Nic & Tony last night .

[MyTown]

For the purposes of clarification Dave O' Connell is the editor of the Tribune group of newspapers in Galway. Dave Connell was the manager who came in between the end of the Don O'Riordan tenure and the Third Reign of Tony Mannion. So while he got plent of stickh from the die hards (who will ever forget JC_GUFC's lap of honour to get rid of Bobby Byrne? :D), he came to a club on its knees in every sense. I don't believe we covered ourselves in glory at the time in the way he and Eddie Hickey were treated, but there was nobody in charge and no money in the kitty. It happens. The last I heard of Dave Connell was that he was a regional development officer for the Irish Senior Ladies Soccer Manager, Noel King.

[gilberto_eire]

Some of his harshest critics on the internet were in Becketts but not one of them was brave enough to say to his face what they keep on lambasting him on here for.

I shared the car with My Town coming back from Belfield and we didnt feel the journey as we were so happy to see Our Team getting a valuable and deserved point and if I ever felt like Galway Hoop did id give up supporting gufc. Even in the days of Dave O'Connell I never wanted United to lose any game :mad:

i hope your not including me in that, i wasnt there as i had commitments elsewhere...... also so what if they didnt say anything, to say it would bring embarresment on you is an under-statement.
it was a Q+A forum about the club you would want to be some prat to ask a question that creates drama

[gufct]

bring embarrasment on me ??????????????

[gordongekko]

Some of his harshest critics on the internet were in Becketts but not one of them was brave enough to say to his face what they keep on lambasting him on here for.


The fact that there was a lad sitting near you heckling everyone that said anything against the club did not encourage anyone to bother to ask the question.

[gilberto_eire]

bring embarrasment on me ??????????????

no didnt mean you GUFCT, in general terms!!

[Patrick Dunne]

The club organised a forum for supporters to give their opinions, and many people there did so. I would say that at least 75% of the questions or comments were negative (albeit from a small amount of people). To suggest
that supporters were silenced by club loyalists is bizarre.

At this stage, repetitive negative posts by some supporters about the manager/season tickets are boring and futile. People have had their say here (many times) and have had the opportunity to ask questions at the forum.

I'm all for debate and dissent at Galway United. A whingefest is another matter entirely.

[gordongekko]

To suggest
that supporters were silenced by club loyalists is bizarre..


I was there i heard it. The two lads beside me heard it and the lad asking the questions about the season ticket prices heard it as well. I am only stating a FACT.

[JC_GUFC]

To be fair Dave Connell's signings were absolutely shocking.

Fair enough maybe he had no funds to sign players but bringing in the calibre of player that he did simply because he knew them was a joke.
I don't think anyone could stand by and accept what was happening.

Last I heard he was managing Mount Merrion in the LSL, apparently they've loads of cash and have numerous ex-league players playing with them. One of them being Sean Byrne.

[gufct]

The person beside wasnt prompted by the me or the club but he was frustrated as were a lot of other people by the the 2 lads who took over the meeting and wouldnt let anyone else ask questions. wb Gordon havent seen you since the old into the west board.


Ive said before we can keep on going round in circles about the season tickets but the decision that was made was after a long and drawn out process where a lot of people who had differing views on the subject had their say but ultimately we had to bite the bullet if the club is to move to the next level.

Pa, My Town & Trainee will confirm this.

[galwayhoop]

MyTown & gufct

what i am saying is i wish we had lost (looking back now) not that that at the time i hoped we would lose. a big difference. i would never cheer against the club so don't twist it if you don't mind. i was told quite recently, on very good aurthority, that TC would have had to walk the plank had we lost that night, i would not have lost sleep had he gone.

i don't rate TC and feel he is incapable of bring the club to where we all want it to go. I believe the club, off the pitch, is moving in the right direction (big respect for NL and what he has done) but this is not mirrored on the pitch.

feel free to come on here and berate me at the end of the season if we finish challenging the top 4. personally i believe it will be more challenging for 4th from bottom* but sure that football, a game of opinions!!


*then cue proclamations of the season being about consolidating our premier division status, building for the future, time for benefits of full time to kick in, look at Drogheda, time for the new players to gel....etc, etc, etc

[gordongekko]

The person beside wasnt prompted by the me or the club but he was frustrated as were a lot of other people by the the 2 lads who took over the meeting and wouldnt let anyone else ask questions. wb Gordon havent seen you since the old into the west board.


Ive said before we can keep on going round in circles about the season tickets but the decision that was made was after a long and drawn out process where a lot of people who had differing views on the subject had their say but ultimately we had to bite the bullet if the club is to move to the next level.

Pa, My Town & Trainee will confirm this.


Gufct im glad you acknowledge that the person was heckling the people asking the questions bizarre and all as it sounded. I can only speak for myself when I say that on the evening of the meeting I had to leave work early, rush home have the dinner, and then battle through rush hour traffic to get to that meeting them got soaked wet on the way home and all I wanted to do was to hear nick and Tony explain the situation instead I had to listen to that person make smart remarks at people who probably had the same problems getting to the meeting that I had. As far as I know he did not ask a question either so I cant understand why he would bother showing up just to heckle people. Everybody who was in the room the last day all want to see Galway united doing well and winning things but the main issue hanging over the club at the moment is the price of season tickets and the lad who asked the questions was entitled to a little bit of respect when asking the questions and he should have been allowed to ask them without being heckled. The floor was open to that person to ask a different question on a different topic if he was frustrated.

Anyway I though the question about the season ticket was answered well by Nick, basically if we want a winning team we have to pay for it. So from what I can see based on what I heard if we are struggling half way through the season Tony will be out the door as Nick knows well that we wont buy the season tickets for 250/300/350 Euro next year if we are down in 9/10/11 place and playing the same rubbish we played this year.

[galwayhoop]

So from what I can see based on what I heard if we are struggling half way through the season Tony will be out the door as Nick knows well that we wont buy the season tickets for 250/300/350 Euro next year if we are down in 9/10/11 place and playing the same rubbish we played this year.

just to remind you if we are in 10th or 11th (or 12th) we will be relegated this coming season.....

[eamo1]

did i read it correctly,is there 1 or 2 premiership teams coming next season??i dont care who comes personally as i all i care about is us but if they are coming then shouldnt we be highlighting that fact in our season ticket adds??i suppose we cant if they are not confirmed though and premiership teams only sort out and arrange their pre-season friendlies around March etc.

[gufct]

The one in February will be one of the premiership teams that are knocked out of the FA Cup (i think there are four all Premiership ties) so we wont be able to confirm that until after 6th January and the mid season (race week) one wont be confirmed until mid may.

[WoodquayBoy]

So one of Aston Villa/Man Utd; Sunderland/Wigan; West Ham/Man City; or Spurs/Reading. The only other Premiership clubs where there might be a surprise is Middlesboro away to Bristol City and Derby at home to Sheffield Wednesday.
So unless it is Spurs, Villa or Man Utd, can't see a huge crowd going up unless the visitors guarantee a full-strength squad. I mean, really, who would get excited about Wigan, with no offence to the Wiganese or whatever they are called!

[Topman]

The one in February will be one of the premiership teams that are knocked out of the FA Cup (i think there are four all Premiership ties) so we wont be able to confirm that until after 6th January and the mid season (race week) one wont be confirmed until mid may.
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We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"


Well Tom do you think Chelsea will be out of the Cup after Round 3......UUUUUUUURRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

WE ARE THE RANGERS BOYS...STAND UP AND MAKE SOME NOISE

[Claret Murph]

The one in February will be one of the premiership teams that are knocked out of the FA Cup (i think there are four all Premiership ties) so we wont be able to confirm that until after 6th January and the mid season (race week) one wont be confirmed until mid may.
__________________
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"


Well Tom do you think Chelsea will be out of the Cup after Round 3......UUUUUUUURRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

WE ARE THE RANGERS BOYS...STAND UP AND MAKE SOME NOISE

Now that's funny I was going to say that Arsenal could be in for a bit of a shock but on the other hand I should say nothing :eek::ball::o

[gufct]

Only raging i booked a trip to Madrid the weekend after Topman obviously another r'ssssss man.

[gufct]

So one of Aston Villa/Man Utd; Sunderland/Wigan; West Ham/Man City; or Spurs/Reading. The only other Premiership clubs where there might be a surprise is Middlesboro away to Bristol City and Derby at home to Sheffield Wednesday.
So unless it is Spurs, Villa or Man Utd, can't see a huge crowd going up unless the visitors guarantee a full-strength squad. I mean, really, who would get excited about Wigan, with no offence to the Wiganese or whatever they are called!

I seem to remember almost 7,000 in the sportsground for the team you forgot Man City , we had a similar crowd for Derby in Terryland and the Hammers have a huge Irish Fanbase as do Reading.

[WoodquayBoy]

City had Terry Phelan, Alan Kerneghan and Niall Quinn, not to mention the likes of Peter Reid, so it was always going to be a big draw.
I doubt any club has as big a fanbase here as Celtic, but you could have thrown a stone and not hit anyone when their reserves visited this year, and that is my point - you would want a guarantee of at least a few big names to get the crowd up the Dyke Road.
Nonetheless, we'd all be cribbing if there was no glamour games, so well done to the club for at least putting a plan in motion

[gufct]

City have a huge support in Ireland that day in the Sportsground there were people from all over the country at it a bigger crowd than we had for Sunderland.

[galwayhoop]

i dont care who comes personally as i all i care about is us but if they are coming then shouldnt we be highlighting that fact in our season ticket adds??

what advertise the fact that you have to pay for these friendlies in addition to the season ticket?

at least that fact is known from the start this time though.

PS - i reckon reading would easily fill the place with hunt, doyle and long in the team.

[GuisaSaigon]

Don't forget city now have Daddy Dick and Richard Dunne who would attract the Ole Ole's. Ericsson, Elano, Petrov would also appeal to the great Irish football loving public :rolleyes:
Any premiership club would ensure The Barstoolers leave their barstools for the evening.