Despite reported interest from Rovers and Cork, David McMillan joins Hamilton.
Strikers with a potential for 20 goals a season continue to be elusive for each of the Europa League qualified sides
I heard up in the AUL that conor kenna will be signing for us. if thats the case it will be a hell of a signing but I think we need more experienced additions imo..
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Not sour grapes at all. Honestly, he's finished. He was superb for Harps, but he knew himself he was finished. He's not able for it at part-time level, no idea how he'd step back in as a full time player at Derry while balancing being academy director.
If he's signed forms as a player, it's only in case of emergency. Derry only had a fairly small squad over in IOM too, only 5 on the bench for that game including Paddy, and there were two trial players with them.
Would be very surprised if he plays much part at all.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Paddy's talents probably mean that he'd perform better in a full-time environment than a part-time one if they're at the same level because the stuff that comes easy to him is the technical stuff but the thing he finds harder is the fitness so the full-time environment would allow him to get that to a level where his technical abilities can come to the fore more.
That said I'd be surprised if he hasn't just signed forms as a "break glass in case of emergency" type thing. He'll probably train with them when it doesn't interfere with his academy job but doubt he'll be involved week in week out.
When he was put through his paces at Dundalk they said it would take 12 to 18 months to get his fitness up to the level expected. It was disappointing to hear at the time as i'd have loved to have seen him in Dundalk colours even at the end of his career. The way it sounded it was a surprise that he was up to semi-pro or 1st division levels but thats where the talent shines through. He didnt need to be in top shape to produce some magic!! If he is registered as a player, even as cover for serious injury crisis he'd have to be training regularly regardless. He probably doesnt want to finish up playing, few player do, so being back at his hometown club might just have given him the hunger to hang on and maybe turn out occasionally in his candystripes!?
Declan Devine Devine on Radio Foyle said Paddy was only on the bench due to injuries and he won't be signing as a player, whether you believe it or not is another question,if he's keeping himself fit and he's happy to take a squad number then why not, I'd also suggest that if Derry would need him to take a squad number then recruitment isn't going very well!
Goalkeeper Leon Pöhls & Striker Orhan Vojic reported to be on trail at Shams
Karolis Chvedukas has left Dundalk
https://www.dundalkfc.com/chvedukas-leaves-dfc/
Waterford is his expect destination
What's the thoughts on this? Big loss?
He came on as a sub with 15 mins to go and is best remembered for trying to decapitate Shane Griffen in a tackle late. How that was only a yellow i'll never know. He will fit in well down in Waterford.His appearance against Cork City a few weeks later secured him cult hero status with his performance that night, his all action style and tough tackling.
That's a bit of hype from the website contributor, as it is from you talking about decapitation.
Giffin wanted to play on when there was a Dundalk player down injured. Chvedukas didn't. He made his point in an overly robust way; I think Griifin got the message. Play was stopped.
In that case Chvedukas must have been following him around all season!
Seriously - it was a really bad tackle - Its not great to be trivializing that sort of foul play. Normally when the opposing teams don't put the ball out there is a bit of eye balling, pushing shoving etc but not a two footed late lunge directed at an opposition players knees.
As I said he will fit in well at the RSC.
I don't think it could reasonably be described a tackle. It appeared to me that it was an intentional foul designed to stop the play. It was fairly obvious at the time that he was incensed by the lack of sportsmanship by Griffin. I thought it was poor form on both players, and Chvedukas could easily have got a red card.
It is always good craic when Cork fans adopt the moral high ground on this sort of stuff.
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