Yeah I had us relegated already but if he can hit the ground running it’ll give us a chance
Yeah I had us relegated already but if he can hit the ground running it’ll give us a chance
Great signing, and a superb return on the fundraising efforts.
Where would you see him playing? We had him as a striker, but he's more of an a wing forward really.
Presumably (hopefully!) he'll be missing the first game of the restart in the Brandywell.
Fascinating that this is the same Sligo who were trying to get the whole season cancelled as they couldn’t afford to continue with no income and weren’t paying their players. I assumed the fundraising they did was to get through the remainder of the season with their existing costs covered.
Nonetheless it is a great signing for them.
Sligo are constantly out with the poor mouth to their locality and that's not even a knock on them they do really well out it.
Similar situation to Dundalk advantages wise actually
Gaelic Muckball team are consistently terrible.
Hurling doesn't exist.
Rugby doesn't exist.
Plus you'd have to assume a lot of the people donating are people who would have normally sponsored a match ball, programme etc in normal times.
I say fairplay to them.
There's a lot of navel gazing goes on around league of Ireland about development and facilities and blah blah won't someone think of the children.
Do you know what's an even better way to get people to support you.
Having a decent striker!
What a signing for Sligo rovers! Im quite impressed. Im very surprised that Derry didnt attempt to resign him at all any reason Derry City fans?
In Longford Town news its not on our website as of yet but Lewis Shaw broke on his twitter feed that we have signed from Dundalk on loan Eric Abulu he played for us in Oriel.
Dundalk fans any opinion on Eric?
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
We're not sure. I'd hazard a guess that we would have tried, but that Sligo are simply paying more. Junior won't be cheap.
Separately, we've signed James Akintunde. English forward, signed from Maidenhead.
https://www.derrycityfc.net/2020/07/...mes-akintunde/
Lido Lotefa played for Longford the other night and is joining them on loan.
If you play him up front on his own at any stage you will have completed wasted the player.
He is best by far on either side of a 3.
Terrific player though and some signing. Had to have been a fair few € thrown at that.
FC Twente reportedly after Danny Mandroiu
https://www.extratime.com/articles/2...edium=facebook
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Lotefa played the last 20 mins in the Unite the Union cup 6-0 win v Linfield, replacing Jamie McGrath in what was his last game for Dundalk.
Thought he was very good, showed real strength on and off the ball, I'd say this will only be a short deal on loan, but good move for him to get games, Longford getting a decent player.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Was Lotefa born in Ireland Oriel?
What I mean is where are his parents from?
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Shane Doherty resigned back for gufc delighted that he’s back.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I know you didn't mean it as a dig but just to clarify, Sligo Rovers are never really out with the 'poor mouth'. This is a fundraiser, just like all the other fundraisers we do season after season. ITs not so much the club 'doing really well out of it', its everybody doing well out of it ... the club, the fans, the community, the showgrounds, the business. Rovers really forms a huge part of the identity and culture of Sligo, so everybody understands that and the connection means that people are more than happy to donate. I sell annual draw tickets every summer and 80% of the people buying tickets wont set foot in the Showgrounds, but they all say how great it is to see the summer camps, the joy that the club has brought, the tradition, etc.
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!
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