2026 Transfer Window

[joey B]

Buckley on his way out of Bohs when his contract expires. He wants to play regular football at this stage of his career. Sad to see him go but probably for the best, the injuries clearly have taken a lot out of him and he's not getting any younger. Clears up some space for McManus next season.

I wonder where he’ll go to get regular football? Dundalk maybe or up north…..

[RealJohn91]

I wonder where he’ll go to get regular football? Dundalk maybe or up north…..

It probably depends if he staying full time or not as well. He had a spell with Bray in the past so that could be another option.

[Kiki Balboa]

Darragh Markey confirmed to be leaving Drogheda,Derry bound I guess….

Its an unpopular opinion, but he is very overrated. Plays like Aaron Connolly or Szmodics.... Lots of running around and looking busy over end product.

[Martinho II]

I agree that most of the squad is of a good standard, but the problem is with the expectation and budget now at the club the minimum goal has to be top 2/3 (I personally recoil at the idea of this a little bit because I have naturally lower expectations as a Pats fan, but objectively speaking this is the case) and conversely the majority of them aren't at that level. McLaughlin, Turner, Breslin and the like are OK but they just don't impact games enough and are too limited to be starting regularly for a team with those aims. Have loved Grivosti in his time here but I think he looks shot to be honest, maybe it was the last big injury but this season he's been a shell of his former self. He looked like he could barely move in that semi final.

I think we have around 16 or so under contract, so agree it's more about getting those handful of incomings correct rather than an overhaul being possible. I liked Robinson but he only got limited minutes so tough to call really. Have seen we've been linked to Conan Noonan and Val Adedokun in the last couple of days, not sure how likely either is given their contract situations but I'd be happy enough with either happening.

Whos Val Adedokun as never heard of him before?

[Nesta99]

Former Dundalk youth. Left for Brentford.

[Louth4sam]

Its an unpopular opinion, but he is very overrated. Plays like Aaron Connolly or Szmodics.... Lots of running around and looking busy over end product.

I always thought he was excellent and a player I would have liked to sign at Dundalk over the last couple of seasons before we went down. There was talk that he went to Drogheda as he couldn't commit to full time football at Pats and we made enquiries and same was said to us. Wonder was that just a rumour or has something changed.

[Jack B]

Whos Val Adedokun as never heard of him before?

As Nesta mentioned, played a bit for Dundalk a few years ago before moving to Brentford. Seems to have done well enough while away, he's been the B team captain and player of the year, been on the bench a few times for the first team and was getting seemingly great reviews on loan at Cheltenham before he had to go back to Brentford after picking up an injury. Can't say I actually have seen much at all of him to know how good of a signing he'd be but it'd be hard to not be an improvement for us at left back at the moment.

[Kiki Balboa]

I always thought he was excellent and a player I would have liked to sign at Dundalk over the last couple of seasons before we went down. There was talk that he went to Drogheda as he couldn't commit to full time football at Pats and we made enquiries and same was said to us. Wonder was that just a rumour or has something changed.

Football is a game of opinions.

For me, he is the style of player that looks a lot better than he is because he runs around a lot, which fans love.

He has scored 12 goals in 253 games in the Premier Division, and the most he ever scored in a single season was 3. Crazy bad stats for an attacker that is 28.

[Kiki Balboa]

Jon Daly is being reported to becoming the new Waterford manager.

Galway did have an uptick in form when he came in , but I would have no love for him in Dundalk, albeit under difficult circumstances.

[Nesta99]

Daly said a few things that wouldnt have endeared him, he didnt have to say he'd leave if relegated long before that happened even if that was his intention. He didnt improve things, I think we were slightly better under the temporary coaching of Burns and Gartland. It wasnt an easy enviornment for him or the players but you really got the sense his heart wasnt in it, away from his family who are based in Scotland, pragmatic needing to work rather than wanting the job. But on the football side brought in players that werent an improvement (assuming at that stage that he rather than others were responsible for signings under his tenure some on really silly money). We didnt change shape, or system in any significant way to try and improve scoring, Gullan being a useful attacker that wasnt scoring but looked very obviously a striker that needed someone up front with him rather than running the line alone - confidence gone, worked hard but him and the team just did the same stuff over and over. He'd more time at St Pats so itd be interesting to hear their thoughts and whether they match up at all. Id see it as an undewhelming appointment for waterford, Keith Long lite and I like Keith Long.