David O'Dowd signs for Athlone

**Ranger** · 09/01/2007, 1:56 PM

according to Aertel

**Conor H** · 09/01/2007, 1:59 PM

Ya.

Best of Luck to him and Athlone.

Hope they get promoted this year.Twud be nice to have GUFC,Sligo and Athlone in the Premier League.

**corbyeire** · 09/01/2007, 2:07 PM

bet he has a cracking season with them - good luck to him

**MyTown** · 09/01/2007, 2:26 PM

Best of luck to Dowdy for success and an injury free time in Athlone.. He came back from injury and had a great season with us. I was very sorry to see him go. His hat trick in Limerick will be in the record books for years to come. He always seemed to be eager and enthusiastic on the pitch. Supporters need to see that, so I think the Athlone faithful will be rewarded with some hard working displays and plenty of goals.

**GuisaSaigon** · 09/01/2007, 2:49 PM

Yeah, best of luck to dowdy, still think he was very unlucky not to have been offered a contract.

**galwaygirl** · 09/01/2007, 3:01 PM

Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

Yeah, best of luck to to dowdy, still think he was very unlucky not to have been offered a contract.

ya i agree. our loss is Athlone's gain.
Best of luck Dowdy....

**gustavo** · 09/01/2007, 3:14 PM

with all the quality players and Ian Rossiter that Athlone have they will surely be worth a few quid to go up .

**gufct** · 09/01/2007, 4:42 PM

Best of luck Dowdy your always welcome back in Terryland. Commiment heart and no little skill.

**JW.** · 09/01/2007, 9:19 PM

A very astute signing.

**damoGUFC** · 11/01/2007, 3:10 PM

Definately a good signing for Athlone..I wish him all the best in the future!!!

**ShamTalk** · 11/01/2007, 4:04 PM

What a loss to Galway United.

Our late excellent push for automatic promotion was very much linked to a consistent run in the team for David and his stellar performances.

Hope our new signings show as much dedication, enthusiasm and work rate as David and I hope our retained strikers can also raise their levels to David's work rate.

In my opinion, he is the biggest loss of any player to have left in the close season.

I wish him the best of luck and hope he scores bucket loads next season

**JW.** · 11/01/2007, 4:20 PM

In my view, he'd have struggled to score 5 goals in the Premier Division
But at least he showed the attitude lacking in Murph, who is capable of scoring 25 goals in the Premier Division.

**The Stars** · 11/01/2007, 5:03 PM

Originally Posted by ShamTalk

In my opinion, he is the biggest loss of any player to have left in the close season.

is that a joke?He trys hard but just doesnt have what it takes to cut it.
Back with McT at Athlone now,they will be the hardest working front pair in the country.
BTW,what about Raf?not a big loss?

**Paddyfield** · 11/01/2007, 9:16 PM

Originally Posted by The Stars

BTW,what about Raf?not a big loss?

Raf is a small loss

Yeah The Stars, Raf was brilliant last season for us and was a real fans' favourite. Our loss is Sligo's gain.

Look after him this time and don't let him go so easily again because if you do, we won't let him go next time.

**Terry** · 11/01/2007, 9:46 PM

I would put cretaro, gough, gethins just to name a few ahead of O'Dowd.

You expect goals from strikers and I feel that O'Flynn will provide more this year than if we kept O'Dowd.