LOI Talk, Rumours, Gossip, Transfers etc 2018

Oat23

Personally, I hope the barstoolers are saying:

"That Airtricity League is sh*te. West Ham sent some nobody over and he's got 15 goals in his first 10 games!".

White Horse

Captain Havoc wrote: »

No they didn't, Tallaght was far from full.

My favourite reaction was when Duffer came on to play in Limerick and the fans chanted "You're just a **** Daryl Horgan"

Cruel, but funny.

AgileMyth

dreamers75 wrote: »

Yes they send to professional leagues with professional clubs with professional players. That also have professional setups and training facilties.

I left a clue in that line for you....it begins with P

Sligo Rovers are very similar to an EPL club. Our players are professionals, our training facilities are top knotch and we sack our manager every four months.

dreamers75

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/fai-ceo-john-delaney-enveloped-by-veil-of-silence-1.2515887

Zebra3

dreamers75 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/fai-ceo-john-delaney-enveloped-by-veil-of-silence-1.2515887

And yet there are still people out there who will defend him...

Oat23

3+ years since he held an open press conference. Disgraceful.

Gavin "shels"

Good 2-0 win for Shels over Bohs today. Solid run out and solid win.

To Elland Back

It's taken a year but the deal is done

http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3909/airtricity-premier-division/2016/02/01/19885232/fai-agree-deal-to-purchase-wexford-youths-ground

damemcd

Paul Rowan went to town on him in the Sunday Times as well........... he's growing very adept at making enemies in de media.Apparently the journos in rte and independent.ie are the only ones not on the naughty list...

civis_liberalis

To Elland Back wrote: »

It's taken a year but the deal is done

http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3909/airtricity-premier-division/2016/02/01/19885232/fai-agree-deal-to-purchase-wexford-youths-ground

What is with the autoplaying videos of random ****e embedded in the middle of articles on that site?

topmanamillion

damemcd wrote: »

Paul Rowan went to town on him in the Sunday Times as well........... he's growing very adept at making enemies in de media.Apparently the journos in rte and independent.ie are the only ones not on the naughty list...

Well RTE aren't going to fall out with him, they cant afford to lose the international rights.

Oat23

civis_liberalis wrote: »

What is with the autoplaying videos of random ****e embedded in the middle of articles on that site?

If you have adblock, right click on the video and choose Adblock Plus: Block Image. It will block those annoying videos on every site that runs them. They usually all come from the same player (performgroup.com).

civis_liberalis

damemcd wrote: »

Paul Rowan went to town on him in the Sunday Times as well........... he's growing very adept at making enemies in de media.

What of it? It won't make any difference. No pressure from the media is ever going to change anything.

The media don't hire and fire the likes of him. As long as they keep the people with that power happy, they are only delighted to have someone like him with no shame, to distract from what they are doing and never make any meaningful reform.

gimmick

CCFC linked with Sam Oji. Don't think I'd be happy with signing him.

hufpc8w3adnk65

gimmick wrote: »

CCFC linked with Sam Oji. Don't think I'd be happy with signing him.

We defo need body's after what I witnessed in bishopstown on sat

ShamoBuc

MrMac84 wrote: »

We defo need body's after what I witnessed in bishopstown on sat

Heard it was pretty poor alright.

CSF

To Elland Back wrote: »

It's taken a year but the deal is done

http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3909/airtricity-premier-division/2016/02/01/19885232/fai-agree-deal-to-purchase-wexford-youths-ground

To me, this deal stinks. What do the FAI have to gain from the purchase of the ground? They get to use it a couple of times a year? I can imagine the rental costs over any realistic period are lower than what they're paying here.

CHealy

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Heard it was pretty poor alright.

The state of the pitch at Bishopstown meant that the prospect of a game of ball breaking out was impossible. City can't even train on it so why they decided to play the game there is beyond me. Other than that I think it was a good run out for the lads, Bolger in particular impressed me with his control of the game. Kenny Browne was definitely on the sauce over the break but looked solid. I'm really looking forward to the season, our attacking and midfield options are probably the best in the league, I do worry about the defense though, we will ship alot more goals this season.

To Elland Back

CSF wrote: »

To me, this deal stinks. What do the FAI have to gain from the purchase of the ground? They get to use it a couple of times a year? I can imagine the rental costs over any realistic period are lower than what they're paying here.

Cool your jets, it is a partnership between the FAI, Wexford Football League and WYFC and they will have whatever access is required for prestigious matches. This will include Oscar Traynor games and County cup finals. They will also have use of the facilities for the emerging talent programmes as well as training sessions and coaching programmes. The FAI are frequent users of Ferrycarrig Park for schoolboy and representative matches. The complex was under threat and now it's future is secured for the largest soccer playing county outside of Dublin

Oat23

Any UCD fans wish to comment? Looks likely he will be a starter unless we re-sign Gavin Peers (doubtful) or Jeff Henderson (training, but prone to injury).

https://twitter.com/DaveRobertson11/status/694545136844443648

AgileMyth

He's wearing Peers' number. Guess he's a replacement.

At 26 hes also very much one of the old heads in the squad.

wadacrack

Dundal won 4-1 tonight against Cliftonville. Bit of crowd trouble awell.

GLaDOS

Mark Farren Passed away

http://www.derrycityfc.net/2016/02/mark-farren-has-passed-away/

It is with great sadness that we learned this morning of the untimely passing of Derry City Legend and all-time top goal scorer Mark Farren.

Mark was a true gentleman of the game both on and off the pitch and will be remembered forever as a massive part of the club’s history.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Farren family at this time. Rest in peace Mark

RIP

CSF

RIP, awful news

gimmick

Terrible news.

Ronan|Raven

Just after reading the news about Mark Farren, RIP.

NIMAN

RIP to Mark.

Was a pleasure to watch him for DCFC for many years.

JoeyJJ

RIP Very sad, taken too young.

Hammer Archer

Oat23 wrote: »

Any UCD fans wish to comment? Looks likely he will be a starter unless we re-sign Gavin Peers (doubtful) or Jeff Henderson (training, but prone to injury).

https://twitter.com/DaveRobertson11/status/694545136844443648

Solid defender and pops up with a few goals as well. POTY in 2012 in his first stint at the club. He added much needed experience in the defence last season and was a rock in our backs to the wall performance in Luxembourg. Was always going to go back to the PL after his course finished. Good signing for ye.

RIP Mark Farren.

ShamoBuc

RIP Mark Farren a great footballer, always liked watching him play.

AgileMyth

He used to score against us all the time and yet no one ever had a bad word to say about him. A great footballer and a great man. RIP

JoeyJJ

Alan Keane retires, the shams fans will boo him no more

damemcd

Panto villain, had it bad for him for some reason...

topmanamillion

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Alan Keane retires, the shams fans will boo him no more

I`ll always remember last season when his misplaced back pass against shams allowed Fahey to rob the ball and cut the ball back for Drennan to score.
The Shams away end erupted into "Keano, Keano".
Soul destroying stuff.
Anyway, was a great servant for us and wish him all the best.

uch

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Alan Keane retires, the shams fans will boo him no more

Wanna Bet!:P

AidySevenfold

Apparently we've signed Dave Scully. Any bohs or bray fans able to shed some light? any good? he's 31, and have heard the name before but haven't heard much else which doesn't fill me with too much hope in all honesty.

GLaDOS

AidySevenfold wrote: »

Apparently we've signed Dave Scully. Any bohs or bray fans able to shed some light? any good? he's 31, and have heard the name before but haven't heard much else which doesn't fill me with too much hope in all honesty.

It is without hyperbole I say he is probably the worst player I have ever seen play for Bohs.

More red cards than league goals in his first season for us.

BOHtox

AidySevenfold wrote: »

Apparently we've signed Dave Scully. Any bohs or bray fans able to shed some light? any good? he's 31, and have heard the name before but haven't heard much else which doesn't fill me with too much hope in all honesty.

Big lanky chap. Lot of antics up his sleeve - between diving or winding up defenders he'll probably win you a few penalties and red cards. Gave it 100% to be fair to him. Very limited talented. Very limited.

AidySevenfold

BOHtox wrote: »

Big lanky chap. Lot of antics up his sleeve - between diving or winding up defenders he'll probably win you a few penalties and red cards. Gave it 100% to be fair to him. Very limited talented. Very limited.

Reason 1 why ollie signed him

Reason 2 why we signed him ahead of another team

GLaDOS

Oh yeah the diving. He's a terrible diver. I mean that both in terms of frequency and execution.

AidySevenfold

It's grand Mickey has the good dives sorted

Mushy

The only times I like Dave playing were when bray were two goals in the lead and wanting to wind down the clock. So that wasn't often! His last minute free kick v Limerick will be remembered fondly though.

overshoot

yea we struggled for goals last year, not sure where they will come from now! Sean Houston can pick up a few from midfield assuming he plays an attacking role like his first time with us. Curran prolific at underage but hasnt done it yet (then again awful derry team) so hopeful there. Hoping Scullys work rate will create some space for him... or we just sign (a fit) Michael Rafter whos meant to be training with us and based in Letterkenny this year.

Actually what do Bray fans thing of Adam Hanlon?

Mushy

overshoot wrote: »

yea we struggled for goals last year, not sure where they will come from now! Sean Houston can pick up a few from midfield assuming he plays an attacking role like his first time with us. Curran prolific at underage but hasnt done it yet (then again awful derry team) so hopeful there. Hoping Scullys work rate will create some space for him... or we just sign (a fit) Michael Rafter whos meant to be training with us and based in Letterkenny this year.

Actually what do Bray fans thing of Adam Hanlon?

Infuriating. He has skills, but he's too afraid of any 50/50. Good pace though, so good for a counter attack.

Has he gone too?

overshoot

Mushy wrote: »

Infuriating. He has skills, but he's too afraid of any 50/50. Good pace though, so good for a counter attack.

Has he gone too?

not announced by Harps but he has confirmed on his own twitter he signed. Sounds useful to us, reminds me of Paddy McGreanaghan with that description!

Mushy

overshoot wrote: »

not announced by Harps but he has confirmed on his own twitter he signed. Sounds useful to us, reminds me of Paddy McGreanaghan with that description!

He'll do well, if his crossing improves ye will score quite a few.

Dunno wtf is going on at bray though, might need some players this season too. Nothing changes I guess.

dan1895

Hanlon was imo Shels' best player the year we went down but that's not saying much.

SantryRed

Genuine question, but how much must Finn Harps be paying these lads if they're willing to move sticks and move to Donegal?

overshoot

SantryRed wrote: »

Genuine question, but how much must Finn Harps be paying these lads if they're willing to move sticks and move to Donegal?

bugger all still id imagine, our signings our generally local:
Ryan McConnell (D) (man utd u21s) from donegal
Sean Houston (M) (derry) from donegal
Adam Hanlon (M) probably took some convincing but sounds like the type of player we need.
Ryan Curran (F) From Derry

3 of the 4 have had injury issues which is worrying, Curran still unproven at senior level. 15 other confirmed from last year.

training with us / rumoured
Richard Brush from Sligo (released anyway?)
Michael Rafter based in Letterkenny for work i think
Scully... did anyone else want him?

joeysoap

Rafter was one of the better players in a shockingly bad Dundalk in 2012. He scored the two goals against Waterford in the playoff which kept us in the premier. Bit overweight though .