New player

So whos this new player we are supposed to be signing....

according to someone on the vsc site theres been 4 league of Ireland players over on trial

apparantly Paul Keegan alan mannus, enda stevens and john russell.

don't know anything about any of them

Well we were at the players entrance and someone from Rovers was on there phone saying that Mickey Walker liked this player and that they were hoping to get him signed up soon...not that i was ear wigging or anything...

yorkie64red wrote:Well we were at the players entrance and someone from Rovers was on there phone saying that Mickey Walker liked this player and that they were hoping to get him signed up soon...not that i was ear wigging or anything...

B**LOCKS i bet you was just about sat on his shoulder not literally of course

pkt_drfc wrote:


B**LOCKS i bet you was just about sat on his shoulder not literally of course

Just in the right place at the right time.....

Irish newspaper The Herald has confirmed rumours circulating in Doncaster for the last few days that Rovers are giving trials to three Irish League players.
Bohemians midfielder Paul Keegan has been training at Rovers for the last week in a bid to impress, but there are no indications as to whether his week's stay in Yorkshire will earn him a contract. Keegan said thsi weekend: "The week went well but I've had no indication so far if they want to keep me or not. I hope to find out of the weekend as I don't want to be wasting my time. If they want to offer me something then I can consider it, but if not I'll get back home because we have things to sort out at Bohemians. I think I did okay at Doncaster, I didn't get to play in a game but I did well in training and didn't look out of place. I played in a game for Reading against Fulham behind closed doors but they said I wasn't what they were looking for at the moment. They're looking for someone more physical so that didn't work out."
Rovers have also given trials to Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Alan Mannus and Sligo Rovers midfielder John Russell. Russell, it has been reported, has been invited back for another week's trails this coming week, and so looks the more likely of the three to be signed by Rovers - if any of them are.
Keegan is said to be a hard-working box-to-box midfielder, whilst Mannus is a Northern Ireland goalkeeper who has played four times for his country. Russell is an irish international at Under-18, 19 and 21 level, and is also a "B" international.


from doncaster rovers.co.uk

I'd pmsl if we signed a Sligo Rovers player, hope its not the one me and Diane could have bought at a Charity man auction over there a few years back, we spent the money on a South African surfer instead

Would be great if one year Rovers did a pre season tour of Ireland , would deffo be up for that one...

You keep going on about that 1

pkt_drfc wrote:You keep going on about that 1

Any excuse to go to the emerald isle...lovely country and lovely people...i might get you to visit Temple bar in Dublin one day, be right up your street door to door pubs and irish music, a cracking night out..

yorkie64red wrote:




Any excuse to go to the emerald isle...lovely country and lovely people...i might get you to visit Temple bar in Dublin one day, be right up your street door to door pubs and irish music, a cracking night out..

And you could wear your Dublin and Sligo shirts :

VixDRFC wrote:

And you could wear your Dublin and Sligo shirts :

I could and i would, along with my Donny Rovers one as well...who knows next year maybe...

yorkie64red wrote:




Any excuse to go to the emerald isle...lovely country and lovely people...i might get you to visit Temple bar in Dublin one day, be right up your street door to door pubs and irish music, a cracking night out..

Yes guiness is a nice drink also makes you fart alot

pkt_drfc wrote:


Yes guiness is a nice drink also makes you fart alot

You would be stuck they don't sell John Smiths over there....oh and at last a decent avatar...

yorkie64red wrote:




You would be stuck they don't sell John Smiths over there....oh and at last a decent avatar...

Yep i have a better one now you can see it

The problem with "Pre-Season" is that its the Middle of season over here, so fitting in PS Friendlies would be a little difficult.

Irish Contingent wrote:The problem with "Pre-Season" is that its the Middle of season over here, so fitting in PS Friendlies would be a little difficult.

Thought Leeds did it for a couple of years on the trot, not sure who they played though...

Yes they did, in fact i was on a plane with them Dublin - LBA a few years back. Season in republic started on 5th March and ended 29th Oct this year.

Most league games are played Friday nights ( so Saturday/ Sunday friendlies can be played i suppose ).

Irish Contingent wrote:Yes they did, in fact i was on a plane with them Dublin - LBA a few years back. Season in republic started on 5th March and ended 29th Oct this year.

Most league games are played Friday nights ( so Saturday/ Sunday friendlies can be played i suppose ).

Oh well, one year maybe....and i bet that was a fun journey sharing a plane with that lot...

I actually had good Craic with Alan Smith , he was boarding plane with MP3 player plugged in, singing away, that man cannot sing ( and i told him so ), mind half the team agreed with me too.

I think i am right that Wolves ( or was it Hull City )came over here this pre season and played a benefit type game at Galway Utd. So , it is possible to arrange games, as you say maybe one year. Its surprising how many leave this island on Saturdays to go to games in UK, i admit its mostly Celtic, Man Utd, Sunderland, Newcastle, Ipswich and the like that they support, but there are a few over here who "Watch" DRFC. The problem as always is "Return Flights", if anyone does go to KMS from here it always involves a stay over.

Irish Contingent wrote:I actually had good Craic with Alan Smith , he was boarding plane with MP3 player plugged in, singing away, that man cannot sing ( and i told him so ), mind half the team agreed with me too.

I think i am right that Wolves ( or was it Hull City )came over here this pre season and played a benefit type game at Galway Utd. So , it is possible to arrange games, as you say maybe one year. Its surprising how many leave this island on Saturdays to go to games in UK, i admit its mostly Celtic, Man Utd, Sunderland, Newcastle, Ipswich and the like that they support, but there are a few over here who "Watch" DRFC. The problem as always is "Return Flights", if anyone does go to KMS from here it always involves a stay over.

Think of yourself as a missionary Irish, your role in life is to re-educate all those daft Paddys into the ways of the DRFC.
RTWD.

Oh dont worry Hoola, in my ten years over here a few have seen the light.

Do you baptise them by pouring a pint of Zigger Zagger over their heads in the church that is the Toad.
Who are Celtic, Rangers, Manure and the Bindippers anyway ?