LOI Talk, Rumours, Gossip, Transfers etc 2018

D14Rugby

pancake_tuesday wrote: »

He can see his favourite player 'your man in the green and white shirt' no matter who wears their home kit!

I know this is a joke but i really hope who wears their home kit isn't up for discussion.

Zebra3

gimmick wrote: »

Do Irish people still support Celtic as much as they used to in the late 90s, early 2000s?

Nowhere near as much.

Post-Italia90 it was all the rage and then the mid-90s with Rangers going for 10 in a row. Most under 25s in Ireland today would have far more interest in La Liga and the CL than the one horse stroll in northern Britain.

Left Back on the Bench

Omackeral wrote:

Shamrock Rovers vs Celtic announced for July. This guy won't know what to do with himself.

In that video I'm nearly sure he's a st Patrick's athletic fan so he'll be "Mon the hoops" all day

HalloweenJack

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

In that video I'm nearly sure he's a st Patrick's athletic fan so he'll be "Mon the hoops" all day

Going to be a headwreck for him to clarify:
"'mon the hoops"
"'mon the Green and White hoops"
"'mon the Irish hoops"
"'mon the non-Ireland-based Irish hoops" :rolleyes:, though it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Witchie

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Going to be a headwreck for him to clarify:
"'mon the hoops"
"'mon the Green and White hoops"
"'mon the Irish hoops"
"'mon the non-Ireland-based Irish hoops" :rolleyes:, though it doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

You talking through your hoop?

johnnyryan89

3-2 to Limerick at half time, if you want something to show your u13s team on how not to defend then the first half of Limerick vs Bray is what you need to show them. Could very easily end up 10-9 the way things are going.

Hammer Archer

Maguire is something else.

A pulverising. Are we into "stop stop he's already dead territory"?

ShamoBuc

Deleted User wrote: »

A pulverising. Are we into "stop stop he's already dead territory"?

It's Dundalk......Don't Ever Stop !!!

gimmick

A perfect performance from Cork City tonight. No more to say really.

The_Kew_Tour

Cork Bottling it like mad at the minute.

gimmick

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Cork bottle job underway!

Reminder.

Ronan|Raven

Cannot score vs 9 men for the majority of the 2nd half vs Shels. Utter gash.

hufpc8w3adnk65

gimmick wrote: »

A perfect performance from Cork City tonight. No more to say really.

What a team! The bench tonight was ridiculous!

joeysoap

If City can hold that team together they could do very well in Europe. Very strong performance last night. Couldn't see any weak links. We had 4 great seasons with the nucleus of that Dundalk team, they did us proud, played some magnificent football and have given us terrific memories. And they are still the 2nd best team in the league.

Omackeral

Very random but check out No 2 on this list :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99muu_lbtI8

NIMAN

Joseph, legend.
Always loved watching him play.

Mushy

See on rte that McGuire agrees move to Preston

OldMrBrennan83

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hufpc8w3adnk65

https://mobile.twitter.com/CorkCityFC/status/870928300595712000

blingrhino

Mushy wrote: »

See on rte that McGuire agrees move to Preston

Ironic when you think of him kissing the badge in front of the Dundalk fans last night !

OldMrBrennan83

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joeysoap

Greyson must think the LOI is a PNE nursery

ShamoBuc

blingrhino wrote: »

Ironic when you think of him kissing the badge in front of the Dundalk fans last night !

Not sure you understand the meaning of ironic.

If he were moving to dundalk , yes, but Preston..... no. He clearly loves the club and the fans, that is in no way lessened by the move to Preston, everyone would agree it's the right thing for him to do. If we get sufficient clauses... buy on, appearances, goals, international call up etc it could be a very nice money spinner for city as well, which is always needed, outside of the actual transfer fee which I would guess to be 150-200k mark.

D14Rugby

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Not sure you understand the meaning of ironic.

If he were moving to dundalk , yes, but Preston..... no. He clearly loves the club and the fans, that is in no way lessened by the move to Preston, everyone would agree it's the right thing for him to do. If we get sufficient clauses... buy on, appearances, goals, international call up etc it could be a very nice money spinner for city as well, which is always needed, outside of the actual transfer fee which I would guess to be 150-200k mark.

Plus getting him for Europe. He could potentially be worth 600k ish in European money

hufpc8w3adnk65

blingrhino wrote: »

Ironic when you think of him kissing the badge in front of the Dundalk fans last night !

Gotta try harder!

Captain Havoc

1939 was the last time a player from Kk was capped, hopefully the magic airplane gets Seani one.

Hammer Archer

Omackeral wrote: »

Very random but check out No 2 on this list :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99muu_lbtI8

UCD made a football compilation video!!!:D:D:D

gimmick

Ronan Murray to City from Galway is the talk.

I know nothing about him. Up to much?

ben.schlomo

gimmick wrote: »

Ronan Murray to City from Galway is the talk.

I know nothing about him. Up to much?

Hopefully it's just talk. We need to hold onto him. He's not a central striker so I'm surprised ye would look to him as a replacement for Maguire. He can play any forward position, technically very good, good shot on him, good free and pen taker. Works his legs off most games. Can get frustrated easily, gives the ball away a bit too much and gets stupid yellows a lot.

Paz-CCFC

gimmick wrote: »

Reminder.

Before that Sligo game, we were 13 points ahead. When we were losing and missed the penalty, Dundalk must have thought they'd be 10 points behind by beating Derry the following day and then 7 by beating us. That would have had them well in with a shout of catching us, especially with Maguire leaving (the talk then being end of June/start of July). Instead they're 18 points behind. An 11 point swing (kind of) and we get an extra month out of Maguire than we thought.

Look at the Cann Table below. You have to scroll down just to see another team other than City!

Points|Team [GD]
49| Cork City [40]
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31| Dundalk [14]
30|
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28| Derry City [9]
27| Bray Wanderers [4]
26| Shamrock Rovers [-1]
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23| Limerick [1]
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20| Bohemians [-12]
19|
18| Finn Harps [-12]
17| Drogheda United [-15]
16| Sligo Rovers [-10]
15| St Patrick's Athletic [-9]
14| Galway United [-9]

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Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Look at the Cann Table below. You have to scroll down just to see another team other than City!

And yet I know a couple of fans of your club who insist on the whole "there's a lot of football to be played" kind of nonsense.

It's done and dusted.

Bateman

Are people still saying there is a title race? There isn’t.

dan1895

Tomas Easy Velour wrote: »

And yet I know a couple of fans of your club who insist on the whole "there's a lot of football to be played" kind of nonsense.

It's done and dusted.

Nothing wrong with a bit of humbleness. Especially if it's from a Cork person.

Bateman

It’s not real humility, it’s tactical in advance of them getting their arses handed to them in Europe again

CHealy

Bateman wrote: »

It’s not real humility, it’s tactical in advance of them getting their arses handed to them in Europe again

We made it to ELQ3 last year and got knocked out 3-1 on aggregate by eventual Quarter Finalists???????

Anyway looks like we are being stripped apart much quicker than Dundalk were over the last few seasons, Kevin O'Connor now apparently close to signing for Preston. Least we have a gem in Shane Griffin ready to come in as a straight swap for him, very similar players.

Corholio

Bateman wrote: »

It’s not real humility, it’s tactical in advance of them getting their arses handed to them in Europe again

Humility 101 from this guy eh :pac:

You say that as if losing in Europe is some sort of Cork thing rather than a LOI thing? Who do you support?

Also it's not a title race because of other clubs not because of the team on top.

gimmick

I could be typing about how amazing a season it is and other teams should feel privileged to be on the pitch with us and how other fans should marvel at the attacking play and amazing goals and wonderful individual displays. I don't, nor have I ever. As seen by some fan of another club last week, posting stuff like that can bite you on the ass.

Speaking for myself, I am delighted where we are and long may it continue. But due to my pessimistic and superstitious nature when it comes to CCFC, ill believe its in the bag when the trophy is being lifted by whoever happens to be our captain on that particular day.

Of course it would take a monumental effort to not win it from here. 10 wins by my reckoning seals it. and thats assuming Dundalk win all their remaining 16.

gimmick

Kev O Connor goneski too by the looks.

CHealy

gimmick wrote: »

Kev O Connor goneski too by the looks.

Ya, this is 100% done now aswell, to be announced this week. You cant replace a player like Maguire, but I think we'll fair alot better with the loss of O'Connor. He's a fantastic player but Griffin was brought in with O'Connor leaving in mind so we already had a plan in place. Still a bit sickening to see the squad stripped before we even win the league officially but LOI clubs just cant compete with Championship offers.

gimmick

I just dread to see what the derisory figure involved will be. Cant begrudge the player either. The money being offered compared to here is massive.

I hope Griffin is as good as people say he is and he is not another Gavin Hoolahan, a player who got better and better with every game he didn't play in!

CHealy

gimmick wrote: »

I hope Griffin is as good as people say he is and he is not another Gavin Hoolahan, a player who got better and better with every game he didn't play in!

I believe he is going to be just as good as O'Connor and Im not just saying that now because O'Connor is leaving. There has been talk the last few weeks even of Griffin forcing O'Connor out of the team, this is all on the CCFC Forum and well before any talk of O'Connor deal being done came up.

I suppose we might be in a unique situation where we can blood new fellas in for half a season and still win the league barring a bottle job never before seen.

callaway92

Is there somebody Irish working high up with Preston North End no?

Seem to love their LOI players

major bill

callaway92 wrote: »

Is there somebody Irish working high up with Preston North End no?

Seem to love their LOI players

Sure why wouldn't you love it, Grayson obviously rates the league and knows full well he can get decent players on the cheap.

hufpc8w3adnk65

callaway92 wrote: »

Is there somebody Irish working high up with Preston North End no?

Seem to love their LOI players

I think PNE view the irish league like we did when the first local ALDI opened here.

Great bargains that are just too cheap not to try !

Mushy

Preston must have loved being in Cork last summer. Bumped into some of them in my local Aldi.

pablomakaveli

gimmick wrote: »

I just dread to see what the derisory figure involved will be. Cant begrudge the player either. The money being offered compared to here is massive.

I hope Griffin is as good as people say he is and he is not another Gavin Hoolahan, a player who got better and better with every game he didn't play in!

We'll probably get some U23 compensation and hopefully a sell on clause at least. It's like Reading all over again with Preston but I don't begrudge the lads the move and I hope they'll flourish.

D14Rugby

Grayson was involved in Blackpool when hoolahan was there so maybe he was turned to the league by him and though better to get the players before they become expensive

gimmick

pablomakaveli wrote: »

We'll probably get some U23 compensation and hopefully a sell on clause at least. It's like Reading all over again with Preston but I don't begrudge the lads the move and I hope they'll flourish.

A good sell on will ease the pain somewhat.

Tomas Easy Velour

Tomas Easy Velour wrote: »

And yet I know a couple of fans of your club who insist on the whole "there's a lot of football to be played" kind of nonsense.

It's done and dusted.

I don't think it is.

Football is littered with examples of collapses. Look at Leeds United, with 7 games left they were coasting into the playoffs, in the previous 7 games they got 15 points beating Brighton and Wednesday. They picked up 6 points from the last 21.