LOI 2014 Thread

anncoates · 20-10-2014 08:55PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

We had form in ex rovers players being POTY

Such waste of talent that lad.

AgileMyth · 20-10-2014 10:41PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

We didn't have a youth infrastructure and an ongoing ground development plan back then either. All of which are an additional drain on club resources. Priorities have changed drastically since then. Dermot Kelly has already stated that any future income will be mostly ring fenced for further improvement of the Showgrounds.

As for the U19's - Gary Boylan is the pick of them, but it's highly unlikely he will be a Rovers player come the new year. Has another trial lined up this week - with Huddersfield, I think.

Gary boylan, if he goes, will pay for the youth infrastructure for a few years to come. Ground development will be dropped as soon as funds run low.

AllGunsBlazing · 21-10-2014 12:31AM

AgileMyth wrote: »

Ground development will be dropped as soon as funds run low.

Funds have already run low. There is a lot of talk of the club having to go back to a part time set up as it is. As for for whatever we get for Boylan paying for the youth setup for years to come?!

Yeah, sure.

Vision of Disorder · 21-10-2014 11:26AM

Did Boylan play right-full against Limerick?

AllGunsBlazing · 21-10-2014 01:23PM

Heary link gaining momentum.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2014/1021/653743-heary-sligo/

anncoates · 21-10-2014 01:25PM

I heary is nailed on for the job.

/boom tish

Oat23 · 21-10-2014 01:50PM

anncoates wrote: »

I heary is nailed on for the job.

/boom tish

doncarlos · 21-10-2014 02:42PM

PFAI Team of the year

McNulty
Gannon
Boyle
Gartland
Bermingham
Healy
Towell
Horgan
Hoban
Fagan
O'Sullivan

Not a million miles away from what I would have picked and called all 6 Dundalk players right. Bit surprised that O'Sullivan got in instead of Byrne but hard to argue about the rest.

doncarlos wrote: »

Last few posts have me thinking about team of the year. Wonder will there be many changes to last years team?

Team of the Year 2013
Clarke (St Pat's), Bermingham (St Pat's), Browne (St Pat's), Boyle, (Dundalk), O'Brien (St Pat's), Brennan (St Pat's), Bolger (St Pat's), Towell (Dundalk), Horgan (Cork City), Patterson (Derry City), Hoban (Dundalk)

Shoe-ins
Bermingham, Boyle, Towell and Hoban should keep their spots
Gannon will definitely come in to the right back slot and Fagan up front in place of Patterson

Maybes
Clarke, Browne, Brennan, Bolger and Horgans spots are iffy.
GK - Clarke, Cherrie, McNulty and Ryan all competing for this. I'd select Ryan. He has been fantastic against Dundalk this season and from reports he has been as good in other games.
CB - Browne's biggest threat this season is Gartland. Has made the very odd mistake but chips in with lots of goals. 7 in the league alone. Dan Murray could also be in with a shout.
Midfield- Bolger and Horgan could retain with Bolger most likely as he has been solid. Horgan has blown hot and cold but when he is good he is very good so might just scrape in. Can't see Brennan getting a spot with Shields, Healy and Conan Byrne all contenders.

My Team would be

Ryan (Limerick), Bermingham (St Pat's), Gartland (Dundalk), Boyle, (Dundalk), Gannon (Dundalk), Byrne (St Pat's), Bolger (St Pat's), Towell (Dundalk), Horgan (Dundalk), Fagan (St Pat's), Hoban (Dundalk)

I know that there is a heavy weighting to Dundalk/Pat's players but nobody else has really impressed me more than those.

dreamers75 · 21-10-2014 02:58PM

Byrne is the only player I think should be in thats not.

Other wise thats a decent team.

uch · 21-10-2014 03:32PM

I think Billy Dennehy should've been in the team

Pinturicchio · 21-10-2014 03:43PM

PFAI First Division team of the year:

Doyle (Wex)
Horgan (Gal)
Barrett (Gal)
Sullivan (LTFC)
Desmond (Shels)
Connolly (Shels)
Connolly (Galway)
Rice (LTFC)
Furlong (Wex)
Shaw (LTFC)
O'Sullivan (LTFC)

1st Division Player of the Year nominees - Ryan Connolly, Galway; Danny Furlong, Wexford Youths; David O’Sullivan, Longford Town

gimmick · 21-10-2014 03:47PM

uch wrote: »

I think Billy Dennehy should've been in the team

He has been dirt. A great man from the set piece but a very limited player aside from that.

CSF · 21-10-2014 04:10PM

Pinturicchio wrote: »

PFAI First Division team of the year:

Doyle (Wex)
Horgan (Gal)
Barrett (Gal)
Sullivan (LTFC)
Desmond (Shels)
Connolly (Shels)
Connolly (Galway)
Rice (LTFC)
Furlong (Wex)
Shaw (LTFC)
O'Sullivan (LTFC)

1st Division Player of the Year nominees - Ryan Connolly, Galway; Danny Furlong, Wexford Youths; David O’Sullivan, Longford Town

Shocked Dylan Connolly isn't in the Player of the Year nominees. Thought Jordan Keegan would have made it into the Team of the Year too but largely I think from what I've seen most of it is about right.

Corholio · 21-10-2014 04:46PM

Would have had Gearoid in instead of Healy. He's played better in the bigger games for us and drives the team on when no one else does. Healy has always had an aura but that got raised even more after THAT goal. However I don't think he's been brilliant for us this season.

Darkglasses · 21-10-2014 05:17PM

Pinturicchio wrote: »

PFAI First Division team of the year:

Doyle (Wex)
Horgan (Gal)
Barrett (Gal)
Sullivan (LTFC)
Desmond (Shels)
Connolly (Shels)
Connolly (Galway)
Rice (LTFC)
Furlong (Wex)
Shaw (LTFC)
O'Sullivan (LTFC)

1st Division Player of the Year nominees - Ryan Connolly, Galway; Danny Furlong, Wexford Youths; David O’Sullivan, Longford Town

Ecstatic for Danny Furlong. Developing so well from when he first came on the LOI scene.

Pinturicchio · 21-10-2014 05:28PM

I can't say I've noticed Doyle, Desmond or Shaw at any stage this season. Jake Keegan has 2 more goals than Shaw, but I suppose players are less likely to vote for a foreigner that they don't know.

Surprised Dylan Connolly isn't up for POTY.

CSF · 21-10-2014 05:30PM

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I can't say I've noticed Doyle, Desmond or Shaw at any stage this season. Jake Keegan has 2 more goals than Shaw, but I suppose players are less likely to vote for a foreigner that they don't know.

Surprised Dylan Connolly isn't up for POTY.

Desmond is our best player without question, by a distance. I would go as far to say best player in the FD but centrebacks don't really win those sort of awards ever so I understand his exclusion

22-10-2014 07:55AM

Rory Gaffney has been very good for Limerick too.

peteeeed · 22-10-2014 09:44AM

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

ionadnapóca · 22-10-2014 09:55AM

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

About Pay or Mathews:pac:

Pinturicchio · 22-10-2014 10:08AM

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

That'd be some way for Athlone to stay up!

dreamers75 · 22-10-2014 10:08AM

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peteeeed · 22-10-2014 10:09AM

Pinturicchio wrote: »

That'd be some way for Athlone to stay up!

the players are meeting tonight instead of training to discuss what to do

CrowdedHouse · 22-10-2014 10:22AM

There was something on the RTE sports news this morning about St Josephs Boys objecting to Brays licence renewal as they're owed €40K

(Linky around 2:54 in http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A20669200%3A48%3A22-10-2014%3A )

Gavin "shels" · 22-10-2014 10:57AM

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

peteeeed wrote: »

the players are meeting tonight instead of training to discuss what to do

I posted a month ago in this thread that a few weeks wages were owed to players, they had a meeting but nothing seemed to come from it, presuming they haven't been paid still?

gimmick · 22-10-2014 11:01AM

I hope Bray do something similar to Racing Santander did earlier this year. they were owed months of wages and empty promises were made time after time.

So in a cup match, the game kicked off, the Racing players just all stood in the centre circle and refused to play.

When CCFC were in trouble a few years back it was embarrassing that the players whinged the whole time about not getting paid, yet did nothing about it. No strike, no nothing. Just went about business as usual.

doncarlos · 22-10-2014 11:08AM

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

Why didn't they do this on last Friday??

anncoates · 22-10-2014 11:10AM

gimmick wrote: »

I hope Bray do something similar to Racing Santander did earlier this year. they were owed months of wages and empty promises were made time after time.

So in a cup match, the game kicked off, the Racing players just all stood in the centre circle and refused to play.

When CCFC were in trouble a few years back it was embarrassing that the players whinged the whole time about not getting paid, yet did nothing about it. No strike, no nothing. Just went about business as usual.

The cork players refused to travel to the game with us in 2009? I think the FAI guaranteed their wages?

gimmick · 22-10-2014 11:17AM

Hmm, if thats the case I never heard about it anyway. Not sure how true it is as FORAS actually paid wages on a number of occasions (which for the record I was against as it basically bankrolled Tom Coughlan and left him off the hook to some degree. Had the playrs actually striked I would not have had an issue with it).

peteeeed · 22-10-2014 11:22AM

doncarlos wrote: »

Why didn't they do this on last Friday??

they were promised an agreed amount of money from the gate from last fridays game which they haven't been given

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