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You sign them back on smaller contracts obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
We've told all our non-scholarship players they're free to leave. Doesn't mean we don't want to keep them; just can't offer them the same contract as the year gone by.
I'll put this here as it doesn't really merit its own thread but:
Anyone know of any bookies taking odds on the First Division yet?? There's money to be made!!
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Originally Posted by avvenalaf
Next....
Anyways,
Limerick rumoured to be looking at Barry Ryan of Galway to replace his younger brother David Ryan who is supposed to be not signing back with the club.
Yeah Barry Ryan wont be playing with GUFC next year, so there is a great chance he will be at limerick next seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Shannonsider
He's still fairly good ya?
Galway's end of season form -
D W L W W D L D L L L L W D W
Guess which four games Ryan was suspended for?
He'd be an excellent signing for a Div 1 team. Would believe it too cos he seems happy to play close to home these days.
If we keep any of them it will be on vastly reduced terms and probobly only as part of a settlement to terminate the contracts already there. In fairness there are certainly some of our squad we would like to keep but I suspect we would let them all go if we could afford the "get out" fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yup, one of Devo and Tarzan high-fiving while Daz gives them the thumbs up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rafa B
I'l put it another way smart hole. He was offered a contract by us, went back to Bucko to see if he would top it. Fact is it's sad when a player would rather play for Fingal than Rovers for a few extra quid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Are you for real? You think any of you players wouldn't move for the money? I guess they're all amateurs there?
So are you telling me Dodge that if you played for Fingal you rather stay there for the same money or very slightly more than what you'd get at Rovers?
very, very few players have an affinity to any team in Ireland, hoopy, youre kidding yourself that any club holds a particular attraction over another.
Money talks - whether its 50euros or 500euros.
That is a really hilariously blinkered view of the "beauty" of playing for Rovers. Imagine the spiel -Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
" We can't pay you as much as the other club, but you get to play with icons of decency like Chris Turner and Neale Fenn"
A few extra quid adds up to a lot of extra quid over the course of 40 weeks.
My point is lads, nothing to do with the fact it's Rovers, but let's be honest we're a lot more likely to win trophies in the near future than Fingal are, I'd have the same attitude if it was Sligo who tried to sign him and he stayed at Fingal. Do players value 50 quid a week more than looking back on a career with medals to show for it?
probably. Whether it is admirable or not is another matter entirely.
If players were getting paid a fortune then I would think your view would hold up but players are not that well paid and I would expect any of them to move to whoever offers them the most money. They have bills to pay and aren't going to be in their 'job' until they're 66Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
O'Neill has medals. He, likem every other player in the league, looks after himself first before thinking about his 'memories' (and BTW in now way am I knocking O'Neill or the others)Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
No club in the league offers near enough to allow a player the luxury of that decision. We're not talking about a player wanting 70,000 a week at Man city instead of 65,000 at Barca.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
50 quid a week (if that's the difference) is 2,600 a year, and more if Rovers would only be paying part-time and Fingal offering full-time. In this league and this economy, it's significant.
I don't know if it's been confirmed but Fingal appear to be going part-time as well. Stephen McGuinness said something to the effect that no club is offering more than 40 weeks.
What are the rules Re tax for those involved in full-time sports???
Who would you work for, a company that has a proud and successful history or a company that will pay you more for the time you plan to be there for? Dont forget that the players have a living to earn the same as the rest of us so will always look at whats best for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Thats not necessarily true (especially if Mr "unfinished business" McGuinness said it!), although I imagine that contracts longer then 40 weeks will be few and far between. Paying a player €400 a week over 50 weeks is similar to €500 a week over 40 weeks from the clubs perspective.
No much change from this season . Define the diffrence between Rovers who won the league as a so called Part-time team and a full time team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Insurance costs would be higher for one thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
I assume some players are still going to be full-time (Twigg for one) but I don't think any new ones will be taken on unless it's a really exceptional case. I can't foresee too many clubs offering more than one-year contracts anyway, so it's in the player's interest too.
Except the majority of clubs only have steady income for 40 weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
I agree with you but for a different reason. If the choice is between Fingal and Rovers or Shams even if Fingal are offering more money the player has to ask the question is that money guaranteed for the season. There is never smoke without fire in this league so i would be asking serious questions off Fingal.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
Rovers or Shams have never missed a payment to a player as far as im aware and thats a big selling point.
As far as you're aware? Not being funny but how would you know?
id take him over Nults!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Agree it doesn't make sense to sign for an un-viable outfit like Fingal for the sake of a few quid , he should give Faz a ring and ask him about his experiences at Drogheda and Cork.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoopy
Pass the parcelQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Line Dancing
Hide and seek
Cops and Robbers
if you ask me, that is almost justice being done for unashamedly chasing the most moola - you might get badly burnt! I find it hard to have sympathy for modern day footballers and not just in Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by dublinred
I know Rovers havent missed a payment, been said numerous times in the local papers. Im not sure about Shams though but expect the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
So you're guessing. Interesting that you pick them out too.
Im not guessing about Rovers
He's signed now so happy days. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
We're only four players short of a serious promotion tilt. :ball:
Sligo isn't a big spot, if it had happened it almost definitely would have come out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie Dean
[QUOTE=Dixie Dean;1432077]I agree with you but for a different reason. If the choice is between Fingal and Rovers or Shams even if Fingal are offering more money the player has to ask the question is that money guaranteed for the season. There is never smoke without fire in this league so i would be asking serious questions off Fingal.
Rovers or Shams have never missed a payment to a player as far as im aware and thats a big selling point.[/QUOT
Neither have Fingal. The question i would ask is how Rovers cant offer a player more money than a club who is rumoured to be working off a smaller budget next season? Is there any truth in that a player was on the brink of signing for Rovers but went back to Fingal instead or is it just chinese whispers again? The last i heard was that Gary O had signed for Rovers but seeing that it hasnt been confirmed anywhere i wasnt sure home much truth there was in it.
http://file046b.bebo.com/1/large/200...323811342l.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Shannonsider
I presume Ger Hanely will soon be signing for Galway so?