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Thread: 2022 Season, Arrivals and Departures

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    Yeah definitely. Once they adapt to the different cultures it should be of great benefit to them in their careers. If clubs are paying proper fees for them too then they'll be more likely to think about the long term as opposed to them just being one of a dozen 16 year olds taken on for minimal compensation if any at a UK club in the past.
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    Ollie is surely taking the **** at this stage?


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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Ollie is surely taking the **** at this stage?

    Ollie for Ireland job

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    Ollie under the radar assembling an interesting squad!

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    If they can understand each other.
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finlay Harp View Post
    Ollie under the radar assembling an interesting squad!
    That's what Dundalk said this time last year!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    That's what Dundalk said this time last year!
    There was nothing under the radar about Dundalk - I'd say there was a degree of smugness about their raft of can't-miss-megastars in some quarters. I remember some very confident proclamations about the keeper.

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    No doubting we're bringing a fair few unknown quantities, but the fact there's not a hell of a lot of quality left to sign in Ireland forces the hand somewhat.

    Could be another masterstroke by Ollie or it could all end horribly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Ollie is surely taking the **** at this stage?
    He's actually played for 2 clubs since playing in Cambodia, one in Italy and another in Croatia. Not that RTE seem to be bothered to take 2 seconds to google it before writing that article and headline.

    Nothing to do with your point however because even with those clubs it still doesn’t take away from how random it is that a school teacher from Letterkenny has somehow found him!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    He's actually played for 2 clubs since playing in Cambodia, one in Italy and another in Croatia. Not that RTE seem to be bothered to take 2 seconds to google it before writing that article and headline.

    Nothing to do with your point however because even with those clubs it still doesn’t take away from how random it is that a school teacher from Letterkenny has somehow found him!

    Agents offer players to clubs all the time and I’m sure this is what happened here,he was on trial for 2/3 weeks and they obviously liked what they seen,I don’t think Ollie has scouts running around Croatia looking at players for him!
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    Quote Originally Posted by sadloserkid View Post
    There was nothing under the radar about Dundalk - I'd say there was a degree of smugness about their raft of can't-miss-megastars in some quarters. I remember some very confident proclamations about the keeper.
    You are mistaking smug for saying we'll wait and see and hoping for the best! Sure what could possibly have gone wrong with a former Albanian/ Italian underage international with 300 clubs. Nattestad seemed ok on paper but turned out to be a really lazy waster among other things. Han tried at least and Jurkovskis was a good signing but probably more expensive than just keeping as good a tried and trusted fullback. The whole 1 year contract, no preseason games stuff etc had us baffled never mind signings in. Has Zahibo managed to get another club anywhere...

    Maybe another exotic super agency has gotten some claw in to Harps, football is a universal language so no worries there and 'mucky pitch is good' is all the universal translator needs!

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    Ollie is already able to say "f***in work!" in numerous languages.
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesta99 View Post
    You are mistaking smug for saying we'll wait and see and hoping for the best! Sure what could possibly have gone wrong with a former Albanian/ Italian underage international with 300 clubs. Nattestad seemed ok on paper but turned out to be a really lazy waster among other things. Han tried at least and Jurkovskis was a good signing but probably more expensive than just keeping as good a tried and trusted fullback. The whole 1 year contract, no preseason games stuff etc had us baffled never mind signings in. Has Zahibo managed to get another club anywhere...

    Maybe another exotic super agency has gotten some claw in to Harps, football is a universal language so no worries there and 'mucky pitch is good' is all the universal translator needs!
    You may have advised caution yourself Nesta but some of your peers seemed aghast at any suggestion that Abibi wasn't a shrewd, clever bit of business from the outset. We've all been there (POS era Limerick FC were fond of an exotic flag too), just not with as internationally diverse a pool as Dundalk mustered last season.

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    Looks like Georgie Kelly to Rotherham is a done deal. Not a bad move to be joining a club 1 point off top of league 1 considering where he was at as a player 12 months ago
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    3.5 year contract apparently. Good deal for him.
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    Looks like Georgie Kelly to Rotherham is a done deal. Not a bad move to be joining a club 1 point off top of league 1 considering where he was at as a player 12 months ago
    Fair play to him,waited and got a good long term deal where he might be playing in the Championship next season......
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    Quote Originally Posted by joey B View Post
    Fair play to him,waited and got a good long term deal where he might be playing in the Championship next season......
    Yeah it was a brave but good call to back himself and wait it out. Once he got 2 clubs with proper interest (Plymouth were very close to signing him this week apparently), he no doubt got himself a better wage and longer contract
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    got to hand it to him thats an amazing deal. i dont think hes good enough for the championship but thats neither here nor there, fantastic deal that nobody could turn down

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    Saw a picture on twitter that the management agency of Cork City's Cathal Heffernan posted with him having just played for Bayer Leverkusen (presumably a trial game for a youth side), with a 'Soon ->' emoji so looks like he could be on his way to them. Good to see so many of the young expat Irish lads playing in Spain/France/Italy/Germany etc these days as opposed to just solely the UK in the past.
    Stephen Ireland's agency he's with. Mark O'Mahony and Luke O'Brien are with him and were both over in Germany recently too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JR89 View Post
    Stephen Ireland's agency he's with. Mark O'Mahony and Luke O'Brien are with him and were both over in Germany recently too.
    The Stephen Ireland has an agency? What kind of eejit would take advice from a guy who tanked his international and club careers while ruining his reputation with the public with stupid lies to the media?

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