Anto Murphy had about three spells at both Pat's and Bohs. Didn't Dave Mulcahy have three spells at Pat's as well?
Never met the guy, heard a long interview he gave on the greatest league in the world seemed like a really sound guy but this does seem poor form.
Ski McGee had 6 different spells with us
Dylan McGlade heading to Bray,big blow to Longford.
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Defecting to north Korea from longford , not often yo uj hear that
That is very disappointing. Though I'd resigned myself to him going I hadn't really thought of Bray as a possible destination. We need a replacement from somewhere.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
I like McGlade but I get the impression that he gets ideas above his station for a player that has only really performed consistently over a single First Division season to date. I'd say he'll be as surprised as anyone if he ends up signing for Bray.
On that note, Kenny is unsurprisingly having a look at some former Bray lads for us. He has both John Sullivan and Darragh Noone in training at the moment.
Last edited by Jack B; 10/01/2019 at 12:33 AM.
True I guess. Plus it seems you have to build around him and pretty much leave him free from defensive work to get the best out of him. Most teams won’t do that, certainly not at Premier Division level. We’re definitely looking weaker than last year currently unfortunately though there appears to be some interesting young lads in the squad so far.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
I said I wouldn't cry if he left because as good as he was last season I did feel his attitude towards the club in terms of some of his social media postings and comments on podcasts was a bit disrespectful towards the club and as pointed out above he didn't track back and went totally missing in the last few games when he clearly felt he would be getting a big move. Clubs didn't knock his door down as expected so he's gone to bray for a handy pay day. If it was for the good of his career I'd say best of luck but this is a bit of a bitter pill tbh. Just hope bray know what they are spending
Sullivan would be a good signing for pats, great at breaking up play in midfield especially when he keeps his passing simple as others have said. Good person to have around a dressing room too apparently and he's a PT so his hours would be flexible enough to suit whenever pats train.
Definitely reckon McGlade was holding out for a bigger move that evidently hasn't happened. As the lads have alluded to I don't think he did himself any favours with the way he went on when he was on Conan's podcast. You can't have only had one good season in the First Division and start talking about bigger things but that you'll need to be allowed to "cheat" when they happen to be at your best. It's a luxury that most teams even at a higher LOI standard won't afford you. Genuinely do like him but he's also not that much of a kid anymore and he needs/needed to properly knuckle down if he's to kick on as he wants.
Agreed on Sullivan too lads. Our squad is shaping up quite well but outside of Conor Clifford - who hasn't got a wealth of first team experience anyway - all of our midfielders are around 20/21 so it'd be needed steel and experience in there I think. Him and maybe a right winger and we're looking good for next season. Noone I'm surprised to see involved and I'd be even more surprised if we actually signed him with Markey/Miele/Clifford/Lennon/Poynton/Coleman and now potentially Sullivan all there already as midfield options.
Darragh Rainsford ex Limerick signing for Cork from junior ball here.
Of all the teams in the Prem Pats have taken the biggest leap forward in terms of the overall talent and ability in the squad.
Going full time next season as well and with Harry Kenny pulling the strings i expect Pats to be up there.
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