McDonald Gone?

[gufct]

Heard from a reliable source that Sligos new manager has quit.

[Rory H]

There were a lot of rumours around the last few days that he would quit..he doesnt have a contract[fact] and the budget wasnt exactly satisfactory for him.

[Conor H]

Is this the 1st time a manager has quit before managing a league game?

I was hoping he'd stay till Friday so we could embarass him and Sligo!:p

[Rory H]

Is this the 1st time a manager has quit before managing a league game?

I was hoping he'd stay till Friday so we could embarass him and Sligo!:p

he managed us in Bray the last game of the season

Don't worry..we will still be playing you Friday..that hasn't changed

[Conor H]

he managed us in Bray the last game of the season

Don't worry..we will still be playing you Friday..that hasn't changed

Bring it on!:cool:

[Rory H]

whatever...

anyway just when i think we couldnt get any more screwed this happens.

Why would anyone in Sligo go watch a team with a ground looks more like the car park on Connaughton Road than a football stadium,where the board wont even give the manager a contract,also we have 1 striker on our books....no assistant manager...no floodlights..a pitch that looks like my back garden.[i dont cut the lawn].general incompetence everywhere you look. a joke of a football club at the moment.

[Terry]

Sad to hear WR, but surely there must be some good news around the corner?

[Rory H]

Sad to hear WR, but surely there must be some good news around the corner?

Well ya we are playing Galway Friday. And we hopefully are travelling in large numbers with low expectations and a hell of an atmosphere:p

[Conor H]

Supporting your club on the road against your neighbours will easily make you forget about the current climate at the Showgrounds.

Then again after we beat ye the 2hour drive might be a very long one!;)

[Rory H]

Supporting your club on the road against your neighbours will easily make you forget about the current climate at the Showgrounds.

Then again after we beat ye the 2hour drive might be a very long one!;)

exactly....the road will allow us to forget all

everyone is going with low expectations so we don't have too much to lose except pride:p if they do us proud it will be a hell of a day.i really cant wait for it,manager or no manager

[Conor H]

Will Gareth Gorman be there?:)

[gufct]

I wouldnt be too cocky Conor Sligo always raise their game against us. Complacency is our biggest opponent on friday.

[Conor H]

I wouldnt be too cocky Conor Sligo always raise their game against us. Complacency is our biggest opponent on friday.

True.

Although i't's been 2 years since we were even able to be cocky on the Internet about beating them....i'm going to enjoy it!:D

[Sonic]

what the fcuk. It wasnt so long ago u wereon about europe. Whats changed??

[Rory H]

what the fcuk. It wasnt so long ago u wereon about europe. Whats changed??


sean left...money problems..board are idiots...lots of things really

[Terry]

supporters should call for an EGM and ask what the hell is going on, Im sure there is plenty of questions that needed to be answered and quickly.

[Conor H]

If you dont beat us on Friday then you could be waiting another few years to do so, as i am sure we will have a manager next time we play.;)

Exactly hit em when there down!:D

[Philly]

So any official confirmation?

[TheBoss]

Not much info here but obviously, something is not right

http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news_story.php?newsid=6031

[Bray Head]

whatever...

anyway just when i think we couldnt get any more screwed this happens.

Why would anyone in Sligo go watch a team with a ground looks more like the car park on Connaughton Road than a football stadium,where the board wont even give the manager a contract,also we have 1 striker on our books....no assistant manager...no floodlights..a pitch that looks like my back garden.[i dont cut the lawn].general incompetence everywhere you look. a joke of a football club at the moment.

What's wrong with your floodlights ?

[Pablo Escobar]

Is this the 1st time a manager has quit before managing a league game?

I was hoping he'd stay till Friday so we could embarass him and Sligo!:p
NO, Colin Murphy quit on us in 2000 a few weeks after joining!

[south sligo red]

What's wrong with your floodlights ?

New floodlights were to be installed at the showgrounds so the old floodlights were taken down in preparation but still no sign of new floodlights so showgrounds cannot be used for evening matches

[Bray Head]

New floodlights were to be installed at the showgrounds so the old floodlights were taken down in preparation but still no sign of new floodlights so showgrounds cannot be used for evening matches

That's a disaster. You would have thought they would have waited until the new lights were ready for certainty. When are you likely to have the new lights. Are you playing on Saturday afernoons or Sunday's in the meantime ?

[Philly]

Who runs your club? What a joke...

[south sligo red]

That's a disaster. You would have thought they would have waited until the new lights were ready for certainty. When are you likely to have the new lights. Are you playing on Saturday afernoons or Sunday's in the meantime ?

Its anyones guess! They should have been here weeks ago. Meanwhile all home games are to be played on sunday afternoons. Goin back 2 sat evenings wen the new floodlights arrive but god only knows wen that is!:confused:

[SligoBrewer]

Who runs your club? What a joke...

true, we thought shels, shams etc were bad...

but at least we are not millions in debt... but with the board having a bad rep its going to be hard to get a manager of any calibre in

[BohsPartisan]

but with the board having a bad rep its going to be hard to get a manager of any calibre in

Roddy Collins it is so.

[SligoBrewer]

Roddy Collins it is so.

:o hope not

[KildareFan]

:o hope not

Could be worse than that for Sligo fans, I heard Don O'Riordan's name mentioned!!

[hoopy]

true, we thought shels, shams etc were bad...



Assuming you mean Rovers, you're right. Our club really is in a mess and the sooner we get the board out the better :rolleyes:

[Bravo]

Apparently all the work on demolition of stands etc etc had to take place prior to the FAI releasing grant aid. But then again would ya believe anything they tell ya?:rolleyes:

[oriel]

New floodlights were to be installed at the showgrounds so the old floodlights were taken down in preparation but still no sign of new floodlights so showgrounds cannot be used for evening matches


I wouldn`t get too depressed, we waited for over 5 months for a pitch to arrive in 2005 !!

[4tothefloor]

[i dont cut the lawn]
That's shocking, puts the problems at Shels in to perspective...

It's a true saying, football - it's only a game

[sligoman]

Is this the 1st time a manager has quit before managing a league game?No, a Longford fan told me that one of their managers left just before a season started having only signed for them.
Hope Galway get what they deserve this season - nothing.Hear hear!:).

[Poor Student]

Today's Indo confirms he's gone. Pascal Vaudequin the only name mentioned in the frame for the post. Didn't he make a total balls of the Institute job?

[Magicme]

Heard another name of someone who may have been approached.

[Poor Student]

Heard another name of someone who may have been approached.

Magic, that post is so vague it wasn't worth posting.:p

[Magicme]

I just wanted to say "I know something you dont know" but thought that was a bit childish!

[Ebmania]

Fantastic news for anyone playing Sligo should be a easy 3 points. Unfortunitly Pats have to wait till 21/04/07 to play them. Total mess you along with Longford are my tip to go down but adleast Longford have a manager. Be Glad to see the back of you. You broke my Heart.

[gustavo]

I wouldnt say that at all , out of adversity comes strength , I still think we have a decent squad especially in midfield where we are very strong imo.

[dublinred]

He was shaping up to be a disaster to probably good that he has gone and we have got a full season to recover, he f88ked up by announcing he was implementing a full time set up before doing a full review of current situation thus losing most of the talented local players immediatly, he then failed to follow up on his great contacts by bringing in any notable signings and has left us with an imbalanced squad with serious problems up front (1 tempermental african striker) and centreback(2 at club of which the yank is not supposed be up to premier standard).

[Pablo]

I wonder are Sligo the rumoured team not paying players wages?

[WeAreRovers]

I wonder are Sligo the rumoured team not paying players wages?

I'd look more towards the midlands TBH.

KOH

[pete]

I guess ye'll have to dump those Old McDonald songs for this season now?

[charliesboots]

confirmed here (http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0306/sligorovers.html)

[passerrby]

Old mac donalds left the farm eieio
because on that farm they had no lights eieio
not a turnstile here or a turnstile there
no sign of a contract anywhere eieio.

[Martinho II]

No, a Longford fan told me that one of their managers left just before a season started having only signed for them.Hear hear!:).


that person was Martin Lawlor. Just just two days before the start of the 2002/03 season, we sacked him . The only good thing about his appointment was he brought Alan Matthews and Aarron Callaghan to the club. He managed us from Dec 01( when Kenny left) to Aug 02. in fairness to him he kept us up in the relegation playoff against finn harps!

[sligoman]

in fairness to him he kept us up in the relegation playoff against finn harps!Sure even Gavin Dykes managed that with Derry City:D.

[Martinho II]

dont tell the harps though!:p