Cousins Sacked!

Did I hear Cousins right? "Our budget last season was €500,000. The same as Athlone's" What a load of crap! The budget was €1.5 Million and most of it was squandered on signings that wouldn't get picked in a school yard kick about. Get a life!
While he was up in Dublin our "professionals" were learning more about online social networking than football.
No manager in the history of Galway United has had the opportunities that Cousins had, yet he wouldnt commit himself properly.
Can you imagine a Bohs manager living in Donegal and getting his fitness coach to take training? Can't see that happening somehow.

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Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

Did I hear Cousins right? "Our budget last season was €500,000. The same as Athlone's" What a load of crap! The budget was €1.5 Million and most of it was squandered on signings that wouldn't get picked in a school yard kick about. Get a life!
While he was up in Dublin our "professionals" were learning more about online social networking than football.
No manager in the history of Galway United has had the opportunities that Cousins had, yet he wouldnt commit himself properly.
Can you imagine a Bohs manager living in Donegal and getting his fitness coach to take training? Can't see that happening somehow.

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He was talking about the playing budget which wasnt €1.5 mill. Does anyone have a serious figure on what it actually was last year.
The overall budget was reported last year at around €1.2 mill if I remember rightly.

Says on the star today your thinkng about approaching hendo, well back the fook up lads!!!!!

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Originally Posted by bellavistaman

Says on the star today your thinkng about approaching hendo, well back the fook up lads!!!!!

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Dont Worry Bellavistaman. It's our manger thats going to Galway http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=87069 :D

I met Keith Kelly (Galway City Tribune) today. He rang Tony Cousins today to give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story to the people of Galway. Cousins hung up on him after a few seconds. Ouch.

Tribune should be interesting on Friday!

Here is a link to today's Sentinel http://www.galwaynews.ie/3274-united...nd-new-manager

cousins was a spoofer of the highest order and has shown his true colours since yesterday. The board were not foolish enough to continue tolerating a dub who acknowledged rovers fans in tolka and terryland yet ignored galwegians who payed his wages. He is even making Dave Connell looking like a good appointment

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Originally Posted by geezer

cousins was a spoofer of the highest order and has shown his true colours since yesterday. The board were not foolish enough to continue tolerating a dub who acknowledged rovers fans in tolka and terryland yet ignored galwegians who payed his wages. He is even making Dave Connell looking like a good appointment

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Would you bring back Connell then? :D

Also,

Is it true that Leech is related to Cousins?

Is it true that Rogers commutes from Meath?

Apparently Rodgers has moved to Athenry.

Also I just read John Fallons weekly article in the Galway Independant. Good piece with a few bits of info i wasnt expecting. Apparently results of players fitness tests a few months ago were shockingly poor and he feels they're not quite at the level they should be just yet. Also every player was offered to have their contract ripped up if they were unhappy at Cousins getting sacked on Monday. Nobody took him up on this.

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Originally Posted by KBurke

every player was offered to have their contract ripped up if they were unhappy at Cousins getting sacked on Monday. Nobody took him up on this.

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Jesus they mean serious business good to see, but I'm sure if push came to shove that wouldve been very costly for the club. In fairness what players would ve diasgreed with it...... they have looked miserable on the pitch I dont think they were enjoying playing for him....maybe I'm wrong.

They were not putting in the effort for him one way or the other because he was not motivating them. I dont think he told them to go out and hoof everything he just couldn't organise them and the hoofing was a direct result of that.

Why would they rip up their contracts? Based on the performances of the majority of players they wouldn't get a similar contract anywhere else. Who would sign them? I hope they start to perform to their ability and show some passion and pride......... if Billy can't instill pride nobody can. Here's to the future.

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Originally Posted by Paddyfield

I met Keith Kelly (Galway City Tribune) today. He rang Tony Cousins today to give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story to the people of Galway. Cousins hung up on him after a few seconds. Ouch.

Tribune should be interesting on Friday!

Here is a link to today's Sentinel http://www.galwaynews.ie/3274-united...nd-new-manager

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Says it all about our former manager really. I tell you something, they might get tonked on Friday night, but they will put in a performance with pride and professionalism, otherwise I can see Billy making them walk back to Galway, and he'd have the bus drive at crawling pace beside them to make sure they didn't sneak a lift off someone!

One thing is for sure we all know what we are going to get from Billy !!!!! I would love to be fly on the wall during his team talk before, half time and after the match I am sure we would not be able to print his comments on here ......................

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Originally Posted by Paddyfield

I met Keith Kelly (Galway City Tribune) today. He rang Tony Cousins today to give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story to the people of Galway. Cousins hung up on him after a few seconds. Ouch.

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Interview with him in Advertiser, gist of their coverage is club hit panic button

The point about the fitness is one i made after watching last saturdays match.We have so many players injured t the moment and Foley and especially O.Brien looked shattered with 20 mins to go last saturday too.I knew something wsnt right.

Eamon the players have never been fitter .The problem with Foley was he missed a lot of pre season and the first three weeks with Injuries as for Derek he missed a lot of pre season but his form has been poor in all 3 games ive seen and the GBFM commentators last saturday werent too happy.

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Eamon the players have never been fitter

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So the board was lying when they came out this week and said fitness results were 'disturbing'??????

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Eamon the players have never been fitter .The problem with Foley was he missed a lot of pre season and the first three weeks with Injuries as for Derek he missed a lot of pre season but his form has been poor in all 3 games ive seen and the GBFM commentators last saturday werent too happy.

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Billy had the lads running all week. Guess who was the slowest? Which player was lagging behind the group as they did many sprints around Drom?


Mark "Speedy" Leech.

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So the board was lying when they came out this week and said fitness results were 'disturbing'??????

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maybe they were far too fit :confused: :D

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Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

So the board was lying when they came out this week and said fitness results were 'disturbing'??????

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Those test were taken I believe before they started pre season. It depends what spin you believe.

Doesnt matter when the test was taken we are full time for awhile now. I doubt jf was using results from after the first month of fulltime training. Anyway thats nots TCs game we could have had 11 olympic athletes on the park and they wouldn't have know what to do due do poor management