Raff Cretaro leaves Sligo after 17 years at the club. That's almost unheard of these days. It's pretty much as long as this forum has been around.
Here's a thread on here from 2003 suggesting him as one of the LoI's best young players. Most of the posters in the thread haven't lasted as long!
Cretaro signs for Harps and Ciaran Gallagher back aswell.
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
He did have stints at Bohs and Galway as well.
Cretaro will always be a hero in my eyes for his massive contribution to the bit o red.
Such a clever player. He also had an unbelievable burst of pace and leap that made him one of the best players the league has seen on his day imo.
Only for him Id say we would have been relegated in the last two seasons as he put in some wonderful performances and scored some critical goals.
Best of luck to him at Harps. You can be sure he will be a great addition.
It is sad when looking back at old threads and seeing posts from now deceased members, there but for the grace of god!!
To see Simon Kelly and Chris Lawless named as potential stars is mad. Kelly is worthy of being called a legend in our 1st division sides and a bit beyond. Lawless turned out to be a waste of talent.
Where is the master of arrogance Dodge these days?
Drennan can p1ss off. To say the club bent over backwards to look after him (and his partner) last season is an understatement. He spat the dummy like a child when Lyttle got let go and stirred some crap at the end of the season too. He had no problem going on twitter with an empty 'thank you' to the club but showed no respect to the club or manager in the last week.
Last edited by redobit; 14/12/2018 at 10:43 AM.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
His recovery from all his much documented problems is great to see. Good to see your sympathetic.
That is a ridiculous post, Id like for you to recall that NNNN. Nowhere did I mention his problems, the club are more than good to all players not just those with documented issues. His lack of respect for the club recently and the crap at the end of last season was ridiculous.
Last edited by redobit; 14/12/2018 at 2:47 PM.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
I should add when I said "haven't lasted that long", that's not at all what I meant...
Twotter world these days.
We were both following each other on that site until he blocked me over a silly argument about the away section at OP
The bio on his a/c used to read something like "LOI Twitter personality who loves American sport" 71k+ posts there atm.
Attention seeking whore imo.
He is doing something right if we are passing comment! lol That damn away section, causing arguments and looks like the set from a post-apocalyptic war movie. Nah Dodge is a knowledgeable football fan, he wasnt just shy about knowing better than everyone else on everything. David McMillan going to flop at Dundalk was one of the last nuggets here.
Greg Sloggett signs for Derry
I expect him to attract a lot of attention this season. Blow to UCD
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46578878
A Joe Gormley transfer to Tallaght looks to be gettinga tad more expensive. Not for the first time this week Cliftonville have done the usual not for at any price statements* which really shouting 'higher' then we will talk, then saying to disgruntled supporters that the offer was too high to refuse, the club's financially security is the top priority and that they wont stand in the players way if he wants to move! etc etc. Makes the availability of Drennan being overlooked a missed opportunity as surely Rovers would have opened the purse strings to beat Pats to his signature. Would a move for McMillan have Rovers fans happy?
*https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/46581446
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