Originally Posted by
higgins
I'm sorry for getting into this when there are more importnat things happening at the moment.
I just want to clear one thing up.
Shels fans are unhappy that Ollie used the money from the sale of the ground to fund players wages.
Ollie didn't like the terms of the deal Ossie came back with for more money from the sale of the ground.
Shels players were paid for the 2006 EL season.
To say we didn't have the money is wrong.
The money should never have been spent but it's our money against the asset that his Tolka Park. The debts are still there and still very real and will be paid by a reduction in the final sale price.
The wage bill at present is mostly down to debts run up after the EL season. IF they are not paid I fully agree we should not take part in the 2007 EL but that takes nothing away from the 2006 League win.
Shels have not as yet wiped any debts and are still trading.
Nothing we did last year was in the slightest bit cheating.
It was wreckless, idiotic, stupid, madness, crazy, bananas, suicide, etc etc etc but it was money we have/had/will have.
It's any clubs right to sell their ground and fund 22 players to win the league. Only a mad man would do it but then that doesn't mean it's cheating.