Alan Murphy; part-time option

[WoodquayBoy]

Heard a whisper that Murphs might be released by Rovers in the transfer window. Any chance he'll come back to us on a part-time basis?
Why part-time? Well, was a piece in Sentinel yesterday where Nick Leeson said club will probably go back tpo part-time next season as full-time was not working.

[GuisaSaigon]

Hopefully no chance.
Murph seems to have lost all desire to play football. He was crap after coming back from Derry. He would be better off playing Junior football.
A great player in the past, but I dont think his heart has been in it for a long time.

[WoodquayBoy]

Maybe he just wasn't inspired under the last regime? I know I wasn't!!

[gufct]

wasnt inspired before the last regime either.

[pineapple stu]

Confirmed as released on the radio just now anyways.

[higgins]

If you are running over the 65% as your CEO said you were on the radio last week you won't be able to bring in any players.

[pineapple stu]

Unless they get rid of a lot of players, which seems to be exactly what they're doing.

[Trainee]

If you are running over the 65% as your CEO said you were on the radio last week you won't be able to bring in any players.

Gufc are back under 65% wage cap again

some players may leave anyway, we may singing be 1-2 players but these players will be mainly from galway region

[Mr Maroon]

Gufc are back under 65% wage cap again

some players may leave anyway, we may singing be 1-2 players but these players will be mainly from galway region
That could include Murphs surely? He lives in Galway doesn't he. He's a free agent now.

[SMorgan]

Gufc are back under 65% wage cap again

some players may leave anyway, we may singing be 1-2 players but these players will be mainly from galway region

Not sure that's exactly right!!


Independent.ie


Galway crisis deepens

PFAI chief slams club’s ‘bullyboy’ tactics amid fears of financial meltdown

By Neil Ahern
Friday June 27 2008

AT the end of last year, Galway United were throwing their hat into the lucrative All-Ireland League project in a proclamation that suggested they were one of the most stable clubs in the Eircom League.

Six months later, they have informed seven first-team players that their wages can no longer be paid and have asked the remaining players to take a 12.5pc wage cut.

And those are just the problems off the pitch. Tonight, the bottom side play defending league champions Drogheda United at Terryland Park, where they have struggled to attract even half of the 2,000 gate they regularly enjoyed last season.

Now, they are looking at returning to a part-time set-up next year, regardless of whether they stay in the top flight.

It is a situation which Stephen McGuinness, the general secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland (PFAI), believes will become more prevalent in the Eircom League, despite what the FAI are saying.

The FAI have been heralding the end of Shelbourne-like collapses and unpaid players in the league with a new approach to professionalism and a vision for the financial development of clubs.

Yet the phones in McGuinness's office have been buzzing like never before this June as clubs look for quick-fix budget cuts in realisation of the serious implications of the newly-introduced 65pc wage cap.

"At the moment I'm trying to secure players in the knowledge that their contracts will be honoured," said McGuinness.

"Because it's the first transfer window since the wage cap was introduced, it was always going to be a bit tense but I just hope clubs are now realigning themselves for next year now that they know the implications."

There have been problems with unpaid wages at Kildare County and Cobh Ramblers, among others, but nowhere are the consequences more dire than at the full-time Galway United.

Threats

"There are threats flying around at the moment, especially at Galway, and some of the treatment of players is disappointing," said McGuinness

"There are two sides to a contract, the players have to honour it and the clubs have to honour it."

At the start of this month, six Galway players -- Daryl Robson, Wes Charles, Ciaran Foley, Stephen O'Flynn, John Lester and Alvin Rouse -- were informed that they will not be retained at the club beyond July 1. The on-loan Greg O'Halloran was also told he won't be retained.

But McGuinness is keen to stress that if any contracts were to be ended, Galway would not receive a league license next season, just two seasons after being awarded a Premier League license in recognition of their financial stability.

"They've asked the players to take a 12.5pc wage cut and some of them chose to do so and some didn't.

"And they're also threatening to throw players out if they don't find new clubs, it's all just bullyboy tactics.

"At the moment, this wage cap is being used as a tool to get players out of clubs and it just can't be used like that.

"I've mentioned it to the FAI but there doesn't seem to be anything happening. I'm the only one telling players and reassuring them that their contracts have to be honoured, but it's these idle threats from clubs that sicken me."

It is a problem that Irish football has long suffered which, McGuinness feels, will not be cleared up by the introduction of a wage cap, and it is one which could be hugely damaging to the Eircom League.

"At the moment, when I get calls from foreign players about the league they don't ask what the standard is like or what the facilities are like, they just ask 'Am I going to get paid?'," he said. "And that's where the problem lies, we need to put that question at the bottom of the list."

Galway chairman John Fallon declined to comment on the PFAI claims, referring the matter instead to Nick Leeson, the club's chief executive. He, however, was unavailable.

- Neil Ahern

[gufct]

Thats old news but then again what would you expect from the troller supreme.

[galwaygirl]

Not sure that's exactly right!!
Independent.ie

Galway crisis deepens

PFAI chief slams club’s ‘bullyboy’ tactics amid fears of financial meltdown

By Neil Ahern
Friday June 27 2008

AT the end of last year, Galway United were throwing their hat into the lucrative All-Ireland League project in a proclamation that suggested they were one of the most stable clubs in the Eircom League.

Six months later, they have informed seven first-team players that their wages can no longer be paid and have asked the remaining players to take a 12.5pc wage cut.
dont think that's true, as of during the week 6 of those players agreed to take the wage cut as well, therefore will remain at the club.....




And those are just the problems off the pitch. Tonight, the bottom side play defending league champions Drogheda United at Terryland Park, where they have struggled to attract even half of the 2,000 gate they regularly enjoyed last season.

It is a situation which Stephen McGuinness, the general secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland (PFAI), believes will become more prevalent in the Eircom League, despite what the FAI are saying.

The FAI have been heralding the end of Shelbourne-like collapses and unpaid players in the league with a new approach to professionalism and a vision for the financial development of clubs.

Yet the phones in McGuinness's office have been buzzing like never before this June as clubs look for quick-fix budget cuts in realisation of the serious implications of the newly-introduced 65pc wage cap.

"At the moment I'm trying to secure players in the knowledge that their contracts will be honoured," said McGuinness.

"Because it's the first transfer window since the wage cap was introduced, it was always going to be a bit tense but I just hope clubs are now realigning themselves for next year now that they know the implications."

There have been problems with unpaid wages at Kildare County and Cobh Ramblers, among others, but nowhere are the consequences more dire than at the full-time Galway United.
i'd check that out with the rest of the clubs in the league if i were you.... we're just tryin to get our affairs in order now instead of losing points later

[Terry]

that report is old news/rumours smorgan. trainee is spot on with the current situation. sorry to disappoint you :D I can also tell you that VOC productions in line with TG4 are making a sequel to our previous hit "Galway is Great" DVD and is due to on release around the first week in November.

[SMorgan]

Stick me down for a copy!!:D

[Paddyfield]

Stick me down for a copy!!:D

Ok. We will stick you down.

[WoodquayBoy]

Why is the chairman passing the buck to the CEO, and then he is not available? Just creating more bad publicity

[Terry]

because hes useless, his heart is up in the sportsgrounds and that where he should have stayed.

[Eire06]

I'd love to see murph back, previous management didn't seem to like him and he wasn't treated that well.

Don't think he lost his desire to play at all, I could see him fitting in well under kenna