Oisin Hand the first confirmed departure. Gone over the road to Athlone.
And so it begins...
Oisin Hand the first confirmed departure. Gone over the road to Athlone.
And so it begins...
Mind you they took a few of our lads last season and they weren't much loss. This one does hirt more though
Thats a pity with OH. see on town FB group that AD is linked with a move to Scumlone. Dont understand the logic of it.
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Ah jesus, that one would properly sting bad. I guess they have more money than I realised, I know they have no owners or stakeholders but after the season they just had I wasn't expecting to see them sign and be linked to the names mentioned.Originally Posted by Martinho II
I'd be worried we end up having a squad of newbies like we had for the season just gone, and it takes most of the season for them to get comfortable, and by then it would be too late again
Hopefully I'm wrong, but I'd guess that this is a distinct possibility.
A lot of people already throwing out the "lack of ambition" and "splash the cash" lines. Look at the state of Dundalk, look at Treaty's books, we simply can't compete without placing the club in jeporady. One thing I would like to know is why we haven't had a shirt sponsors last two seasons and if we are making any attempts to get outside investment (not that we want total headers coming on board either). But with the amount of teams we now have, this is the sad reality. Doran not going to Athlone fwiu btw.
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Is Doran linked to another club? He must be getting good offers ( I see he recently signed with a management company that manages big name players).
I agree with the Haugheyesque "Living within our means". We all know Dundalk were mad to spend like crazy instead of getting their finances in order. But I was very surprised at the Treaty 800k loss - especially after all the protests about them not spending enough!
It would be nice to see some small incremental improvements on and off the pitch. Hopefully the academy funding comes in and there are 1 or 2 full time positions. The media, gym, wall(!) etc have been great. Something like the legends match would be great.
Am around long enough to say we have done the splash the cash and there is no future in that for a club like ours. I think the club is showing steady growth, and when you are adding new teams and coaching teams around that each year then no surprise there isnt bigger budgets for 1st team.
I'm back checking FAI Connect way more than I should be, but I see Murtagh, Ugbesia and Swazzy are listed under college teams there. I hope that's just them getting game time for the winter or something and that they'll be back to business next year. Least that's what I'm telling myself, would be 3 big losses otherwise
I noticed that as well. It's weird, when you search them individually they still show up as LTFC.
Oisin Hand is still showing as LTFC so probably not the most reliable source!!!
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