Transfer Rumours 2016 season

**patrickccfc** · 21/11/2015, 7:36 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Cork's best player, by some distance. He's not a left back though.

He is a very important player for us and it would be very disappointing if he was to leave.

We really need to be getting in someone in the midfield who will get us plenty of goals like towell for dundalk

**LK37oldskool** · 21/11/2015, 8:04 PM

Hearing Stephen Folan to Galway. Thought he was very good when alongside Sami Oji at limerick.

**White Horse** · 21/11/2015, 8:08 PM

Originally Posted by patrickccfc

We really need to be getting in someone in the midfield who will get us plenty of goals like towell for dundalk

You already have one. Gavan Holohan is the best attacking midfielder in the league after Towell and Finn. A players I wouldn't mind seeing in Oriel Park.

**patrickccfc** · 21/11/2015, 8:28 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

You already have one. Gavan Holohan is the best attacking midfielder in the league after Towell and Finn. A players I wouldn't mind seeing in Oriel Park.

Now if only Caulfield played him...

**gufc2000** · 21/11/2015, 8:59 PM

Originally Posted by LK37oldskool

Hearing Stephen Folan to Galway. Thought he was very good when alongside Sami Oji at limerick.

Yeah confirmed earlier, http://galwayunitedfc.ie/stephen-fol...galway-united/

**Jofspring** · 21/11/2015, 9:08 PM

Originally Posted by LK37oldskool

Hearing Stephen Folan to Galway. Thought he was very good when alongside Sami Oji at limerick.

At the time I always felt Oji made him look good. Was a lost puppy without Oji. In saying that he has the attributes to become a good centre half as he gets a bit older I reckon. Still young enough.

**longfordjames** · 22/11/2015, 8:55 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Cork's best player, by some distance. He's not a left back though.

Originally Posted by White Horse

You already have one. Gavan Holohan is the best attacking midfielder in the league after Towell and Finn. A players I wouldn't mind seeing in Oriel Park.

Hmmmm

**cobhlad** · 22/11/2015, 3:11 PM

John O'Flynn to Cobh is looking likely. Would be a great signing, have lacked a main striker since Dub left

**donnrua** · 22/11/2015, 3:21 PM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

At the time I always felt Oji made him look good. Was a lost puppy without Oji. In saying that he has the attributes to become a good centre half as he gets a bit older I reckon. Still young enough.

Lost without Oji when he was at Limerick, dreadful the couple of times I saw him play for Sligo and couldn't get a game at Cork. Poor positional sense, can't pass a ball to save his life, finds it easy to lose his man at set-pieces(unfortuneately it's when he's supposed to be defending) What other attributes am I missing?

**redobit** · 22/11/2015, 6:14 PM

Originally Posted by donnrua

Lost without Oji when he was at Limerick, dreadful for Sligo and couldn't get a game at Cork. Poor positional sense, can't pass a ball to save his life, finds it easy to lose his man at set-pieces(unfortuneately it's when he's supposed to be defending) What other attributes am I missing?

Far from it. He done pretty Ok with us. Was one of our better players before he left.

**oriel** · 22/11/2015, 6:27 PM

Originally Posted by noddy102

Gaynor is horrific. If anyone doubts me re watch the fai cup final. All he does is clip balls down the line to absolutely know body and is afraid to head the ball, it's embarrassing. Yes he can cross a ball but that doesn't take away from the fact that he gives ball away 8/10 times. Was the same at Sligo.

That's very harsh, he may be technically limited at times but overall I found him to be a decent player who gives his all most times I saw him playing. Had a decent season for us in 2010. I always thought he would be the perfect type of player who with a lot better one to one coaching would have improved significantly, in saying that he has served all the sides he played with well in my view.

**donnrua** · 22/11/2015, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by redobit

Far from it. He done pretty Ok with us. Was one of our better players before he left.

Fair enough. Correction made in post

**Town Legend** · 23/11/2015, 9:34 AM

Looks like Towell is signing for Brighton.

**Philosophizer** · 23/11/2015, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by noddy102

Gaynor is horrific. If anyone doubts me re watch the fai cup final. All he does is clip balls down the line to absolutely know body

Absolute tosh! Gaynor is one of the best left back's in the league. Might not be amazing defensively but has a lovely left foot. In fairness to him in the FAI cup final there was wicked wind down one side of the pitch at one stage. I know because i was sitting there. One corner flag was almost horizontal with the wind while all the rest were still - very odd. That played havoc with some of his passes. It's the same reason why Rogers threw a ball straight to a cork attackers feet at one stage.

**Jofspring** · 23/11/2015, 10:24 AM

Is it not a bit of a contradiction to say a player is one of the best left backs but then say he's not great at defending. That's his number one job. If you are better a whipping crosses then you are a winger.

**disgruntled** · 23/11/2015, 10:29 AM

Gaynor is a very good footballer..
Has a sweet left foot & will do well for any club he's with.
May not be a total defender but very exciting going forward.
Always enjoyed watching him play.

**disgruntled** · 23/11/2015, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

Is it not a bit of a contradiction to say a player is one of the best left backs but then say he's not great at defending. That's his number one job. If you are better a whipping crosses then you are a winger.

I would consider him more of a wing back rather than an out & out defender.

**strikeforce** · 23/11/2015, 10:46 AM

Towell to Brighton ??????.

**Philosophizer** · 23/11/2015, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

Is it not a bit of a contradiction to say a player is one of the best left backs but then say he's not great at defending. That's his number one job. If you are better a whipping crosses then you are a winger.

Yea wing back is probably his perfect position.

It might look a bit odd but i still don't think it's much of a contradiction. he's not a bad defender, I just said he wasn't amazing. but i still think he was one of the top left backs last year, because the way Cork play suits him as he spends a lot more time attacking than defending. he excellent at advancing forward from a deep position.

Nowadays, it's v common to see most teams play with at least one v attacking full back anyway. It's especially common if the left sided attacking midfielder is right footed and likes to drift centrally, like Sheppard does for Cork, leaving space for Gaynor to overlap and offer the width.

Just last weekend Mourinho played with Kenedy (young Brazilian winger who is v attacking) at left back because he knew that Chelsea were gonna dominate possession at home against Norwich and that most of the time he wouldn't have any defending to do. He was spot on.

**littlebray** · 23/11/2015, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

If those contracts were broken of course we would be screwed, though we woudl have legal recourse. Has a sponsor ever pulled out mid season before? A major one?

NTL reneged on payment during the second year of a two-year deal with Bray Wanderers in 2003. I don't know if they pulled out of their other football sponsorships (Celtic & Rangers in the SPL, Newcastle and I think three others in the EPL).

Would the legal route work in such circumstances?