Signings

[peterpan]

Craig burns signs massive signing.

[Comic Book Guy]

Has he signed for definite? Big signing if true, Waterford fans seem to rate him highly according to the blue til I die forum.

[peterpan]

Ya signed up, may not be registered for the harps game but its signed and sealed!

[bazzer10]

They are staring to put together an ok team for there first year. Still short five or six players but still good for the first year.

[marty]

Anybody give any info on who he is??

[Igot2words4ya]

Anybody give any info on who he is??

This.

[marty]

TRANSFER SAGA: Earlier this month THE LOI BLOG brought you news of an on-going transfer saga involving Craig Burns, Waterford United and Limerick FC. Well, tonight that saga has taken another dramatic and quite unbelievable twist.

First off, let us take you back to earlier this month and the start of this episode involving the Munster clubs and center back Burns.

As is custom with LOI clubs these days, Waterford United were announcing a number of re-signings on the club website for the 2013 season. One of the names listed as re-signed for the forthcoming season was Craig Burns, all was well and United fans were delighted to have kept a key part of their defence on board for this seasons expected promotion push.

However, only days later, out of the blue, if you will pardon the pun, we were told Craig Burns had lined up for local rivals Limerick FC in a pre-season friendly. The news sent shockwaves through Waterford United circles and it wasn't long before disgruntled fans began inquiring what was the exact situation regarding Burns future, who they thought was secured for another season with United.

As is fashion in the modern game, many Waterford followers took to Twitter to ask Burns what was going on and had he in fact re-signed with the blues in the first place. As is also common with social media these days, speculation began to fly-about and it is now claimed Burns has said personally that he NEVER SIGNED a contract with Waterford United, although this is still unconfirmed to this point.

Now let's fast forward to this evenings events and perhaps the most shocking of all in this saga to date. Munster rivals Waterford and Limerick met at the RSC, Waterford, for a pre-season friendly and when the team sheets where published it would reveal the name of, central defender, Craig Burns.......Lining out for Limerick yet again!

As you can expect the reaction to Burns arrival for the away team did not go down well to say the least with the Waterford faithful who made their feelings known throughout the game to the man they expected to line out at the RSC again for Waterford United this season.

Neither the respective clubs or Craig Burns have made any official comment on the matter which at this moment in time only seems to add fuel to this growing fire as one of the leagues most heated transfer debacles in recent years rubles on. However, Burns did tweet from his official account last night (@CraigBurns10) that an announcement on which club he was joining would be made TODAY (15/02/2013) with many now regarding his decision to lineup for Limerick tonight as an announcement in itself.

Hes highly rated anyhow so far as I can see from this....also some english clubs were chasing his signature too not so long ago

[peterpan]

He is a class act and from what I know speaking to people on the inside he got the runaround from Waterford, but there loss is cobhs gain so happy days.