Limerick Post

[LK37oldskool]

:mad: Hi all, Has anyone noticed in recent weeks the utter drivel been written in the Post about Limerick FC.Nothing but negative garbage. Not surprising when it comes not long after the announcement of the rival Independant as LFC main sponser. I would like to thank Neil Delaney for an excellent response which the Post printed in this weeks edition.
I urge everyone here to email the journalist at the post who seems to have a vendetta against our club.Please dont be nasty as he will probably use it against us,so lets just let him know about all the positive aspects of our great club.
He can be contacted at donn@limerickpost.ie

[Jofspring]

Ive been reading the write ups in the post recently and they have been ****ing me off too. Glad to read what Neil sent in, no suprise though that the post didn't actually respond to his letter by saying they where in fact taking quotes out of context and writing things without anything to back them up. If you where to go by the post write ups recently there is no way you'd go to a Limerick FC match. Making out that Limerick FC is in a bad state and that plans to move into the Markets Field are now over. They basically have said there is no hope for Limerick FC at the moment.

Fair play Neil, your response was perfect, it surely put his pathetic ill informed write ups back in their place. Unless you have all the facts don't write about things you don't know or at least make some effort to find out the facts first. Last year the Post where all about Limerick and saying go out and buy the home jersey instead of united or liverpools third kits but this season all of a sudden they are dragging Limerick FC through the mud as far as i can see.

[Pious37]

Finally, Im not the only one. That donn guy writes utter bullsh!t. If it does not have an oval ball (ie Munster or Irish Rugby its gonna be somet negative). That guy is so biased towards rugby that he should not be allowed to be a sports journalist. He claimed he goes to the matches, not once have I seen him attend a match so the rubbish he writes must be based on match reports. HE REALLY ****ES ME OFF. gonna stop now before i say too much!!!!! :mad::mad:

[gael353]

Donn isnt a bad guy lads and has always pushed limerick fc in most of his writings. however as previously mentioned we now have a rival sponsor so id say he has been instructed by his superiors on that. but lets mention live 95 in their blatent biggotry to the club. Last years sponsor, have launched attacks on both NOC and DD when MK resigned thus bringing the club into bad press teritory. On st paddys day Leo and some limerick volenteers were giving it loads in the parade. Behind the Limerick FC lot was the impressive :rolleyes: float of Limerick Live 95 (an old jeep with six girls walking behind it) at the viewing stand all groups were identified by the announcer (catriona Tierney of live 95) and the group was announce and greated. leo let a band go first......paused and approched the stand. Cathriona Tierney...."look who we have now....its live 95 fm wow look at that jeep and those girls" she totally ignored leo (who let the dignataries knwo who he and limerick fc were by pointing to the crest) i would like to point out that the jeep was over 100 yards behind leo and her ignoring him was blatant and amateur. for those of you who dont know we are co sponsored by spin south west radio station

[LK37oldskool]

Goes to show you Gael how small minded this town is. Not to expect too much from the Post or Live95 for this season.what ever you say about Donn being a good guy he really dos'nt have to take a totally negative approach all the time.Better no articles in the post than the tripe he's putting out now.Still i think we should let him know that Limerick FC has a strong and vibrant support locally.

[Voice of Reason]

Let's flip it over then and see the Independent and Spin South West get behind their newest investment!

[L37Ultra]

I'm glad someone else has seen this. I noticed this a few weeks ago even before the Limerick Independent was announced as the main sponsor. I said it to a few people and they all said it was strange that the articles about Limerick FC were very different this year. Sad that they have to write negative things because their rival newspaper is a sponsor of the club.

[da bishop]

lads gael is spot on there with everything,i am amazed at 95FM,the guy who does the soccer slot is a disgrace and is certainly bordering on legal proceedings given the statements he has made recently.twice last week he announced the club were trying to persuade MK back..

[oscar]

who's this Mike Aherne or Liam Aherne??don't say Len Dineen now because everyone knows he's doting:Dhave you ever heard him trying to pronounce Spanish or Italian players names:ppriceless

[Monkfish]

have you ever heard him trying to pronounce Spanish or Italian players names:ppriceless

'Ronaldio scored on his daybu against a-jax' :) of course despite not being able to commentate on two flys walking up a wall he was able to get his son the job as his 'assistant' a fcuking nobody from old crescent! :rolleyes:

As for Donn and the post, at least they printed Neills letter. (well wrote btw)

[KevB76]

I just happened to stumble across an old fanzine last night in the back of a drawer, from 2004 season. Our own Mr. Beacom had a page long rant in it about the Limerick Leader, allegedly they copied reports out of the fanzine and passed them off as their own in the paper. Trev raised the issue with them so they stopped printing anything to do with the club!
Not much ever changes in this town does it :(

[Monkfish]

Ah the good old 'o wafflesey' days of the leader :D

[LK37oldskool]

Let's flip it over then and see the Independent and Spin South West get behind their newest investment!

Lets try go with this and contact our 2 new media sponsers and ask them to promote our club more.
Limerickindependant.com
spinsouthwest.com

[SeniorBlue]

Lads can ye stop being so quick to jump down the throats of the media. Yes alot of what they say can be taken the wrong way and i saw that article too and you have to respect opinions, you don't have to get all defensive about the club everytime somebody says something negative. There is such a thing as constructive criticism and if people took on board other peoples assessments it may help them improve. For what it is worth i think the media give senior soccer a very fair assessment in this city and i don't agree with what you say about the Leader or Live95fm, i am a keen follower of all sports and i think both provide a very balanced view. I don't know much about the independent but maybe as sponsors could someone from the club maybe write a piece in it every week informing them of what is going on at the club and promote what they need to. I thought at the match tonight the penalty shoot out was a great idea and maybe if fans who go to the games got a chance at half time it would be a bit of craic.

[LK37oldskool]

Senior Blue,
While i respect your input, if we the supporters dont challenge the media bias who will? All we're lookin for is a balanced view.Why does the post deem it neccessary to print only doom and gloom about our club when as Niall pointed out in his printed letter there are so many positive things to say.What worries me is that those who are not regular supporters of the club will see only negativity IF they only read and hear the stance taken by the Post and Live95FM.These are the people we need to start coming to the games.
As originaly stated this seems at odd from the positive support they gave us last year.Nothing much has changed(except the club is a lot more stable) apart from the fact that we have 2 new media sponsers.
All arguments welcome!

[SeniorBlue]

i just don't get why you say the post, the leader and the radio are negative, i read them both and listen to the soccer on the radio and i never feel this way about their coverage. Their jobs are to keep us up to date, its not to say everything is rosy in the garden every week, wouldn't that be misleading their followers. What i am saying is it feels like certain people on this forum can't take anything negative being said, and in many respects its not negative, its merely stating whats going on but i do see where you are coming from by saying the person who isn't going to the games and hear negative things might form an opinion to not go to games. I just think there are a handful of people on this forum that are overprotective of the club and it will never get stronger if it cannot take criticism, good or bad

[LK37oldskool]

Did you read the Post on the 28thFeb.It led with the headline ' Homeless and managerless,yes Hopeless? not yet!'. He compared the club to the Dream Team program on Sky tv for all its antics and off the field activities which is a gross exaggeration . He say's the club is self destructing,untrue.He claims the move to the Markets Field is dead,untrue,there's much to be done but its very much a work in progress.he claims that jack McCarthy has stopped funding,again untrue. He joked that the club has had more comebacks than Elvis, while its true it should be appauded that so many people are willing to give so much to keep senior soccer alive in Limerick.I could go on with other reports but i'm not going to support that rag anymore. Why did it take a member of the public to put forward the positive aspects of our club.
All i'm asking is for a balanced approach to reporting senior football in Limerick no more or less.

[Denis The Red]

First I would like to say that I disagreed with most of Donn's article and well done to Neil with his response, but this is not typical of the guy. Like gael said he has been positive in the past and pushed for good publicity for the club. He's obviously been misinformed of late and Neil has set the record straight imo, so to say it's down to a rival paper being a sponser is conspiracy theories gone mad, put down the Dan Brown book lads.
I agree that his first love is rugby, that's obvious but he's given other sports good coverage as well.
And I've seen him in Jackman at a match, not writing at the time mind you but still there.
And lets face it he did print Neil's letter, he didn't have to and he's done it before when people criticised his articles..... he's even put in some of mine.
I'm sure he's the type of guy who will admit when he's wrong and be more balanced in future, don't be so harsh.

[Bonovox]

I thought Donns article was excellent.
I am surprised that foot.ie have allowed some of the posts here to stand seen as some of them are bordering on being libelous.
It goes to show that there is indeed bias as you have pointed out.
Wake up and smell the coffee.

[LK37oldskool]

from your previous posts this one dos'nt surprise me.As long as people are knocking Limerick Fc your quite happy but once someone comes to their defence its automatically wrong and libelous. Please elaborate on your libelous claims.

[Bonovox]

If you can't see the libelous nature of the posts there is no point in me trying to explain them to you. You have your opinion and I have mine. Thats life pal, deal with it.
You should spend more time brushing up on your grammar.

Bye now.

[LK37oldskool]

Great retort! that answers my question perfectly. nufff said.

[Jofspring]

Bonovox your arguement is that the fans on this forum are defending the club because the post printed untrue facts which the fans feel would put off attracting new fans. How can you actually argue with that and say Donns article was brilliant when it was full of false statements??

Donn has written good things about the club in the past and also some bad things which when they where true nobody argued with them. Its only that the things he has written recently have been false and his facts have been totally wrong that people are defending the club.

[osarusan]

You should spend more time brushing up on your grammar.

You could do with a look at punctuation yourself.

[4tothefloor]

I thought Donns article was excellent.
I am surprised that foot.ie have allowed some of the posts here to stand seen as some of them are bordering on being libelous.
It goes to show that there is indeed bias as you have pointed out.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
A load of $hit. Sue me.

[LK37oldskool]

Maybe Limerick FC should look at sueing the journalist.That would put a stop to a lot of the misinformation being put out.

[KevB76]

The club hasn't got money to be wasting on lawyers, maybe if Andrew Mawhinney had a chat with the journo in question that might be a more amicable way to deal with it.

[LK37oldskool]

i'm aware of that just, havin a go at that wum Bonovox.I think a good article from the post about the new headquaters and see whats happening out there would go a long way to smoothing things over.

[jebus]

I'm never buying that paper again

[L37Ultra]

I'm never buying that paper again

It's free ;):D

[northsiderkid]

Thank God people are waking up to this guy

The Roy Curtis of Limerick media!

I bet he loves reading this.

I think we should let it go and just talk about football here

Close the thread and dont give this guy any more of our time.

Great reply Neil.

[trueview6]

Thank God people are waking up to this guy

The Roy Curtis of Limerick media!

I bet he loves reading this.

I think we should let it go and just talk about football here

Close the thread and dont give this guy any more of our time.

Great reply Neil.
Good on you northsiderkid totally agree with you.

[trueview6]

If you can't see the libelous nature of the posts there is no point in me trying to explain them to you. You have your opinion and I have mine. Thats life pal, deal with it.
You should spend more time brushing up on your grammar.

Bye now.
Bonovox your getting personal and out of order,some of your posts in the past have been way too personal,one wonders have you any interest in soccer.

[Castletroy_Blue]

Just seen the letter printed in the current Limerick Post. Well done on writing in, as it was great to read something from a fans point of view in the paper.

I thought the columnist was a tad sarcastic in his small piece after the printing of the letter. That may just be my reading of it, but well done to him on printing a letter of criticism at his coverage of Limerick FC also

[Denis The Red]

Just seen the letter printed in the current Limerick Post. Well done on writing in, as it was great to read something from a fans point of view in the paper.

I thought the columnist was a tad sarcastic in his small piece after the printing of the letter. That may just be my reading of it, but well done to him on printing a letter of criticism at his coverage of Limerick FC also

I agree, a little sarcasm never hurt anyone, and yes he did print the letter from Neil without reservation. That's his style. I already said I didn't agree with his article but Neil responded well and that should be it.
This is turning into a witch hunt and it seems a little out of order. Some of you would rather not have any coverage on the club at all, good or bad. It's about opinions and a lot of you are very voiciferous yorselves in a negative manner towards the club when it suits you. Give the guy a break.

[jaorta]

This is turning into a witch hunt and it seems a little out of order. Some of you would rather not have any coverage on the club at all, good or bad. It's about opinions and a lot of you are very voiciferous yorselves in a negative manner towards the club when it suits you. Give the guy a break.[/QUOTE]

i agree,if donn hadnt written his article(negative though it was)neil would not
have gotten his excellent piece printed.
there is no such thing as bad publicity and donn has created a bit of contraversy and debate which is after all his job:eek:
as for not reading any negative stuff on the club or indeed ourselves,come on!
that would only make us one-dimensional and paranoid!
recognise anyone???:eek:

[LK37oldskool]

anyone seen the "Super Blues News" page in this weeks Indo? Thats what a media sponser is for.Excellent coverage of whats happening at Limerick FC this week.
Time to forget whats his name in the whatyoumaycallit and get behind the Independent. :D

[jebus]

Saw that in the Indo alright, good stuff from them, especially when you throw it up against the Leader's 'coverage' of the Scully signing :rolleyes:

[Monkfish]

donn has created a bit of contraversy and debate which is after all his job:eek:


He's joined the Pussycat Dolls? :eek:

[Pious37]

Looks like Donn has learned his lesson from this weeks edition of the post. Mostly positive all round, in fact positive everywhere so thats good to see. Im still not his biggest fan but he has done good promotion of the club in this weeks addition. More of the same please ;)

[Denis The Red]

Looks like Donn has learned his lesson from this weeks edition of the post. Mostly positive all round, in fact positive everywhere so thats good to see. Im still not his biggest fan but he has done good promotion of the club in this weeks addition. More of the same please ;)

Of course more of the same if it's warranted, but if there's something to be critical about, then by all means highlight it.
My problem with the Independent being sponser is they will tell us everything is rosey when it might not be. Let's not rest on our laurels.

[Monkfish]

Looks like Donn has learned his lesson from this weeks edition of the post. Mostly positive all round, in fact positive everywhere so thats good to see. Im still not his biggest fan but he has done good promotion of the club in this weeks addition. More of the same please ;)

I disagree! the picture they printed was awful! :mad: :p

[Castletroy_Blue]

Is it just me, or is there no article on Limerick FC at all in this weeks Post?

[Monkfish]

Is it just me, or is there no article on Limerick FC at all in this weeks Post?

There is absolutely no mention of the Waterford game, not even in the fixtures columns. They then have the cheek to say in the editorial that the club "continues to find it almost impossible to motivate the sporting public"

Makes me glad that the foreigners they employ to deliver their rag dont make their way to my house.

[Pious37]

Is it just me, or is there no article on Limerick FC at all in this weeks Post?

No cos that arsewipe Donn was supposedly in London according to the Post for the Lions team announcement, just like hes supposedly at the Limerick matches. He's an illusion, he thinks he's there but he's not! Biggest home match of the season so far and not one mention, a disgrace. My bro told me a few lads in his school got some free tickets to tonights match. Good to see that, hopefully it'll make them want to see even more and we can increase our turnout. Unfortunately, i cant make it tonight, Im bloody gutted :(

[LK37oldskool]

[quote=Pious37;1149250]No cos that arsewipe Donn was supposedly in London according to the Post for the Lions team announcement, just like hes supposedly at the Limerick matches.

How can been in London be an excuse not to cover Limerick? I'm sure he has heard of the internet.Not rocket science to mail your column in. :mad:

[Pious37]

[quote=How can been in London be an excuse not to cover Limerick? I'm sure he has heard of the internet.Not rocket science to mail your column in. :mad:[/quote]


My point exactly!

[inmoscow]

No cos that arsewipe Donn was supposedly in London according to the Post for the Lions team announcement, just like hes supposedly at the Limerick matches. He's an illusion, he thinks he's there but he's not! Biggest home match of the season so far and not one mention, a disgrace. My bro told me a few lads in his school got some free tickets to tonights match. Good to see that, hopefully it'll make them want to see even more and we can increase our turnout. Unfortunately, i cant make it tonight, Im bloody gutted :(
That arsewipe you refer to,was the only scribe in the town,that had anything positive to write about us in the last few years.Maybe,because the club is sponsered by the indo indicates that they have first call on all,if any,press releases issued.It may also come as a shock to you,that Donn is actually Employed by the post,therefore limited by space and importance of articles.While i know the waterford game is important,hardly measures up to 4 limerick men being lions.I think the scribe deserves better,keep up the good work donn.

[Pious37]

That arsewipe you refer to,was the only scribe in the town,that had anything positive to write about us in the last few years.Maybe,because the club is sponsered by the indo indicates that they have first call on all,if any,press releases issued.It may also come as a shock to you,that Donn is actually Employed by the post,therefore limited by space and importance of articles.While i know the waterford game is important,hardly measures up to 4 limerick men being lions.I think the scribe deserves better,keep up the good work donn.


Are you donn, Are you donn, Are you donn in Disguise????
Ever hear the phrase shoot the messenger, we cant even do that cos he never even delivered a message. Joke!

[osarusan]

It may also come as a shock to you,that Donn is actually Employed by the post,therefore limited by space and importance of articles.While i know the waterford game is important,hardly measures up to 4 limerick men being lions.I think the scribe deserves better,keep up the good work donn.

Limerick FC take on Waterford United in a First Division clash in Jackman Park on Friday the 24th. Limerick will try and continue the good run of form under new manager Pat Scully which has seen them concede only one league goal in the last four league games. However in Waterford they face a team who put six in the Monaghan net last weekend, and Limerick will be weakened by the loss of Jamie Hughes on International duty with Ireland's underage team.

There you go, I wrote that in approximately 3 minutes without accessing any other sources whatsoever (note the vagueness about which team Hughes will be playing for, is it under-19s?).

Are you saying that Donn seriously does not have the time and resources needed (3 minutes and no resources) to submit that to the newspaper? Or are you saying that Limerick FC does not merit even an article of such brevity?