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DaveyPats
01/12/2011, 8:12 PM
Buckley to Pats a done deal apparently.
Poor Student
01/12/2011, 9:08 PM
Paul Corry tweeted: Decent day down with the mother in sligo today..like the look of it..decisions to be made in the next few weeks #Confused
We would command a compensation fee if Corry moves.
gufc2000
01/12/2011, 11:29 PM
Maybe I missed something, but when did Pete Mahon actually/officially leave Pats? And why so, he seemed to be doing a good job
Darly Horgan staying with Sligo - board won't let him go apparently. It was in the Echo, it must be true :D
Dodge
02/12/2011, 10:08 AM
Maybe I missed something, but when did Pete Mahon actually/officially leave Pats?
He's out of contract. So we don't have any manager.
MMVIII
02/12/2011, 11:38 AM
You do now.
adamd164
02/12/2011, 1:04 PM
Daryl Horgan from Sligo has just signed for us according to radio station down here.
According to Red fm, we've signed Daryl Horgan.
Great signing! Not sure how it happened, maybe we paid a fee? Im sure more info will emerge soon.
gufc2000
02/12/2011, 1:06 PM
Harsh on Pete Mahon, did a good job there, and they seemed to be improving under him. Will be interesting to see how Buckley does without the spending luxury he had at at Fingal
Charlie Darwin
02/12/2011, 1:10 PM
Horgan to Cork confirmed. Strange one that.
http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/2011/12/02/daryl-horgan-signs-for-city/
Great signing! Not sure how it happened, maybe we paid a fee? Im sure more info will emerge soon.I presume a small few bob alright, twould have to be small, cos we haven't a bob.
Cathal Lordan has re-signed also.
adamd164
02/12/2011, 4:18 PM
From Sligo's website:
Horgan moves to Cork City
Friday, 02 December 2011 14:27
Sligo Rovers can confirm that Daryl Horgan has moved to Cork City after the clubs came to an agreement for the transfer of the player.
Horgan joined Rovers this year and moved to the Rebels where he helped them secure promotion to the top flight.
After an approach from City and consultation with the player, a deal was agreed for the move.
We would like to wish Daryl all the best at Cork City and thank him for his contribution during his time with Rovers.
Dunny
02/12/2011, 10:41 PM
Greg Bolger to Pats
Spudulika
03/12/2011, 6:29 AM
If things go the way I'm beginning to think, Pats will be a serious challenger next year.
Dan6189
03/12/2011, 10:59 AM
What makes ya say that ?
Mark Breen
03/12/2011, 4:31 PM
Kevin Dawson to us is another rumour.
Not anymore..... As of today he has resigned with Shels...
His Tweet:
ThisisITlike Kevin Dawson
Absolutely delighted to hav signed a new deal wit shelbourne!! #forzashels
47 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
poster
05/12/2011, 2:59 PM
Kevin Dawson to us is another rumour.
I love Twitter.
We can expect more moves from Sligo as this indicates they're upping their spending to challenge for the league: http://www.sligochampion.ie/sport/soccer/ambitious-rovers-increase-their-recruitment-budget-2951765.html
PartySaint
05/12/2011, 3:17 PM
We can expect more moves from Sligo as this indicates they're upping their spending to challenge for the league: http://www.sligochampion.ie/sport/soccer/ambitious-rovers-increase-their-recruitment-budget-2951765.html
Just makes for a bigger more epic fall, Exciting!!
Longfordian
05/12/2011, 3:54 PM
"A courageous decision" no less. Fine line between bravery and stupidity etc.
poster
05/12/2011, 4:02 PM
Pat's and Longford fans should know...:tremble:
Yeah, we're f****d.
askmehoop
05/12/2011, 4:29 PM
"A courageous decision" no less. Fine line between bravery and stupidity etc.
That was my favorite quote. Dillusional is not the word, how many teams chasing success by throwing imaginary cash around and then crashing will it take before club owners cop on. Sligo are so desperate to win the league at this stage they'll just end up like bohs, shels, Rovers etc
pineapple stu
05/12/2011, 4:34 PM
Article also says Paul Cook is back. Plus ca change.
askmehoop
05/12/2011, 4:53 PM
Article also says Paul Cook is back selling cheap fags. Plus ca change.
finished that for you
dublinred
05/12/2011, 5:00 PM
That was my favorite quote. Dillusional is not the word, how many teams chasing success by throwing imaginary cash around and then crashing will it take before club owners cop on. Sligo are so desperate to win the league at this stage they'll just end up like bohs, shels, Rovers etc
Think its just spin form the chairman he mentions increasing recruitment budget which assume is signing on fees etc , last I heard was that the weekly budget is going to be reduced.
askmehoop
05/12/2011, 5:12 PM
Think its just spin form the chairman he mentions increasing recruitment budget which assume is signing on fees etc , last I heard was that the weekly budget is going to be reduced.
still, when your chairman use's words like 'courageous' when talking of spending extra cash its time to ask questions. some would have thought Ollie Byrne to be Courageous
passerrby
05/12/2011, 5:57 PM
for twenty years rovers have been the most courageous winning many a vc
askmehoop
05/12/2011, 6:02 PM
for twenty years rovers have been the most courageous winning many a vc
if you noticed i put Rovers in that brackett too, thankfully the fans are in charge now and any spending of non-existant money wont happen when fans are in cha................oh wait
shellyriver
05/12/2011, 6:27 PM
still, when your chairman use's words like 'courageous' when talking of spending extra cash its time to ask questions. some would have thought Ollie Byrne to be Courageous
What adjective would you like? He's hardly going to say foolhardy?
Courageous in the context of the economic situation and other advantages certain teams have like renting their ground from local authorities like Shamrock Rovers or others like Finn Harps with a bail out.
Courageous in the context of desire and knocking on door of league title.
lawman
05/12/2011, 6:28 PM
Greg Bolger to Pats
A new journey man emerging? could turn out to be a decent player though. they must be doing something right in the college :)
Guinney
05/12/2011, 6:31 PM
Greg Bolger to Pats
Major disappointment this year for us. Was okay near the start, then had one or two injury problems (as per nearly the whole Dundalk team), then he was just plain awful. Seemed like he was way out of his depth. Couldn't pass a ball and contributed little else.
I've nothing against the lad as he seemed like a decent chap. Maybe he just had a bad year or didn't suit the style Dundalk played.
askmehoop
05/12/2011, 6:36 PM
What adjective would you like? He's hardly going to say foolhardy?
Courageous in the context of the economic situation and other advantages certain teams have like renting their ground from local authorities like Shamrock Rovers or others like Finn Harps with a bail out.
Courageous in the context of desire and knocking on door of league title.
Courageous just says to me that he is taking a gamble chasing a league title. living within your means would be the sensible option
Charlie Darwin
05/12/2011, 7:13 PM
What adjective would you like? He's hardly going to say foolhardy?
Courageous in the context of the economic situation and other advantages certain teams have like renting their ground from local authorities like Shamrock Rovers or others like Finn Harps with a bail out.
Courageous in the context of desire and knocking on door of league title.
How on earth is renting a stadium an advantage? Sligo pay for the upkeep of a stadium owned by the people of Sligo. Rovers pay for the upkeep of Tallaght Stadium plus a tidy profit for the council. Owning your own ground is an advantage, renting on isn't.
askmehoop
05/12/2011, 7:23 PM
How on earth is renting a stadium an advantage? Sligo pay for the upkeep of a stadium owned by the people of Sligo. Rovers pay for the upkeep of Tallaght Stadium plus a tidy profit for the council. Owning your own ground is an advantage, renting on isn't.
CD, you forget. Sligo are on a courageous mission to defeat the evil Shamrock Rovers and take from them the league title and will do so at any cost
nigel-harps1954
05/12/2011, 7:24 PM
How on earth is renting a stadium an advantage? Sligo pay for the upkeep of a stadium owned by the people of Sligo. Rovers pay for the upkeep of Tallaght Stadium plus a tidy profit for the council. Owning your own ground is an advantage, renting on isn't.
That confused me too. Sligo fans should be very scared. Poor move from the Sligo board.
Guinney
05/12/2011, 7:50 PM
Courageous is a strange word to use. I'm not suggesting Sligo are going down the same route as I don't know anything about their finances, but if it is courageous to spend extra money to try and achieve your goal them all those bankrupt and those who ruined our country by spending beyond their means are courageous to. Nah don't think so.
Courageous for me would be live within your means even if it displeases some of your fans and you can't attract the calibre of player the manager wants at the club. In fairness Sligo have been developing as a good club over the last few year and moving upwards in the league table. A major challenge for the league is the next step for them, hopefully they are going about it the right way.
Lim till i die
05/12/2011, 8:14 PM
I smell a Summer cash drive coming on.
Rasputin
05/12/2011, 10:07 PM
Think I might wait and see the results of the AGM before running to panic stations just yet, who knows maybe we turned over another profit last season, again.
shellyriver
06/12/2011, 12:25 AM
How on earth is renting a stadium an advantage? Sligo pay for the upkeep of a stadium owned by the people of Sligo. Rovers pay for the upkeep of Tallaght Stadium plus a tidy profit for the council. Owning your own ground is an advantage, renting on isn't.
Not necessarily, for example, Sligo Rovers want to build a new stand. That costs money. There is no hand out from either local authorities - so it has to self-financed. If you had a benevolent landlord to build same, you retain your liquidity without nightmare of fund-raising your ambitions.
So, Sligo understandably want success. That costs money. So while the committee could refuse to shell out the budget, with the calibre of necessary players it won't happen.
These are just of the considerations of running a club, its a balancing act.
So it is courageous or challenging etc to financially extend the club further.
But hopefully, a few of the 15K or so Sligo supporters who attended the Cup Final will continue to support home side.
You need to show a vision and confidence to progress.
What would you like going back to complete part-time set up, that's called regression.
I mean how many clubs, without pointing figures, either play crooked and go under the water, refuse to pay bills and/or have local authorities paying their way. Sligo certainly isn't one - ever.
So, whilst one or two here got a bit excited with word 'courageous' and there is a bit of spin in word usage -- having linked the article its obvious to see the journalist has given this description and not the Chairman or anyone associated with the club.
As was stated, the AGM will give an indication of finances. Considered steady upward curve over last 5 years, the club is hardly going gung-ho.
Shamrock Rovers provide a tidy profit? Rightly so, they are tenants.
Contrast that with the millions that would be required to build Tallaght etc and service the mortgage. Nah, let the Council build it and take full advantage. Yeah, that's real courageous.
Charlie Darwin
06/12/2011, 1:11 AM
Not necessarily, for example, Sligo Rovers want to build a new stand. That costs money. There is no hand out from either local authorities - so it has to self-financed. If you had a benevolent landlord to build same, you retain your liquidity without nightmare of fund-raising your ambitions.
It was hardly a hand-out. If the games hadn't have taken place in Tallaght, the council would have made no money. By building the stand, they got their usual rent plus a huge slice of UEFA money. If Rovers had owned the stadium, they'd have built the stand with prize money, as would Sligo if they reached that stage of the competition.
I'm not putting down Sligo at all - I think it's great what the club's done there the past few years. I'm just saying that the goal of any football club is to own its own stadium because otherwise it can't realise its full financial potential, and saying that the club has an advantage because it doesn't own the stadium is bizarre.
osarusan
06/12/2011, 1:58 AM
I'm just saying that the goal of any football club is to own its own stadium because otherwise it can't realise its full financial potential, and saying that the club has an advantage because it doesn't own the stadium is bizarre.
Is it Shamrock Rovers goal? Or are they happy in Tallaght?
Also, not owning a stadium can be advantageous if a club is going belly up.
Charlie Darwin
06/12/2011, 3:00 AM
Well the ideal would be to buy Tallaght. If the club keeps developing on a sustainable basis, there'll be a point where the stadium is worth more to Rovers than it is to the council and a sale would be in both parties' interests.
Also, not owning a stadium can be advantageous if a club is going belly up.
I'd have thought the goal would be not to go belly up in the first place. Not sure how not owning a stadium would benefit, for instance, Bohs right now. It's all that's keeping the club afloat.
pineapple stu
06/12/2011, 5:59 AM
Owning the ground is what got them into trouble in the first place though (well, that plus having idiots making the decisions)
Owning the ground is what got them into trouble in the first place though (well, that plus having idiots making the decisions)
sssshhh. There's still many fans of certain clubs who hang onto the 'Rovers were handed a stadium' obsession. Don't ruin it. The 2 million that went into it before the Council came on board was obviously just a figment of the imagination of those of us who raised it.
HomerJay
06/12/2011, 9:36 AM
sean maccaffrey new dundalk manager.
ex ireland youths, what do ye think...
marinobohs
06/12/2011, 10:00 AM
sssshhh. There's still many fans of certain clubs who hang onto the 'Rovers were handed a stadium' obsession. Don't ruin it. The 2 million that went into it before the Council came on board was obviously just a figment of the imagination of those of us who raised it.
......Ah, the Department of Sport were wondering where all that grant money went ;) Inspectors are still looking down the back of former Shams Directors sofa I believe :rolleyes:
Dodge
06/12/2011, 10:20 AM
Well the ideal would be to buy Tallaght. If the club keeps developing on a sustainable basis, there'll be a point where the stadium is worth more to Rovers than it is to the council and a sale would be in both parties' interests
I'm not trying to knock Rovers financial success at the moment, but you're a long, long, long way from having enough in reserve to pay what the Council will need to receive to cover their outlay on the stadium. And by that stage, the stadium will already be paid for and making a profit for the council, so why give it up?
Dodge
06/12/2011, 11:55 AM
James Chambers released by Hamilton. Would imagine most clubs here would like to sign him
MagicMon
06/12/2011, 11:56 AM
sean maccaffrey new dundalk manager.
ex ireland youths, what do ye think...
Rumour or confirmed? Very good manager, a lot of fans wanted him to take the Monaghan job last year but he said that he didn't want it early on.
God, if he was Dundalk manager I might not want them to do really really badly...
Dillonman
06/12/2011, 12:20 PM
sean maccaffrey new dundalk manager.
ex ireland youths, what do ye think...
Lets just wait for official confirmation.
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