QuoteAs if things weren't bad enough apparently Roddy is waiting in the wings to take over as manager and will bring in players of his own.
That's interesting thanks for that. Not good for Athlone.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
As if things weren't bad enough apparently Roddy is waiting in the wings to take over as manager and will bring in players of his own.
Look at it another way, such are the depths of ignominy that Athlone have been dragged down to, that Roddy and his crew on the horizon look like knights in shining armour.
Won't get the fans back regardless. Investor wants his players playing. He will leave if they don't. And athlone will die with the money.
Do these cowboys own 100% of the club?Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Nobody knows what is going on.
Even with half the Athlone team trying their best to lose game after game, they still have more points than Shels.
It sounds more like an "sponsorship" deal, as the club keeps all the board and positions, get money from this investors but with the condition to use a % of this money to pay the coaches or players they say without putting any publicity on the shirts and obviously to get back fixing some games.
Probably they dressed it as if they were going to make money with those players getting transferred or whatever, or they told the board the players were going to be so good that they would promote to Premier and get money from europe. Hard to understand what they said to make it credible but obviously other clubs didn't believe in it.
Aha! ...they said "Irish FA". Before I started reading it I put a little bet on with myself that they'd refer to the FAI as "the Irish FA" because ...yknow ...all British papers refer to the governing body of Football in the Republic of Ireland as "the Irish FA". Then you read through and it's like, you're rooting for them, they're nearly there, they're gonna make it, they're gonna make it, they're make it then BOOM -there it is "the Irish FA".
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Emmet Malone discussed the matter on the Irish Times' business podcast yesterday (from 29m24s): https://soundcloud.com/irishtimes-bu...etting-scandal
Whilst, on the face of it, it might seem tempting to speculate or even assume that those players who, in the past, were involved in (multiple) matches abroad that have been under investigation by UEFA must be prime suspects for some wrongdoing or shady dealings here, Malone makes an interesting point:
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Crooked Longford bastards. I always knew it.
The tagged on shame for Longford is their players won a game that the other players wanted to lose.
Eh? I can imagine it being shameful if we didn't win alright. Like Sligo and that Albanian crowd.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Ouch!!
Ok, definitely no tagged on shame to Longford's victory, just no glory to the bragging rights.
Roddy confirmed as manager
Should stick that in the facepalm thread too. I have no reason to have any issue with the chap but then he never managed my club. He was always great craic when at games and his 'lifes a battle keep the faith' speech to Dundalk fans outside the Lilywhite Lounge in 2012 just before Monaghan closed up shop was quite appreciated at the time tbh. If not some odd joke the best of luck to him and Athlone Town and hopefully he will have the strength of character to keep these investors grubby paws off the playing squad bar paying their wages.
http://www.atimes.com/article/athlon...ame-small-rig/
Very interesting article !
A smart choice; with Roddy as boss, the owners won't even need to go to the bother of match-fixing any more to ensure they lose every game.
John O'Sullivan with a very good piece on how the investigation at Athlone puts the spotlight back on the financial strains associated with simply trying to stay afloat in the league: http://www.the42.ie/athlone-town-joh...86603-May2017/
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