I heard 10k. No idea about add ons.
Well whatever it is, a transfer fee for any player is a good thing and achievement in this league. congrats to UCD.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
I'd rather he'd gone abroad for a bigger fee tbh. I think he's a better forward than Sammo. I'm also a bit bemused by those who reckon Sheppard will definitely start ahead of him (and obviously I'm biased here). Killer's scoring record - which is a good bit better than Sheppard's - doesn't tell the full story; his work rate is immense, and he creates chances out of nothing. But obviously I've seen nothing of Sheppard outside of Galway's games against us, while I've seen Killer the last two years.
Struggling to see how anyone will come close to Rovers this year.
I am thrilled but actually slighty surprised and relieved we managed to get him. Am very surprised someone in the UK didnt take a chance on him.
Id defo rate him ahead of Sheppard and Salmon where he was here too, but I can see MON now being able to rest Twigg the odd game and not be so reliant on him and leave him fresher for the big games.
I was always very impressed by Kilduff playing for our schoolboys, u21s, futsal team and then on at UCD. For 6'3 he has great control, he has power and pace and is an excellent finisher. Very few strikers in this league ever tick all those boxes!
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Guess you are right. Far-fetched stuff just does not happen in this league!!
I did not mean that match fixing was a likely consequence.
Simply that this type of arrangement leaves clubs open to 'conflict of interest' accusations - remember the comments here last season when UCD agreed to a league match postponement against Rovers?
Champions of the past have brought in players with a good profile but have gone down the road to ruin in a few years. Rovers' seem to have a good approach though so it should work out.
Stats from airtricityleague.com. Sheppard played 2 games less thats all. Just because Sheppard has played, yet failed, in England does not mean he can be rated ahead of Kilduff. To me there is no comparison and I've seen both play on a good few occasions!!where did you get those stats? Karl missed a good portion of the season between injuries and international duties.
For rovers though I think Twigg, Kilduff and Sheppard are all similar players, all 3 at best when looking to get in behind defenders. None of them are made to hold up the ball etc.. thats gotta be a worry for rovers fans.
Neither is going to be the main goalscorer at Rovers though - they'll be in the team to support Twigg. From what I've seen of both players, Sheppard has more about him as an all-round player and was the standout any time I saw him for an extremely poor Galway side (as opposed to a good UCD team).
Id personally rate Kilduff ahead of Sheppard, Kilduff seems to have more to his game and an out and out goal scorer.
I think Sheppards performance against Bohs in the first game of last season built him up too big.
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Any sign of Faherty signing for someone? Any chance he'd go back to Galway?
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Not sure how that stands with the whole Behan thing now.
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