Bohemian FC Team Talk/News/Rumours Thread

BOHtox

Last year's thread located here.

Bit of a meh year last year. We've a young squad this year and it seems they will be much more suited to Long's style of play, as opposed to Liability Lopes.

Squad so far:

Shane Supple GK
Greg Murray GK (Shelbourne)

Derek Pender RB
Dan Byrne CB/CM
Dominic Peppard ??
Ian Morris CB/LB/CM
Lorcan Fitzgerald LB
Rob Cornwall CB/RB
Stephen Best CB/LB
Warren O'Hora CB

Dean Casey RM?
Eoin Wearen CM
Fuad Sule CM
Phillip Gannon CM??
Jamie Doyle LM/ST
Paddy Kavanagh RM/LM/CAM

Dinny Corcoran ST
Izzy Akinade ST
Kaleem Simon ST


Ryan Robinson, right back, looks to be on the way over from Shels as well.
Still a bit light in the middle. I'd like Kurtis Byrne to sign back as well.

We've also some friendlies announced:
Friday January 20th Porterstown Rd St Mochta’s v Bohemians 7.45pm
Friday January 27th Venue TBC Shelbourne v Bohemians 7.45pm
Sunday February 5th Dalymount Park Bohemians v Cobh Ramblers 2pm
Thursday February 9th City Calling Stadium Longford Town v Bohemians 7.45pm
Friday February 17th Athlone Town Stadium Athlone Town v Bohemians 7.30pm

Counting down the days until I can once again shout 'Mon Bohs these are shíte!'

Gavin "shels"

Still baffled at the Delaney - Murray switch, Murray ended up being second choice for us most of last season after 19 year old Brady overtook him for first choice. Murray looked hairy in the majority of the games he played.

Jamie Doyle is a decent signing, looked good at 1st Div level and should step up. Ryan Robinson had a lot of hype around him but wasn't great.

wadacrack

Bohs look very weak in midfield, need alot more quality their.

GLaDOS

Gavin shels wrote: »

Still baffled at the Delaney - Murray switch, Murray ended up being second choice for us most of last season after 19 year old Brady overtook him for first choice. Murray looked hairy in the majority of the games he played.

I'd say Delaney wanted to play regularly, Supple is our no. 1.

Richard Hillman

BOHtox wrote: »

Izzy Akinade ST

Oh


He is still there I see.

GLaDOS

Nobody else will take him

Gavin "shels"

GLaDOS wrote: »

I'd say Delaney wanted to play regularly, Supple is our no. 1.

For Bohs sake, you'd better hope he doesn't ditch football again.

GLaDOS wrote: »

Nobody else will take him

Rightly so...

BOHtox

Keith Ward signs as does Oscar Brennan from Cabinteely. Ward is a smashing signing. Really rate him as a player. I think with Wearen and Lopes last year we had two defensive minded centre mids and we lacked that spark of creativity. I really think Ward provides that.

Shane Supple GK
Greg Murray GK (Shelbourne)

Derek Pender RB
Dan Byrne CB/CM
Dominic Peppard ??
Ian Morris CB/LB/CM
Lorcan Fitzgerald LB
Rob Cornwall CB/RB
Stephen Best CB/LB
Warren O'Hora CB

Dean Casey RM?
Eoin Wearen CM
Fuad Sule CM
Keith Ward CM
Oscar Brennan CM/CB (Cabinteely)
Phillip Gannon CM?? (Longford)
Jamie Doyle LM/ST (Shels)
Paddy Kavanagh RM/LM/CAM

Dinny Corcoran ST
Izzy Akinade ST
Kaleem Simon ST

GLaDOS

I dont think we've had a halfway decent creative central mid since Ward's last spell with us

DrumSteve

Interesting to see Dinny back with us.

My hairline is looking forward to receding every time I watch him take a penalty.

artanevilla

Think Ward and Wearen could work as a good centre-mid pairing.

DrumSteve

artanevilla wrote: »

Think Ward and Wearen could work as a good centre-mid pairing.

Not if the same Eoin from last year shows up

artanevilla

DrumSteve wrote: »

Not if the same Eoin from last year shows up

First spell Eoin would be preferable.

DrumSteve

artanevilla wrote: »

First spell Eoin would be preferable.

Defo, team is shaping up okay at the moment.

Real disappointed to lose Bucko though.

artanevilla

DrumSteve wrote: »

Defo, team is shaping up okay at the moment.

Real disappointed to lose Bucko though.

We might get him back when Bray go under around May/June.

DrumSteve

artanevilla wrote: »

We might get him back when Bray go under around May/June.

Hopefully they wait til the weather gets a bit ****ter so when we go play there im not stuck in the rain.

artanevilla

Bad enough Friday. Didn't look at the races at all.

Great to see a decent crowd though, hopefully any new heads won't be put off.

BOHtox

Dylan Hayes is after signing back. We've been shocking at the back. Hopefully he can sure it up a bit. Pender has been horrific so far this year

GLaDOS

Hayes looked solid for the most part last season so happy to see him back.

BOHtox

Pender needs to have a hard look at himself in the mirror. At fault for both goals tonight, he was weak for both goals last year, at least one of the goals against Derry.

Other than that it was a great win to come back from behind. The boys showed great heart. Really think we'll stay up this season

GLaDOS

Hayes in for Pender on Monday for sure. I fear Pender is finished, his legs look to be gone.

LeBash

Great come back. 3 in 3 for Dinny. He looks clueless at times but that's a seriously good start for him.

BOHtox

Bleak enough season so far. Don't know why Poynton and Ward were on the bench for Rovers. Fitzgerland has been poison. Teams are targeting him and it's working for them. He can't take a dead more any more either. We're wasting chances. Simon, for all his hard work, is a headless chicken. We need Akinade back asap!
Would like to see

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Supple
Pender----Byrne----Cornwall

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Morris
Kavanagh

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Brennan

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Sule

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Ward

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Poynton

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Dinny

Roaster

BOHtox wrote: »

Bleak enough season so far. Don't know why Poynton and Ward were on the bench for Rovers. Fitzgerland has been poison. Teams are targeting him and it's working for them. He can't take a dead more any more either. We're wasting chances. Simon, for all his hard work, is a headless chicken. We need Akinade back asap!
Would like to see

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Supple
Pender----Byrne----Cornwall

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Morris
Kavanagh

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Brennan

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Sule

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Ward

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Poynton

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Dinny

Agree with your selection bar Kavanagh. The chap couldn't beat an egg.

BOHtox

I know but we have nobody else

LeBash

BOHtox wrote: »

Bleak enough season so far. Don't know why Poynton and Ward were on the bench for Rovers. Fitzgerland has been poison. Teams are targeting him and it's working for them. He can't take a dead more any more either. We're wasting chances. Simon, for all his hard work, is a headless chicken. We need Akinade back asap!
Would like to see

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Supple
Pender----Byrne----Cornwall

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Morris
Kavanagh

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Brennan

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Sule

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Ward

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Poynton

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Dinny

In fairness to Simon, he's been out of position most of the season.

Hopefully with Dinny back we'll see how he is out wide.

Sule has been really good. Wins some amount of high balls for such a small lad. Can't understand why he isn't pushed into the box for set pieces.

BOHtox

BOHtox wrote: »

Bleak enough season so far. Don't know why Poynton and Ward were on the bench for Rovers. Fitzgerland has been poison. Teams are targeting him and it's working for them. He can't take a dead more any more either. We're wasting chances. Simon, for all his hard work, is a headless chicken. We need Akinade back asap!
Would like to see

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Supple
Pender----Byrne----Cornwall

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Morris
Kavanagh

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Brennan

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Sule

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Ward

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Poynton

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Dinny

Keith Long reads Boards.ie :cool:

R00ster

Forum gone again?

GLaDOS

Think it usually does down about this time of year when payment is due. Likely be back up in a few days.

Omackeral

No harm posting here til it pops back up, even if it's just a handful of us. Have to say I'm pleasantly suprised with our last 6 points from 9. If we can make it 9 from 12 this weekend vs Drogheda we'd be in a fantastic position. How good is Fuad Sule? A great find. Optimistic about the Drogs game... Kinda...

GLaDOS

Our next 3 games are Drogs (H), Pats (A) and Sligo (H). Another 6 from 9 would be fantastic and should see us with a decent cushion going into tougher games against Cork and Dundalk.

Home form is a worry though, only 7 points from 8 games is the worst in the league.

Omackeral

I'd be confident enough against Drogs at home, they haven't shown me all that much this season, and I'd especially fancy us with a recognised striker up front. Pats away is nearly always a defeat for us but they're struggling lately so who knows. I'd rate Sligo about the same as ourselves so in my opinion that's a coin toss. 6 from 9 would be great. Prob would expect/take 4 though.

R00ster

Beating Galway was one of the best Bohs wins in the last few years IMO. Terryland is a bogey ground for us, and they had built up a good bit of momentum, which we checked. Big win in the relegation scrap. Could be undone if we lose to Drogs or Sligo though. I thought pats would have pulled clear by now, but I still think they will. I'd take 4 points off Drogs and Sligo. 9/9 would have us almost safe.

simonw

The way the fixtures fall, we will feel like we are safe by about 3/4 the way through each series of games, but then have Cork and Dundalk back to back while the teams around us are playing each other both of those weeks, so there will more than likely be a 6 point swing by the time we play Harps... Drogs, Pats and Sligo games are massive for us to get some breathing room.

yknaa

Great idea from the Foundation for tonight's game:

The Bohemian Foundation will tonight welcome residents of three Dublin Direct Provision centres to Dalymount Park...

http://bohemianfc.com/?p=11211

frantic190

We've signed Stephen Donnelly from Usher Celtic:
http://thejuniorsoccerportal.info/bohs-beat-off-competition-to-sign-aul-prem-a-top-scorer/

major bill

frantic190 wrote: »

We've signed Stephen Donnelly from Usher Celtic:
http://thejuniorsoccerportal.info/bohs-beat-off-competition-to-sign-aul-prem-a-top-scorer/

Seen a couple of clips of his Goals, seems to be a decent goal scorer, was banging them in, in the AUL league (not the best standard), could turn out to be a very good signing as we struggling for Goals.

Bateman

Trying to sign Owen Garvan at the minute, but unfortunately the money isn’t there as things currently stand

GLaDOS

http://www.the42.ie/owen-garvan-league-of-ireland-move-3420567-Jun2017/

Sounds like there's a fair few clubs in for him, I'd be surprised if we were able to tempt him.

BOHtox

Dinny and Akinade up top for the rest of the year and we can make a late go at qualifying for Europe

BOHtox

https://twitter.com/IzzyAkinade10/status/892135961261469696

Haha yessir

What a team. What a job Long is doing

Omackeral

9/1 to win last night vs Cork with Paddy Power. Hope someone put a few euro on that. Two stunning results back to back and it has me hyped for Friday. Absolute scenes.

LeBash

After the 2 big wins and Bray haven't got a point in the last 4 games. Big chance to jump them in the table.

Omackeral

Dust off the passports lads, we're going to Europe :P

GLaDOS

GLaDOS wrote: »

I fear Pender is finished, his legs look to be gone.

Delighted to have gotten this badly wrong.

After a dodgy few weeks at the start of the season, he's been fantastic for us and really brings up the performances of those around them. We really missed him when he was injured for a few games, and no surprise it saw our form drop right off.

DrumSteve

GLaDOS wrote: »

Delighted to have gotten this badly wrong.

After a dodgy few weeks at the start of the season, he's been fantastic for us and really brings up the performances of those around them. We really missed him when he was injured for a few games, and no surprise it saw our form drop right off.

He still has the legs.

Big difference when he's on as Hayes has a bit to go yet before he's as consistent and Pender

BOHtox

I knew as soon as Fitzgerald came on we weren't going through. He's so past it it's ridiculous. He's a million miles off the pace and he should be allowed nowhere near set pieces. Don't know why Poynton wasn't brought on instead of him

BOHtox

https://twitter.com/LoiTransfers/status/920010372488286209

I'd literally rather shít in my hands and clap than to see this **** put on red and black again

BOHtox

http://bohemianfc.com/?p=11654

Supple signed on until the end of 2019. Brennan to the end of 18. Added to Fudzer, Brennan and O'Hora.

Great to keep Supple. Probably the best goalkeeper in the league and 'tis no wonder why Dundalk were after him.

If we add a handful to what we had last year we can really give Europe a go. A winger and a left back added to Wearen coming back and Akinade for the whole year will probably do.

major bill

BOHtox wrote: »

http://bohemianfc.com/?p=11654

Supple signed on until the end of 2019. Brennan to the end of 18. Added to Fudzer, Brennan and O'Hora.

Great to keep Supple. Probably the best goalkeeper in the league and 'tis no wonder why Dundalk were after him.

If we add a handful to what we had last year we can really give Europe a go. A winger and a left back added to Wearen coming back and Akinade for the whole year will probably do.

Great news, Supple on a two year deal is a great bit of business

Hopefully we get another year out of Sule but if he was to go to England least we would be owed a fee.

If we can another 1 or 2 decent ballers (Pats gone down will benefit us) and get more consistent in Dalymount next season 3rd/4th is a very realistic option.

BOHtox

Is Long on board already I wonder or is he out of contract too? He's definitely the right man for the job. Hopefully we can keep Croly, Morris, Akinade, Dinny, Wardy and Pender and you've the guts of a squad competing for Europe