from their north Dublin enemies. These astute additions to Stephen Bradley’s squad makes a three-peat seem inevitable. Unless, and this is a long shot, ‘Pico’ Lopes is rewarded for his excellence at the African Nations Cup with a lucrative move to a European club. Considering Joey O’Brien hung up his spurs, to assist Duff at Shels, the defensive cupboard looks a tad bare.
“You’ll always have a little bit taken out of the dressing room when someone like Joey leaves,” Bradley agreed. “That’s only natural. But that gives someone an opportunity to step up and we’ve had that, and I’m sure that will continue to happen. He was fantastic for us, he has moved on and we wish him well at Shels in his career. But I think we are in a good place in that regard.”