ST MIRREN MANAGER Jim Goodwin has invested in a season pass for the WatchLOI streaming service as he looks to home in an effort to strengthen his squad.
With Irish players featuring prominently, St Mirren have made a relatively encouraging start to the new Scottish Premiership season by taking seven points from their first four games.
Conor McCarthy, Joe Shaughnessy, Jamie McGrath and English-born former Ireland youth international Sam Foley have all been signed since Goodwin took charge of the Buddies last summer after beginning his managerial career at Alloa Athletic.
Goodwin, who was capped once by Ireland at senior level during his playing career, achieved his initial aim of keeping St Mirren in the top tier of Scottish football.
Earlier this week, former Dundalk winger Dylan Connolly joined League of Ireland graduates McCarthy and McGrath on the books of the Paisley club.
“People read too much into the fact that a lot of Irish guys are coming in,” Goodwin told reporters when asked about his growing contingent of compatriots ahead of tomorrow’s visit to St Johnstone.
“At the end of the day, if there are good players in England, Scotland or anywhere else who we felt were better than what we’ve got, then we would look to bring them in.
“It just so happens that the guys I’ve identified are Irish. It is a good market. I’ve got the online season pass for all of the games, which is brilliant for the League of Ireland, so I’m constantly watching games every weekend.”
The Waterford native, who also had former Cork City defender Sean McLoughlin on loan from Hull City last season, added: “There are some rough diamonds over there. There’s still another two or three players over there who I’m looking at.
“I don’t want to be bringing too much attention to it – but I suppose I’ve said it now – because there are other managers who are probably going to be looking at the quality of players that we’re bringing in, the likes of McGrath and McCarthy, and no doubt they’ll be sending people over there.
“I’m very luck to have guys over there who are always giving me good information and tipping me off about the next best ones. There are two or three really good ones still over there who we’re talking to at the moment.”
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Good to see Eamon Dunphy was spot on with his assessment of Brazil during his rant at the end of the champions league final…
Piques trips don’t lie….
And then Neymar does that!!!
outrageous. great goal.Barca will be happy. the Luiz clearance was a massive turning point
game was well over when luiz cleared
Brazil are still a class team. I think they will go on and win the World Cup for a sixth time.
Not a hope, they are only good in all those “nobody cares” cups or world tours.
Titles or cups meant nothing tonight. That was a simple case of passion and “who’s the best”. What a game! Fook the begrudgers”
Some clearance from Luiz that was more impressive than Neymars goal
Trappatoni has to go!
This is Spain’s Bishop Brennan’s kick up the arse. They’ll be back.
Def not joe, Brazil seem to really want it. But great clearance by David Luiz, coulda been a draw.
After the passionate singing of the national anthem there was always only going to be one winner. Brazil were awesome at times. Great curtain raiser for WC 2014.
I hope now people stop saying Neymar is the most overrated player ever.
first time since 1985 spain lose 3-0
Shakira played a great game.
Richie sadlier sounds like gift grubs Shane lunch :D
scrappy goal.arbeloa having a nightmare. have money on Spain. not looking good at the moment
Tippy tappy taps out!
After watching that masterpiece by Brazil tonight do you all, well almost all, still think as you did last year here on thejournal.ie, the Euro is of a much higher standard than The World Cup? :) :) :)
Brazil were class tonight! David Luiz was like a man possesed! Can’t wait to see Neymar playing with Barca! The only thing I’ll say is Spain played 120 minutes against Italy,had a days less rest & that pitch wasn’t fixed up since the last match.
Best game any of you will ever see!!
That would be France v Germany in the 1982 World Cup. I haven’t googled anything, so I may have something slightly wrong.
Did you watch it at the tennis club Paul?
I didn’t see the match, just saw the goals. I did see Brazil’s games against Italy and another team and was unimpressed with the standard of football. I know football and politics are two completely different things but at a time when there is so much trouble, pain and anger in the country, a lot of which is centred around the costs of holding a world cup and having terrible health care, high taxes, poor education etc, I would have felt sorry for brazil if they lost the game because the country needs a lift and something to cheer about and there were a lot of sacrifices made for it. I was surprised to see the score of 3-0 and I wonder if Spain weren’t giving it 100 per cent for these reasons above. As I said I didn’t see the game so I’m not saying they didn’t deserve to win, I just wonder if the result would have been different if it was the world cup final at stake.
Here’s where your analysis fell down – “I didn’t see the match”. Spain looked tired and Brazil broke them. They could have won by 5
Haha fair enough
Just figured out why good comments get red thumbs including trolls……..!!
I always knew that my team would get back on track ;) also I think that they needed some time to reconnect again with the new players