2018 Transfers

**nigel-harps1954** · 07/07/2018, 11:10 AM

Is there any chance we could clean up this thread and make it for transfers only? This sh!te is getting tiresome.

**Ezeikial** · 07/07/2018, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Can someone point me to Kenny's comments when Cork signed a player from the "Premiership"?

I can't seem to find them.

DundalkSport article below

�John Caulfield put a statement out that we paid a massive fee for Georgie Kelly which is being completely dishonest and untrue,� he said. �We didn�t pay any fee for Georgie. He�s a young player who has come in on a modest League of Ireland wage and wants to play here. We were going to take him at the start of the year but he had a duty to UCD to finish his scholarship and didn�t feel he could leave until the summer.
�He had his own personal agreement that he could leave on a free because of that and to try and put pressure on the lad like that is unnecessary and very disappointing. They�ve signed a �Premiership player� and we�ve signed a player from the first division,� he added.

https://dundalksport.ie/dfc-bravado-...d-7c6efe53f5cf

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

I doubt that Keith Long has ever petulantly commented on a Rovers signing and spoke nonsense about it "making the league look foolish", or looking "very, very *foolish from the outside, to English clubs or about "respect and demanding fees" and "strange scenarios".

Don't whinge about a disparity in resources - do something about it.

Keith Long seems to embrace this attitude with 2 wins and a draw from 3 league matches with Shams this season

Again you are missing the point which from behind your blinkers is easy enough. Long wasn't whinging that is precisely the point I was making he was responding to a question with a truthful and mathematically correct answer and so were Bradley and Caulfield as well. It's up to them both to find another way. As I've said again and again dfc earned the money and are entitled to spend it.

**micls** · 07/07/2018, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Is there any chance we could clean up this thread and make it for transfers only? This sh!te is getting tiresome.

A 'Managers talking ****e' thread would probably be more useful, so the rest of the league doesn't have to read the nonsense!

**disgruntled** · 07/07/2018, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

You and John Caulfield it would appear.

The difference is that Caulfield made this statement earlier in the week:
�The financial packages were huge. UCD got a serious transfer fee because Georgie Kelly was a professional."

At least you simply admit to not understanding

Stephen Kenny obviously knows, John Caulfield obviously doesn't.

John Caulfield obviously cares enough to make false claims

For anyone who wants to actually understand the details the link was already posted, but here it is again
https://dundalksport.ie/dfc-bravado-...d-7c6efe53f5cf

Do you know ?

**White Horse** · 07/07/2018, 11:31 AM

"In relation to Georgie Kelly, we didn't pay anything for him," said the Dundalk manager. John Caulfield is on the record saying that we paid a record fee for him. Well, there was no fee.
We had an arrangement that he was going to come to us at the start of the year, but he felt a loyalty to UCD that he wanted to complete a scholarship programme and we respected that.
UCD are just a brilliant institution with the players that they produce, and they took great satisfaction that David McMillan and Robbie Benson scored those big goals in Europe with us.
They saw that as proof that their scholarship system is working in a major way.
Georgie had his own personal agreement with them that he would stay on until the summer and then could go, and that wasn't an agreement between us and UCD, that was between him and them.
So then to try and put pressure on the lad, and to criticise, that's really unnecessary and doesn't reflect well on John Caulfield."
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soc...-hard-12870804

**micls** · 07/07/2018, 11:33 AM

"In relation to Georgie Kelly, we didn't pay anything for him," said the Dundalk manager

Like, Caulfield may be making stuff up. But saying ye didn't pay anything at all is nonsense too. The training compensation will be the minimum. No agreement between Kelly and UCD can impact that. It's likely not big money though.

Interesting too that Kenny and Kelly are singing from different hymn sheets. Kelly on a podcast mid week said there was no agreement done with dundalk before now. Kenny saying it was done since the start of the season.

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 11:37 AM

I agree with the comment above can we start a managers talking BS thread where people who listen and analyse every utterance of manager speak can have a thread to do it.

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 11:38 AM

In transfer news rovers announcing signings today Twitter page has new signings playing today.

**micls** · 07/07/2018, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

In transfer news rovers announcing signings today Twitter page has new signings playing today.

Is the Anthony Stokes rumour true?

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 11:41 AM

Greene McCabe watts and wes houlehan (who is training with us apparantly) all rumoured.

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by micls

Is the Anthony Stokes rumour true?

Heard that As well forgot to include him in the list. Doubt it given he is out of contract for months you'd imagine he would be in training to get fit and would sign on the 1st of July. I suppose anything's possible

**Ezeikial** · 07/07/2018, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

Greene McCabe watts and wes houlehan (who is training with us apparantly) all rumoured.

Manager talking BS thread urgently needed if these 3 or 4 are announced by Rovers

We'll have to listen to guff that these guys are signing on for minimum wage, the love of Rovers and the chance to rub shoulders with legends like Duff, McPhail and Bradley

**Asterix** · 07/07/2018, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

Manager talking BS thread urgently needed if these 3 or 4 are announced by Rovers

We'll have to listen to guff that these guys are signing on for minimum wage, the love of Rovers and the chance to rub shoulders with legends like Duff, McPhail and Bradley

Its more likely that we'd have to listen to you talk about them.

**disgruntled** · 07/07/2018, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

Manager talking BS thread urgently needed if these 3 or 4 are announced by Rovers

We'll have to listen to guff that these guys are signing on for minimum wage, the love of Rovers and the chance to rub shoulders with legends like Duff, McPhail and Bradley

Yea there's plenty of that around here

In relation to my question to you above & I'm not really interested in anything Mr Kenny said ?

**Asterix** · 07/07/2018, 12:14 PM

Watts and Greene signed.

**nigel-harps1954** · 07/07/2018, 12:16 PM

Ciaran O'Connor confirmed to have left Harps on his Twitter.

Expecting more comings and goings over the next week or so.

So far we've Nathan Boyle in, Sam Todd loan extended to the end of the season, and obviously Mikey Place in at the start of June.
Two O'Connors gone and Eric Whelan gone as well a bit earlier. Gareth Doherty out on loan to Irish league side Dergview.

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Asterix

Its more likely that we'd have to listen to you talk about them.

Agreed....

**sbgawa** · 07/07/2018, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Asterix

Watts and Greene signed.

Great signings watts looks like a phenomenal talent , greene has pace and power but has a bit of ground to make up with some of the rovers fans.....a goal or two should sort it

**White Horse** · 07/07/2018, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

Great signings watts looks like a phenomenal talent , greene has pace and power but has a bit of ground to make up with some of the rovers fans.....a goal or two should sort it

Good signings. Rovers able to compete in the transfer market after all.

Dylan Watts happy with his "dream move". That'll antagonise no one