No its not, its some scrote messing about with fireworks and the next door neighbour giving out to the kids. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
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No its not, its some scrote messing about with fireworks and the next door neighbour giving out to the kids. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
The impending implosion of Fingal is being discussed on Newstalk just now.
Apparently Roddy Collins thinks their prospects are "dire".
"No fans", he says.
What's the craic with Tolka Park anyway??
There was talk earlier in the year that Shels mightn't even be in there next year and now there might be two teams in there??
Now that Roderik reckons they're doomed is it safe to assume they're pretty safe??Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Did you get that from the minister of the bleedin obvious? :) The same goes for every club and also every business hence why a lot of people have lost their jobs recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by CSFShels
Sporting Fingal will be around for a long time yet so dont get too worked up over it :)
As a mere Limerick fan I had no hand or part in some of the financial nonsense that went on in the recent past.*Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
We'd have to have had some members club style set up and consistently voted for some of the nonsense to be able to take our fair share of the blame.
*Just to clarify the club is being superbly run at the moment. Also sorry for the three posts mods, merge or whatever if you wish.
I'm putting a €100 on them for the title next year. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the saviour of League of Ireland football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FukD2YrsDss
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Originally Posted by The Lep
You're waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too positive. There's a stench of FF and that "sound fundamentals" spiel.
Positivity is not what LOI supporting is all about. Where's your pessimism and fear for the future?
We were right Forting Spingal aren't right for the LOI.
Though to be honest I'm worried you're right.
You just stick with your negativity there Bonnie :)
It could just work :) it would be deadly having a race of a few of them around Morton at half time mixed in with brolly jousting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Too be honest, many other clubs are funded by their fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Its the fans who keep the club alive when any easy money that came the club's way dries up.
True, but its still classed as funding .
Best bit of news Finfgal fans have had today i'd imagineQuote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
No, the best was that we are in europe again next year .
Did you only get that news today?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Leppy baby, my tongue was firmly in cheek for once with ya. That's as positve as I can be regarding the Fungus.
Not today but i keep reminding myself daly. I also won a box of roses on a scratch card as well.
My name's not Daly, how dare ya!
On a more serious and important and life changing note, the caramel squares in Roses are no longer square and they've been elongated into rectangles. I was not a happy bunny on that discovery.
Ah ha, but maybe you wont be in europe, remember its the FAI who will be nominating the clubs that can particpate and this will depend on 2011 Licences.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Pats will be next in line then to take their place in Europe if they do run into serious trouble, pity we didn't finish 5th again :curse:
Trust me, we will be in europe next year and the year after that :).
Just like Athlone and Salthill will be ..... unless Fingal breaks away from the rest of the country and floats over to America??
So childish! No Smiley for that.
Yes but if one fan stops supporting the club, the likelyhood is that the well supported clubs won't go bankrupt. But if Gerry Gannon pulls out (or is rightfully forced to stop funding the club with money that shouldn't be in his pocket), then Fingal will drastically have to cut back or go very quickly go bust. Fingals success has been artifical, they have achieved what they have by using tax payers money.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
For what its worth I have great respect for fans like Lampers and the Lep who go against the grain in a way and obviously love their club. I have had digs at Fingal in the past as I feel they bought their success as opposed to earning it. I sincerely hope they manage to stay afloat and their growth in the future is organic, through increasing their fan base. they play great football and have a decent skin at the helm in Liam Buckley. Best of luck to them and hopefully they manage to keep the show on the road.
Just to let you know Athlone and Salthill will be in Europe for the forseeable future, whether our soccer teams will be or not is another thing;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by OneForTheFuture
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Originally Posted by prince20
That was my point sir!
One of the country's leading construction companies, Pierse Construction, has asked the Commercial Court to appoint a liquidator.
Lawyers for the company said the position had 'materially disimproved' since an interim examiner was appointed last month, and the company no longer wished to proceed with the examinership process.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1104/pierse-business.html
It appears that bad debts from the benefactor of Sporting Fingal has brought down one the the country's biggest construction companies.
while i dont think this is the end i believe that this is the beginning of the end for sporting
Personally I hope you are wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
I havnt been able to post lately due to problems with the computer. Probably a good thing.
I have to say that if selling these players and letting others go means the club can keep to what looks like being a smaller budget then thats fine by me. Its probably time we started to focus more on the club itself rather than big signings.
Iv loved every minute of the last 3 seasons including bringing in these players but at the end of the day, all i care about is the future of the club. Nothing else.
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Originally Posted by White Horse
That article has nothing to do with Sporting Fingal so give it a rest will ye. You are scrapping the bottom of the barrel just to have a pop at this stage.
Trust me Sporting Fingal will be around for a long time yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
There's no need to be so defensive. I appreciate the temptation to be in denial. However, any news relating to someone who has subsidised a club to the tune of at least €1.5m is relevent.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
I dont think so seeing that he isnt mentioned in the article.
Perhaps you prefer I quote from this article:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
[Pierce] which employed 700 people at its peak but now has 211 workers, cited the economic downturn and cashflow difficulties caused by bad debts of about €30 million on completed works as the reasons why it has sought the protection of the courts. Counsel said €16m of those bad debts were owed by Gannon Homes for works carried out at the new town centre at Clongriffin in Dublin
http://www.irishexaminer.com/busines...0m-133382.html
True - sure you couldn't get rid of the name even in an assets firesale....Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
You should have posted that article first then shouldnt you and then i would have still told you that whats going on at Pierse is nothing to do Sporting Fingal.
You're not following the thread closely.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Gannon (your benefactor) was quoted in court when Pierce sought an examinership. However, Pierce told the court today that they can't save their business and all the jobs are lost. The fact that Gannon was not quoted in this article is not relevent as he had been mentioned in the earlier application. The article you take exception to is relevent as it is an update to the earlier action.
This is relevent to Sporting Fingal as Gannon pumped a lot of money into your club:
2008: €500,000
2009: €750,000
2010: ?
No, its still hasnt got anything to do with Sporting Fingal.
I fear you're the one who derailed the thread, White Horse. This is a thread related to the survival prospects of a football club, not a thread for compiling a dossier of reasons to hate a developer.
It could only be considered "derailing" by a person incapable of joining up the dots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Yes, you've very good at connecting dots. Unfortunately, these are dots best joined in another forum.