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Rocky77
03/12/2007, 4:05 PM
http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=792
Cheers Daisy. All the best.
RonnieB
03/12/2007, 4:40 PM
Would have sooner seen him join a club in the Premier.
Thank you for everything Damien.
Very surprised, definately thought Daisy would be a premier player next season
Best of luck to him
Pauro 76
03/12/2007, 6:19 PM
me too, id rather have seen him in the Premier. Too good for Shels he is.
Sorry about this folks, but it says a lot about all of the turmoil of this season when Daisy has signed for Shelbourne, a rival next season. I am disappointed Daisy chose Shelbourne.
Looks like shelbourne are going to have a tilt at next season.
Pauro 76
03/12/2007, 7:38 PM
Can Shels afford all this though? Daisy could surely walk into a Premier team. The first of many departures im sure.
Rocky77
03/12/2007, 7:40 PM
Sorry about this folks, but it says a lot about all of the turmoil of this season when Daisy has signed for Shelbourne, a rival next season. I am disappointed Daisy chose Shelbourne.
Looks like shelbourne are going to have a tilt at next season.
Tend to agree.
Derry City, Dublin City, Town and Shels - he loves a financial crisis it seems!
Although, its interesting that he said in an interview last week that the players agreed to put off talk of transfers til after the cup final. So I presume he heard from Dermot Keely for the first time this morning and they sorted out personal terms etc in just a couple of hours?
Martinho II
03/12/2007, 9:09 PM
i am stunned by the news. i can understand keely goin for him as he played for him at dublin city. I thought daisy would have went to a top flight team but the news he goes to shels takes the biscuit. im afraid every player for themselves ignore all the paper talk...:(
Martinho II
03/12/2007, 9:16 PM
see alan murphy has being let go by shels along with jim crawford! will murph come back and crawford finally join us if matthews stays?
Got a phonecall from a former player last night who is just dying to come back if he is asked :p
sligoman
03/12/2007, 9:19 PM
and crawford finally join us if matthews stays?Isn't that a very big if Marty? Thought he was going for sure?:confused:
Rocky77
03/12/2007, 9:35 PM
Got a phonecall from a former player last night who is just dying to come back if he is asked :p
Gartland??? Dillon??? Barrett??? Kirbs??? :rolleyes:
Richie Parsons? Frankie Darby? :p
Martinho II
03/12/2007, 9:53 PM
Gartland??? Dillon??? Barrett??? Kirbs??? :rolleyes:
Richie Parsons? Frankie Darby? :p
mr bombastic mr eric lavine!!:)
Martinho II
03/12/2007, 9:54 PM
Isn't that a very big if Marty? Thought he was going for sure?:confused:
heard on the grapevine today that if a certain chairman goes then matthews will stay!
pineapple stu
03/12/2007, 9:56 PM
Got a phonecall from a former player last night who is just dying to come back if he is asked :p
Could only be Vinny Perth, surely?!
atfconline
03/12/2007, 9:57 PM
He (EDIT: Matthews) said before or after the game yesterday, that he is not above being a First Division manager, if things are right, or some such words. Different to what was posted on here after the final game of the season.
DmanDmythDledge
03/12/2007, 10:14 PM
Can't believe Brennan hasn't gone to a Premier side. He was class against us in the cup semi. Shels seem to be going with a smaller squad this season so they can still pay more than the average First Division wage to attract better players.
feo123
03/12/2007, 10:57 PM
brennan was probably ye're best player yesterday, no nonsense defending from him, but from what i have seen as a neutral this season and ive seen him 7 or 8 times is that he's not the best, IMO he wouldnt get into the top 7 teams defences anyway from last season. but having said that he was brilliant yesterday, and shels is a big step down from longford for him at this moment in time!
mr bombastic mr eric lavine!!:)
Got it right! I had told you anyways I think....
spaceghost
04/12/2007, 3:14 PM
Got it right! I had told you anyways I think....
what age is eric now,
he must be 60 at this stage,
I'm guessing around the 36/7 mark, dono exactly
spaceghost
04/12/2007, 3:18 PM
i would welcome him back, but i thought him and alan didnt get on.
Rocky77
04/12/2007, 3:19 PM
37 next July according to wikipedia.
If the wages were reasonable he might be a useful playmaker in the Dwight Yorke role. Goalscoring days are behind him and he's not gonna have too many 90-minutes games in him, but beside Deego ;) next season he may have something to offer.
His goalscoring days were over about 2 seasons before he left. He and Alan dont get on and thats down to Eric in my opinion.
I dont think he would really be any addition
Eric will always be welcome back to the Flansiro. How many times did the man hit the onion bag for us? Who'll ever forget his goal up in Ballybofey that night?!
Is Deego staying with us next season? I'd love to see Shay Kelly stay on too.
Rocky77
04/12/2007, 3:28 PM
Is Deego staying with us next season?
Haven't heard, just wishful thinking on my part.
RockofGibraltar
04/12/2007, 3:34 PM
was lavine not like sacked by the club for violating the terms of his contract?? i doubt very much that he wud be allowed to set foot in flancare again after that...as much as i love the guy :)
That was Ballybofey, if we are trying to rebuild a squad then you have to be looking for guys who can do all that he used to do now
higgins
04/12/2007, 5:05 PM
Shels seem to be going with a smaller squad this season so they can still pay more than the average First Division wage to attract better players.
You tell me the average First Division wage and I'll tell you if you're right or wrong ;)
Shels are NOT spending more than they did last season so read into that what you like.
Rocky77
04/12/2007, 5:20 PM
That was Ballybofey, if we are trying to rebuild a squad then you have to be looking for guys who can do all that he used to do now
Fair points, but why did you bring him up in the first place?
Because I could and because I thought it was funny that he still thinks we are hanging out for him to come back and funny because I got said phonecall about 4/5 hours after we lost the cup final.
If you think he would be an addition, fair enough. I just gave my opinion on it
town73
04/12/2007, 8:28 PM
heard on the grapevine today that if a certain chairman goes then matthews will stay!
Not quite the case Marty. It's ultimately down to the assurances he receives. We'll know more towards the end of the week. I think if he stays, we'll have a great chance, as he'll be able to convince players to stay and attract the right ones in. (thanks for your help yesterday, BTW!)
I personally thought it was bad form that many of our committee members didnt turn up in PVS on Sunday night. Surely not the way to go about convincing players and officials to stay on
Martinho II
04/12/2007, 9:11 PM
Got it right! I had told you anyways I think....
you did indeed maz!
Martinho II
04/12/2007, 9:13 PM
I personally thought it was bad form that many of our committee members didnt turn up in PVS on Sunday night. Surely not the way to go about convincing players and officials to stay on
hence the reason why I think matthews will go!
Martinho II
04/12/2007, 9:30 PM
Not quite the case Marty. It's ultimately down to the assurances he receives. We'll know more towards the end of the week. I think if he stays, we'll have a great chance, as he'll be able to convince players to stay and attract the right ones in. (thanks for your help yesterday, BTW!)
no probs town 73 anytime!!:cool:
Rocky77
05/12/2007, 11:18 AM
The Galway lads are saying on their forum that Dessie has turned them down to sign for Rovers. Haven't seen it officially anywhere yet though.
Sonic
05/12/2007, 11:44 AM
its a load of cr@p that the players havent been speaking to other clubs. Dessie to shams, Doherty to bray and now damien to shels. For goodness sake was he not better off or at least the same stayin with us as with shels. Think its disgraceful he has essentially goine to a rival and to a club with less money then us:( Very disappointed after all the good feeling about him and the team and he does this, Expect the rest to follow captains example:(
RonnieB
05/12/2007, 12:06 PM
Are the lads all out of contract?
It's a bit early to be jumping to conclusions about who has more money than us.
tbh, this is all a symptom of the timing of the Cup final rather than an issue of player commitment. What are they supposed do, wait and take a chance to see whether other clubs have signed people for their positions? We don't know who the manager will be, the financial situation is still crap, they've gone down because of the administration side, who can blame the players for sorting themselves out?
The reality of the league of Ireland situation is that talks have been going on for months amongst players and clubs across the league - it's tap up central. Transfers are not sorted just since the end of the season.
Rocky77
05/12/2007, 2:15 PM
Transfers are not sorted just since the end of the season.
That was my point. Daisy had obviously been speaking to Shels for a while, but yet said last week that the squad
Yeah, but they're hardly going to come out and say "I've been talking to x for months now".
Rocky77
05/12/2007, 2:23 PM
He could have said nothing?
Rocky77
06/12/2007, 4:24 PM
Jamie Duffy has joined Dundalk. Ian Ryan's there too now but he's no loss I don't think.
http://www.dundalkfc.com/News/071206_Duffy.html
And they got David Cassidy as well. Dundalk will have a very strong squad next year as well. Forget about promotion unless the club start moving and quickly!
spaceghost
06/12/2007, 8:36 PM
best of luck to damian at shels, he had a great season,how many last ditch tackles or unbelievable blocks did he pull off last year,he wore the armband with pride and courage and deserves to be remembered as a town legend, in spite of his short time with us.
any word on the matthews situation?i "heard" there was a meeting last night , any truth in that?
Martinho II
06/12/2007, 8:49 PM
gutted that jamie duffy has gone. heard that the meeting is tonight not last night from a promient committee member.
best of luck to damian at shels, he had a great season,how many last ditch tackles or unbelievable blocks did he pull off last year,he wore the armband with pride and courage and deserves to be remembered as a town legend, in spite of his short time with us.
any word on the matthews situation?i "heard" there was a meeting last night , any truth in that?
What I've heard on this is that his decision is made and supposed to be announced around 4ish this evening
RonnieB
07/12/2007, 4:21 PM
Well it is now 5:24ish!
He has yet to make his decision and we WILL know tonight or so I am told!!
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