Robbie Kelleher to Reading?

[LFC in Exile]

I know In Exile will get bent out of shape about this but if it had anything to do with the club then obviously Danny was involved.

Did you even read my post ffs?


he needs to step aside and get someone else in to run the club that knows what they're doing.

A lot easier said than done. You may remember a small while ago that nobody would touch this club with a 40 foot barge pole. If there is someone interested in taking the club on then great - but its a bit naive to look for the chairman to step aside when there is no alternative.

That of course doesn't diminish the sh1tty way the club has acted over this affair.:ball:

[LFC in Exile]

Is this the first time that a club chairman and manager have been chastised for not allowing the most popular player to leave. :confused: :rolleyes: :)

[lim abroad]

can anybody tell me what actually happened here?

[Daydreamer]

all i know lim abroad is that Robbie was ready to go over on sundaybooked 7 days off work and at 6;00 on saturday evening dd left a message on he's phone
saying that he was not to go over that the trial was cancelled.Word around the city is that the 2 of them are blaming each other and no 1 is really taking
the blame for it..You no robbie form playing with him yourself and the kinda guy that he is so you can imagine how gutted he is..

[declan hide]

not taking sides here or anything...but what about robbies workplace? i heard they would only give him the week off and nothing longer. i also heard people close to him (and thats not DD and NOC) had the opinion he was wasting his time heading over there as he was ...how shall i put it..."not committed enough".

nothing DD or NOC do shocks me. while i welcome DD's investment...which looked great early season and paltry by the end of..(no goals for the underage half time kick abouts, no PA for final 2 home games, less security etc.,) he really needs to be shown what a chairman does. NOC on the otherhand needs to be shown the door.

[Daydreamer]

Yes Declan You Are Right They Would Only Give Him A Week Off
But The Trial Was Only For A Week So It Wasn't An Issue ,

[LFC in Exile]

not taking sides here or anything...but what about robbies workplace? i heard they would only give him the week off and nothing longer. i also heard people close to him (and thats not DD and NOC) had the opinion he was wasting his time heading over there as he was ...how shall i put it..."not committed enough".

Still, the club IMO should have bended over backwards to facilitate him. Maybe he wasn't committed enough or good enough but he deserved a shot.

[Daydreamer]

it should have been up to reading to decide weather he was committed enough or not, and obviously they tought he was otherwise he would not
have been called over for a trial..

[joeSoap]

Lets not get carried away with rumour and speculation here. Perhaps something went askew at the Reading end? Anything could have happened here, and there could be a very simple explanation for it all. Until someone gets a statement from Robbie, or the club nobody will know the real reasons behind all this.

No matter what, Robbie is the loser here and no doubt everything will surface sooner rather than later.

[declan hide]

it should have been up to reading to decide weather he was committed enough or not, and obviously they tought he was otherwise he would not
have been called over for a trial..

i'm 100% sure he was called over for a trial for football reasons. nothing else if you get where i'm heading...

[lim abroad]

all i know lim abroad is that Robbie was ready to go over on sundaybooked 7 days off work and at 6;00 on saturday evening dd left a message on he's phone
saying that he was not to go over that the trial was cancelled.Word around the city is that the 2 of them are blaming each other and no 1 is really taking
the blame for it..You no robbie form playing with him yourself and the kinda guy that he is so you can imagine how gutted he is..
cheers cossy

[thelimerick]

Lets not get carried away with rumour and speculation here. Perhaps something went askew at the Reading end? Anything could have happened here, and there could be a very simple explanation for it all. Until someone gets a statement from Robbie, or the club nobody will know the real reasons behind all this.

No matter what, Robbie is the loser here and no doubt everything will surface sooner rather than later.

A statement from the club? Will that clarify things then?
Club statements this season have been a bit of an ongoing joke haven't they, usually released to dismiss rumours started by the club in the first place. i don't know a bout anybody else here but personally i've had my full of those two muppets and the trail of bulls**t thats followed their every move. All season long there has been a string of f**k ups conflicting the "positive" messages of "building for the future" that has eminated from club statements. We were excited by the arival of a chairman with money and the possibilities that could bring for the club, as well as the messages coming from the club...ground improvement, proper coaching staff at all levels of the club, a five year plan for success etc etc etc. Well where are we now after one season? We will have to rebuild the squad again, we've lost our coaches, the ground's a disgrace, we were painstakingly poor on the pitch where it matters the most (blame for this lies with our cardboard cut-out of manager), we're probably going to loose finnucane, barrett and mcgrath aswell as the shambles surrounding Robbie kelleher and whats the good news here?? WE"VE GOT FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS S**T. One of two things should happen here, either drew and noc leave the club and yes we're screwed for a while but at least we can shrug off this false dawn once and for all, or drew stays and takes a step back out of the spotlight and does his job and let noel do his....at the butchers. A new manager for the club, a realistic vision of where the club goes from here, a quiet chairman that does his work behind the scenes for the betterment of the club, proper coaches, ground improvement, promoting the club thoughout limerick and the country, no more bulls**t, no more slagging matches with supporters, no more confrontations with players, no more meddling, no more lies. Until or unless that happens lads we're going to be on the site forever lambasting the next f**k up as it quickly follows the last. Big things need to happen between now and the start of next season or drew won't be left with many choices at all. I can't see Hogan Park swelling with blues supporters next season if its simply more of the same, and i can't see drew hanging around while the club falls flat on its face because of him.

[Daydreamer]

joesoap these are not rumours i can assure you of that..

[Nempton]

Once more the club reaches another low ebb, it should have done everything in its power to support Robbie. As already stated if his trial had been successful it would have only served to benefit the club with money and prestige. Noel had no problem voicing his opinion that Robbie was not good enough around Limerick, regardless if he is good or not, Noel should have supported his player. Of course Noel knows best. I read the story that broke one week later in the 'Star', the club naturally enough denied all accusations that they sabotaged Robbie's trial. We already knew that Robbie had no intention of playing under Noel next season and was ready to pack it in around the time Derek departed. Noel is a man to hold a grudge and we witnessed this throughout the season gone, so I suppose should we really be surprised that Robbie's chance was ruined?
Of course I should add that the majority of the players have more or less stated that they don't want Noel in charge. If Mike Kerley was to come calling I don't think that there is one player who would say no to him. It is quite evident that if Limerick are to progress then they need a more able manager than Noel, he isn't good enough at this level.