2022 Season, Arrivals and Departures

[Jd2793]

Two lads return from Drogheda to Lincoln. Big losses. Will put Drogheda right in the relegation battle.

Also, Dundalk need to tie up their loan signings. Will be a fight for Europe if they leave.

is bradley going back ?

[Kiki Balboa]

is bradley going back ?

Unlikely him as he is a season-long loan. But you also never know. The problem with these loan deals is that they are too favourable to the British clubs, who have the recall options.

Williams loan has finished early due to injury. A great lad. Wouldn't be surprised if a replacement came in for him via the loan market again though. I know there is rumours of Alfie Lewis going back to Pats, but I wonder if Dundalk will be intrested in him.

Macari's loan is finishing, and he was offered a new contract at Stoke (not signed yet as far as I know). Hopefully, it is in everybodys interest for him to complete the season at Dundalk, considering the leaps and bounds he has improved. But maybe Stoke want him back for another loan in England (or worse to be a reserve player....). I know he is a pretty big Stoke fan, like season ticket as a kid. He seemed on the way out of Stoke when Dundalk signed him (it was expected for him to sign as a full time player in the summer when his contract was finished), but nevertheless, happy for him to still get a chance to play for his boyhood team. Connollys loan is also finishing too, but he wants to move back to Ireland (at it seems he is very happy at Dundalk) for family reasons. He is under contract in Scotland for a couple of years, but does not want to go back.

Loan deals have their issues and provide little stability for the club, but, all things considering for Dundalk, we only had 2 players under contract (O'Kane and Mawyo) when O'Donnell came in, and started recruiting pretty late in December, these loan deals gave us a pretty great base to build on. Its insecure now, but was by far the best option for the club (and those players and loanee clubs).

[Bunny Kelly]

Two lads return from Drogheda to Lincoln. Big losses. Will put Drogheda right in the relegation battle.

Also, Dundalk need to tie up their loan signings. Will be a fight for Europe if they leave.

Those lads gone already or do Drogs have them until July 1st?

[Jd2793]

Those lads gone already or do Drogs have them until July 1st?

gone already by the sounds of drogs tweet earlier. can we expect ucd to be down a few bodies tomorrow @thebowler

[Bunny Kelly]

gone already by the sounds of drogs tweet earlier. can we expect ucd to be down a few bodies tomorrow @thebowler

Often the case with UCD, Keaney is suspended but I'd imagine him & Todd would be prime candidates to have finished up

[Shinkicker]

https://blogyv.com/shamrock-rovers-p...fredo-morelos/
Alfredo Morelos to Rovers. If this is true the tide is turning, Linfield keeper, rangers striker, 6 poppies on you jersey, next you'll be called Shambolic Rangers.

[Nesta99]

lol 15 million kitchen sinks or whatever bait is need to 'lliure' him in, bit of craic mind!

[pineapple stu]

Seems to be a direct Catalan translation of this for some reason.

(I'm presuming a site called "ReadCeltic" is more likely to refer to R*****s than some random Catalan one, but this is football, and football is strange!)

[sbgawa]

We must have sold the stadium ��

[Nesta99]

the Ryanair sponsorship of Rangers was a funny addition, obviously would never happen without a mass exodus by Rangers fans to the tune of ANY sponsorship. Pity it didnt say that Morelos was being signed by rovers (DD) to loan back to Celtic to get around financial fair play, that could actually have taken off among scottish football circles....

[Nesta99]

We must have sold the stadium ��

You'd have to have sold it twice!!

[Shinkicker]

If you sell the stadium twice you'll get his left leg and right hand, fcuk all use to anyone.

[DCSIL]

Puts in the Shade a Harps fan coming out here and always mentioning Derry

[joey B]

https://shelbournefc.ie/shelbourne-a...van-der-sluis/

Shels signed another Welsh keeper ,hoping for better luck than the last one ……

[joey B]

http://cobhramblers.ie/club-statement-2/

Cobh manager departs,shame for them,really like Cobh as a club but obviously hasn’t happened for them this season….

[The Bowler]

http://cobhramblers.ie/club-statement-2/

Cobh manager departs,shame for them,really like Cobh as a club but obviously hasn’t happened for them this season….

Agree Joey, like Cobh, and they deserve a bit if a run at the play offs one of these years. I wonder if any more managerial casualties coming before the transfer window opens

[da bishop]

Agree Joey, like Cobh, and they deserve a bit if a run at the play offs one of these years. I wonder if any more managerial casualties coming before the transfer window opens

Lovely club ,but tbf one win in 13/14 games something had to give and when they have to be ruthless they are,no doubt there will be others,vital win for Treaty last night and for Tommy Barrett as the wins have dried up ,one in 8/9?Brays whole coaching setup needs to be looked at surely?

[total hoofball]

Not really sure what expectations clubs like Cobh and Athlone are having this season in a tougher division with their squads made up of mostly young players on expenses many of whom really should be playing at Intermediate level

[Jd2793]

cobh are hopeless. cant do much down there when they are getting 19s from city who arent good enough for first division.

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps sign Dylan Duncan, last with QPR.

https://finnharps.ie/finn-harps-sign-dylan-duncan/