League of Ireland transfers/rumours [Mod Note Post #1, #750]

Lollymcd

SligoBrewer wrote: »

Signed him on Football Manager, they seem to have replicated his ability to send your blood rushing when the ball comes near the goalmouth in real life your post is anything to go by!

To be fair to him I'm sure he's gotton us out of more than one tight spot but I really can only remember the gaffs!!! He never seems to catch the ball, he prefers to punch it away, which can be dodgy sometimes. Our last home game of 2009 was against St Pats and their goalie nearly scored from a goal kick!!!

Paulw

monkey9 wrote: »

Well Pat's have been linked with Glen Crowe. The don't come much 'bigger' than that

I have it on very good authority that Glen Crowe signed for Sporting Fingal last night.

Pure Cork

Waterford United have signed Liam Kearney.
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/index.aspx?c=sport&jp=eyeykfsnkfgb

Lamper.sffc

Lollymcd wrote: »

First of many I bet, it's like musical chairs in this league!

RE Dan Connor, not sure about him being the best in the league, I've had mini heart attacks watching him, not to mention grey hair! In fairness I do start having panic attacks when Skinner is in goal!

We are finally around long enough to have former players. For the first time we have had lads ask us what certain players are like who played (notice the past tense word:D) for us before. We have a history:D:D:D:D:D. Now role on Fifa 2011 and we are set. Aha bitch€s.


A little too much I feel:o

SligoBrewer

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Aha bitch€s.

Bookmarked for when you don't exist/all goes down the swanny.

Turner was at Pre-Season training for us this morning.

fh041205

Lollymcd wrote: »

First of many I bet, it's like musical chairs in this league!

RE Dan Connor, not sure about him being the best in the league, I've had mini heart attacks watching him, not to mention grey hair! In fairness I do start having panic attacks when Skinner is in goal!

Williams put years on me with some of his antics this year. I'd sooner put Mathews in goal. According to MNS he's quite a decent keeper.:D

fh041205

Paulw wrote: »

I have it on very good authority that Glen Crowe signed for Sporting Fingal last night.

Its up on pfai.ie now. Apparently we beat Pats offer but Fingal came in late and offered him more. Glad we didn't get him tbh.

djpbarry

fh041205 wrote: »

Its up on pfai.ie now. Apparently we beat Pats offer but Fingal came in late and offered him more. Glad we didn't get him tbh.

Pats have opted for Vinny Faherty instead - I'll take him ahead of Crowe any day.

Pineapple stu

fh041205 wrote: »

Its up on pfai.ie now. Apparently we beat Pats offer but Fingal came in late and offered him more. Glad we didn't get him tbh.

Are pats part time this year?

antomorro-sei

cymro wrote: »

Are pats part time this year?

Yup.

Happy with the Faherty signing

stovelid

fh041205 wrote: »

Apparently we beat Pats offer but Fingal came in late and offered him more.

Quite devious of Fingal to offer him a skip of chocolate digestives to seal the deal, in fairness.

djpbarry

cymro wrote: »

Are pats part time this year?

They were supposedly “part-time” last season too. The label means very little, to be honest.

stovelid

djpbarry wrote: »

They were supposedly “part-time” last season too. The label means very little, to be honest.

I agree. In general, the term is inaccurate. I assume that full-time means paying enough to a player so that they don't need another job and can train full-time, but what constitutes a full-time wage is subjective.

It's basically become a justification for overpaying players.

OhNoYouDidn't

stovelid wrote: »

I agree. In general, the term is inaccurate. I assume that full-time means paying enough to a player so that they don't need another job and can train full-time, but what constitutes a full-time wage is subjective.

It's basically become a justification for overpaying players.

Nope.

Full time is a 52 week a year contract. Part time a 40 week one.

How much they get paid and whether they work outside of football is not actually the distinction. So while very few, if any, Rovers player has or needs another job, they are all technically part timers.

fh041205

djpbarry wrote: »

Pats have opted for Vinny Faherty instead - I'll take him ahead of Crowe any day.

So would I. But galway players have a nasty habit of ending up back in Galway before long. Whispers of Neale Fenn up Drogheda way.

Gavin "shels"

stovelid wrote: »

Quite devious of Fingal to offer him a skip of chocolate digestives to seal the deal, in fairness.

He's screwed though; no Burdocks in Morton!:D

Foxx92

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Yup.

Happy with the Faherty signing

Sad to see him go. If he could just score he would be an excellent striker.

Paulw

Gavin shels wrote: »

He's screwed though; no Burdocks in Morton!:D

Not sure about that, it might be an advantage - shed a few extra pounds from not having a Burdocks !!!

Lamper.sffc

SligoBrewer wrote: »

Bookmarked for when you don't exist/all goes down the swanny.

Lamper.sffc

stovelid wrote: »

Quite devious of Fingal to offer him a skip of chocolate digestives to seal the deal, in fairness.

Apparently the Fingal Council paid for the biscuits as well and had a council worker volunteer to deliver them:eek::D

Gavin "shels"

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Apparently the Fingal Council paid for the biscuits as well and had a council worker volunteer to deliver them:eek::D

Bet he got paid in Fingal season tickets and jerseys!

All_in_Flynn

Some interesting signings from Pats.

Whats peoples opinions on Paul Byrne?

I've always liked him, he is prob one of the best in the league in the air and is a natural finisher when he gets the service.

On the negative side he is a bit injury prone and has a bit of a lazy reputation!

dreamers75

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

How much they get paid and whether they work outside of football is not actually the distinction. So while very few, if any, Rovers player has or needs another job, they are all technically part timers.

Player i know reckoned the difference between fulltime and part time was training 4 days a week during the day(4 hours) and training 3 times a week during the night (3 hours). Both with another session in a gym.


He actually believes the fulltime teams benefited more from it.


Pats players on around 500 pw and some getting a house to stay in. Roughly all on the same wage except Guy who would be on 4 times as much but looking to leave in July. Hopefully he will play his way out

Lamper.sffc

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Apparently the Fingal Council paid for the biscuits as well and had a council worker volunteer to deliver them:eek::D

Gavin shels wrote: »

Bet he got paid in Fingal season tickets and jerseys!

Ah now I think we are taking this thread off topic. I think a new thread should be started on this topic.

Hey DSB would you do us the honours. I even have the title for you.

Ahem " Possible bicky funding from Fingal County Council in Sporting Fingal."

Oh wait my mistake.

Possible (illegal) bicky funding from Fingal County Council in Sporting Fingal.

There that fixed it:D:p

fh041205

According to someone on Drogs forum......Shels have signed Robbie Clarke.

Tomthepost

Paulw wrote: »

Not sure about that, it might be an advantage - shed a few extra pounds from not having a Burdocks !!!

I know that through Fingal County Council Sporting Fingal are running a third level scholarship scheme with DCU and IT Blanch perhaps you could enquire to see if they got any courses in sense of humour / get the pun courses.

Tomthepost

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Ah now I think we are taking this thread off topic. I think a new thread should be started on this topic.

Hey DSB would you do us the honours. I even have the title for you.

Ahem " Possible bicky funding from Fingal County Council in Sporting Fingal."

Oh wait my mistake.

Possible (illegal) bicky funding from Fingal County Council in Sporting Fingal.

There that fixed it:D:p

Isnt it shocking that a Sporting Fingal fan could come up with a thread title like that and encourage a Shels fan to start it?
And two weeks later to have people continuing with the theme. Well how embarassing must that be for the person in question?
Imagine after all that embarassment if someone would be silly enough to reopen the can of worms.
Now that would surely ill advised?
Anyway ignore all the above what I really want to know is

As fans of a league of Ireland club how often have you seen your chairman at a league of ireland game?

(a) Many many times and I have spoken to him at games many times:D

OR

(b) Our chairman is in it because he is a genuine football fan and supports the team financially for that reason and goes to most of the games.

Lamper.sffc

Heard a rumour that Quigley (our keeper from last year) might also be in talks with Pats as well as ourselves any Pats fans know anything about it?

fh041205

I remember seeing that they (Pats) had re-signed Gary Rogers.

Lamper.sffc

fh041205 wrote: »

I remember seeing that they (Pats) had re-signed Gary Rogers.

A lad on foot.ie had mentioned it, was just wondering was there any truth to it.

Tomthepost

When embarassed change the subject and ensure that you thank the poster that tags along

fh041205

Tomthepost wrote: »

When embarassed change the subject:D

Feel like taking any of those "take the hint" courses yourself?

Rogers is on this list http://www.pfai.ie/transfer-list as having signed for pats. Where did Brendan Clarke go?

Tomthepost

fh041205 wrote: »

Feel like taking any of those "take the hint" courses yourself?

Rogers is on this list http://www.pfai.ie/transfer-list as having signed for pats. Where did Brendan Clarke go?

Oh I must be so slow! Would you like to impart your wisdom to me?

Is there a course in 'the truth really hurts' also?

civis_liberalis

Galway are very light on strikers and that's saying a lot considering what we had for most of last season.

I hope Connor has something up his sleeves.

Lamper.sffc

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Galway are very light on strikers and that's saying a lot considering what we had for most of last season.

I hope Connor has something up his sleeves.

Didnt I read somewhere that yous will have a bit more money this year. Is it still the intention to go amateur

Lamper.sffc

fh041205 wrote: »

Feel like taking any of those "take the hint" courses yourself?

Rogers is on this list http://www.pfai.ie/transfer-list as having signed for pats. Where did Brendan Clarke go?

With us.
We had him on loan for half the season in our first year. Buckley tried to sign him last year but was unable. So I guess we finally got our man. Was hoping Quigley will sign too. Would mean good competition between the keepers.

civis_liberalis

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Didnt I read somewhere that yous will have a bit more money this year. Is it still the intention to go amateur

Where did you read that? fool.ie? :rolleyes:

We won't, not to spend on players anyway...

I'm not getting this from any sources within the club, but my best guess is that we will be doing well enough if we are able to match our budget for the 2nd half of last season.

But, on a much more positive note, work has commenced on resurrecting our youth set-up. The best people for the job have been put in charge of it also IMO.

But back on topic, there are whispers of some signings being announced on the weekend. No idea who they are.

Seamus Conneely, Alan Murphy and Derek O'Brien are the only 3 players I know who as good are confirmed as staying.

EDIT: Post no.1000!

I can haz cheesburger now?

20 Times 20 Times

well as things stand , we look likely to be heading into pre season with 6 players ( atm there is 3 signed )

civis_liberalis

Pre-season is starting for us tomorrow and all of last years panel as well a lot of other locals are rumoured to have been invited. Also, as per Sean Connor, some lads from across the water and New Zealand will be looked at...

djpbarry

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Heard a rumour that Quigley (our keeper from last year) might also be in talks with Pats as well as ourselves any Pats fans know anything about it?

I know Pete's looking for another keeper as we've only got Rogers at the moment, but haven't heard any names mentioned (Dan Connor was mentioned earlier in this thread).

Lollymcd

civis_liberalis wrote: »

I hope Connor has something up his sleeves.

He does... your money

Lamper.sffc

Shels have signed our defender Gareth Whelan. Good signing for them tbh. The lad played a fair few games for us last season when we had a lot of injuries and did quite well.
A good young defender with decent pace and a good footballer aswell. Sorry to see him leave.

SligoBrewer

Crowe will suit Fingal down to ground. Thank God the speculation about Cook going after him was bs.

fh041205

Sarge wrote: »

well as things stand , we look likely to be heading into pre season with 6 players ( atm there is 3 signed )

Cherrie, Cawley,........?

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Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Shels have signed our defender Gareth Whelan. Good signing for them tbh. The lad played a fair few games for us last season when we had a lot of injuries and did quite well.
A good young defender with decent pace and a good footballer aswell. Sorry to see him leave.

He was with us before too, seemingly.

Lamper.sffc

Des wrote: »

He was with us before too, seemingly.

Didnt know that but then again if you go back more than 2 years, I didnt know much about the league;)

Anyway should be decent for yous. Especially considering your defensive problems last year. Doubt he will be hoofing that ball forward like Daisy. Unless he is told to, that is.

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Oh, don't know if it's been mentioned here yet, but in the DCC Development plan 2011-2017, Tolka Park remains zoned Z9 (recreational)

http://www.dublincitydevelopmentplan.ie/pdf/Map_E.pdf

What it means, is that if the development plan is implemented (still to be voted on), that Tolka won't be zoned for residential or commercial.

Good news all round, I think.

_blank_

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Didnt know that but then again if you go back more than 2 years, I didnt know much about the league;)

Were you not a fan of CHF then?

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Anyway should be decent for yous. Especially considering your defensive problems last year. Doubt he will be hoofing that ball forward like Daisy. Unless he is told to, that is.

Good stuff, but the fact is that we've only 6 players on our books for next season, which is worrying.

Paulw

Des wrote: »

Good stuff, but the fact is that we've only 6 players on our books for next season, which is worrying.

6 players ???? Holy crap. That would certainly be a concern.

Lamper.sffc

Des wrote: »

Good stuff, but the fact is that we've only 6 players on our books for next season, which is worrying.

Two of which barely got a look in with us last season. Eric Foley could go on to be quite good. Didnt really get to see much of him but he did look a tidy little player at times. He was our only signing (former celtic youth player) during the summer last year.
Not sure about Dinny. Sometimes he looked out of his depth when played. Still, he is young and could develope this season.