Off season rumours

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Originally Posted by Jofspring

It just seems the interest isn't there for a good senior football team in Limerick. If Pat wasn't putting in the money he has we would still be trudging along in the first division most likely back in Hogan Park or Jackman Park. The bigger business people in Limerick don't want anything to do with football and would prefer to row in behind Munster Rugby. Every year for the last number of years Pat has wanted someone to come on board with him and ease the burden a bit but no matter how many great things he has done, underage structures, return to the premier, movement back to the Markets Field, it just doesn't look like the help is going to come.

So where will the money come for better signings? I agree we need to hit the ground running in the Markets Field if we really want the club to take off but where the money will come from, that I really don't know.

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He says this every year but from what I have been told by a few people and they are business people he is one of the major problems stopping people getting involved. Like turning down sponsorship from McGettigans last season was madness there was some help for him but he didn't take it.

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Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy

He says this every year but from what I have been told by a few people and they are business people he is one of the major problems stopping people getting involved. Like turning down sponsorship from McGettigans last season was madness there was some help for him but he didn't take it.

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Ya heard something about McGettigans being turned down. We had no sponsor at all and while the club shouldn't give it away for nothing we badly needed a sponsor. Beggars can't be choosers and looked so unprofessional not having a sponsor.

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Originally Posted by Jofspring

Ya heard something about McGettigans being turned down. We had no sponsor at all and while the club shouldn't give it away for nothing we badly needed a sponsor. Beggars can't be choosers and looked so unprofessional not having a sponsor.

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I would have thought you accept what they offered considering we were well into the season and had no sponsor at the time and then try and build the relationship with them as time went on. Pat talks a lot though about wanting businesses to support him and he also goes on about wanting fans to get involved and help out but I know first hand how awkward it can be to get involved and help out I have offered a few times to help with different things and have then been asked to jump through hoops before they would allow me to and then its just a case of thinking I'm trying to help them they are making it as hard as they can why should I bother.

Has Martin Russels son signed.Heard he has.

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Originally Posted by faceoff

Has Martin Russels son signed.Heard he has.

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He signed a few weeks ago.

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Originally Posted by faceoff

Has Martin Russels son signed.Heard he has.

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He has and it is a complete joke.

This is what trained this morning.

Conor O Donnell
Robbie Williams
Shane Costelloe
Colm Murphy
Tony Whitehead
Val Feeney
Sean Russell
Shane Duggan
Paul O Conor
Darragh Rainsford
Ian Turner
Ross Mann
Dean Clarke
Sean Brosnan

3 lads training that I didn't get names for too.

Still doesnt look like much of a team.interesting to see what kind of a team lines out for the msc match on saturday?

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Originally Posted by delboyderis

Still doesnt look like much of a team.interesting to see what kind of a team lines out for the msc match on saturday?

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Kieran Hanlon returning also apparently.Things not looking good.

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Originally Posted by faceoff

Kieran Hanlon returning also apparently.Things not looking good.

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At least people can't be giving out about signing a load of English blow ins this season....

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Originally Posted by blueblood

At least people can't be giving out about signing a load of English blow ins this season....

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There's time yet:cool:

At least with the english blow ins you knew what you were getting.robbie williams hasnt been a bad player or sam oji fi he re signs?its very worrying that the club seems to be looking to younger players and poor quality recruits to progress the team.i can see them at the minute as relegation candidates for next season.they wont get big crowds going to the markets field with the team thats there at the minute.only 6 or 7 weeks to season kicking off.

I'm hearing Limerick are in trouble and going after 4 or 5 junior players red hanlon been one not a good sign at all

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Originally Posted by thomas72

I'm hearing Limerick are in trouble and going after 4 or 5 junior players red hanlon been one not a good sign at all

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I wouldn't mind the club going after a couple of junior players but they would need to be the better ones. Not just lads brought in the bulk up the squad for the sake of it.

Would be great to see a few local in the side.A team the people of Limerick can relate to.Better than watching the likes of Craig Curran prancing around the place and jumping ship the second things didn't go his way.

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Originally Posted by LFC Blue

Would be great to see a few local in the side.A team the people of Limerick can relate to.Better than watching the likes of Craig Curran prancing around the place and jumping ship the second things didn't go his way.

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We had Hughes, Lynch, Tracey, Duggan, Costello , Rainsford and Mann in the squad last year and all are Limerick lads. Also Red O Hanlon and Barry Sheedy up to July who are also Limerick lads.

Craig Curran was pushed out rather than jumping ship in fairness.

We need good Limerick lads if we are getting some in. No point in packing a team full of locals to get hammered every week. We have done that before and no one came out and supported the team.

It doesn't matter where the players are from, if they win games we'll get more supporters. Nothing else has anywhere close to that power when it comes to getting people in the gate.

That squad list above won't do that. It's shocking.

There is no-one in the junior leagues in Limerick good enough for what we need right now, it would be fine if they came in to a squad filled with premier quality players not coming into a squad already not good enough for this league.

The stuff about about Craig Curran is madness too one of the hardest working players I have ever seen at the club worked a lot harder than most of the Limerick lads we have had though the years.

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Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy

There is no-one in the junior leagues in Limerick good enough for what we need right now, it would be fine if they came in to a squad filled with premier quality players not coming into a squad already not good enough for this league.

The stuff about about Craig Curran is madness too one of the hardest working players I have ever seen at the club worked a lot harder than most of the Limerick lads we have had though the years.

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I'd agree that the priority should be elsewhere in players. I think we could get some players who would do a job, like Clarke, Mullins, Waters etc. but they're not really the spine of the team you'd be looking for to carry you through a big season. It must be pretty disheartening for some more established players to see how unorganised it all is.
I said it before, but if you're going after guys like Ronan Finn, you need to have other players there that can attract his type in. Like if Patterson was close to signing at any point, one look at the squad he was joining would have made up his mind for him.

The only problem now is that the best players in the league are signed up.not many quality players left.as mentioned above.who would want to join a team like we have at the minute?