2023 Season, Arrivals and Departures

**sbgawa** · 09/12/2022, 2:38 PM

Stephanie Roche to Rovers is a high profile signing.
Looks like Rovers are determined to go for it from the off next season.

**SeanDrog** · 09/12/2022, 6:50 PM

Deegan resigned for Drogs and massive news with Markey resigning (I think we all expected him to leave given his immense talent) - delighted on both signings

**RealJohn91** · 09/12/2022, 6:59 PM

Surprised at the Markey news especially after the usually reliable Neil O'Riordan saying it looked like he was on his way to Bohs only this morning

**gufct** · 09/12/2022, 9:38 PM

https://galwayunitedfc.ie/callum-mcn...igns-for-2023/

**outspoken** · 09/12/2022, 9:59 PM

Markey's career outside of football has been mentioned a lot as a factor in him staying

**2 Year Contract** · 09/12/2022, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by outspoken

Markey's career outside of football has been mentioned a lot as a factor in him staying

The 1 goal every 20 games he’s averaged over his career so far (that’s a genuine stat, 9 goals in 178 games) would also play a big factor in him being where he is. There’s no doubting his ability on the ball in terms of dribbling/close control but his final pass and end product in general is really poor for an attacking midfielder

**joey B** · 10/12/2022, 12:04 PM

Tunde Owolabi signs for Cork City……

**Dermobohs** · 10/12/2022, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

Stephanie Roche to Rovers is a high profile signing.
Looks like Rovers are determined to go for it from the off next season.

She’d be a good bit more effective than Greene anyways, he off to peamount?

**sbgawa** · 10/12/2022, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Dermobohs

She’d be a good bit more effective than Greene anyways, he off to peamount?

Gotta give you credit for that , made me laugh

**Jack B** · 10/12/2022, 12:58 PM

Yeah found all of the clamour around Markey an interesting one. He's always been a fine player but ended up being let go by us because of having next to no end product for an attacking player, which he hasn't seemed to add to his game in the years since. Still a good player at this level but I was surprised by how gutted a lot of Bohs fans were by the news because I'm not sure he'd improve them much.

Tunde is a fun signing for Cork. I don't think he's good enough to start for any of the better sides in the league but he has pace and power I'm not sure any other striker does and is chaos personified. Could be a massive player for them.

**Buller** · 10/12/2022, 1:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dermobohs

She’d be a good bit more effective than Greene anyways, he off to peamount?

Hahahaha post of the month! She feckin would! A good swap deal if you ask me

**Jd2793** · 10/12/2022, 1:04 PM

happy with tunde signing. hes not a top 4 player but should do better in a poorer side who dont look to have the ball as much as pats.

**RealJohn91** · 10/12/2022, 1:12 PM

Originally Posted by Jack B

Yeah found all of the clamour around Markey an interesting one. He's always been a fine player but ended up being let go by us because of having next to no end product for an attacking player, which he hasn't seemed to add to his game in the years since. Still a good player at this level but I was surprised by how gutted a lot of Bohs fans were by the news because I'm not sure he'd improve them much.

He was very good in all the games against Drogheda last season. Impressed a lot of fans.

**nigel-harps1954** · 10/12/2022, 1:41 PM

Originally Posted by Jd2793

happy with tunde signing. hes not a top 4 player but should do better in a poorer side who dont look to have the ball as much as pats.

Pat's used him entirely incorrectly. Pace, power and finishing and needs to be played on the shoulder of the last man. He could score ten or fifteen goals if Cork use him right.

**Martinho II** · 10/12/2022, 6:40 PM

Jack Brady has resigned for us from Treaty and we have also signed Jamal Ibrahim from Shels.

**ToberonaTornado** · 11/12/2022, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa

4 year deal seems pretty long. I could be wrong, but it will all end in tears- sure just look at his list of clubs to see he doesnt last too long anywhere.

Personally, Rogers is the most vapid/ bulls**t artist I ever heard. Plenty of rumours of his behaviour when he was involved in junior clubs in the North East too and I always find it funny that he is so heavily linked with Liverpools academy but was never based in England.

He is popular in Dundalk, some people wanted him as manager last year, and it seems he gets on with a certain kind of people. Others not so much. It will be intresting anyways at Harps for the next season...

100%
Lot of fanboy and people who should know better admiration for him in Dundalk. BIG talk about him coming here last year when the consortium from Glentoran were supposedly taking over! We swiped left on him and them on that invite thank fk.

**Jack B** · 11/12/2022, 1:25 AM

Originally Posted by RealJohn91

He was very good in all the games against Drogheda last season. Impressed a lot of fans.

That's fair, I've seen him be the best player on the park in Tallaght before so definitely has the ability there, but at the same time he just has too many drawbacks in terms of end product, lack of pace/size to properly push on and be a difference maker at a better side.

**oriel** · 11/12/2022, 1:44 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Pat's used him entirely incorrectly. Pace, power and finishing and needs to be played on the shoulder of the last man. He could score ten or fifteen goals if Cork use him right.

I would agree with this, was very surprised he wasn't used more in his spell at Pats, this is a very good move for him.

**oriel** · 11/12/2022, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

100%
Lot of fanboy and people who should know better admiration for him in Dundalk. BIG talk about him coming here last year when the consortium from Glentoran were supposedly taking over! We swiped left on him and them on that invite thank fk.

Meant to post on this, Rogers is a decent coach, but its a huge step up from u21 manager team to LOI full time, plus he would have had top class facilities as Forest are a PL club.

There were clamours from a good few in Dundalk (his family still there) to take over from Vinny Perth, he would not have been the right appointment, and although it might work out at FD level with FH, and to be fair I do wish him the best, he seems a decent bloke, I think 4 years is bordering on madness by FH.

**Jack B** · 11/12/2022, 2:56 PM

To be fair there was an attempt to use Tunde in such a way whenever possible as it's a no-brainer but it's hard to play on the shoulder etc if you're one of the better sides in the league and occasionally playing against sides that sit in, and then on other occasions against the likes of Dundalk, Rovers and more he simply didn't take good opportunities that came his way. He's just too limited a player for a top-end side and in our case he was also playing second fiddle to simply a better player in Doyle.