QuoteI see O'Reilly & Mascoll are leaving Waterford, I assume Patching back to Dundalk, are there any other loans up as of July 1st?
Can you imagine the contract negotiations between SRFC and Stokes with his agent. Well Anthony how much will you pay us for a 1 yr or 2 yr contract to avoid being sent back to Scotland for trial and a possible jail sentence?Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
I see O'Reilly & Mascoll are leaving Waterford, I assume Patching back to Dundalk, are there any other loans up as of July 1st?
Not with us as Aaron ODriscolls loan deal was extended a few wks back. A very impressive player like his dad.
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
All over front page of Irish sun today! Surely the law will catch up with AS now unless he has a trick up his sleeve!
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
I doubt he will be extradited...
Has to knock any potential signing for a LoI club on the head, hardly the image clubs want. It would be interesting if Rovers do sign him and then draw a UK club in Europe subsequently. Jesting aside though, its always disappointing to see any talented player go off the rails or be so wasteful, taking their ability for granted.
Mascot was released by Bolton and at the end of his loan I suspect he’ll try find himself a conference prior to the season start in the UK. OReilly will be a big loss but his loan was due to expiry so it anticipated.
Nahum Melvin-Lambert at pats has gone back to Reading. Scored 1 goal in 5 late sub appearances, he looked ok in that time but must have been something in training that O'Donnell didn’t like to play him more (Ronan Coughlan's form being another reason).
Alfie Lewis' loan was also only until the end of June but he’s been released by West Ham and pats are in talks to try get him on a permanent although I’d say he could return home to a league 1 or 2 club. Excellent play who was ridiculously incorrectly sent off on Friday
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He didn’t feature much and that’s in a thin squad. It must have been something in training SOD didn’t like. He did well off the bench away to Drogheda. We need a replacement for backup sooner rather than later. I can’t see us hanging on to Lewis Id say we are a stop gap for a move to L1 or L2.
A few glazers needed to put the houses around phibsborough back together I see.
Wouldn't be crazy about Stokes, would rather bring in a younger player with less baggage or just figure out a way to use Greene more like we did last year. He's the best in the league at what he does but we don't have the midfield to make it work right now.
Pats losing Lewis would slow their momentum down but would be some signing if they got it over the line. Could be the boost they need to keep their run going until the end.
Hoban joining the Dundalk exodus isn't surprising as he's been threatening to leave for a while. Is there a replacement lined up or would they be happy to finish the season with what they've got and then splash some more cash next season?
Whats that a 'defensive striker' role?
Greener runs the lines better than anyone else in the division but needs attacking midfielders coming through as he isn't going to score 20 goals himself. Mceneff and Byrne not being there and scoring goals is the problem this season. Watts and finn , farrugia all being missing has really doubled the problem. Them coming back and towell coming in will hopefully turn things around.
Defensive striker in a team that scored 44 goals in 18 games and set a new league record for games unbeaten? Sure, whatever you want to call it, it worked. He's good at what he does. And I say that as a man who wanted him nowhere near Rovers the second time around. He was brilliant for us. We just don't have the players to support him now. Maybe when Towell arrives. Sure we might see next week?
Greene might be the best at running the line but he is a striker, there to put the ball in the net and his goal to chance ratio is not great. If he is effective why go after Stokes, if he needs an abundance of attacking midfielder talent Towell is in now and might help, will probably score more than Greene. Be an interesting mini half season duel. 18 games seasons dont count....
Greene is the one who sets the press high up the pitch that results in Rovers winning the ball back in the opposition half. We haven't been half as good at that this year.
Not sure you read my posts? I covered all of those points. Take a casual glance around world football and you'll see plenty of examples of forwards who are there more to stretch defences and bring midfielders into the game than being poachers. The pure striker is a rarity. You might say hoban does both but without penos hoban scored less than Greene last season I'm fairly sure?
Thankfully for Dundalk it isn't an 18 game season this year and you have some time to get your act together.
Was out having a pint in Dundalk last night.**hic** so a few rumours floating about.
Hear Junior is going to Waterford next week ,McEleney to Derry but not until season is over. Dundalk interested in ending some players contracts before the end of the season on sizeable terms.Also interested(Dundalk) in bringing in 2/3 players,gk coach and fitness/recovery guy.
Didn't see that in the news,?have Rovers fans been attacking coffee shops in Phibsboro again?
False 9s are very much dependent on the quality of your attacking midfielders. For teams where you can have big squads with plenty of options to change your attackers and midfielders (especially now with 5 subs) its fine. Big difference in smaller leagues when squads are tight and players aren't as capable. Football is a copycat sport in some respects and false 9s will have their day, but I'd prefer a 20 goal striker any day.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Wouldn't disagree with much of that. Doesn't change the fact that Greene was a key piece of what was the best team in this country. Would I still have swapped him for Gary Twiggy in his prime? Sure...but I don't know if the team would have functioned as well.
It's all a bit off topic either way. Unless you have a 20 goal striker to sell us?
3/10. Not your best work.
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