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Fenn may have looked for 10000euro from Pats to relocate to Dublin, but city might not have had to match that to get him to Cork where property prices / cost of living is lower. (He might not even have to move from his current home). i think a move to city would be more reliant on the weekly wage / length of contract than a sign on bonus.
He was looking for 10,000 PER YEAR as a signing fee + wages. He claimed he thats what Cork had offered.Quote:
Originally posted by tiktok
Fenn may have looked for 10000euro from Pats to relocate to Dublin, but city might not have had to match that to get him to Cork where property prices / cost of living is lower. (He might not even have to move from his current home). i think a move to city would be more reliant on the weekly wage / length of contract than a sign on bonus.
:D ....and you didn't think he was just haggling?????Quote:
Originally posted by Dodge
He was looking for 10,000 PER YEAR as a signing fee + wages. He claimed he thats what Cork had offered.
I haven't seen him all that much this year, he does look a very good player, who would be a first team rather than a squad addition, but that sounds like a little bit too much money for him, in my humble opinion.
Thats why I said claimed. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by tiktok
:D ....and you didn't think he was just haggling?????
Poster on the Pats MB says there's a report in one of today's 'papers saying he's signed a 3 year deal with ye....
Yes dodge it was in the sun and that we signed him for three year's have to wait and see if we did or not.
If Fenn has been signed and the reported money is correct, it IS a statement by the club.
It states that we are prepared to pay the money to get the players we think are the right ones for City.
It's a statement to say that when other clubs are interested in the same players as us, we will pay to get them, and not just let the other club sign them because of money.
It is a statement that the Chairman, Board and Manager of Cork City FC are serious about building this club up to being one that competes every season.
It is a statement that our Chairman will do what he feels is necessary to achieve his aim of making City the dominant club in the eL.
Even if some of those aims are not ever achieved, it is a statement that we are going to try our hardest to realise those aims, not give some lipservice to them.
It is a statement that Brian Lennox is going to make our dreams happen.
mmmmm Vida Guerra ina city shirt....Quote:
Originally posted by patsh
It is a statement that Brian Lennox is going to make our dreams happen.
seriously though, while we'd never afford to spend money like that on 4 or five players, i think fenn would be worth it. id love to see john o flynn and another quality striker up front with george behind them, and thats the road we seem to be going down.
and i ask you .. how beautiful is that eh?Quote:
Originally posted by patsh
It is a statement that Brian Lennox is going to make our dreams happen.
REBEL ARMY
fair point, but I think even if that were the case it would be a good thing psychologically. Its a case of City saying " we can mix it with the big boys" or however you want to phrase it. I think he's an excellent player and will be a great signing, but I think the fact that we're putting money where Dolans mouth ;) is, is a big step forward.Quote:
Originally posted by Dodge
Are Cork signing him for big money just to gazump the Dub clubs?
On another forum, we managed to conclusively prove that tabloids nick stories from online forum gossip.Quote:
Originally posted by ian
Yes dodge it was in the sun and that we signed him for three year's have to wait and see if we did or not.
Hope its true though.
Doyle ----- Nwanko------Kearney
--- O' Callaghan----
--- Flynn ------- Fenn----
:eek:
Waterford turn against Fenn already
:D Hes crap, apparently. And they didn't want him anyway.
BTW Counting Crow has really ****ing off the natives up on this forum.
Why january?Quote:
Originally posted by Counting Crow
no one has been signed, and no one will be signed until January.
Is the window not open til then?
pointless signing a player now in weeks immediately after season ends
presume players off on holidays for a while / no training
so you sign a player now u have to pay him while he's doing nothing??
whenever training restarts is the time to have the players lined up to sign
(duno if thats january or not)
i remember with GOC initially signing for us there was a prob similar to when he signed and not signing him b4 the team started training so as not to be paying him for doing nothing ..
I'm not sure that Neale Fenn is as good as a lot of people seem to think he is, and I certainly don't think he's worth the figures that have been bandied about here. The guy was a journeyman in England after he left Spurs, fair enough he had a handful of good games for Waterford but no more than that.
In my opinion Fenn is a very similar player to George O'Callaghan i.e. someone who won't score a lot of goals but who'll probably create his fair share for others. I just don't see why ye needed Fenn and how ye will accomodate both him and O'Callaghan in the same team when they both like to take on the same role.
I think Cork have taken a huge gamble here almost just for the sake of saying you trumped the Dublin teams to get his signature. Could come back to haunt ye.
And by the way, this isn't a case of sour grapes since Fenn would have left for a Dublin club if he hadn't have joined Cork, no way he would've been with Waterford next year so no hard feelings, eh!
The only worry that I would have is that Fenn is not being signed to play with O'Flynn but rather as his replacement. I've no basis for this just a niggly worry that I have.
Other than that perhaps Georgie in the centre of Midfield.
Devine
Hoggie Dan Derek Woods (until we hopefully sign Frost)??
Doyler Georgie Colin T Kearney
Fenn O'Flynn
Nolan, Greg, Nwanko, Behan, Benno
according to www.btid.tk he has signed for us already
That was a fast "edit post". You dropped Benno fairly quickly. Like some other manager i could mention.:DQuote:
Originally posted by SÓCcfc
The only worry that I would have is that Fenn is not being signed to play with O'Flynn but rather as his replacement. I've no basis for this just a niggly worry that I have.
Other than that perhaps Georgie in the centre of Midfield.
Devine
Hoggie Dan Derek Woods (until we hopefully sign Frost)??
Doyler Georgie Colin T Kearney
Fenn O'Flynn
Nolan, Greg, Nwanko, Behan, Benno
I have it on good authority that Flynny will still be a City player next season.Quote:
Originally posted by SÓCcfc
The only worry that I would have is that Fenn is not being signed to play with O'Flynn but rather as his replacement.
However, in the longer term, you could be right.
i ask you ? :)Quote:
Originally posted by Colm
I have it on good authority
He got sent off and I forgot about him after that :)Quote:
Originally posted by Druss
That was a fast "edit post". You dropped Benno fairly quickly. Like some other manager i could mention.:D
Naw, I just forgot about Colin T for a moment of madness.
You dont miss a trick Druss ;)