Rasenimp
Vital Football Legend
Northern Ireland not LOI but not sure if I feel a bit burnt by elbouzedi in terms of signing someone who had done well at that kind of level. To be fair he might still come good in England but probably not with us
Summer Transfer Rumour Thread
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Northern Ireland not LOI but not sure if I feel a bit burnt by elbouzedi in terms of signing someone who had done well at that kind of level. To be fair he might still come good in England but probably not with us
cherryexile
Vital 1st Team Regular
I think the Isle of Ireland is a pool of untapped footballing talent that we are specifically casting our rod in as part of the strategy to catch young (cheap) players, nurture them and release them to clubs higher up the pyramid.
The whole Irish language tutor thing was designed to help the younger element of that, but whoever is trawling the Irish Leagues is looking at any young fry.
Happy fishing LCFC.
The whole Irish language tutor thing was designed to help the younger element of that, but whoever is trawling the Irish Leagues is looking at any young fry.
Happy fishing LCFC.
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
roughan is a good example of this - the cost of bed and board, the salary of a tutor and the wages of a first year pro are nothing compared to the value of selling him on.
NottyImp
Vital Football Legend
Assuming we do.
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
you don’t get 2 trials in the premiership for nothing. i reckon he will get snapped up and then loaned to league 2.
Cricklewoodimp
Vital 1st Team Regular
Only if they've offered him a new contract with better terms than his previous one.
nlondonimp
Vital Champions League
Lee bonis... 5!!!!! Year contract
Johnny_Boy
Vital Reserves Team
Never mind about an Irish tutor - more like an English tutor! Cannot understand a word
mikeosullivan
Vital Squad Member
Did the subtitles at 0.23 say he was a "porno fan", or did I misread it??
cherryexile
Vital 1st Team Regular
Seems to be a negotiating position on the part of Portadown. Can't say I blame them, there is no reason they shouldn't profit from holding the contracts of good quality players,
Sincilbanks
Vital Football Hero
Absolutely, we'd want us to do exactly the same if it was us selling a talented youngster to a team higher up the ladder...
hulloutpost
Vital Champions League
Spot on. Five years might be over egging the message though.
cherryexile
Vital 1st Team Regular
I watched some Portadown highlights. It was big bruising football, but Bonis stood out as having some quality. Big, strong and ran hard on some very dodgy pitches. Good control, quick, running the channels and intelligent use of lay-offs. Liked to drop back, run around his defender and come to the near post for crosses. Sort of a cross between Hopper and Scully. I can see why English clubs would be interested.
Rasenimp
Vital Football Legend
He did really well but would struggle to say '9' for say Blackpool where Hamilton gave him a rough time.
Looked like a good young player of course.
Max Arnold
Vital Reserves Team
It looks like Roughan played for 55 minutes in a friendly for Chelsea U23s against Burnley U23s on Saturday, seems it was 1-0 to Chelsea when he came off, ended 2-2.
Think I saw somewhere that it had to be issued by 3rd June and only us and Blackpool left to issue theirs in Div. 1
