Brendan Clarke and Patrick Hickey have signed new contracts with Galway. 2 big ones for Galway to keep a hold of
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Huge news for us - ask any United fan to name the 2 players they’d want signed back for next season and Clarke and Hickey would be pretty much on every list
We think so, as they haven't signed new contracts. Rumoured since the start of the year that O'Reilly was going back to Pat's, and Maher to Britain (or Rovers).Originally Posted by joey B
Would prefer Whelan or O'Reilly than Maher
Maher has shown he's no better keeper than Pohls,as evidenced by his slack keeping for the shels goal on Friday.
There does appear to be changes due at derry though whether that's in the dugout or on the pitch probably depends on the cup final result yeah?
Reality is Higgins still has another year on his contract so that would be up to the Derry board to remove him. Most of the supporters are of the opinion that cup final win or not its time for a change. The issue is who is actually out there?
There will be massive changes team wise this year as currently we have Maher, Ryan, Coll, S.McEleney, Wisdom (I believe), Oreilly, Patching, Fats, Whelan all out of contract.
Even so Id say if we could keep Maher, Oreilly, Coll and Whelan the rest I wouldnt be to bothered about but the reality is we will sign the rest and lose 3 out of 4 that I would keep.
Question for you,would you keep Patrick McEleney if he was out of contract? One of the best in the league on his day but his body doesn’t seem to be able for it anymore….
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Irish league bound. Derry should be throwing money to keep Whelan and build the team around him.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
I thought I saw somewhere last week that Whelan is leaving because of the injury risk from the pitch.
Is McEleney really Irish League bound? We're is he rumoured to be going too
IMO the best player we had at Dundalk when fully fit under Kenny, sensational footballer and although he had serious success in his career, injuries have stop him doing so much more.
His performance against Vitesse Armen in Holland was sensational and when we played Arsenal it was clear as day he was technically every bit as good as the Arsenal lads
Genuinely I wouldnt keep him. Now that isnt a case of me disputing his talent and ability because that is very much unquestionable but he offers us nothing due to the issues he has had with injuries. When he has came on for a cameo he doesn't really change the game that often as he hasn't really got the time to do so. Would love a fully fit Patrick McEleney but that just is not going to happen.
Larne was the rumour at one point but he could potentially end up with Declan Devine at Glentoran if he stays in his job.
As for Whelan it was suggested he was point blank refusing to sign a contract as he didnt want to play on the plastic pitch. Cant really blame him either. I would say that he will shine next season whoever he signs with once he gets a good pre season under his belt.
Is there a wholesale squad rebuild on the cards at Derry? If so would you trust Higgins to do it, or does Higgins work with someone else in recruitment? From the outside looking in I see some of the issues that started raising their head at the end of Longs tenure at Bohs that have troubled us right up to the most recent summer window where we tried to sign players who were kinda ready made and as a result probably on larger wages than their performances deserved.
LMFM reporting that Dundalk’s Ryan O'Kane is in talks with shels. He’s a good prospect but a bit surprised at that one given the amount of wingers shels already have. Unless some are leaving that I’m not aware of
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Seems to be quite a few in that area of the pitch that are out of contract at the end of November according to Transfermarkt,Smith,Coote,Martin and Burt .....
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Burt was on loan from Rovers. Rovers are probably less likely to let Burt go back on loan to Shels next season since Shles won the league this season.
After double ACL he is dead right to not want to play regularly on an artificial surface, its the one injury there is no debating the stats that ACLs are more common though some research also suggests that the different footwear is the factor but either way its not a risk he should take. Purely on a self interest basis, Ive scrubbed in on high double figures ACL repairs at this stage and there is always chat on why the number of these surgical cases on are increasing year on year, one issue is that in the past many ACL injuries were inoperable, now its routine. But the ortho surgeons all say that kids should be coached in basically how to fall more on a hip than knees to ground first, avoid planting a foot hard in a way that lets the knee turn in, ban sliding on the knees celebrations and that all this can be coached. There is also an expection that the numbers for women will just explode and at younger ages as biomechanically they are built for the worst position a knee can end up causing ACL injury.
Shels trying to outdo Bohs on the amount of left wingers in the club.
O'Kane is quite a Duff/Shels signing I think. They've tried to recruit from within the league as much as possible and have gone heavy on depth in that area of the pitch previously. He's obviously not the finished article yet but clearly has talent to work with.
Stefan Radosavljevic, Charlie Wiggett, and JR Wilson leaving Sligo Rovers
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I think it would be an excellent move for O' Kane, if you're going to learn from someone and improve in that position, Duff is a decent option
Its a good move if he isnt staying at Oriel. Duff could be very good for him not just on wing craft but ye just feel he can add polish to the talent.
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