Rovers Maniac
26/10/2009, 11:07 AM
Sean Connor complaining about Shamrock Rovers boss tapping up his players :D,
Not saying it's not true probably is but i find it very ironic that Connor's is complaining about somebody else doing it. Remember that this is coming from a man who when he went to Bohs and tapped up or tried to tap up so many of our players and other club's players through out the league not too long ago. He was accused of tapping up Philly Hughes from his current employers Dundalk i believe. And i believe tried the same with Seamie Coleman (although he says he went to the airport just to wish Coleman good luck on his under 21 match, he tried it with Faz and above all the very same player Chris Turner.
Shamrock Rovers manager Michael O'Neill last night reacted angrily to accusations from Sean Connor that the Hoops have been 'tapping up' Dundalk players.
In his programme notes for Friday night's clash between the two teams, Connor wrote: "It's no secret that Shamrock Rovers have been sniffing around one or two of our players."
And afterwards, he claimed that the Hoops had been "phoning my players on a regular basis and asking them if they want to join Shamrock Rovers".
Former Northern Ireland U-21 international Chris Turner is among the Dundalk players rumoured to be on Rovers' wishlist.
O'Neill denied the charges, labelling them as "petty," and criticised the way in which Connor went about expressing his displeasure.
"I had a 20-minute conversation with Sean before Friday's game and I would have expected that, if he had any grievances, he would have raised them with me then.
"I'm surprised he chose to make his point to the media without saying it to me."
O'Neill added: "I've been contacted by numerous agents and third parties recently with regards to many players from different clubs.
"Obviously players see what's happening at Rovers and see that they get paid what's on their contract, which is not the case at a lot of other clubs.
"If clubs are not honouring players' contracts, or if players are having to take pay cuts, then obviously they'll become unsettled and they'll be looking at what to do about their futures."
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/rovers-boss-angrily-denies---------tapping-up-dundalk-players-1924339.html
Not saying it's not true probably is but i find it very ironic that Connor's is complaining about somebody else doing it. Remember that this is coming from a man who when he went to Bohs and tapped up or tried to tap up so many of our players and other club's players through out the league not too long ago. He was accused of tapping up Philly Hughes from his current employers Dundalk i believe. And i believe tried the same with Seamie Coleman (although he says he went to the airport just to wish Coleman good luck on his under 21 match, he tried it with Faz and above all the very same player Chris Turner.
Shamrock Rovers manager Michael O'Neill last night reacted angrily to accusations from Sean Connor that the Hoops have been 'tapping up' Dundalk players.
In his programme notes for Friday night's clash between the two teams, Connor wrote: "It's no secret that Shamrock Rovers have been sniffing around one or two of our players."
And afterwards, he claimed that the Hoops had been "phoning my players on a regular basis and asking them if they want to join Shamrock Rovers".
Former Northern Ireland U-21 international Chris Turner is among the Dundalk players rumoured to be on Rovers' wishlist.
O'Neill denied the charges, labelling them as "petty," and criticised the way in which Connor went about expressing his displeasure.
"I had a 20-minute conversation with Sean before Friday's game and I would have expected that, if he had any grievances, he would have raised them with me then.
"I'm surprised he chose to make his point to the media without saying it to me."
O'Neill added: "I've been contacted by numerous agents and third parties recently with regards to many players from different clubs.
"Obviously players see what's happening at Rovers and see that they get paid what's on their contract, which is not the case at a lot of other clubs.
"If clubs are not honouring players' contracts, or if players are having to take pay cuts, then obviously they'll become unsettled and they'll be looking at what to do about their futures."
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/rovers-boss-angrily-denies---------tapping-up-dundalk-players-1924339.html