Pats seem to be close to signing John Murphy from Chester City.
Rumours are we've agreed a fee. Just waiting on personal terms to be met now.
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Pats seem to be close to signing John Murphy from Chester City.
Rumours are we've agreed a fee. Just waiting on personal terms to be met now.
Rumours are that Sporting have signed Frost and Haverty from Pats with Ferguson from Rovers in tow. We just can't go up now. Can't compete with that.
With a left-back, a slightly better than average centre-half and a promising kid who'll get eaten alive in the First Division? I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Throw in Stephen Rice and Brendan Clarke to the Fingal list.
Very strong squad there now
It's not just Fingal's strengthening that's the cause of you not getting promoted, losing to Monaghan doesn't help either.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Good call Jamie RednappQuote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
You obviously haven't seen much of Haverty yet so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
Done.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
Barry Ferguson to Sporting Fingal. ( :( )
Hang on there now...Quote:
Originally Posted by higgins
Tell me more oh wise one.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Ferguson's an excellent signing for Fingal. Not many defenders as good as him in the First Division. Is it a loan or a permanent deal?
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...s-1443690.html
Striker John Murphy completed a medical with St Patrick's Athletic last night, however, Joseph Ndo's loan move from Inchicore collapsed, WRITE DANIEL McDONNELL AND NEIL AHERN.
Shamrock Rovers had looked certain to capture the Cameroon midfielder until the end of the season, however, the move fell through at the eleventh hour last night although there are hopes that the deal may be resurrected ahead of tonight's deadline.
Three players did leave Inchicore yesterday as Sporting Fingal snapped up Brendan Clarke, Noel Haverty and John Frost on loan for the rest of this campaign. Rumours surfaced yesterday that Gary O'Neill could also be on his way out of Inchicore to join Bohemians, but while he has rejected the offer of a new contract with the Saints, they will not let him go anywhere until the end of the year.
Rovers have sent Dessie Baker on loan to Dundalk, while boss Pat Scully has refused to let Stephen Rice join Fingal on loan.
The transfer window closes at midnight tonight with Bohemians set to sign Brendan McGill while defender Regi Nooitmeer is likely to link up with Drogheda after his release from Galway. Tribesmen boss Jeff Kenna is hoping to bring in two players -- one of whom is a Danish striker.
Just on loan. He's a class above the First Division.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
No Rice for us anyway. That would of made it the perfect set of signings but i'm happy enough with what we seem to have gotten.
No doubt about that in my opinion. Was it that Scully wouldn't let him go to a Premier club or was Fingal his best offer?.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
He's starting a Masters course in NUIG which is costing him a fair bit to do. He cant commit to training with Longford however many nights a week as the course will take up a lot of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Feckin students :p . Good luck to him in whatever he's doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Fingal splashing the money, Is their budget secured for 5 years or something along those line's? How much are the spending so far? Crazyness if you ask me going to mak eit even more sweet if we go up this year.
They havnt splashed out on anyone...there all loan signings!!
Paul Byrne has left UCD
You do realise these players are professinals don't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Black and White
Paul Byrne has joined Sporting on a permanent deal
65% of turnover my hole, sure they're only get attendance in the low hundreds now. So apart from sponsorship where is the money coming from?
Fingal county (sic) councilQuote:
Originally Posted by Louth4sam
Gerry Gannon of Gannon Homes is ploughing a large amount of money into them. A cynic would suggest that he's merely buttering up the County Council for future developments.
So the county council is paying towards wages? Surly that's illegal. If Sporting get promoted in front of a real club like Shelbourne, Waterford or Dundalk it will be a travesty. The whole thing stinks and is worse than Dublin City in my opinionQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
How is that illegal?
I don't think it's illegal but it has to be ethically immoral.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
How many people in fingal live above the bread line and are scrimping to make ends meet? and their own cc are wasting money on footballers wages.
Is there not regulations set in place in relation to the amount of funds that a director can put in to a club
The majority of clubs in the first are trying to do the best they can by trying to stay within their means and they really are taking the ****
Fingal County Council are not paying any wages or bail out money should it come to that. Enough of that talk.
Ridiculous argument re those living in bread line. Every county council has a budget for art, sports etc and these are very important things socially. The money being spent on the football team would probably have been spent on a GAA pitch or something rather than anything more nobel.
And there's no limits on what anyone can put into a club. Nor should there be. (and belive me I ain't no fan of Fingal "county" council)
they're not - the initiative is part of their strategy for developing sport in the comunity.
A 5 Year Business Plan was developed for the Club by KPMG and this is founded on a minimum cash injection, through direct funding and high level sponsorship of €800,000for each of the next five years. This is completely separate from all other potential revenue generating activities and income opportunities for the Club. None of this funding is contributed by Fingal County Council.
SOURCE
Point taken for my weak argument.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
While donations to clubs are very welcome and should be encourage donations of this scale seriously can't be looked at in a good light. Far too much money being pumped into a club that only averages 300 max a game. Thats immoral and shouldn't be allowed. It creates an inequity in the league as a whole and the best supported clubs are the ones that suffer. Gate receipts should determine expenditure on players wages not donations from sugar daddy's because he may want a favour of the local CC down the line
Well thats fair enough so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paraic
So are the club getting the €800,000 outlined in their business plan?
That's serious money coming in. So that's €520,000 p/yr (10,000 p/wk) available for players wages from that sponsorship alone. That Doesn't include any additional revenue streams. Although i can't see too many extra available.
Where is this 800,000 coming from?
What is Fingal coco's role in the whole thing?
Well seeing as they aren't paying wages it doesnt matter but i'm sure i read somewhere about governments being involved with football clubs was forbidden. I know its local government in this case but still.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
If its just the case that they are supplying a stadium for them to play in but would still be owned by Fingal coco then not much we can complain about that.
I'm sensing a petrol can and christmas trees incident again...
That's been done, need something new and exciting to make a point next time. Your a rovers fan surely ya have some ideas how we could cause trouble? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
Good point actually. Not sure why it wasn't obvious to me. Moot as it turned out but still :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Louth4sam
Fingal seem to be spending a lot of money wages wise on big time players.
Is it a case their spending more money than they have or are they really backed that well finance wise?
I'm dissappinted to see them signing so many Premier Division standard players. I don't like to see teams buying trophies.
Most trophies are bought though. In the sense that the biggest spenders will always be the most successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler14
Tell us about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
We won the league last year and didn't pay a penny for any of our players.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
To win the 1st Division you need to have a commited team who will always give 110% because none of the teams there have money, which ultimately means it can't be bought!...........Fingal will see that soon enough when the ego's start to get in the way!
The Premier Division is where the money is where you have no option but to try and buy the league. Problem is.............so's everyone else!