Sean Maguire

http://www.joe.ie/football/league-of-ireland/video-waterfords-sean-maguire-may-be-on-his-way-to-west-ham-heres-what-he-can-do-0031222-1

Small (despite being reported @ 5'9 in some reports today) slight fella with excellent close control, 2 good feet, good finisher (but could improve on this aspect), very fast, especially over short distances, has a burst of acceleration that can take him past defenders (in the plural, he rarely stops at beating one defender), and surprisingly very difficult to get the ball off him for a fella that size, he has a low centre of gravity, kind of crouches over the ball when he recieves it, to the point where it looks like he will fall over, (looks a bit odd, but seems to be very effective) then one quick turn and he is gone.

There has been a figure of 50k mentioned - he is out of contract, I have no idea of the rules covering these circumstances, so I couldn't even tell ya whether that is true. Even if it is true, the whole lot will presumably go toward paying off Hendo after his court case victory. 

deise316 wrote: John W mentioned Shane Long as a comparison, have to say I don't think they are a similar player at all, he more reminds me of the early Wolves/Coventry version of Robbie Keane (not quite that good though). Best of luck to him anyway.

You've seen him more than me I was going on his perfomance v Limerick in the RSC, gave an exhibition of hold up play and running the channels reminded me of long. Although I do agree I think he will make a comfortable living from the game,

Best of luck to the kid. 

All the best to him just hope he didnt go over too early, maybe another season in the LOI could have been better for him!!

shane long wrote: young mcguire is from kilkenny seen him with evergreen a few times,  by all accounts was excellent with waterford last season, great move for him, as lads said he is very strong for his height.

Saw Seani play for Waterford a few times over the last couple of years,
My cousin plays for Waterford United. He will go far in the game, West Ham is a perfect place to start his career. Sam Allyrdyce is not afraid to give young lads a chance to prove themselves so hopefully Seani can fill out a bit & try & push into the first team next season. He's still very slight for his age, yes he is deceptively strong but against decent centre halves he would get destroyed if he was chucked in currently. If he fills out by June or July I'd expect him to feature pre-season for West Ham. Good luck to the lad, he has the ability to go far however a large amount of luck is needed when players venture across the water. Fair play to him, I hope everything works out for him.

Called up for Ireland U 19s, after Paul Doolin said he is doing very well with the West Ham U 21s since he signed for them. Which is great, except for the fact Seanie hasn't kicked a ball in anger for them yet, both games he was due to play in since he signed have been called off due to weather conditions. If Trap said something like this..........................