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Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
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Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
100% right
Why was Leeson given all this power (going on Galway fans' posts here, he was pretty much in charge of everything)? With his past, surely it's pretty obvious that there should have been someone keeping an eye on what he was doing.
He was the Bees Knees not so long ago, now he's EVIL it's all very confusing.
In most leagues this would be the case. But the FAI have given themselves the power of quite a lot of oversight to stop clubs shooting themselves in the foot. Is this something that should have been picked up by the FAI? Or was it spending of a different kind?Quote:
Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
not even the spiders ankles now.... BOOM..!!!!!!!1Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Then what is the point of a league, of clubs, of committees and supporters clubs? If the FAI are going to run the thing, then there is no point to any of this. Wait! They don't run the clubs. Clubs have to be self-sufficient and can't be molly-coddled but the FAI.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
The blame does not, I repeat does not lie with the FAI, Delaney or his pay-cheque. Maybe the FAI should have picked up on it, but if anyone from Galway blames the FAI, I'm glad the club is in debt.
It's already been shown that clubs are largely incompetent at running themselves. The point of licencing was to force clubs to focus on medium- and long-term benefits and not just always look at the short term. In that regard, the FAI are absolutely to blame for not stopping this earlier. Whoever within Galway United is obviously more to blame, but the FAI can't be let off the hook that lightly in my opinion.
Let's not forget Galway are the model First Division clubs were repeatedly told to follow :bulgy:
The Original Model Club if you will.
Ah yes, the club who scored 389 points out of a possible 500 in assessing off-the-field criteria by the IAG – more than any Premier Division club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
The IAG/FAI were really sold on the plan drawn up by the convicted fraudster, Nick Lesson.
Glad to see you dont hold any grudges against them ! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Leeson will remain in charge at Galway
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/...y_leesonn.html
Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:53
Nick Leeson and Galway United's board of directors have confirmed they will remain in charge at Terryland Park despite criticism from supporters over debts incurred that threaten the future of the Connacht club.
The Galway United Supporters Trust (GUST) have called a meeting at Terryland on Wednesday to address what Trust chairman Ronan Coleman describes as 'serious financial issues'.
The fan body claims that football debts incurred over the season may be as high as €70,000, but sources close to the board have indicated that the actual figure in the region of €35,000 to €40,000.
Footballing debt can include, among other things, payments to players and staff, other clubs and the Revenue Commissioners.
The debt must be cleared to allow the club to fulfil FAI licencing requirements for the 2011 Premier Division. The closing date for the application is the 31 January but there is also a preliminary deadline on the 21 December. GUST have also claimed there is a lack of clarity over the CEO's position. The Galway board today pointed out that the overall level of debt, including the footballing debt at the club, is decreasing year on year.
Furthermore they say the level of football debt is comparatively less than the figure included in the 2009 accounts.
The Board are due to meet on Friday of this week and have stated they are committed to working with all of the stakeholders at the club, including the Supporters Trust to secure the club's future. Galway today announced on their official website, www.galwayunitedfc.ie, that 2011 season tickets would be on sale just €99 until 7 December.
5 maybe 10% fault lies with FAI.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
So what if the clubs can't run themselves? Do you think the FAI should take over them because they can't? No one, it seems can learn from other clubs mistakes, so let them learn the hard way.
sa after three pages its all ok the ceo is not gone the debt is coming down year on year and its only tiny anyway so whats all the fuss about.
So, what are their non-footballing debts for the season? There's no reason to use a label like that unless they're being evasive about their total losses.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
No-one's asking the FAI to take over clubs. We are asking the FAI to take action against the clubs - warnings, fines, points deductions, relegation - if they start down this route. I'd say 40% of the blame lies with the FAI.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.T.F.C.
It's a very delicate issue for the FAI though stu, if they were to come down hard on all the clubs who act the maggot during the year you'd have a league with the majority with asterixs and the image is bad enough as it is!
I can never ever understand where the PFAI stand in issues like this, unless of course players in Ireland remain overpaid.....
For one year, sure. But in the long run, consider the history of club finances since, say, Sheligation. That unending dirge of trouble is the single most reported part of the game, and clearing it up could only be good in the long run. Hell, one season with a bunch of asterisks could even be good press if it's all spun right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Agreed. I'd take one year with ten asterisks though if it meant none of this nonsense going forward. All we have now is a position where the FAI are like an ignored parent screaming token-ly at their out of control kids. The kind of parent you'd love to slap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
A year of purges is the way forward then.
Seeing as for the first sustained period of time since I've started following LoI Limerick are among the good guys I fully support this move. :)
900,000 theres no way in hell they will recover that they will have 2 merge with the other Galway clubs if they are 2 survive simple as that.
Why do people keep saying this? It makes absolutely no sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
Mervue and Salthill have had damn all impact on Galway United since joining the league. Galway were running up debts since before they were around anyway.
Because Mervue and Salthill have half a million each gathering dust?Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
There is nothing to make Salthill or Mervue want to merge with Galway Utd. They have their own good structures and are building on their own. The only thing at the moment that Galway Utd have is a bigger support.
Why does anyone think any of them would even want to merge?!
Be like Limerick merging with Pike and Fairview?! :D
Longford would freeze over before such a thing happened.
was the former ceo of gufc has just lit the mother of all fires with his statement on aertel.
No one neither supporters, the galway district league, the PFAI, the players, the suppliers believe a word of that statement. The hole they have just jumped into is unreal. The truth is always hard to suppress.
These are the crowd that have had lad dumped out of their digs, left them unpaid and no one available at the club to call.
The supporters have provided accomodation, food and monies in the interim just so people are not treated like dogs. In Galway we have always prided ourselves on our decency as a people. Neither the Chairman or CEO are Galwegians apologies to anyone that has had to put up with them
Complete rubbish on Aertel, comical actually.
"Debts decreasing year-on-year" - they were €100k in 2007 !
"Football debts €35k-€40K" - Revenue Commissoners and Galway and District League alone are over that amount.
Players, former players, former manager, former staff, another LOI club also are part of footballing debt. At least €70K, and there's a week left to lodge a claim.
It's nothing but a pack of lies from "sources close to the board".
Honestly cannot believe that statement!
sorry geezer now i know what you meant on page one
Science a part time book keeper, the presentation of income and expenditure at a monthly meetings like happens at every juvenile club up and down the country would solve this stupid problem. Fools thinking they can go into the champions league. Mervue,Salthill or GUST ladies football team and the Galway district League all the similiar clubs in the country have a perfectly working system in place.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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It's all very confusing.
Your interest in GUFC has long been an obsession.People have a right to change their opinion on someone after seeing them at close quarters for 7 years. The biggest Mistake by the club was to let Nick have free rein and dismantle the structure of the club and now it has rebounded on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
I'm just wondering what happened in the last two weeks for such a drastic change of heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
It's an internet discussion forum, not a GUST propaganda sheet.
That post took me all of 20 seconds, it probably took you longer to read.
Like I said it's all very confusing. :confused:
I can't speak on behalf of Geezer but one thing that has happened recently is that GUST have gotten a clearer picture of just how badly the club has been run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
A Gufc player Was left homeless (kick out of his house after GUFC stoped paying his rent) had 60 cent to his name, our CEO and board failed to deal with him, so Gust had to step in by getting him accomdation and start paying the lad.
Our CEO and board have to go - reckless trading over the past few years to say the least
On an aside: is the A Championship still going next year? Do salthill and mervue have a few players they could loan Galway?
Worrying times for those us who have had our appendixes removed and not had the stitches out yet
not half helpiing season ticket sales, we should do this every yearQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Those structures were dismantled by one man they didn't just collapse. He didn't want interference from supporters reps on the management committee so he disbanded it.Quote:
Originally Posted by eamo1