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I heard a roumer(maybe you might confirm this Longfordian) or else it could be a load of sh!t but i heard that after the DC match, Kirbs and Digger refused to take their wages because they didnt feel they deserved them and they told all the other players to do the same but no one else did. you know, hear a lie, tell a lie???
Half true from what I can gather. Don't think they asked the others to do the same but didnt want to take their own until the club insisted. You have to pay your players just so you're honouring their contract. Alan, Aaron and Gary Matthews did similar apparently.. The players were seemingly as devastated as they could possibly be that night so it was good to see them relaxed and in high spirits out there, they really seemed like a united bunch and hopefully our season starts now
two squad member told me on thursday that the away fans booing them really got to them and was mentioned in the dressing room afterwards and that was a major reason for the wages move.....
before the trip i hadn't really met too many of the players, cause after games i have to bullet off to work. but i have to say they were so approchable on thursday night after the game and also in the airport on friday, my thoughts on certain members of the squad changed and i for one will be getting behind the club in any way possible to make this another sucessful season at the flansiro and beyond !!!!
oh longfordian did you have a chat with the ref in the airport ?????
No but a certain Lanesboro based committee member made his feelings clear, in Russian too after he'd been taught an appropriate phrase "Skulke dinge" (sp?) which apparently means "how much money" the ref followed him out to the conveyor belt to see who he was, he had no incriminating gear on him though and was on his own so it cant be traced back to the club!! :p
yeah i was wearing a club top so i could say nothing to him :mad: , have the other people who didn't travel left the club or just didn't travel, there were a lot of rumours flying about
They will be gone if we can get rid of them, they're not in the manager's plans at the moment anyway. 1 August is the first day the window opens and they're on the hit list. He wants to bring in a left sided player and get rid of three, the three that werent there obviously, Byrne, Keegan and McGovern, Gary Murphy may be loaned out to get football
well said about gary, an amazing talent in my eyes, but needs first team experience to bring himself up to the standard, could do with some gym work to build upper body strength !!!
Aye he is a great Talent, and he does need competitive games. Spoke to him
after the League cup qrt final and he seemed a bit down, he was apparently
the only fit player left behind... not really good for his morale... He's better
off playing for Longfords second best team.. Kenagh Utd :D
Best regards to all from the Fc. Vaduz Webmaster. He told me that the session in the Löwen (Lion Bar) has already cult status. Iam sure the session in the Crash bar has also Cult status :)
the mid day session in cafe amann was great also, locals takin photos of section O in full voice and one dad brought his child over cause he heard the singing and had never seen anything like it in the town.......
fingers, toes and testicles crossed for a good result in the home leg and a need to print more t shirts !!!!
It still does not make sense to devalue him publicly before offloading him if that is what the club intends. I have never before seen a manager berate a player in the papers in any code be it rugby, gaelic or soccer, as it is unprofessional. In a team game it does not help player's spirit's to know that when the manager gets fed up of you he will castigate you in the press. I have no doubt that Longfordian is getting his info directly from the club. However,I also believe is that he is getting the version of the story which Alan wants circulated.
If however what he say's is true and that all the clubs problems have stemmed from Brian McGovern, there should be an immediate pick-up in the teams league performances. If this happens I will believe Longfordian's version and,while still not condoning the handling of the affair, agree that it was for the betterment of the team.
Well to be fair, I never said all our problems stemmed from McGovern, he was just one of a few who the other players felt weren't putting it in, Lavine was one of them until he got his ass kicked by the club for playing in a 5 a side in Galway and the manager requested he be kept, hence making Alan Eric's hero again..I just said that McGovern in the eyes of the players not just the manager wasn't committed enough. I can understand to a point why people might think its a spin being put on it, but I feel that its not and McGovern was out of order..
The one area where I would blame Alan is that he says things to reporters that he maybe should make clear shouldn't be quoted..but you must remember he's not in management all that long and he's bound to make some mistakes. Overall, most clubs would snap him up and indeed a lot have tried already
At least it is good to hear that Alan is agreeing to let Alan Murphy go on loan. At his age he has to be playing to develop and if he is not facilitated the club will lose him on a permanent basis. If our own local players are not looked after properly they will not stay and Gary has real talent and plenty of bite to go with it. A few home grown players would increase the attendances I believe.
Perhaps the blood letting taking place might result in a better overall athmosphere at Flancare and maybe an occasional word from the chairman in the managers ear might help his approach to media issues.
its gary murphy your thinking of and if alan was speaking the truth what is wrong with that....do you want him to start telling fibs to the media ???
Not just Gary Murphy though he is the player currently in the squad. There are other good young prospects who will not sign for the Town if they think they will not be developed. As for a Manager saying whatever he feels to the press in respect of his players, I am afraid that would not pass as a good recommendation in any situation. Unlike you and I a manager has to keep the cool and take other considerations into account.
mcgovern is a FORMER player its fair game and we deserve the truth about why he left.
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Originally Posted by max power
i think there is a big fly in the ointment.apparently they dont want to pay a fee.
according to the papers robertson said all was going to plan until someone mentioned a fee.
he said there is no way they are willing to pay anything.
Would you pay a fee for someone whose manager and club have branded as damaged goods ?
irrespective of whether matthews should have kept it to himself about his thoughts on mcgovern.
i dont see how there is a mix up about a fee.
surely the first question that robertson would have asked is how much if any fee is applicable before they take it any further ?.
he could hardly assume that all e/l players are free.