I was referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
No it wasn't. It was about a UCD fans being bemused at why Cork would not want to let go of their finest asset.
The thread I started re. the two UCD players was about the eL in general, not specifically focused on UCD, as I pointed out in the thread.
However, it is my opinion that UCD are a "selling club" and I have yet to hear of them actually fight to keep their good players by offering them a contract or looking for a better fee. I know the two players mentioned were out of contract. Its a problem with the league in general.
Touché. I see the post you're referring to now. My apologies.
However, your comments about UCD continued to be utterly ill-informed. The three (now) players on trial at English clubs have been offered new contracts. We've offered what we can, and if they get better elsewhere, there's nothing we can do. UCD cannot compete with clubs from the English Second, First and Premier divisions - end of story.
We're one of the few clubs who live in a land of financial reality. the players concerned are all out of contract, so transfer fees, if any, will be decided by arbitration. We've stood up to other clubs - notably Shels and Drogheda - with regards transfer fees before and won, so I don't know where you get your idea that we don't look for "better" fees. And I don't see it as a problem with the league in general. Most clubs around the world are selling clubs. In A Season With Verona, for example, we see a team who can only compete in Serie A by recouping £8m from selling players every year. We're showing that your career can progress either by coming back home to Ireland for a while or by staying in Ireland in the first place. By doing so, we're going to be able to attract better calibre players in the future.
Keeping your best players every single time is a nice idea, but it doesn't work in the real world.