Oisin Hand the first confirmed departure. Gone over the road to Athlone.
And so it begins...
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Oisin Hand the first confirmed departure. Gone over the road to Athlone.
And so it begins...
Mind you they took a few of our lads last season and they weren't much loss. This one does hirt more though
Thats a pity with OH. see on town FB group that AD is linked with a move to Scumlone. Dont understand the logic of it.
Ah jesus, that one would properly sting bad. I guess they have more money than I realised, I know they have no owners or stakeholders but after the season they just had I wasn't expecting to see them sign and be linked to the names mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I'd be worried we end up having a squad of newbies like we had for the season just gone, and it takes most of the season for them to get comfortable, and by then it would be too late again
Hopefully I'm wrong, but I'd guess that this is a distinct possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoydowMonty
A lot of people already throwing out the "lack of ambition" and "splash the cash" lines. Look at the state of Dundalk, look at Treaty's books, we simply can't compete without placing the club in jeporady. One thing I would like to know is why we haven't had a shirt sponsors last two seasons and if we are making any attempts to get outside investment (not that we want total headers coming on board either). But with the amount of teams we now have, this is the sad reality. Doran not going to Athlone fwiu btw.
Is Doran linked to another club? He must be getting good offers ( I see he recently signed with a management company that manages big name players).
I agree with the Haugheyesque "Living within our means". We all know Dundalk were mad to spend like crazy instead of getting their finances in order. But I was very surprised at the Treaty 800k loss - especially after all the protests about them not spending enough!
It would be nice to see some small incremental improvements on and off the pitch. Hopefully the academy funding comes in and there are 1 or 2 full time positions. The media, gym, wall(!) etc have been great. Something like the legends match would be great.
Am around long enough to say we have done the splash the cash and there is no future in that for a club like ours. I think the club is showing steady growth, and when you are adding new teams and coaching teams around that each year then no surprise there isnt bigger budgets for 1st team.
I'm back checking FAI Connect way more than I should be, but I see Murtagh, Ugbesia and Swazzy are listed under college teams there. I hope that's just them getting game time for the winter or something and that they'll be back to business next year. Least that's what I'm telling myself, would be 3 big losses otherwise
I noticed that as well. It's weird, when you search them individually they still show up as LTFC.
Oisin Hand is still showing as LTFC so probably not the most reliable source!!!
I see Harry Halwax had something online about moving on. Hardly surprising given the way he was dropped at the back-end of last season.
Seems that Doran, Ugbesia, Yoro, Murtagh and a few others were at the POTY awards night the other night. Possibly unwise to read too much into that but would make me hopeful that they're staying on.
If we can keep that core we have a chance at being competitive. It's amazing how many First Division teams seem to be completely rebuilding their squads.
Who were the winners at the awards anyway? Haven't seen the club announce anything of it. Surely Doran was POTY?
There was photos from the awards night in the local press. But nothing else mentioned not even on club website.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoydowMonty
Photos were literally posted on the club socials. Aaron Doran POTY and PPOTY, Eric Yoro GOTS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Nice to see Eric win. Seems like a great young lad.
I had assumed Aaron won goal and player 😄
Murtagh absolutely robbed of GOTS.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by De Town
Apparently the season tickets should go on sale next couple weeks and the new gear in December. I don't know if that includes a new jersey or if they're keeping the same one for next season
Even Wayne joked on stage that Eric must have done some serious canvassing to win itQuote:
Originally Posted by De Town
I see Bray are keeping the same jersey this year. Probably not the worst idea if we did the same as there is still stock on the Elverys website. I thought this year's jersey was very nice too.
agreed thought it was much better jersey than centenary effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by drelihan
From what I understand, there will be a new jersey launched in the coming week or so. I never buy jerseys anymore, only bought the centenary one to have for keeps sake, so not really pushed what it looks like as long as it's not a total abomination. I'm much more interested in nice training and leisure wear, not sure if there will be any of that released or not..
My days of being able to pull off a jersey are well behind me! But my young lads love them.
Any player news? I'm hopeful we can retain our core squad but the lack of news at this time of year is always causes some nerves.
Baffled as to why we've bought Halwax off you today, when Connor should be the first choice, and young Darragh Foley did OK in his First Division games, but Healy must believe in packing the squad with keepers?
He was very vulnerable to clangers in his first few months but became solid by the end before he was dropped. You could get either version of him at Kerry tbh.
I'm concerned about ourselves now when I see most the other clubs making a lot of signings. I'd say our lads are holding to see if they get better offers. Can't blame them. I just hope we're not starting with mostly newbies again who need most of the season to gel together, like what happened this season
We always get nervous this time of year but this year seems particularly quiet 😔
He was the most improved keeper in the division come the summer, kept us in so many games. If he gets good coaching he should be a solid addition.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82