2021 Season , Arrivals and departures

[D24Saint]

Wonder would ex Dundalk GK whos left Derry City Peter Cherrie go back to his old haunt as a stop gap?

He seems like the type of player we will sign rather than Dundalk.

[Ezeikial]

Peter Cherrie is a great chap and well liked in Dundalk, but new recruitment likely to come from overseas

[total hoofball]

Deegan to Drogheda... adds a bit of steel to them. Drogheda seem to be recruiting very well so far.

He was excellent for us in the few games before lockdown and for a few games after the resumption but his performances then mostly nose dived coinciding with our dreadful 2nd series of games. I didn't think he looked fit towards the end, his legs may be gone for his disruptive defensive midfield role at Premier Division level for a side who will be defending more than attacking next season

[total hoofball]

You wonder how clubs are budgeting for next season, or indeed how they've come through this season. OK, the Athlone guys may well be on amateur terms. But it feels a normal enough (early) pre-season so far, when I might have expected things to be a fair bit quieter - at least until there's some view as to when next season will start or whether fans will be allowed into games.

Many clubs are budgeting on another anticipated FAI/government assistance for the 1st half of next season with restricted attendances. Athlone have signed up a number of decent First Division level players who were on semi-pro wages with their former respective clubs

[Kiki Balboa]

He was excellent for us in the few games before lockdown and for a few games after the resumption but his performances then mostly nose dived coinciding with our dreadful 2nd series of games. I didn't think he looked fit towards the end, his legs may be gone for his disruptive defensive midfield role at Premier Division level for a side who will be defending more than attacking next season

Noticed that .... Just from watching Shels, once Deegan didnt perform well/ didnt play, seemed like the whole team took a nose dive.... Also Deegan is a big character, so might be hard to handle in the dressing room.

[Charlie Darwin]

Man who wins league titles everywhere he does is good enough to play for a Europe challenging side.

I didn't mean it that way, I meant more that he's had a very serious injury this year and it's going to be tough for him to return to his previous level and Sligo and him are a great match.

[DCWA]

Cherrie has had an awful year I don’t rate Gary Rogers at all but Christ you aren’t going to replace him with Cherrie. Glad to see him away.

[Nesta99]

Deegan to Drogheda... adds a bit of steel to them. Drogheda seem to be recruiting very well so far.

All they need to ensure their squad is unmanageable is add another Brennan. So far arguably Shels have recruited more sensibly and picking up those who let Shels down is not sensible or cheap.

[boynemunich]

All they need to ensure their squad is unmanageable is add another Brennan. So far arguably Shels have recruited more sensibly and picking up those who let Shels down is not sensible or cheap.

Who else in the squad could be deemed as unmanageable ? Deegan and Tim Clancy played together with Hibs so assume they know each other well enough. He's valuable experience we need and I don't think anyone could doubt his hunger is still there. Add a bit of coaching and a game plan which he didn't get at Shels into the mix then I think he'll be a good signing.

[2 Year Contract]

So far arguably Shels have recruited more sensibly and picking up those who let Shels down is not sensible or cheap.

I'd agree with this, if they continue the way they’re going Shels first division team for next year looks like it’s going to be a far better squad than the premier division squad from this year

[nigel-harps1954]

I look at Drogheda recruitment and it screams a bit of Harps in 2008.

We signed Gary Beckett that year, an injury prone striker who was past his best in the hope that he could find form again. It just didn't happen. You'd fear Corcoran being similar this year.

They seem to be going after experience, which is fair, but that's what reminds me of Harps 2008, spent big bringing in Aaron Labonte, Neil McCafferty, Stuart Malcolm and Beckett, and it didn't pay off at all.

Deegan is another who doesn't inspire confidence. Started well at Shels but he was awful during the final ten games. Shels let him go for good reason..

[Martinho II]

I look at Drogheda recruitment and it screams a bit of Harps in 2008.

We signed Gary Beckett that year, an injury prone striker who was past his best in the hope that he could find form again. It just didn't happen. You'd fear Corcoran being similar this year.

They seem to be going after experience, which is fair, but that's what reminds me of Harps 2008, spent big bringing in Aaron Labonte, Neil McCafferty, Stuart Malcolm and Beckett, and it didn't pay off at all.

Deegan is another who doesn't inspire confidence. Started well at Shels but he was awful during the final ten games. Shels let him go for good reason..

I was never fully convinced with Gary Deegan when he played with us in 07 season. He never really struck me at all. I know there was talk of us losing FAI Cup final that season cos of his absence but there was more to it than that imo!

[oriel]

Peter Cherrie is a great chap and well liked in Dundalk, but new recruitment likely to come from overseas

Also heard DFC looking for a GK with 'international experience' so that would most likely be from abroad. Will still need a no 2 though, and I can't imagine McCarey will be offered a deal, then again might be hard enough getting one new GK, I still think need a much better no 2 than him.

[oriel]

I look at Drogheda recruitment and it screams a bit of Harps in 2008.

We signed Gary Beckett that year, an injury prone striker who was past his best in the hope that he could find form again. It just didn't happen. You'd fear Corcoran being similar this year.

They seem to be going after experience, which is fair, but that's what reminds me of Harps 2008, spent big bringing in Aaron Labonte, Neil McCafferty, Stuart Malcolm and Beckett, and it didn't pay off at all.

Deegan is another who doesn't inspire confidence. Started well at Shels but he was awful during the final ten games. Shels let him go for good reason..

This was something I was actually saying to a mate only last night about Dundalk in previous years, and around 2011 under Ian Foster, one example being Jason Byrne.

[pineapple stu]

UCD in - Adam Lennon (Athlone) and Dónal Higgins (Galway)

Don't know either of them tbh

[Ezeikial]

This was something I was actually saying to a mate only last night about Dundalk in previous years, and around 2011 under Ian Foster, one example being Jason Byrne.

I was not an admirer of Fosters incredibly arrogant personality, but his signings of Jason Byrne and Mark Quigley were master strokes, and for relatively small money. Byrne got a bad md season injury which gave Marc Griffin his chance while Quigley was a revelation. Foster put a Good squad together that season that simply lacked depth

[oriel]

Its obviously for another thread, but Foster finished 6th and 7th with Dundalk in his two seasons, the players he got in were decent, probably should have done better, but overall not a good return.

He was also lucky, the 2010 season started with a euro spot, as Cork and Derry were removed from the PD, and DFC got that final spot for finishing 5th the previous season.

[Nesta99]

I was not an admirer of Fosters incredibly arrogant personality, but his signings of Jason Byrne and Mark Quigley were master strokes, and for relatively small money. Byrne got a bad md season injury which gave Marc Griffin his chance while Quigley was a revelation. Foster put a Good squad together that season that simply lacked depth

Included Greg Bolger and Keith Ward, unless im mixing up that era. Quigley was a revelation and probably the first time he was actually liked by his own fans.

[oriel]

No no, same period, Bolger was decent at the start, but stopped playing/ injuries, Ward was his first intro to DFC, and he was decent. Quigley agreed a revelation, Jason Byrne was finished though.

Hawkins was another who was good. Overall, Foster should have finished higher than 6th and 7th, one of those a 10 team PD too.

[2 Year Contract]

Jason Byrne was finished though.

Far from it, he scored 27 league goals over the next 2 seasons for Bray, followed by 9 for Bohs the season after that (from 16 starts)