2025 SQUAD

[chosen1]

Coll left before TL etc were in post.

Not necessarily true. Coll spoke to TL in the days after he arrived as manager.

TL never spoke Ciaran at anytime Dee

[IfYouTolerateThis]

Daniel Kelly has left the club. Contract terminated by mutual consent.

[Nige92]

Will Patching won't be returning. He had some brilliant moments in his time here. His first season it seemed like he was scoring a free kick or worldie ever other week to help us get 4th place.

Personally, I would have liked to see him come back. With him and Fats gone, we're missing a progressive passer in midfield who can help dictate the play.

https://www.derrynow.com/news/derry-spo ... layer.html

[davybhoy]

Any rumours of incoming players? That's at least 7 away and only 2 in.

[marcoloco]

We’re clearing out a lot of players that were either not up to it or not contributing (excluding Coll). So happy with the dealings thus far. Our wage bill will be in seriously healthy shape to go after some new players.

[Keyser Soze]

Will Patching won't be returning. He had some brilliant moments in his time here. His first season it seemed like he was scoring a free kick or worldie ever other week to help us get 4th place.

Personally, I would have liked to see him come back. With him and Fats gone, we're missing a progressive passer in midfield who can help dictate the play.

https://www.derrynow.com/news/derry-spo ... layer.html

Fats and Patching were progressive passers who dictated the play?

When?

[marcoloco]

Will Patching won't be returning. He had some brilliant moments in his time here. His first season it seemed like he was scoring a free kick or worldie ever other week to help us get 4th place.

Personally, I would have liked to see him come back. With him and Fats gone, we're missing a progressive passer in midfield who can help dictate the play.

https://www.derrynow.com/news/derry-spo ... layer.html

Fats and Patching were progressive passers who dictated the play?

When?

Fats hasn’t been fit for 2 seasons at least. Poor fella just never got going.

Pathching hasn’t looked interested in his final season. Not at the races.

Won’t miss either as they really didn’t offer too much for different reasons.

[IfYouTolerateThis]

I think Patching going is a mistake.

No matter the performances last season from him, who can anyone point to that looked quality under the last manager last season.

Patching is a quality footballer. I'd have liked to see him work under Lynch.

Tbh, I do think, however, he wants away after the criticism he got last year. I know who I blame for the debacle last year, maybe Patching feels he bore the brunt for that ineptitude.

[marcoloco]

Agree he has the quality but i got the feeling that his heart wasnt in it any longer.

I think he's looking to return home and get a club in England and that probably has as much to do with it as anything else.

There's a few quality players i'd love to see return - Even McLauglin and Josh Daniels - both still young or in their prime years.

And Will TL consider any players from Larne or is that bad form to raid your former club?

We also need 2 x CBs.

And what's the thinking on Todd - i personally don't think he's ready for LOI. Another year's loan would do him no harm.

[TenaciousDee]

maybe Patching feels he bore the brunt for that ineptitude.

And so he should. The amount of money he was being paid to perform and for most of last season he was on the field doing his best impression of Where's Wally.

[daniel]

Agree he has the quality but i got the feeling that his heart wasnt in it any longer.

I think he's looking to return home and get a club in England and that probably has as much to do with it as anything else.

There's a few quality players i'd love to see return - Even McLauglin and Josh Daniels - both still young or in their prime years.

And Will TL consider any players from Larne or is that bad form to raid your former club?

We also need 2 x CBs.

And what's the thinking on Todd - i personally don't think he's ready for LOI. Another year's loan would do him no harm.

Todd is 26, and has played LOI for long enough. If he's not ready now he never will be.

Whether he is good enough is a different story, but he wasn't given a chance under RH.

[IfYouTolerateThis]

maybe Patching feels he bore the brunt for that ineptitude.

And so he should. The amount of money he was being paid to perform and for most of last season he was on the field doing his best impression of Where's Wally.

I'm always wary of "fans" who default to wages as the first point of criticism for poor performances. In every walk walk of life, the salary is usually never a factor in under performance.


Pay big money, play brilliant. If it was that easy, pay him even more, sure he'd only get better...

[TenaciousDee]

In every walk walk of life, the salary is usually never a factor in under performance.

I beg to differ.

[TenaciousDee]

Daniel Kelly signed for Shelbourne.

[haymaker89]

I think Patching going is a mistake.

No matter the performances last season from him, who can anyone point to that looked quality under the last manager last season.

Patching is a quality footballer. I'd have liked to see him work under Lynch.

Tbh, I do think, however, he wants away after the criticism he got last year. I know who I blame for the debacle last year, maybe Patching feels he bore the brunt for that ineptitude.

I’ve read some shite on here but this is by far the best I’ve seen.. so Higgins is to blame for will patching been a lazy fucker. Higgins controlled players effort an heart. You might not of liked him as a manager but the players and the players only are to blame for there heart an effort !!!

[Marty]

I think Patching going is a mistake.

No matter the performances last season from him, who can anyone point to that looked quality under the last manager last season.

Patching is a quality footballer. I'd have liked to see him work under Lynch.

Tbh, I do think, however, he wants away after the criticism he got last year. I know who I blame for the debacle last year, maybe Patching feels he bore the brunt for that ineptitude.

You are correct. Patching is a great player and would have performed under a manager. Higgins played him picking the ball up of the back four all season, not his position.

[jimd]

How do we know what the players are being paid .all this talk about wages it's nobody's business what players are paid

[magspat]

Patching had no notion coming back to DC never returned to speak withTL.

[Keyser Soze]

I see Shels have signed Ellis Chapman from Sligo.

I'd heard talk we were after him.

[Franco]

I don't see TL signing any league of Ireland players this window at this stage. Most of the business with out of contract player's has been done in the league.

Reading in the paper he was saying nothing immient and some younger players will feature pre season . That leads me to assume he's talking to player's in England, Scotland and Irish league and nothing will happen till the transfer window open's in January . Possibly a few loan deals and maybe a fee paid for Irish league player/players. It may take a couple of windows to get a his preferred team on the pitch.