He started most games in the first half of 2022 anyway. Would we have scuppered matches to ensure one player got a move to Bolton? I don't really know. I'd like to think not, yet football is strange...
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He started most games in the first half of 2022 anyway. Would we have scuppered matches to ensure one player got a move to Bolton? I don't really know. I'd like to think not, yet football is strange...
I think Yoro legitimately got those starts as UCD were very short at central defence during that 2022 season. Yoro was only 18 then and definitely looked inexperienced but we see so many young players who are signed by UK clubs not because of what they are at the time of signing but for potential what the UK clubs hope they will turn out to be by the time they are 21. I expect alot of UK rebounds back to LOI over next few seasons
His transfer to Boltons B team was perhaps the most shocked I've ever been in a lifetime in football. The second most shocked I've ever been was seeing him get a run of games in the UCD first team. His speciality was complete fresh air shots and panicking every time the ball came near him. The word from The Bowl was that they were flabbergasted when Bolton came in for him. However, someone in Bolton was talked into having a punt on him, so who am I to judge. But I can't help thinking Cliftonville are in for a big surpriseQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B
"Fleetwood Town have signed St Patrick's forward Tommy Lonergan for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal." (BBC Football, 1 Feb)Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
https://twitter.com/chippie1974/stat...-lxzCL4Sg&s=19
Link to a post on twitter or X showing players signed for each club so far. A few are inaccurate but very close.
Jesus I knew Sligo were light but I didn’t know it was that bad (if accurate). 14 senior outfield players in the squad this late in the day is madnessQuote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Take Talbot, bucko and mc manus out of Bohs and we are down to bare bones. Its going to be a long hard slog this year unless we get 3 or 4 more quality players in, Or our youth teams have the next Ferguson and his 2 mates that we don't know about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Having watched the u20's vs Drogheda they are at least a year away from being ready. Passing is far too sloppy and they are very weak on the ball. Need some more signings pronto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Is the McManus deal done? The English transfer window closed yesterday and I haven’t seen confirmation from either Coventry or Bohs on itQuote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
He's injured for a while
Dave Webster signed for Drogheda
Conor Malley will have to step up, as a marquee signing he was seen as a bit work shy by Dundalk supporters. Unless there is a spat of signings in the next couple of weeks he will be covering a lot of ground each game with little opportunity for rotation!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Ah ok, wasn’t aware of that. I presume that may be what scuppered the move then?Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
a few more young lads there too on the fringes that are not listed, and a few more to be signed in the next few days, I do have to laugh from here that we are all but wrote off, the likes of galway and waterford haven't exactly stacked their squads with premier division players.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Apparently they was no truth in that link to Coventry, some fella making things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Did Lonergan join Waterford on loan in the end? And if not has the deadline now passed?
No not yet. The window for English clubs signing players ended yesterday but Irish clubs can do so until late this monthQuote:
Originally Posted by Bunny Kelly
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Originally Posted by forza rovers
Very good point, and i think all 3 will struggle, I have these in my bottom 3, Sligo will have a slight advantage of least up against PD opposition, that said I have Sligo as bottom mainly due to no real 'big names' on the books but it wouldn 't surprise me to see any of these 3 finish bottom.
Daniel Babb has joined Ipswich from UCD on a permanent deal. Bit of a blow for us - and another disappointing case of a player leaving the LoI to go into an academy system they'll likely not get out of. OK, UCD are part-time, probably amateur, so I can see the draw there. But we need to get better at retaining these sort of players until they're at least able to move straight into a first team abroad.
Another body in the door at Sligo. 21 year old defender Charlie Wiggett has joined on a permanent deal from Newcastle U21s