QuotePats expected to keep Matty Smith,big one to hold to for them if it happens……
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Pats expected to keep Matty Smith,big one to hold to for them if it happens……
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Last season was an outlier, he has bagged a real coup with that contract, but he will fall down the English league system, then to Scotland and then maybe back to Ireland to a club that needs to gamble on a striker working out. He is big guy, can hold a ball up and lay it off...barely. He wont knock about the defenders he will be up against especially if he ends up in the Championship. Timing in the air is off so headed attempts tend to be bundled rather than headed, lacks pace and mobility. Maybe they see a diamond in the rough at Rotherham, that they have wingers than can land a cross on his head all the time, or that they know they have him for nothing but could eek out a good transfer fee for him when he is a bust. I know many strikers thrive on confidence but if he has any sort of 'mare early on and the crowd get at him he will be in terminal decline. Rotherham is raw spot with gruff and blunt people so they wont be long turning if he fluffs his lines. Yeah I dont rate him, didnt at Dundalk, he followed that u with St Pats, had a freak season with Bohs and fair cop has cashed in, if he is a player with real potential its a move too soon and time at Derry could have built a more resilient player in terms of his brittle confidence.Originally Posted by Jd2793
Last edited by Nesta99; 28/01/2022 at 2:30 PM.
agree , hes not mobile or technical enough but all depends how Rotherham play really. I see Sadlier left them for bolton with some fans saying he wasnt really a fit for how they play. in that case they might be a bit more route one, so may suit him but as you say he wont bounce off lads in championship. must be noted that bohs also made andre wright look like a capable footballer. he was a dud in scotland and has struggled at sligo. Long and Crolly have a type but kelly may well be suited to rotherham like he was bohs.
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It would be fantastic to see him back on board. He would be the last in Id say after the new keeper from West Ham arrived.
Roland Idowu and Nigel Rias sign for Waterford. Both young attacking midfielders/strikers. Idowu was with Bohs and Rias comes from Shrewsbury.
Jaros is back out on loan to Notts County this time. Another run with Pats didn't appeal?
I believe they want to loan him to a league of a higher standard in the summer. From pats end of things a half season loan for a first choice goalkeeper was never an option due to the risk of going into Europe & the second half of the season with an untried and tested keeper
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Fair assessment there. English Tier 5 just seemed a bit of a step backwards but, as you've said, it's basically just to keep him ticking over for half a season.
The obvious problem for Jaros is that (just as we wouldn't want a keeper that we'd lose in the summer), English clubs taking loan keepers want an August-May deal. So there wouldn't have been decent options left in this window. He'll go to a much higher level in the summer.
I’ve been at a good few National league games the last few seasons. It’s not a bad standard overall but players & coaches can lack imagination technically and tactically at times. The facilities overall would put the LOI to shame. Thankfully Hartlepool won the playoff final & i not longer have to suffer non league football on my occasional visit to the uk.
Obviously means nothing about the standard, but in fairness to Notts County. From a quick google search, they’ve an average attendance of 6.8k this season.
I was in Meadow Lane before covid hit , late 19 I think. It’s a fine ground for non league & looks like it would hold 15k easy. The home fans were good football folk aswell.
At almost every level in English lower leagues, things are done better than LOI, like Scotland also its an industry. We have relations in Northampton, they never really achieved much as a club, they may lose 2-0 at home one Saturday, same mid-week, and they might drop to lower league positions (in previous years, only using this as an example) yet 3-4k min will turn up for the next game regardless of the previous results, that's the thing we will never get in LOI.
In summary its really not a step back for Jaros, the only thing he will be missing is Euro games, only 2 guaranteed, and Pats prob wont be seeded, so will be harder to get to round 2. To be fair FAI Cup final is a much bigger game than any at lower leagues in England, but again its a one off.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
To be fair, helps that there's a quarter of a million people to target in Northampton, also something the LOI doesn't have the luxury of
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Scotland might be a better comparison point to us than Northampton. They might not be up to much but Northampton would still be the third biggest city in our league. England just has loads of people.
I think regardless of your view on how the team/leagues compare the only reason Jaros hasn't gone to a higher level is just that it's in the January window when most leagues unlike ours are mid-season and there's generally more settled squads or at least specifically goalkeeping options. He'll almost certainly get a "better" loan in the summer.
Richard Taylor signed for Waterford yesterday. He's a defender who had played for Southend before and a couple of conference teams.
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