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Arse. We've lost far too many forwards. That said, last season wasn't Robibe's best by any distance - five goals in the league, of which four were penalties. Good player, but I don't think he was ever the same after injuries. Think this move was coming for a long time though - heard rumblings even before it was mentioned on the board here. Hopefully this means Andy Myler will be coming back though!
Andy Myler would be a most welcome addition to the ranks... hope it's true.
Stephen Cashin , Liam Tiernan and Darren O'Brien II have all signed for Kilkenny City as well as an Under 21 Centre-half whose name I forget.
In the Montrose after the last game of the season:
Me: So Robbie, who's leaving?
Robbie J Martin: Well, not me for a start.
:rolleyes:
i don't think Martin is a centre forward anyway anytime i've seen him play he was better as a left winger....
thats fine we need a left winger.
Are you's worried about the new season ? Lost a lot of quality and not really replaced it...... how do ya think ya will do ?
I think we're reasonably OK other than up front. We really need another experienced striker though.
Not really... (Cue ear-bashings from some players for me now!!) We've lost...Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
Anto Murphy (St Pat's)
Aidan Lynch
Neil Gallagher* (both Dundalk)
Liam Tiernan (released)
Brian Gannon (Monaghan United)
Mick O'Donnell (Dublin City)
Willie Doyle (Shamrock Rovers)
Damien Dupuy (Switzerland)
Robbie Martin (Longford)
Séamus Long* (Rovers)
So of that - Aidan Lynch only played about ten games last year before going out on loan again. A good player, I still think, but seeing as he didn't feature much last season, his loss won't hit us much. Gally only played League Cup - I would hope if (when) Darren Quigley goes to England, we can get Gally back. Would be a more than adequate replacement. Liam Tiernan's an U-21 with only one or two games, ditto Séamus Long. Damo and Willie Doyle scored one goal from 35 games between them up front last year, while Robbie Martin only scored two league goals that weren't penalties.
Anto Murphy is a bit of a loss, but again only scored three goals or something last season. Newguy and Micko are disappointing, can't argue with that, but we've signed Darragh Ryan and Alan Cawley, who should be adequate replacements. If Gary Dicker goes, we have Stephen Hurley and Ronan Finn to step up.
We've kept all our best players - Quigley, McNally, Kenna, Al Mahon, Tony Mac, Podge (!), etc.
Our first XI is still quite good -
Quigley
Mahon
Ryan/McEniff
Kenna
McNally
McDonnell
Dicker
Hurley
Cawley
Podge
Paul Byrne
With on the bench - Hussey, Ryan/McEniff, Shortall, Finn, Conan Byrne.
Add in players from our U-21 winning team - Kelly, Brophy, Last, Matthews, etc. - and the squad is comparable to last year, maybe a bit weaker in depth. And the general feeling is we underachieved last year. Given how poor Waterford, Pat's and Dublin City are/were for a start, we should be OK this year again.
Yes and no. I'm particularly disappointed in losing Martin, Anto Murphy, Dupuy and Gannon and I agree they haven't really been replaced but that's the UCD way isn't it? You hope that more good kids will be produced by the squad. We have kept the nucleus of our team so I hope we can stay injury/suspension free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
Ronon Finn is my one to watch this year. Sadly last year's one in Paul Byrne had an injury hit season.:o
Pineapple, you're putting Paul Byrne in your starting lineup, do you know for a fact he's fit and still around?
thegit noted on another thread that he's still around and is about a month from full fitness. He seems to be in the know, so I'm happy to go with that. Though Robbie Mac was also a month from full fitness several times...Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Ah, didn't see that. Glad to hear.:D
Maybe he didn't leave voluntarily!:confused:Quote:
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As in Jimmy Hussey?:confused:Quote:
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Yes Jimmy played in our first pre-season friendly V Monaghan
He's my best friend's bro. Sound man. He was on our books but goes to College in UCD so obviously playing for you now.Quote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
Just to clarify the Robbie Martin deal - Longford did pay an undisclosed sum to sign him.
pineapple stu
I heard that the fee was well into five figures from a former match day employee of the club.
A five figure sum but not 'well into' five figures if you see what I mean
Well it's more than €14,000 and less than €20,000
Who are UCD likely to have up front this year then? McWalter, Sammon, Byrne? You seem to have a potentially excellent midfield with Cawley back to add to McDonnell, Dicker and Hurley, but very little up front.
Off-topic, but as an aside, any fond memories of Lloyd Colfer?? I'm trying to get to grips with having almost an entirely unheard of new squad.
Two Byrnes (Conan and Paul; the latter has four goals in nine games for us and is a quality player if he can only get fit) and Ciarán Quinn, who signed from Monaghan. Which doesn't say too much, but he's not done too badly so far.
Lloyd Colfer played about two games for us (his full appearance stats are downloadable from www.stigonline.com in Excel format), so no real memories of him, good or bad, other than the strange name. Search for "Colfer" in the UCD section and you'll find a strange song about him. Other than that, a non-entity really.
That file is at the bottom of this page.Quote:
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A strange song? The only thing I remember about him was the suggestion that nothing sensible rhymes with Colfer. Similar problems have arisen in relation to Kevin Grogan and many other players, but Colfer probably resulted in more cringe-inducing "songs" than the rest of them put together.Quote:
... so no real memories of him, good or bad, other than the strange name. Search for "Colfer" in the UCD section and you'll find a strange song about him. Other than that, a non-entity really.
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Thanks for that. That's a great resource to have (the excel sheet, not the awful songs). I'd love if we had the same, but don't think anyone has ever kept the details together. Some names there I didn't know played for UCD.
Incidentally, Colfer is a reasonably common name in the south-east. We might work something out with the colfer/golfer rhyme.:) Three pre-season goals for us. Looks one of the better newbies.
Incorrect. More than €9,999 maybe ;) . Still, doesn't really matter. A fair price reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
Would it be less that €10,001?Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Well I insist that my source said a figure over €15,000 and less than €18,000Quote:
Originally Posted by Student Mullet
Well my source is impeccable I'm afraid, couldn't be a better one at our end ;) and it's definitely 10k. As they say in Bohs, FACT. :)
Well fair enough, my source would have been more in the know some time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Seeing as we have "closer to twenty than ten" from a club official though, we've got two sources who could hardly be better at either end...
Either way, a good bit of business for a forward who scored two league goals not from penalties last season. Good player, but never the same he was before he got injured I think.
Well pineapple stu
Looks like my source was correct after all !
Meant to come back to this ages ago...
CITD - our source has apologised and said "I meant to say"...and a figure rather closer to our Longford friend's FACT. In fact, the same figure as it.