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Keyser Soze wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:18 am Do you know TL?
I'll assume you don't, and if you don't, how can you say confidently that he 'knows what he's doing".

TenaciousDee wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:57 pm

Franco wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 12:24 pm I thought we may have had a few more lined up and in by now. Not even seeing rumours in the press and we're back in pre season. I do see Liam Mullen has rejoined after a loan at Portadown and Sam Todd is back too. Not heard if Jackie is back though.

The team had been photographed working in the gym last month and photographed again yesterday training on a pitch. As for Jackie, he is due back from his loan spells at Coleraine but unsure when that will be.

dcfc_jp_1989 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:53 am Faroe Islands not Iceland & I think the Liechestein team they played play in the 2nd division in Switzerland

dcfc_jp_1989 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:53 am Incentive for 2025 is the FAI Cup winners in 2025 are sure to be guaranteed a place in the UEFA Europa League for the summer 2026 as opposed to the UEFA Conference League with the League of Ireland being inside the top 33 in Europe & most likely to stay there come the end of June

johnm wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:18 pm Is Diallo still with us?

joe3576 wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:47 am At present, a lot of boy are screaming for signings - but we still have a relatively okay squad. The issue is probably quite a boys are probably not the managers first choice, so does he try and keep these boys or move them on.

I believe we have the following players in the first team squad at present:

1. Maher
2. Arlo Doherty
3. Boyce
4. Igehorn
5. Connolly
6. Ben Doherty
7. Dummigan
8. O'Reilly
9. Diallo
10. Davenport
11. McMullan
12. Mullen
13. Robertson
14. Hoban
15. Duffy
16. Todd
17. Harkin (Returning from Coleraine)
18. Mullan (Returning from Portadown)

I still think the issue is that 6-7 of these need to be moved on and replaced with better. But you can thank the previous manager for signing a lot of these boys on 18 month deals, when it was obvious they were only short term solutions.

joe3576 wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:47 am At present, a lot of boy are screaming for signings - but we still have a relatively okay squad. The issue is probably quite a boys are probably not the managers first choice, so does he try and keep these boys or move them on.

I believe we have the following players in the first team squad at present:

1. Maher
2. Arlo Doherty
3. Boyce
4. Igehorn
5. Connolly
6. Ben Doherty
7. Dummigan
8. O'Reilly
9. Diallo
10. Davenport
11. McMullan
12. Mullen
13. Robertson
14. Hoban
15. Duffy
16. Todd
17. Harkin (Returning from Coleraine)
18. Mullan (Returning from Portadown)

I still think the issue is that 6-7 of these need to be moved on and replaced with better. But you can thank the previous manager for signing a lot of these boys on 18 month deals, when it was obvious they were only short term solutions.

joe3576 wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:33 pm Exactly - boys demanding signings, doesn't always work. Look at Man Utd.

A great manager is the one who can get good players play even better. As Stepken Kenny done in 2004/05.

Maybe Idehen and Robertson could really kick on this season after a good pre-season and the same for Davenport.

Danny Mullen too, could have a good season if used as part of a two up front.

Todd done very well at Larne and they did NOT want to lose him back to us, he played very well in their european games.

If 2-3 of these could really emerge this season, it could save us a fortune in the transfer market.

Maher, Boyce, Doherty, O'Reilly, Duffy, Hoban and Dummigan are still as good as anything in the league, if all fit and sharp.

McMullan could be better, Connolly with the right person beside him is also a smashing player and I do believe that Danny Mullen and Davenport will have good seasons. What will Jackie be like ? Could Ferguson be a revelation ?

Maybe we are not as far off it as people think - Lynch's most important thing in my eyes, is not so much as who he signs - but can he get more out of the team and squad - I believe that he can and will, as we seriously underachieved last season. We could have still won the double, and I don't believe that losing Fats, Shane, Coll and Patching has really weakened us that much. Only the loss of McJannett I think hurt us badly.