LOI 2014 Thread

CHealy · 07-10-2014 02:50PM

gimmick wrote: »

Just been told that there is no international cap add ons. The add ons are all club related.

Where are you getting your info? Not disputing you just interested cause I've been told the opposite.

The_Kew_Tour · 07-10-2014 02:53PM

I heard no add ons either. hope to **** its not true.

delighted for the kid

gimmick · 07-10-2014 03:04PM

CHealy wrote: »

Where are you getting your info? Not disputing you just interested cause I've been told the opposite.

Wifes cousin is his mrs.

AllGunsBlazing · 07-10-2014 03:23PM

Surely that can't be the only work done so far at Limerick's new gaffe after nearly two years?

Unless that's an old pic, or something else is out of shot, then they've basically installed a new pitch and that's it.

07-10-2014 03:23PM

The Magic Airplane treatment in play. He becomes international standard after 5 weeks at Hull. Has he even togged out for them? Don't get me wrong, happy for Brian and he's a good footballer but the utter contempt shown for the League's players is beyond a joke. Same happened with Keith Fahey the second he moved from Pats. Ian Bermingham is a chap who is miles ahead of Stephen Ward but he won't get a look in either. Sad.

AllGunsBlazing · 07-10-2014 03:30PM

Omackeral wrote: »

The Magic Airplane treatment in play. He becomes international standard after 5 weeks at Hull. Has he even togged out for them? Don't get me wrong, happy for Brian and he's a good footballer but the utter contempt shown for the League's players is beyond a joke. Same happened with Keith Fahey the second he moved from Pats. Ian Bermingham is a chap who is miles ahead of Stephen Ward but he won't get a look in either. Sad.

Doesn't reflect very well on O'Neill imo. If he's picked Lenihan now without a single EPL game under his belt then he clearly rated him all along - but didn't have the guts to pick an LOI player. All a bit pififul, really.

CHealy · 07-10-2014 03:34PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Doesn't reflect very well on O'Neill imo. If he's picked Lenihan now without a single EPL game under his belt then he clearly rated him all along - but didn't have the guts to pick an LOI player. All a bit pififul, really.

I wonder what input Roy Keane had. He's been to the Cross a good few times this year so he would have been very aware of Lenihan.

gimmick · 07-10-2014 03:54PM

I think Keanes influence is pretty large here. When there was talk of him taking the Celtic job the talk was his first 2 signings were Lenihan and Buckley from CCFC.

Lenihan here has only been brought up as cover as Coleman is not available. So the argument could be made that had Lenihan still been at CCFC he would have been called up this time anyway.

Its a big oppurtunity for him. I hope he gains great bebfit from the experience and pushes on to the first team at Hull soon.

CSF · 07-10-2014 04:30PM

Omackeral wrote: »

The Magic Airplane treatment in play. He becomes international standard after 5 weeks at Hull. Has he even togged out for them? Don't get me wrong, happy for Brian and he's a good footballer but the utter contempt shown for the League's players is beyond a joke. Same happened with Keith Fahey the second he moved from Pats. Ian Bermingham is a chap who is miles ahead of Stephen Ward but he won't get a look in either. Sad.

Just gonna post this in here aswell seeing as the topic seems to be getting a fair bit of discussion in both threads

Just to clarify, to avoid deriving conclusions based on pre-conceived ideas, would we be saying the same about Hull if Ireland had called him up first?

Or is the notion that those things that made him attractive to Hull around this time, also made him attractive to Ireland around this time completely inplausible?

I mean a decent number of players do go to England every year from our league. That magic airplane must be getting lost in the air very frequently if it doesn't land in the Irish training camp for those ones.

10green bottles · 07-10-2014 04:50PM

In other news...Stephen O'Donnell set to return for Dundalk.Plays in a friendly tonight at Oriel Park.It's a bit of a miracle that he's at this stage of his recovery when you remember the injury he picked up!
http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/sport/soccer/skipper-o-donnell-fit-and-ready-to-go-after-six-month-lay-off-1-6341545

07-10-2014 05:00PM

Even though I despise O'Donnell, it's great that he's getting healthy. Any word on young Vernon at Pats?

uch · 08-10-2014 02:37PM

10green bottles wrote: »

In other news...Stephen O'Donnell set to return for Dundalk.Plays in a friendly tonight at Oriel Park.It's a bit of a miracle that he's at this stage of his recovery when you remember the injury he picked up!
http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/sport/soccer/skipper-o-donnell-fit-and-ready-to-go-after-six-month-lay-off-1-6341545

Good to see him back, has he played any league games this season ?

doncarlos · 08-10-2014 02:49PM

uch wrote: »

Good to see him back, has he played any league games this season ?

I think he played most of the first round of games before he was injured.

anncoates · 08-10-2014 03:43PM

Any truth in the rumours about Graham Kavanagh/Steve Staunton for Sligo?

Good to see SOD back.

CSF · 08-10-2014 04:29PM

anncoates wrote: »

Any truth in the rumours about Graham Kavanagh/Steve Staunton for Sligo?

Good to see SOD back.

Oh god...

doncarlos · 08-10-2014 04:35PM

anncoates wrote: »

Any truth in the rumours about Graham Kavanagh/Steve Staunton for Sligo?

Good to see SOD back.

Haha jasus.

anncoates · 08-10-2014 04:47PM

I know it was a rumor before Barraclough but somebody said it to me today again. Obviously taing the piss because GK got the bullet last month.

dreamers75 · 08-10-2014 05:59PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Any word on young Vernon at Pats?

Sam Verdon ‏@SamVerdon10 7h7 hours ago
think it's ankle ligaments dodge not sure how bad or how long I'll be out for need the swelling to go down first.

anncoates wrote: »

Any truth in the rumours about Graham Kavanagh/Steve Staunton for Sligo?

Good to see SOD back.

Please let this be true.

When we were throwing free money at the likes of Keane and others coming back from UK, Kavanagh rumoured to have wanted 5k to play LOI this was after he had retired.

AllGunsBlazing · 08-10-2014 06:07PM

anncoates wrote: »

Any truth in the rumours about Graham Kavanagh/Steve Staunton for Sligo?

This appointment is absolutely nailed on. Get down to the bookies and stick everything you've got on it - and I mean everything! Would I steer you wrong?

You can thank me later.

anncoates · 08-10-2014 06:42PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

This appointment is absolutely nailed on. Get down to the bookies and stick everything you've got on it - and I mean everything! Would I steer you wrong?

You can thank me later.

Alright alright.

Kavanagh is a free agent though.

Gavin "shels" · 08-10-2014 08:50PM

anncoates wrote: »

Kavanagh is a free agent though.

He may be a free agent but he works with the FAI in South Dublin or Wicklow afaik, also has a kid. Can't see him upping and moving.

JoeyJJ · 09-10-2014 12:15PM

Graham Kavanagh linked with Hartlepool job.

civis_liberalis · 09-10-2014 03:18PM

Weekend suspensions

dreamers75 · 09-10-2014 06:05PM

Brennan misses his 12th match of the season due to suspension.

civis_liberalis · 09-10-2014 06:29PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Brennan misses his 12th match of the season due to suspension.

Apart from the related fines, isn't the LOI suspensions system ridiculously strict?

I'll have to dig it out again later, but compared to many leagues, you get banned quick and often if you start picking up bookings.

Corholio · 09-10-2014 07:05PM

With tackles like that, 12 games sounds about right for Brennan.

uch · 10-10-2014 01:41PM

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Apart from the related fines, isn't the LOI suspensions system ridiculously strict?

I'll have to dig it out again later, but compared to many leagues, you get banned quick and often if you start picking up bookings.

True, but are a lot of his bookings not for mouthing off ?

CrowdedHouse · 12-10-2014 06:18PM

For our imminent return to the Premier Division - Galway United are back

http://galwayfc.ie/index.php/galway-football-club-galway-united/

NIMAN · 12-10-2014 06:20PM

uch wrote: »

True, but are a lot of his bookings not for mouthing off ?

Same as Rory Patterson with us, but you know how you stop getting bookings for mouthing off?

AllGunsBlazing · 12-10-2014 07:12PM

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

For our imminent return to the Premier Division - Galway United are back

http://galwayfc.ie/index.php/galway-football-club-galway-united/

Nice. "Galway FC" always sounded weird to me.

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