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Sumac

26/08/2008, 8:53 AM

Have to be happy with cup draw. Bray at home gives us decent chance of making semis

corbyeire

26/08/2008, 9:41 AM

great chance to progress and even better that its at home to get some cash into the deficit

Tir Oilean

26/08/2008, 11:20 AM

We still have to split the gate dont we? Looking forward to this game but its the league that matters all the same.

SalvadorSanchez

26/08/2008, 11:28 AM

only League points matter from now, we're not in a position to win the cup and extra games don't help at this stage of the season. just hope we can get some extra cash out of it but I won't be too upset if we put out a weakened team and go out of the cup.... we need to get some league wins quick.... Cobh, Bray, UCD, Harps and Sligo are all on the horizon... best concentrate on getting some points out of those games....

eamo1

26/08/2008, 12:19 PM

Id gladly choose staying up instead of winning the cup,i think 99% of us here would.ITs a pity to say that though because we have a real chance of getting to the cup semis on t.v etc and would be a great occasion.BUT WE NEED LEAGUE POINTS,10 GAMES LEFT,I THINK 5 WINS WOULD SEE US SAFE.
IN saying that though we will all be there for the q.f,we beat them 3-0 in the league cup q.f a few months ago.

wonder88

26/08/2008, 12:35 PM

Great draw, surely we can fit in an extra game with full-time players. Whats the point in complaining about certain players not getting a start and then hoping to get knocked out of the cup. A semi-final would bring in extra revenue and raise the profile of the club. However, agree that next match against Cobh is crucial, a win down there could be a turning point as team is actually playing decent stuff. A clean-sheet is a must.

corbyeire

26/08/2008, 1:03 PM

cant agree with you that the team is playing decent stuff - more passes true - results the same...

Sumac

26/08/2008, 3:17 PM

I would have to say that the team is playing better but unfortunately the defensive lapses remain. And not just defensive lapses from the defenders either - Midfield have also been guilty of this

KBurke

26/08/2008, 10:00 PM

WoodquayBoy

27/08/2008, 8:21 AM

I'm with K BUrke on this, and I know I am going to be hounded for saying this, but if offered it right now I would take winning the Cup, a trip to Europe and relegation.
The run in Europe should mean we would keep our better players and would hopefully bring in a few quid.
As for relegation, I am still feel ma bit 'dirty' about our presence up in Premier, would prefer to dsee us go down, reorganise, and come up as champions with a solid solid structure in place.
(covers head with hands and awaits bullets)

Terry-Lander

27/08/2008, 9:54 AM

I want to win the cup, play in Setanta, play in Europe AND stay up...........think of the amount of DVDs we could produce on the back of that. Then there's the tv royalties, the recording contracts, movie rights ........Ahhhhhhhh

foxx92

27/08/2008, 10:06 AM

How would we actuall fare in the first division? Remember the huge crowds towards the end of the season when we got 'premoted', If we went down and made a good impression down there and came back up within 2 years with a better squad surely its not the worst thing possible...not saying we should give up but its not going to be terrible IF we go down!

Claret Murph

27/08/2008, 10:13 AM

eerrrrrr , no I am not going to say it ................................

SalvadorSanchez

27/08/2008, 10:47 AM

eerrrrrr , no I am not going to say it ................................

ah go on....

Patrick Dunne

27/08/2008, 11:26 AM

GUISAUltra

27/08/2008, 12:31 PM

Objectives for the remainder of the season should be staying in the Premier Division, and winning the FAI Cup.

It will be terrible if we get relegated. Does anywhere remember the last time we were there ?

Drawing 1-1 at home to Kildare in front of 290 people.

those were the good old days. :D

honestly lads the first division is a graveyard, i never wanna go back there. it can be notoriously difficult to escape from

Claret Murph

27/08/2008, 12:44 PM

Well said Pat & Ultra that's what I would choose , but saying that we don't have a choice as it's up to the playing staff , board and the fans to keep us where we are in the priemier league . The cup and all the trimings is just a massive bonus .

WoodquayBoy

27/08/2008, 1:29 PM

Ah but do you remember the atmsphere when we beat Shams just a couple of years ago? Obviously I want us to stay up, but it would be nice to win a first trophy in more than 10 years too.

SalvadorSanchez

27/08/2008, 2:05 PM

those were the good old days. :D

honestly lads the first division is a graveyard, i never wanna go back there. it can be notoriously difficult to escape from

It's a cold dark place down there, a few decent games but mostly shin kicking contests against teams with little prospect of promotion and no ability to build for the future, to hell with going back there and to hell with the cup....

Claret Murph

27/08/2008, 3:28 PM

Again it was said by someone that we are the Longford of last season , yes they got to the final but lost out and look where they are now and they are not coming back up for a year or two I can bet .

Maroon 7

27/08/2008, 5:35 PM

People should be careful what they wish for re: GUFC going down.

We go down there's no guarantee we get back up anytime soon.

Tir Oilean

27/08/2008, 6:51 PM

The run in Europe should mean we would keep our better players and would hopefully bring in a few quid.............
(covers head with hands and awaits bullets)

Here are the bullets WoodquayBoy!:D

How do you think we would hold onto players if we go down? Regardless of being in Europe or not a first division club will never be able to match the wages these guys are on. I admit that a lot are only worthy of part time status.

Has anyone thought of how expensive it would be to go into Europe? Save getting a plum fixture against a big club surely it could end up putting us in a bigger hole than we already are? How big are the payouts for getting there?

foxx92

27/08/2008, 7:45 PM

I would love to see us stay up and we shouldnt be putting all our eggs in one basket by saying sure if we get relegated wel win the cup simple as. I want us to stay up because jeff has the capabilities and the links to strenghten our squad but if we go down not the end of the world..

corbyeire

27/08/2008, 7:59 PM

couldnt see jeff stay on if we go down

Paddyfield

27/08/2008, 9:46 PM

couldnt see jeff stay on if we go down

Better chance of Jeff fecking off to greener pastures if we do win Cup & stay up.

eamo1

28/08/2008, 12:01 AM

Didnt Jeff not just move his family over here though and wants to settle down etc??I do think hes a good manager,just lacks experience with one or 2 of his substitute decisons but obviously its his first job so experience will come.He has us playing half decent stuff too and when he trims the fat(about 10 players) we could be ok.I DESPERATLY want us to stay in the premier though.2 cup semi's and staying up will make Jeff manager of the year IMO with all hes had to put up with.

gufcfan

28/08/2008, 1:29 AM

notoriously difficult to escape from

Completely agree.

There is absolutely no guarantee that we would get anywhere near being promoted if we went down.

We would lose far too many players. True, some of our lads might not get anything better elsewhere, but would move on all the same.

We would be left with the A league team, sprinkled with a few of the current bunch and perhaps a former player or two would re-join from before we went professional.

We would be no better off than many of the clubs in the First Division. Locally based players, without the ability to attract anyone of sufficient quality into the club. Galway simply doesn't have the pool or structures in place at the moment that would facilitate Galway United being a force on a national stage, on it's own merits. There are some excellent youth structures in sprinkled around Galway city and county but they are all self-insulated from the outside world.

Players in Galway underage and junior football aren't seen as being successful unless they make the move across the water, rather than what many more would be better served doing... move up into the LOI, be it at A league level or whatever.

We were damn lucky to get out of it and I never want to see it again if I can help it.

WoodquayBoy

28/08/2008, 9:38 AM

I haveread through thread again and didn't see anyone post a wish that we would be relegated. I hope to God we stay up - and if Cork City goes ti.ts up, as looks likely, then there will probably be one less club going down.
Also, it doesn't matter what division we are in next season, we will be a part-time club so we won;t be able to match the wages of other clubs anyway

dublinwanderer

28/08/2008, 10:10 AM

Galway v Bray Live on TG4 Fri 12th Sept - 1/4 Final of Cup

www.braywanderers.ie

JC_GUFC

28/08/2008, 5:20 PM

honestly lads the first division is a graveyard, i never wanna go back there. it can be notoriously difficult to escape from

I'd like be able to say this after our UEFA Cup trip to Azerbaijan...

"Honestly lads Baku is a graveyard, i never wanna go back there. it can be notoriously difficult to escape from."

Before I'd have always chosen to stay up but it's been 17 years since we won the Cup and 17 years since European football!!

I'd nearly take losing the cup final to Bohs above survival, European and Setanta Cup football would be worth it in my view!