https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soc...olger-13951314

https://www.dublinlive.ie/sport/sham...signs-15778883

I'm impressed by this move. Left-field and shows the club have been doing more work behind the scenes than was obvious.

Most of the reports say the same thing about him - and he sounds like a Warnock type player. He is a down to earth defensive midfielder with a fair bit of first team experience in the League Of Ireland (that has produced so many EPL successes) and may be looked at as a Gunnar replacement? I imagine he will turn out for our u23s but be seen as a 25+1 signing who could be brought into the senior squad before the end of the season?

I like this from the42 report:

Bolger, who sat his Leaving Cert last summer, was named U17 International Player of the Year at last year’s FAI International Awards and has been an international at various underage levels for Ireland.

Manager Bradley has heaped praise on the young player since breaking into Rovers’ senior team midway through the 2016 campaign, with Bolger highlighted as a tough-tackling enforcer in the middle of the park.

“He can tackle, he can play, he just needs to add goals to his game and he would be very close to a complete midfielder,” Bradley said speaking last season after a 3-0 victory over Cork City.

“He’s a throwback to the players who just want to play. He doesn’t look at or care about who he’s playing against, he doesn’t care what colour boots he has or how he looks. He just wants to go and be the best player on the pitch.”