LFC in Exile
05/12/2002, 11:33 AM
There has been a lot of nonsense posted on the eL message board and even though that is a good place to discuss some of these issues, we should also use the board that SLK has so kindly provided to us to discuss our club.
My inclination is to ignore Lims Fan but I really don’t want him to get away with the kind of stuff he is posting – I detect that SLK and Gael are refusing to respond to his ramblings on the eL board. They are keeping out of it at least. I sympathise.
Lims Fan seems to have an “issue” with the current board and management. The point I have been trying to make but that doesn’t seem to be getting through is that the criticism directed at the current committee and manager are unwarranted when they are actually trying to turn around 20 years of neglect and trickery by successive administrations.
People in Limerick are turned off senior soccer because they still remember the shenanigans of Pat Grace et al and Joe Young. People (especially Limerick people) have long memories. Lims Fan is right in saying that the club has steadily deteriorated over those years to its current predicament, though I think he has an inflated idea of how successful Limerick was in the past.
The current administration (and I don’t know them and have no connection with them) have done some good work to arrest the slide and keep Limerick FC afloat (not to mention the success of last seasons League Cup). Do you turn around 20 years of neglect in 20 months? No. Do you blame the current administration for the sins of the past? No. Does it break all our hearts to see the club in the current state? Yes. Do we then cut off our noses to spite our face in response? No.
In relation to Jackman Park. It is possibly the worst ground in the eL, but the RSC in Waterford….? Colman’s Park is fairly decrepit too, but grante dthey do have more covering along one side. The Jacks is better than Rathbane, well it is certainly no worse. But we have no alternative. There is no better football facility in the city. Thomond Park would cost far more than EUR 650 to rent. And a small crowd rattling around there? The Markets Field is not available – and again a small crowd in there would be awful (being so far from the pitch). I would be opposed to the FAI investing any money into Jackman Park without a long lease being granted to Limerick FC. If not then this just provides the LDMC with a lovely ground to charge Limerick more every season. There is a potential win-win here. Limerick agree a long lease with the LDMC to use their idle ground over the summer and in return the FAI supports development of the ground.
My inclination is to ignore Lims Fan but I really don’t want him to get away with the kind of stuff he is posting – I detect that SLK and Gael are refusing to respond to his ramblings on the eL board. They are keeping out of it at least. I sympathise.
Lims Fan seems to have an “issue” with the current board and management. The point I have been trying to make but that doesn’t seem to be getting through is that the criticism directed at the current committee and manager are unwarranted when they are actually trying to turn around 20 years of neglect and trickery by successive administrations.
People in Limerick are turned off senior soccer because they still remember the shenanigans of Pat Grace et al and Joe Young. People (especially Limerick people) have long memories. Lims Fan is right in saying that the club has steadily deteriorated over those years to its current predicament, though I think he has an inflated idea of how successful Limerick was in the past.
The current administration (and I don’t know them and have no connection with them) have done some good work to arrest the slide and keep Limerick FC afloat (not to mention the success of last seasons League Cup). Do you turn around 20 years of neglect in 20 months? No. Do you blame the current administration for the sins of the past? No. Does it break all our hearts to see the club in the current state? Yes. Do we then cut off our noses to spite our face in response? No.
In relation to Jackman Park. It is possibly the worst ground in the eL, but the RSC in Waterford….? Colman’s Park is fairly decrepit too, but grante dthey do have more covering along one side. The Jacks is better than Rathbane, well it is certainly no worse. But we have no alternative. There is no better football facility in the city. Thomond Park would cost far more than EUR 650 to rent. And a small crowd rattling around there? The Markets Field is not available – and again a small crowd in there would be awful (being so far from the pitch). I would be opposed to the FAI investing any money into Jackman Park without a long lease being granted to Limerick FC. If not then this just provides the LDMC with a lovely ground to charge Limerick more every season. There is a potential win-win here. Limerick agree a long lease with the LDMC to use their idle ground over the summer and in return the FAI supports development of the ground.