LOI Talk, Rumours, Gossip, Transfers etc 2018

Zebra3

The FAI want Dalymount redeveloped without paying a penny towards it......

overshoot

Zebra3 wrote: »

The FAI want Dalymount redeveloped without paying a penny towards it......

old news haha. Dublin City Council put in the application to the Department for the entire build cost months ago. You can be certain delaney will still try to flog it as his Euro 2020 legacy.
*Still probably see it finished before Finn Park 2

joeysoap

Darkglasses wrote: »

I hate to criticise what was overall a great addition to the calendar, but that Dublin City Council award was ridiculous.

I though it was a silly one too.

For political reasons they didn't announce the North Korea award to Bray Wanderers.

McCormack signs for 2 years with City - great bit of business by caulfield

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Eden Hot Warehouse wrote: »

McCormack signs for 2 years with City - great bit of business by caulfield

Had a fantastic season! Great to have him and chops morrisey signed up!

CHealy

Eden Hot Warehouse wrote: »

McCormack signs for 2 years with City - great bit of business by caulfield

This is a big one, having him and Morrissey signed up for 2 years in the middle of the park is very exciting, thats what we'll build a team around.

kksaints

Huge match in Buncrana tomorrow night. Beginning to get a bit nervous now especially if Garvan is injured and Balik is suspended.

diusmr8a504cvk

Joe Crowe, Stephen Kenny and John O'Flynn are leaving Limerick FC at the end of the season.

johnnyryan89

Crowe was always leaving as his loan was up, Kenny will be off to Cobh imo and wouldn't be surprised to see O'Flynn retire.

Lyle Lanley

kksaints wrote: »

Huge match in Buncrana tomorrow night. Beginning to get a bit nervous now especially if Garvan is injured and Balik is suspended.

Ours in Drogheda is the same. Despite how poor Drogheda have been I'm not confident at all. We never do things the easy way so it'll be tight.

Roddan and Donelan suspended, nobody would have cared at all to be missing either earlier in the season but both have been outstanding of late.

Of course if Dundalk do us a favour neither game matters anyway.

ionadnapokot

kksaints wrote: »

Huge match in Buncrana tomorrow night. Beginning to get a bit nervous now especially if Garvan is injured and Balik is suspended.

yea Jordi has been a rock over the last 3 months or so. Also looks like a leader on the pitch. Great mid season crisis signing.
Peers or Feely to start beside Lee Desmond?

CHealy

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Crowe was always leaving as his loan was up, Kenny will be off to Cobh imo and wouldn't be surprised to see O'Flynn retire.

JOF will end up at Cobh aswell I reckon.

DvB

kksaints wrote: »

Huge match in Buncrana tomorrow night. Beginning to get a bit nervous now especially if Garvan is injured and Balik is suspended.

To be fair the Dundalk Galway game is the key game tonight, dundalk win that it matters not a jot what happens elsewhere.

FWIW I expect Galway to not get a win tonight & both Pats & sligo to at least avoid defeat (I actually expect both to win) so both will stay up without any real drama on the night. Shame really, could have done with some last day drama

MD1990

Sounds like Galway could be in trouble

justshane

What's this from?

MD1990

justshane wrote: »

What's this from?

A club email to supporters

cms88

MD1990 wrote: »

Sounds like Galway could be in trouble

While the usual will come out about how the FAI should be doing more etc, more than likely mainly from people who have ever in their lives been to a LOI game, when will clubs themselves do something about it?

Last two season i had a season ticket for Waterford. Last season you wouldn't even know there was a game on a Friday, yet this season when someone came in with money it was everywhere. IMO a lot of clubs rely far roo much on handouts. As much as people might think otherwise the FAI just giving clubs lump sums wont help in the long run, as every time they get in trouble they'll come looking for more.

While i have no problem with people supporting whoever they want, you cant really blame the FAI for not supporting the LOI when most fans dont

joeysoap

"And maybe our last for some foreseeable future"

Very worrying.

Galway didn't exactly splurge, so they can't be accused of being reckless in the transfer market (with maybe the exception of managers)

I thought the Comers pumped in a lot of cash, or was that just rumour?

I unserstand that the LOI don't like the sponsorships of clubs to go above a % of the total receipts of the clubs income. Do they enforce this or is it just an aspiration?

It's not that long ago Dundalk (and Sligo?)asked season ticket holders to make a contribution to the club. Afaik the much maligned Shams supporters paid twice into Oriel for a match around that time.

Sue Pa Key Pa

Shane Keegan's CV could soon be showing 2 relegations and 2 club implosions in 2 seasons

johnnyryan89

CHealy wrote: »

JOF will end up at Cobh aswell I reckon.

I thought that aswell but he turns 36 next year and is guaranteed to miss half the season. Don't think Cobh would be willing to spend money on someone whose in their mid 30s and injured a lot.

MD1990

cms88 wrote: »

While the usual will come out about how the FAI should be doing more etc, more than likely mainly from people who have ever in their lives been to a LOI game, when will clubs themselves do something about it?

Last two season i had a season ticket for Waterford. Last season you wouldn't even know there was a game on a Friday, yet this season when someone came in with money it was everywhere. IMO a lot of clubs rely far roo much on handouts. As much as people might think otherwise the FAI just giving clubs lump sums wont help in the long run, as every time they get in trouble they'll come looking for more.

While i have no problem with people supporting whoever they want, you cant really blame the FAI for not supporting the LOI when most fans dont

Decreasing licencing fee's & increasing Prize money is not asking for a handout.

cms88

MD1990 wrote: »

Decreasing licencing fee's & increasing Prize money is not asking for a handout.

Where did i say that?

What i'm talking about is the idea of the FAI just giving clubs money for no reason and when that runs out coming looking for more

MD1990

cms88 wrote: »

Where did i say that?

What i'm talking about is the idea of the FAI just giving clubs money for no reason and when that runs out coming looking for more

No club has asked the FAI for handouts.

What would help is if clubs got some grants similar to GAA counties to improve stadiums.

Lyle Lanley

joeysoap wrote: »

"And maybe our last for some foreseeable future"

Very worrying.

Galway didn't exactly splurge, so they can't be accused of being reckless in the transfer market (with maybe the exception of managers)

I thought the Comers pumped in a lot of cash, or was that just rumour?

I unserstand that the LOI don't like the sponsorships of clubs to go above a % of the total receipts of the clubs income. Do they enforce this or is it just an aspiration?

It's not that long ago Dundalk (and Sligo?)asked season ticket holders to make a contribution to the club. Afaik the much maligned Shams supporters paid twice into Oriel for a match around that time.

Not sure the club (Sligo) have ever asked us to pay in, there is an initiative from supporters groups for ST holders to pay in that comes up about once a season. We had one a few weeks back after not having a home game for weeks. Wasn't organised by the club though.

Don't think it's that big a deal Galway making this request though. Sign that they are struggling, but in this league who isn't?

cms88

MD1990 wrote: »

No club has asked the FAI for handouts.

What would help is if clubs got some grants similar to GAA counties to improve stadiums.

They may not say it but they very much do. Waterford last year waited about for as long as they could to try and get something out of the FAI. It wasn't until local people actually did something they got the money. Had it been left to the club they would have donr nothing. Athlone are much the same.

That's also what i think should happen. If a club comes and says they want to upgrade something then the FAI should help out, but just giving clubs lump sums is not the way to go.

As i say the FAI could be doing more but there's nothing they can do about some of the main things, like getting people to games or if clubs are being run poorly.

Oat23

Dundalk fans: Do you think Kenny will put out a decent team tonight or rest a lot of players?
Went on to RTE (:o) to see what they have to say and they seem unaware that Dundalk are in the final of the cup as most of their players heads seem to have "already drifted to the off-season". :rolleyes:

Another boon for the westerners is that Dundalk have nothing of real consequence to play for. Last weekend, Stephen Kenny's team were beaten at home by Bohemians, an indication that their minds have already drifted to the off-season.

MD1990 wrote: »

No club has asked the FAI for handouts.

What would help is if clubs got some grants similar to GAA counties to improve stadiums.

Money should be distributed among LOI clubs after the FAI get their payment from UEFA/FIFA at the end of a tournament/qualifying cycle like the Icelandic FA have done. They gave 25% (€3.4m) of their Euro 2016 payment to league clubs.

The LOI is making a big contribution to the NT these days and deserves to be rewarded. Not going to happen though.

https://twitter.com/BitOForum/status/767725966948982784

Zebra3

Sure if Galway go down and have debts they can just let the club go under and start anew over the winter like they did in Waterford and Wexford.

MD1990

cms88 wrote: »

They may not say it but they very much do. Waterford last year waited about for as long as they could to try and get something out of the FAI. It wasn't until local people actually did something they got the money. Had it been left to the club they would have donr nothing. Athlone are much the same.

That's also what i think should happen. If a club comes and says they want to upgrade something then the FAI should help out, but just giving clubs lump sums is not the way to go.

As i say the FAI could be doing more but there's nothing they can do about some of the main things, like getting people to games or if clubs are being run poorly.

They run the league.

Some promotion from the FAI for the league would be great.

Could easily start with publicising how important the league is the National team.

Zebra3

There’s only a certain amount of cash to go round and the FAI have to look after their poor CEO.

Priorities, folks.

upandcumming

Zebra3 wrote: »

Sure if Galway go down and have debts they can just let the club go under and start anew over the winter like they did in Waterford and Wexford.

Didn't Galway do it themselves before?

MD1990

My LOI team of the season.

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Supple

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McDermott----Delaney---Vemmelund----Clarke

Ogbene---McEneff---McCormack----McEleney

----Maquire

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McMillian

POTY - Maquire
YPOTY - Clarke

Manger of the Year - Keith Long

Zebra3

upandcumming wrote: »

Didn't Galway do it themselves before?

Yeh, the current club is only three or four years old.

joeysoap

Oat23 wrote: »

Dundalk fans: Do you think Kenny will put out a decent team tonight or rest a lot of players?
Went on to RTE (:o) to see what they have to say and they seem unaware that Dundalk are in the final of the cup as most of their players heads seem to have "already drifted to the off-season".

I don't think SK will rest players, but if they're not fully fit he mightn't play them. Mountney definitely missing and Hoare suspended. Dundalk will not want to lose.

Nothing surprises me about the sports department in RTÉ , this is from their website taken just now

Peter Collins presents live coverage of an SSE Airtricity League Premier Division game (Kick-off 7.45pm). This evening's fixtures include Bohemians v Finn Harps, Shamrock Rovers v Limerick and Derry City v St Patrick's Athletic.

cms88

MD1990 wrote: »

They run the league.

Some promotion from the FAI for the league would be great.

Could easily start with publicising how important the league is the National team.

Again seeing what you want. How can they make people go? Is it not be the clubs job to promote themselves? Something a lot of them don;t do

Pighead

Strong Dundalk line up this evening. A lot stronger than Galway were probably hoping for. Prediction: Draw. Galway Down.

sligeach

Stupid of RTE to show the Galway v Dundalk game this evening. Their fate is out of their hands. They should have shown the Sligo game. Galway can win tonight and still be relegated. RTE were terrible in their coverage on the sports bulletins or even saying what game they were going to show this evening.

dundalkfc10

sligeach wrote: »

Stupid of RTE to show the Galway v Dundalk game this evening. Their fate is out of their hands. They should have shown the Sligo game. Galway can win tonight and still be relegated. RTE were terrible in their coverage on the sports bulletins or even saying what game they were going to show this evening.

Why should they have shown Sligo over Pats? Because you want to watch it ?:D

Oat23

F**king Drogheda and their shyte internet. The game isn't working on BWIN.

The game in Buncrana isn't working either.

All the sh*te ones nobody is interested in work fine of course.

sligeach

It's because Sligo are the next team above the relegation zone. They CAN control their fate.

Mr.Crinklewood

Oat23 wrote: »

F**king Drogheda and their shyte internet. The game isn't working on BWIN.

The game in Buncrana isn't working either.

All the sh*te ones nobody is interested in work fine of course.

Ocean?

johnnyryan89

sligeach wrote: »

It's because Sligo are the next team above the relegation zone. They CAN control their fate.

So, they showed Sligo and Limerick two years ago when Limerick were bottom of the table and could still have been relegated even if they won.

ionadnapokot

Nice 1!!
1v1 Galway. Dundalk equaliser
Game WIDE open

Mr.Crinklewood

It's like basketball.

Oat23

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Ocean?

Was hoping to watch it but yeah. Ocean it is

ionadnapokot

mceleney really is class
Lovely clipped pass over the full backs head

Oat23

Feels like an evening where Gary Rogers is going to make a balls of a save and screw us over I feel.

Need a goal in Drogheda.

Oat23

Yes Dundalk!

GLaDOS

Galway look doomed

OldMrBrennan83

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Oat23

Fantastic goal by McEleney.