Hull City owners to take majority stake in Dundalk?

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

Im just wondering if Dundalk cant get their ownership model sorted out would they be nearly better getting out of the loi altogether temporarily? JC knows all about what happened to Galway Utd a decade and a half ago and it actually did them no harm getting out of the league and getting back in when Salthill Devon/Mervue Utd didnt work out. Whats happened at Galway Utd now is phenomenal and the model a lot of loi fans want!

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Dundalk Town FC - do it before the third tier and you'll just join in Division 1 again!

Although things worked well on our return in 2014 being out of the league for 2 seasons was a disaster. Thankfully I live in Dublin so was able to get my LoI fix but for anyone who lived in Galway who was used to going week-in-week-out it must have been terrible. Obviously not comparable to Dundalk's fall but after a miracle survival under Jeff Kenna in 2008, in 2009 we were pretty competitive but then obviously we came to 2011 which was embarrassing going to games.

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Originally Posted by Acornvilla

I'll happily drop Longford out of the league if it means a local billionaire comes in to bring us to Europe :D

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Haven't Longford been bankrolled by Munnelly over the years, obviously he doesn't have the same money as the Comers but he's done brilliant things for the club, or maybe that was under a previous owner.

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Originally Posted by Thewhitepele

I do wonder if the Galway model is even sustainable for Galway. I was at one of their games this season and was really impressed with the amount of young people at the game. It will be interesting if they can sustain it given they have lots of competing sports which have more of a traditional fan base.

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It's a good question, which I don't have an answer to either. There have been some good ground improvements this season, in particular the bar! Galway is notoriously fickle in support for its sporting teams. Connacht look to be at a fairly low ebb at the moment, although their stadium will be receiving a big upgrade in the coming years.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

If they're not going mad on wages but losing €1.2m a year, then they've a serious problem somewhere else.

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I don't know the full finances but I wouldn't believe everything I read either. If you've invested in a club and are being interviewed you'll always overinflate your investment. Also what seems to be conveniently ignored in all of this is that these are our sponsors. Do other clubs receive €0 in sponsorship? 10 years of sponsorship is a lot of money for any club.

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Originally Posted by redobit

Gary Buckley doubled his wage when he left the Showgrounds for Galway.

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Exactly - also halved the number of rs in his name to join us!

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Originally Posted by Buckett

How do you know that?

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There aren't too many secrets in fan owned clubs.

But why would the buying club tell the selling club what they're going to pay a player? Buckleys agent was probably fishing for a bigger contract and told ye his wages would be doubled

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Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

Haven't Longford been bankrolled by Munnelly over the years, obviously he doesn't have the same money as the Comers but he's done brilliant things for the club, or maybe that was under a previous owner.

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Jim Hanley has been keeping the show on the road for many decades. Phil Munnelly owns the company sponsoring the stadium thou, and has been involved in some capacity for a number of years, they're very much putting money in to keep the club alive vs actual meaningful investment to go anywhere. I think the longford situation was done to death in another thread a week ago, so we don't need to go over that again. Not to diminish what they're doing the club wouldn't exist without them, but it is very different. We have 1 full time employee.

It seems that the long throw in is getting more use in recent weeks, Shamrock R, Drogheda and tonight Dundalk. What do fans of those clubs think of it?

If a Caulfield team does it, it's "agricultural"!

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Originally Posted by redobit

Gary Buckley doubled his wage when he left the Showgrounds for Galway.

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And he was stealing a living in terms of availability in his last period at the Showgrounds.

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Originally Posted by wonder88

It seems that the long throw in is getting more use in recent weeks, Shamrock R, Drogheda and tonight Dundalk. What do fans of those clubs think of it?

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Rob McAuley had a great long throw on him for UCD back in the day.

It's always great to see one lined up.

If you have a player who can actually do it properly it's great, then again, the Dundalk goal tonight was off a terrible long through in, pure luck that it got flicked into Kenny's path so maybe that shows by just hurling it in there it causes a bit of mayhem.

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Dundalk players wages yet to be paid according to Daly after tonight's game, sounds like he hasn't been paid on time either. Worrying to say the least

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Originally Posted by wonder88

It seems that the long throw in is getting more use in recent weeks, Shamrock R, Drogheda and tonight Dundalk. What do fans of those clubs think of it?

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Tony McNamee with us has a decent long throw,I do remember us getting a winner against Derry at home with a header straight from one of them,not sure if they were that effective down through the years though , probably was other goals from them but I can’t think of them off the top of my head….

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Originally Posted by outspoken

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Dundalk players wages yet to be paid according to Daly after tonight's game, sounds like he hasn't been paid on time either. Worrying to say the least

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Makes the decision to give Daryl Horgan a new 2 and a half year deal just 4 weeks ago all the more mind boggling

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Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

Makes the decision to give Daryl Horgan a new 2 and a half year deal just 4 weeks ago all the more mind boggling

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It's been a long running rumour around the town that someone else is footing the bill for his wages

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Originally Posted by joey B

Tony McNamee with us has a decent long throw,I do remember us getting a winner against Derry at home with a header straight from one of them,not sure if they were that effective down through the years though , probably was other goals from them but I can’t think of them off the top of my head….

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Anto Murphy when at bohs was like getting a corner, great throw on him.

If Dundalk are not paying wages at what point will they be removed from the league? And what are the rules around games already played? I think when Monaghan folded all games were voided and any points awarded from the results were also void.

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Originally Posted by outspoken

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Dundalk players wages yet to be paid according to Daly after tonight's game, sounds like he hasn't been paid on time either. Worrying to say the least

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Where you seeing that?

It was in a post match interview with LMFM. The audio is on their twitter.

The manager said it in an interview after the gasme and they had it on the town end podcast last night.
Apparantly he said that they would be paid but there is a meeting with the PFAI.
I didnt hear the interview just repeating what they said on the podcast.
Plus the between the stripes boys are tweating it.


Cant see them folding its money down the drain for Ainscough if that happens limping on whule trying to find a buyer might make more sense.
I wouldnt like to see Dundalk fold as we were nearly there in Rovers

For interests sake if results were expunged

Shels -10 points from 4 games , Rovers 4 points from 3 and Derry 5 points from 3.

Shels 24 42
Derry 26 44
Rovers 24 35

I realise Rovers are currently 6th but Sligo and Galway Waterford fans can do their own Maths;).

Again for Dundalk fans i wouldnt like to see this happen. Cant really Dundalk are to big a club you would think.

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Originally Posted by Another Bohemia

If Dundalk are not paying wages at what point will they be removed from the league? And what are the rules around games already played? I think when Monaghan folded all games were voided and any points awarded from the results were also void.

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Yeah it was 2012 and all points gained against Monaghan were removed. It was the year we won the league and it made things a lot tighter at the top of the table as we were the only team to have won all our games against them, so it didn't go down too well in the NW as you might expect.

Different scenario here Id say. Mons folded, cant see that happening with Dundalk. More likely a points deduction and players are released from their contracts as free agent to sign for new clubs. A long way to go before than happens mind.

If we're not paying players we should be and deserve to be relegated as it's effectively cheating. We've signed players you can't afford.