Quoteits not the best source, but a mate of mine living in Oz said he saw a few games Duff was playing in and he wasnt up to anything
I don't follow the A league but did he play well in games when fit? You'd have to think he can do a job if he gets a run of games. If being the big question I'm sure.
its not the best source, but a mate of mine living in Oz said he saw a few games Duff was playing in and he wasnt up to anything
Funny I heard otherwise, and that he really set the league alight there when playing.
How many Irish internationals are in the league at the minute? Fahey, McPhail, Bennett, Healy, Miller and Byrne?
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Not a snowball's chance in Hell is Duff going to be on the type of money that Pat's friendly journo is spouting in the Star. 2.5k a week ?? No chance
Strong rumors Fahey could be done and dusted as a player because of a recurring knee problem.
Derry sign Mark Quigley.
If fit and focused he'll be a great signing for them.
Hmmm. Not too sure but we may have heard this before.Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
Yeah, true but he's definitely an improvement on what they have already....
Mark Quigley is an ego and with no real star names left at Derry he can lead the line and become their main man, that's when he's at his best. If they can get him quick quickly and give him a bit of decent service he could be an inspired singing.
Will Lee Duffy have to give him his hair back?
A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes for his friends.
No, there's a director at Pepper in Australia who is involved in the club here and set up the sponsorship. All the players are paid directly by the club, to the best of my knowledge.
I hope they are
Here on a technicality.
Even at €2.5k per week this makes commercial sense for Rovers. Crowds will swell again (day trippers though) and they'll get a lot of positive attention from media and sponsorship. An 18 month contract is madness though and it is not as if he will rule the roost at this stage of his career on the pitch. Like McPhail, he's just another crocked has been who will do a semi decent job on the pitch.
Not sure I'd buy this "good for the league" line though.
2.5k a week is ~350 adult tickets per home game. Doesn't seem like a sound projection to me.
Then again, the 2.5k figure is just pulled out of a Pats fan's arse (Pats fans seem to have replaced Bohs as the preferred auditors of Rovers' books) so who knows?
They might get an initial boost in terms of crowds but after a few weeks the novelty will wear off. Especially if he isn't setting the world alight.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Yep. When Gillespie signed we were in every paper, on every radio station and we got probably an extra 200 or so fans in for our first game with him against Athlone but after that everyone could see he was just a washed up gob
In all fairness though...Keith Gillespie was washed up long before he arrived at Longford.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Wan't Conor O Donnell?
Increased sponsorship and merchandise sales will easily cover the shortfall plus did I not read that this was being subsidized through existing sponsors? Anyway, I hope you're right that you can't afford him.
Again in that bastion of gospel truth The Star newspaper it says that Duff is on 1k per week and on a 6 month contract with an option to extend. He is carrying an injury so wont be available until August supposedly. There wasnt the money in the kitty but "the board came up with the additional funds". Maybe this has been mentioned already....
Isn't Fahey on a decent lump? Rumours of him not playing again due to knee problems may lighten the wage-bill.
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