2025 Arrivals and Departures

**Shearer** · 30/07/2025, 6:48 AM

Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

An important lesson on how not to communicate for Kerry FC here. The vagueness of the statement has caused the tweet to go viral (over 1.6 million views) and it’s been picked up by massive amounts of racists that are giving the two players, as well as the club disgusting abuse online. What the two lads allegedly did is a disgrace right enough but it could’ve been handled so much better by Kerry

Agree on this.

They should have posted a "normal" release. What they posted was idiotic and driven by emotion and, as you said, has only drawn more attention due to the vagueness of it.

Not dissimilar to the statement earlier in the year where they called the FAI bullies, in that they've let emotions overtake logic.

**outspoken** · 30/07/2025, 9:38 AM

Originally Posted by Shearer

Agree on this.

They should have posted a "normal" release. What they posted was idiotic and driven by emotion and, as you said, has only drawn more attention due to the vagueness of it.

Not dissimilar to the statement earlier in the year where they called the FAI bullies, in that they've let emotions overtake logic.

Fully agree, some utterly bizare press releases in recent times.

**nigel-harps1954** · 30/07/2025, 9:45 AM

Completely bizarre statement by Kerry. Really shot themselves in the foot with a complete lack of professionalism too.

**sbgawa** · 30/07/2025, 3:12 PM

Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

An important lesson on how not to communicate for Kerry FC here. The vagueness of the statement has caused the tweet to go viral (over 1.6 million views) and it’s been picked up by massive amounts of racists that are giving the two players, as well as the club disgusting abuse online. What the two lads allegedly did is a disgrace right enough but it could’ve been handled so much better by Kerry

Hard to disagree with your point about giving racists oxegen they dont need, its a pity one of them wasnt white to kill that angle but in a way i admire Kerry for making an issue of it, these guys deserve to be hammered for that sort of behaviour rather than be let just slip away and join another club somewhere else and carry on as normal.
Assuming thay are guilty which Kerry must be pretty sure of or they are going to have some legal bill after 1.6 million views.......jeez 3 million views just checked

**Shearer** · 30/07/2025, 3:50 PM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

in a way i admire Kerry for making an issue of it, these guys deserve to be hammered for that sort of behaviour rather than be let just slip away and join another club somewhere else and carry on as normal.

Football is a small world and bad news will likely catch up on those lads wherever they go without being smeared though. I'm not excusing their actions at all for what it's worth.

Joe Gorman was released by Harps in normal fashion after a drunk driving charge. I'm sure plenty of us are in the know about releases in our clubs which had more layers to them but clubs said the bare minimum.

**total hoofball** · 30/07/2025, 4:59 PM

I guess 95% statements from LOI clubs announcing that a player is leaving/released contains no details on the background of their departure, I've no doubt there have been other LOI players released by clubs over the years due to juicy controversial circumstances that would go viral on social media but the clubs wisely kept quiet with a boring one liner that the player has left club and nobody bats an eyelid

Saying that if the Kerry players did what is being claimed I'm not feeling much sympathy either

**nr637** · 31/07/2025, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

Dylan McGlade signs for Cobh

Yes confirmed on Cobh Ramblers FC that Dylan Mcglade has signed for the remainder of the 2025 season.
Cobh have also confirmed the signing of GK Oisín Barry from MSL club Rockmount FC for the remainder of the season as well.

**Martinho II** · 31/07/2025, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by nr637

Yes confirmed on Cobh Ramblers FC that Dylan Mcglade has signed for the remainder of the 2025 season.
Cobh have also confirmed the signing of GK Oisín Barry from MSL club Rockmount FC for the remainder of the season as well.

Where has DMG signed from by Cobh as hes being keepin quiet these days until now?!

**pateen** · 31/07/2025, 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Completely bizarre statement by Kerry. Really shot themselves in the foot with a complete lack of professionalism too.

TBF, I think Kerry are standing by the principles that the don't tolerate such behavior.

Unfortunately there are idiots out there who bring racism and people's colour into the discussion. That shouldn't be tolerated.

**culloty82** · 31/07/2025, 1:41 PM

Hence the reaction after the Longford game a few seasons back, as many of the homegrown players at the time (and indeed most are still at the club) were from minority backgrounds, and the club wanted to show zero tolerance from the beginning.

**nigel-harps1954** · 31/07/2025, 2:09 PM

Originally Posted by pateen

TBF, I think Kerry are standing by the principles that the don't tolerate such behavior.

Unfortunately there are idiots out there who bring racism and people's colour into the discussion. That shouldn't be tolerated.

Absolutely stand by principles, that's fine, but the wording of the statement was completely bizzare.

**MoydowMonty** · 31/07/2025, 2:13 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

Where has DMG signed from by Cobh as hes being keepin quiet these days until now?!

He went to Australia after Cork let him go a couple years back.
I like how Cobh said he was a key member of Cork's 2022 title even though he was injured most that season and they had it wrapped up by the time he was back lol

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 31/07/2025, 2:16 PM

JDH will be a big loss. Super player.

Francely one is a bit odd. Great option off the bench for the last half hour even if no one including himself knows what he is going to do.

Sligo Rovers look likely to lose two key players with midfielder Jake Doyle-Hayes and striker Francely Lomboto set for a Showgrounds exit.
Midfielder Doyle-Hayes, who joined the Bit O’Red in February after being released by Hibernian, looks likely to join League One side Exeter after Gary Caldwell’s side activated his release clause.It is understood a previous approach for the Cavan native was turned down.

Striker Francely Lomboto is set for a Rovers exit too, with the former Galway man about to join NIFL Premiership side Glenavon.

**RealJohn91** · 31/07/2025, 5:03 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

JDH will be a big loss. Super player.

Francely one is a bit odd. Great option off the bench for the last half hour even if no one including himself knows what he is going to do.

Sligo Rovers look likely to lose two key players with midfielder Jake Doyle-Hayes and striker Francely Lomboto set for a Showgrounds exit.
Midfielder Doyle-Hayes, who joined the Bit O’Red in February after being released by Hibernian, looks likely to join League One side Exeter after Gary Caldwell’s side activated his release clause.It is understood a previous approach for the Cavan native was turned down.

Striker Francely Lomboto is set for a Rovers exit too, with the former Galway man about to join NIFL Premiership side Glenavon.

The Harkin signing makes more sense now with Doyle-Hayes leaving. I thought it was strange he was leaving Derry's bench for the Sligo one.