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Its as much difining what is a successful career rather than just the standards of the league. Beng paid to play football until an average age of say 32 could be deemed successful. I think regular LoI fans would accept that. If its intended to be dismissive of the league then pick any height for the bar, a world cup winner!
There's an awful lot of ex-LOI players who have forged very decent careers for themselves in England. Success isn't defined by international caps or Premier League appearances. There's plenty of players who have come from LOI to have good careers in League One and League Two and will have a nice few quid in the bank to retire on.
Jake O'Brien, Killian Phillips, Sinclair Armstrong.
Dara Costelloe just moved from Burnley to Wigan for 500K, and there were many more suitors.
Jay O'Shea doesn't get mentioned much but he's still playing in the A-League
Maybe more "football scandal" than transfer gossip, but Hoban's a bit scathing about Lynch in the Journal!
https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/f...y-city-5230275
Hoban’s lack of minutes had signalled likely issues behind the scenes so I can’t help but wonder is there a situation at Pats & Forrester. They are massively underperforming but their star man who should be over his injury at this stage but only gets a few minutes off the bench…….