Scouts, data profiles and player circumstances and personalities all feed into a transfer taking place while there are a plethora of ingredients as to whether a player move is successful - there's no recipe to ensure it'll work but in the League of Ireland there are a couple of indicators for each position which might help.
Six points adrift at the bottom of the table, without a full time manager for the second time this season, with no Head of Football Operations and with a goalkeeper serving his second of a ten game ban, Dundalk face four-in-a-row champions Shamrock Rovers.
Dundalk confirm departure of Brian Gartland - The Home of Irish Football extratime.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from extratime.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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