Brush was suspended. Back now but I’d imagine Walsh will stay in.Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Bristol City are after Adam Murphy. He’s been absolutely brilliant under Daly since nailing down a starting 11 spot. He’s out of contract at the end of the season (he’s obviously been offered a longer one by pats but I’d imagine his agent has advised against signing it as with most top young talents). Pats will now decide whether to reject and lose him for a 6 figure compensation fee in Jan or take a higher fee now. With Lennon out for another 5 weeks or so apparently, we can’t really afford to lose another important midfielder with the cup and european race still ongoing
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...205148928.html
Paaatrick's Agletic
Very impressive young man, young Melia also.
Curtis too, you lot are prime cherry picking targets for cheapskate Brit clubs
If we lost Murphy with Lennon also out for another 4/5 weeks I'd be pretty worried about even making top four to be honest. The squad would suddenly look dramatically light on quality.
If a few teams looking at Murphy I wonder could you sell him now but get him back on loan until the end of the season? For the buying club they make no one nips in ahead of them & it is probably better for his long term development. As promising as he isn't jumping into a first team squad of a champ side straight away
Eddie Nolan has announced his retirement today, he'll start a new job but he'll also stay on as a coach in the academy.
I hope he doesn’t just jump at the first English club that comes along. Especially if he is in demand, I’d like to see our clubs and our players start to value themselves a little more. Arguably he’d be better off staying here for at least another season rather than going across the water and not getting a sniff of first team football.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Managerial change next season at The Bowl has been confirmed iby internal sources. As previously predicted, Myler is stepping down for 'work reasons', my guy is pretty spot on in calling the exact story some months ago. Suggestion is that his number 2 Willie OConnor will take over. Myler will be missed by nobody at the club, he became a problem some time back.
I'd imagine this is a hard choice for any young player in the league who is getting regular first team minutes. The risks in going are that you go to the wrong club, your career stalls and it never fully recovers but there are similar risks in staying here. If you stay here you could get a long term injury that derails your career or the next season you play might not be as the current one so good offers may just disappear so you end up going to a club which might not be a great fit but you see it as your last opportunity. Such a tough decision to make for so many reasons
If Bristol City were interested in him it would be a lovely landing spot for him as they have been excellent for giving young players a chance the last few years
Cork City have announced the signing of Andrii Kravchuk, a former Ukrainian U21 international. The name may be a bit familiar, he was in the news last year after Oleksandr Zinchenko (a friend from their time at Shakhtar) helped arrange for him to train with Man City after he arrived in the UK as a refugee.
https://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/2023/...for-cork-city/
Cork City have also announced the signing of Malik Dijksteel subject to international clearance. Dutch Surinamese midfielder, a former Feyenoord youth team player most recently with Wrexham's reserves. Had a spell with Middlesbrough where his brother Anfernee plays previously.
https://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/2023/...igns-for-city/
Has Conor Levingston left Wexford or is he injured? Hasn’t been involved for a while and was a sub for a good while before that…..
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
He's on the bench today per the FAI app
Yeah he’s not listed on Wexford’s team they put up on Twitter so not sure what the story is….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
He was injured for a while anyway.
Good career behind him, surprised he played on so long. all the best to him in WFC Academy.
Adam Murphy leaving Pats for Bristol City…..
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Lennon not being out for as long lessens the blow of Murphy leaving, assuming he manages to stay fit now.
It's an annoying one but was absolutely inevitable. Hopefully we've gotten a decent fee out of it given the circumstances.
Article on it here,
Agreed. On the plus side, Pats will get a higher fee now and will also be able to include a sell on clause which, for a player of Murphy's ability, could prove to be worth a decent bit in the future if he reaches his potential.
I think a midfield of Forrester Lennon and Leavy is what we're looking at going forward. Not much backup to that though, Timmermans and McCormack probably the only other options in midfield (as well as the Swiss Army knife Jay McClelland who was fancied over both while Lennon was out)
Last edited by 2 Year Contract; 22/08/2023 at 11:30 AM.
Paaatrick's Agletic
Yeah that's the main thing really, it's just the nature of having an academy like ours I suppose. Won't be long before Curtis follows him.
Leavy has looked interesting so far, may well be the best option once he's actually up to speed. Looks a powerful runner and just more physical than the other options in there. McClelland more of a moments player and McCormack I've always been a fan of but just still hasn't really put it together yet. Was patient with Timmermans but he's proved to be a bit of a nothing player unfortunately.
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