Pre-Season Rumours Thread

[MariborKev]

Emmett Friars

I heard he signed yesterday?

[harps1954]

Jonathan Minnock could be on the way back to Harps, as well as Davitt Walsh and Matthew Crossan. Now, if we could get Minnock and McHugh both to sign, it would prove a good bit of work by James Gallagher.

http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donega...-to.5998826.jp

[micls]

Everythings falling into place down here

Owner: Tom Coughlan
Manager: Roddy Collins
Captain: George O Callaghan
Sponsor: Danny Drew

Dream Team eat your heart out

[Longfordian]

You just need the sniper in the stands now.

[Captain2007]

Everythings falling into place down here

Owner: Tom Coughlan
Manager: Roddy Collins
Captain: George O Callaghan
Sponsor: Danny Drew

Dream Team eat your heart out

Cork's answer to "I'm a Celebrity get me out of here"

[The Betting Man]

Everythings falling into place down here

Owner: Tom Coughlan
Manager: Roddy Collins
Captain: George O Callaghan
Sponsor: Danny Drew

Dream Team eat your heart out

Cork City F.C. = Dream Team without the cracking birds

[micls]

Cork City F.C. = Dream Team without the cracking birds

I know. It's not the same since Noelle left.

[Candystripe]

Barry Molloy meant to be re signing for Derry City, as is Emmett Friars, also possibility Neil McCafferty could be leaving Dungannon to resign

That is a seriously good side Derry are putting together on a low budget, albeit a high budget for the 1st division.

We should be up there challenging with the squad we have ATM.

[KBurke]

http://www.galwaynews.ie/10835-conno...n-united-squad

Interview with Sean Connor. Says he is interested in bringing both Thomas Heary and Chris Turner to Terryland. He says he has talked to the 2 of them. Also mentions Liam Burns but if Dundalk cant afford him I cant see how we can.

[Dillonman]

http://www.galwaynews.ie/10835-conno...n-united-squad

Interview with Sean Connor. Says he is interested in bringing both Thomas Heary and Chris Turner to Terryland. He says he has talked to the 2 of them. Also mentions Liam Burns but if Dundalk cant afford him I cant see how we can.

Alot of rumours on our forum of him being on €1,300 last year!

[de bowez]

Alot of rumours on our forum of him being on €1,300 last year!

More than 10% of the total wage bill?

[garyderry]

That is a seriously good side Derry are putting together on a low budget, albeit a high budget for the 1st division.

We should be up there challenging with the squad we have ATM.

If we sign all the players we are rumoured to be signing, it will be a totallly local side, on a way smaller budget that last season, but not much weaker.

[shep]

More than 10% of the total wage bill?

Well he was quoted as saying this week that we offered him 60% less this year than he got last year.And he was offered 500 a week and 100 each game he plays for this season AFAIK.So he must have been on close to the 1300 per week by that reckoning.

[marinobohs]

http://www.galwaynews.ie/10835-conno...n-united-squad

Interview with Sean Connor. Says he is interested in bringing both Thomas Heary and Chris Turner to Terryland. He says he has talked to the 2 of them. Also mentions Liam Burns but if Dundalk cant afford him I cant see how we can.

As mentioned elsewhere Dundalk offered him a contract on 40% of what he was on last year and he was involved in the recent uncontracted players training session so I suspect he will be settling for a lot less than last year.
Seanie seems to be bringing his usual players down to Galway. Better hope they sign one year contracts or you will be stuck with them when he is gone !

[Ezeikial]

As mentioned elsewhere Dundalk offered him a contract on 40% of what he was on last year and he was involved in the recent uncontracted players training session so I suspect he will be settling for a lot less than last year.
Seanie seems to be bringing his usual players down to Galway. Better hope they sign one year contracts or you will be stuck with them when he is gone !

Can't see how Liam Burns would be a realistic possibility for Galway. Even on a significanlt reduced weekly wage - say something in the region of €700 - €750 plus accommodation costs - surely the c €35k would not fit into Galways budget.

Turner as a possibility is even more bizarre - the offer he rejected at Dundalk was even higher again!

Shaun Kelly is also a bit of a mystery - likely to cost similar amount to Burns if he is to stay full time.

Thomas Heary is a more realistic possibility - but the reason why he has had no other offers must be obvious.

Sean Connor is either shooting up hot air, or the Galway budget is far higher then indicated previously.

The third possibility is the most worrying for Galway fans - Seannie uses every trick in the book to sign some of these guys, and others are left to pick up the pieces.

[gufct]

Its great to see people taking a few quotes and automatically saying our Budget is going to be increased dramatically (we havent officialy announced any signings). We have submitted our Budget and went through the interview stage over a week ago and as far as I know its been approved.

There are a number of teams who have announced signings of up to 7 new players and who subsequently have had their budgets refused and yet their own fans spend their time slating fellow clubs for foolhardiness.

I wouldnt be Sean Connors biggest fan but at the open forum he said he would be working with a squad of 15 core players supplemented by A team and U 19 players and i will wait to pass judgement until I see that squad. Its a buyers market and players are becoming more realistic and the closer it comes to mid February they will have to lower their demands or risk ending up with no club.

[Dunny]

Its great to see people taking a few quotes and automatically saying our Budget is going to be increased dramatically (we havent officialy announced any signings). We have submitted our Budget and went through the interview stage over a week ago and as far as I know its been approved.

There are a number of teams who have announced signings of up to 7 new players and who subsequently have had their budgets refused and yet their own fans spend their time slating fellow clubs for foolhardiness.

I wouldnt be Sean Connors biggest fan but at the open forum he said he would be working with a squad of 15 core players supplemented by A team and U 19 players and i will wait to pass judgement until I see that squad. Its a buyers market and players are becoming more realistic and the closer it comes to mid February they will have to lower their demands or risk ending up with no club.

Deja vu!

[Martinho II]

I know. It's not the same since Noelle left.

I assume Noelle is one of the missing cork city fans since coughlan took charge?

[bluewhitearmy]

I could be wrong but was or is she a spokesperson for FORAS?

[Longfordian]

She worked for Cork Community Liaison Officer I think she was. Well known about the place pre Tom.