Transfer rumours

**Ezeikial** · 15/02/2011, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by de bowez

Certainly not delighted, even if the 500 cap is in place Id be unhappy if we end up with a senior squad of more than 10 or 11 players.

Guys you really need to shake yourselves free from this delusion about the €500 wage cap - it is a nonsense propaganda that is being peddled.

It will be good for the competitiveness of the league if Bohs assemble a decent squad, but really the question responsible Bohs fans need to be asking is whether the playing budget is likely to place Bohs in jeopardy again

**GerByrne** · 15/02/2011, 1:27 PM

Bohs have also signed Conor Murphy from Rovers Under 19s and a young fela from Pats called Karl Summer ( I think) Also, a young fella from SF called Eoin (Foster?) To play in the A side next season. Owen Heary will manage the Championship team..

**Fingalstan** · 15/02/2011, 1:43 PM

any word on the Shaun Maher transfer to Dundalk?

**SkStu** · 15/02/2011, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

Guys you really need to shake yourselves free from this delusion about the €500 wage cap - it is a nonsense propaganda that is being peddled.

is that just a hunch?

what sort of wages are you guys paying? Whatever it is must simply be a nonsense propaganda that is being peddled.

**Schumi** · 15/02/2011, 1:54 PM

Ronan Finn on trial at Crystal Palace.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/pa...n-2539403.html

As the transfer window in Britain has closed, Finn would not be able to play for a club until next summer but he would be in a position to sign a pre-contract and join a League of Ireland side until the window opens again in July.

**TheBoss** · 15/02/2011, 2:11 PM

Originally Posted by GerByrne

Bohs have also signed Conor Murphy from Rovers Under 19s and a young fela from Pats called Karl Summer ( I think) Also, a young fella from SF called Eoin (Foster?) To play in the A side next season. Owen Heary will manage the Championship team..

Karl Somers (Sporting Fingal) and Eoin Fowler (St. Pats)

**SkStu** · 15/02/2011, 2:20 PM

Originally Posted by Jicked

I'd have thought Bohs would be fighting it out with Drogheda, Monaghan, Bray and the likes for signatures. Apparently Aidan Price, Ger O'Brien, Robert Bayly and Anto Flood will be confirmed today (according to Paul O'Hehir) adding to the players kept on from last year like your two pro, experienced keepers. Those signings don't exactly suggest a side who'll be competing with Drogheda United on the pitch, or in the chequebook. Obviously we wont know until the press conference later today, but if those are the signings well then it seems that yet again Bohs are gambling in the hope of getting through a round or two in Europe and finishing high up the LoI table to pay off a bit of the Zurich debt. I'll be dumbfounded if the Bohs fans are delighted to hear about such signings, and if they are they deserve everything they have coming to them.

i think Murphy is gone Jicked. Just one semi-experienced keeper if that is the case.

http://www.bohemians.ie/news/4-club-...announced.html

exciting young and enthusiastic squad we have assembled but, yes, i am worried about what they are being paid. And i will be worried until we find out for sure.

**GerByrne** · 15/02/2011, 2:31 PM

Cheers The Boss..it was a lot of information to be taking in at once

**White Horse** · 15/02/2011, 2:39 PM

Originally Posted by Fingalstan

any word on the Shaun Maher transfer to Dundalk?

There was a rumour that he failed his medical, but this is what the club said this afternoon:

"Shaun Maher only went for his medical this morning. We'll have news on the outcome as soon as we get it."

**Jicked** · 15/02/2011, 3:39 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

i think Murphy is gone Jicked. Just one semi-experienced keeper if that is the case.

http://www.bohemians.ie/news/4-club-...announced.html

exciting young and enthusiastic squad we have assembled but, yes, i am worried about what they are being paid. And i will be worried until we find out for sure.

Strange that Baz hasn't been announced as being released or on trial anywhere else, especially with Sligo in particular being in the market for a keeper the last few weeks, plus Baz did start pre-season training with Bohs. Considering he was laughing at Bohs being "completely f**ked" in pubs over New Years I'm amazed if he thinks he's going to play hard ball and get a better deal out of them, but maybe that's the game he's playing.

**SkStu** · 15/02/2011, 3:54 PM

oh, how i love your little tales of players down t'pub. Theyre really fun but most importantly, very reliable.

yeah, maybe he's trying to stay at Bohs and will end up staying here. Too late for him to join anyone else.

**El-Pietro** · 15/02/2011, 4:19 PM

we'll take him if hes on a free!

**SkStu** · 15/02/2011, 4:24 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

we'll take him if hes on a free!

please send all inquiries to Dublin 7 or call 868 0923 and ask for Zach Braff.

**Dodge** · 15/02/2011, 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

oh, how i love your little tales of players down t'pub. Theyre really fun but most importantly, very reliable

As reliable as any club statements in fairness

**SkStu** · 15/02/2011, 4:44 PM

at least clubs are somewhat accountable for the statements they release. Tales of drunken escapades with players down the pub are a different beast!

**Dodge** · 15/02/2011, 4:48 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

at least clubs are somewhat accountable for the statements they release. Tales of drunken escapades with players down the pub are a different beast!

clubs accountable? LOL

**Ezeikial** · 15/02/2011, 4:49 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

is that just a hunch?

No - its a fact that some Bohs fans are claiming a �500 wage cap.

I don't believe it and apparently you seem to have some doubts too

Originally Posted by SkStu

exciting young and enthusiastic squad we have assembled but, yes, i am worried about what they are being paid. And i will be worried until we find out for sure.

Liam Burns was offered the same terms as last year at Dundalk (confirmed by Ian Foster) and this was more then �500:

Speaking at a fans� forum in the Youth Development Centre at Oriel Park last Thursday night, Foster also revealed that the club have now �moved on� from last year�s club captain Liam Burns, who had been offered the same terms as last season.

Of course it's possible that he accepted a lower offer, but I very much doubt it.

Aidan Price was also offered terms with Dundalk and indiscussions with Derry, and was haggling for more money. Guess what - this was over �500 a week too?

Other anecdotal evidense from Dodge suggests similar stuff with a player Pats were talking to.

It's also very hard to imagine that Ger O'Brien or Anto Flood are below this wage level.

Owen Heary is on over �1000 a week.

Do yo believe the �500 propaganda?

Originally Posted by SkStu

what sort of wages are you guys paying? Whatever it is must simply be a nonsense propaganda that is being peddled.

Not relevant to this discussion. But try to deflect all you want

**1st time post** · 15/02/2011, 4:49 PM

Originally Posted by Jicked

Strange that Baz hasn't been announced as being released or on trial anywhere else, especially with Sligo in particular being in the market for a keeper the last few weeks, plus Baz did start pre-season training with Bohs. Considering he was laughing at Bohs being "completely f**ked" in pubs over New Years I'm amazed if he thinks he's going to play hard ball and get a better deal out of them, but maybe that's the game he's playing.

Well we officially signed Brendan Clarke today so we definitely wont be signing him. The rumours down here were that we were talking to him at one stage but was looking for too much money to relocate.

**CSFShels** · 15/02/2011, 4:52 PM

Based on the signings being made by Bohs, I predict a similar struggle next year without half the enthusiasm and vigour from the fans to recoup the deficit.