'Poor' Bohs cut budget by €600,000

[Réiteoir]

LMAO!!

Aw I'm delighted things are going tits up in pigsboro. I wonder for how long more are they gonna be invincible

What's this - a Langer spouting absolute ******** again?

Who'd have thunk it eh?

Actually - when I saw the username up there I could have predicted that...

[hoops1]

LMAO!!

Aw I'm delighted things are going tits up in pigsboro. I wonder for how long more are they gonna be invincible

Shusssssssssssh some Gypos havent grasped the size of the problem yet.
We should be fully behind their decision to go to the Supreme Court hehehe

[garyderry]

Shusssssssssssh some Gypos havent grasped the size of the problem yet.
We should be fully behind their decision to go to the Supreme Court hehehe

yeah was thinking the same, must be funny for you rovers fans facing
next season in Tallaght and the mess bohs are in :D
after all the abuse about being homeless

[centre mid]

at this stage could I just add:
the very best of luck to bohemians in the leinster senior league.
Its been enjoyable, the aul rivalry but as a wise man once said "all good things must come to an end".

Didnt know they played in the aul.

[Candystripe]

Have the rules stayed the same and if they have will that make all the Bohs players free agents unless Bohs continue to pay the full amount when the contracts were originally signed?

[bohs til i die]

Clause in Murphys contract is bizarre.

Not really. Plenty of players/managers have clauses such as these in contracts. Stephen Kenny's move to Dunfermline for example.

Murphy's contract was up a year ago and he signed a 2 year extension. It was a gamble that may or may not pay off to allow the clause but if he goes nowhere by Sunday week we have him for one more year or else we get a fee for him.

[John83]

Have the rules stayed the same and if they have will that make all the Bohs players free agents unless Bohs continue to pay the full amount when the contracts were originally signed?
Yes, they're still the same. There's no sign that Bohs haven't honoured contracts, but yes, they're obliged to or they'll be in trouble - both from players who can walk for breech of contract and from licensing, who demand no unpaid wages.

Unless they succeed in the renegotiation, Bohs will have to sell or release players before they'll stay under the wage cup next year. This looks like a big headache for them.

Anyone remember which clubs have a lot of players on contracts which run over the closed season? Those clubs will all be manoeuvring franticly.

[Candystripe]

Probably the top 5 minus Drogs.

Looking like we will only have maybe 18 full-timers next season, but the players going seem to be the one's who rarely played all season.

[pineapple stu]

Add in the €400K or so in prize money that they've just won this season plus a minimum of €100K from UEFA for qualifying for the Champions League competition and the potential earnings in the Setanta Sports Cup and you're getting closer to the difference.
Have you ever seen the Simpsons where Bart is reaching across a black hole to save Homer, but can't reach, so he gets a stick to try and reach that bit further? That's what your post is like, I think.

[Candystripe]

Looking really bad for the Big club according to this report.


Fenlon ready to walk????


Bohs' plight to break up team
Financial strife sees Fenlon struggle to hold on to players

By Aidan Fitzmaurice

Monday December 01 2008

Bohemians boss Pat Fenlon admits that he fears the quick break-up of his double-winning side due to the financial situation at Dalymount Park.

The Gypsies have finished one of the best seasons in the club's history by winning the league title, with a record points haul, and the FAI Cup. But it's likely that many of the faces who helped the Dublin side win the double won't be around next term.

And the Bohs board, currently facing difficulties with two potentially expensive court cases, could also have a battle on their hands to keep Fenlon at the club as the Dubliner, who has managed four of the last six Premier Division title-winning sides, could be forced to quit due to frustrations over the financial situation at the club and in the league overall.

Bohs have nine players out of contract, while Lithuanian Mindaugas Kalonas has departed to find a club outside Ireland, and John Paul Kelly and Harpal Singh have been released.

Fenlon is keen to sign up some of the remaining six players who are out of contract but Bohs are forcing through cutbacks to deal with their mounting debt -- a debt which could grow if a court case relating to the dismissal of former manager Sean Connor goes against them tomorrow.

The Bohs boss is not in a position to offer new deals to those out-of-contract players or to bring in fresh faces, while those currently signed up with Bohs have rejected a proposal from the club's board to take a 30pc pay cut.

Fenlon returned to work over the weekend after a brief holiday but the former Shelbourne boss admits he is likely to see a mass exodus of players from a squad which will be very small next season.

"The club have said that we don't have the money to re-sign players who are out of contract or to bring in new players, it's as simple as that.

"At the moment we have 11 senior players under contract and two young lads, and there is no sign of that situation changing due to the financial circumstances. The players have said 'no' to the idea of a wage cut and I can't blame them for that, they signed contract with the club and they expect those contracts to be honoured.

"We have a lot of players from the current squad out of contract, I can't keep them all but I would like to keep a couple of them, but at the moment my hands are tied," Fenlon added.

Gary Deegan is also expected to follow Kalonas abroad, with West Brom keen on Kalonas, while Stoke City are offering a trial to Deegan.

Liam Burns, Stephen O'Donnell, Thomas Heary, Brendan McGill and Chris Konopka are out of contract and the club will not be able to offer them new deals, in the short term at least.

Youngsters Sean Byrne, Paddy Madden and Brian McCarthy all featured for the Gypsies' first team last season and it's likely that the club will have to rely heavily on them next season if the finance is not in place to bring in seasoned professionals for the defence of the league title and their Champions League campaign.

The Bohs board will have to work hard to keep Fenlon at the club, especially as Shamrock Rovers currently have a managerial vacancy.

http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/ir...m-1559129.html

[pineapple stu]

those currently signed up with Bohs have rejected a proposal from the club's board to take a 30pc pay cut.
Ouch. That's not happened before, has it?

[eamo1]

30% is a huge cut and the club couldnt possibly have expected the players to agree to that.Very surprised if O'Donnell doesnt go back to England now.If Deegan got a trial with someone Stephen has to aswell id say.

[sonofstan]

It's been forced in us, but I'm guessing the rest of league is watching very closely - if we can avoid signing anyone before January, and can enforce a wage cut, then every other club will be able to say to their players 'look what Bohs had to do and they're champions" - which is why, on solidarity grounds, our players are right to resist.

If it was any other group of employers, one might suspect the first prong of a coordinated strategy, but this is LoI clubs....

[pete]

Must be disappointing for Bohs fans that players unwilling to take any cut to help the club. Do they really think they will do better elsewhere? Lets face it not that many LOI players would get more money abroad.

[John83]

...If it was any other group of employers, one might suspect the first prong of a coordinated strategy, but this is LoI clubs....
Yes indeed. Coordinated LoI strategies don't seem to really get any more sofisticated than those of the underpants gnomes.

[Dalymountrower]

Must be disappointing for Bohs fans that players unwilling to take any cut to help the club. Do they really think they will do better elsewhere? Lets face it not that many LOI players would get more money abroad.

Cant really blame the players for holding out for payment of their wages!.It`s not like they are trapped in a small remote city with no other potential football employers!:)
I `ve no doubt though that theres some sabre rattling going on and that ultimately there `ll be a deal done with a core group of about a dozen good players. I would be less optimistic that Fenlon will stay though.
I reckon that quite a few LOI players will be heading for non-league and lower reaches of Championship football in England in January where at least they will be guaranteed a wage every week.