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And no more about it?the sooner its set up the better.
Why is everything to do with Limerick FC akways arse backwards.
The board are having behind closed doors meetings to set up a trust.
Brilliant
Im sure some will be pleased to know that the group of fans that were verbally abused by the club chairman have now been banned by the club.
I foresee this having negative consequences
What? Why? Unless I've missed something fairly spectacular (and I may have, I'm nowhere near the pulse these days :p ) that seems like an utterly farcical decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
that doesnt make sense?we dont have that many supporters that we can expel them willy nilly?
It's crazy stuff altogether. I know those lads were going to be staying away from matches anyway, but this POS-inspired spat has reached stupid levels at this point. This is looking like one of those textbook "How not to do it" seasons. Certainly makes me distrustful of any club-started trust idea.
I have started a trust this evening totally independent of the clubs and its supporters clubs.you are more than welcome to join up if you want?would like to arrange a meeting for anybody interested.
My initial great faith in the Chairman was considerable weakened by the decision to go to TP and Taylors appointment,this latest spat with this group of fans has left me wondering is the Chairman really losing it.
Basically what happened was we had emailed the club with our complaints about the verbal abuse by the chairman there were emails back and forth where they asked for additional info, one of the emails they asked for names of the people that were present at the time. Thinking it was so they could ask a few questions or something I asked the lads and we were happy to provide the names received an email back saying due to bad language and abusive chants basically every name on the list was banned from games. Caught me a good one with it ill give em that but imo a totally classless move.
Keep in mind not once during the conversation were our chants brought up until we were banned and at no stage have they ever been brought up to us. I'm sure everyone on here is intelligent enough to know that the chants are not the reason we have been banned its because we have had the cheek to question Pat O Sullivan . Sher some of the names on the list that have been banned don't even sit with us at games or sing they were just with us at the time.
For anyone interested the entire email conversation is on facebook on the page named Blue Army Loyalty Club.
I was just reading about athlones financial woes and seemingly they done the same thing to a group of there fans for chanting as well , surely what ever the issue is a sit down and talk situation should have happened or at least a warning sounds like this came out of nowhere , did ye get a refund on yer season tickets ???
Asked for one as soon as I was told I was banned no reply yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lims4ever
Great to see all the ex-players being justified in their comments about the club over the last few years.
It's being run like Nazi Germany. You question the club you pay the consequences. The lamest excuse for a ban I have ever heard.
From talking to a few fans these lads aren't the only ones that won't be showing up to the game on Saturday. I hate to see no support for the team but the way they are carrying on they are driving fans away.
I hope the club see sense before Saturday and come down off their high horse.
I want the names of all those ex-players so I can pass them on to Pat O'Sullivan:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
What do people think of 2 points from our first four games. Given the times we currently live in with expectation levels at an all time low I am content enough with how things are going on the pitch. We are improving and a point away to Drogheda tonight would suggest that we are capable of mustering up points here and there. After the Bohs game I wasn't sure we were capable of scoring a goal never mind staying off the bottom. If we can cut Bray adrift I can see us surviving but it's early days.
A point away in normal circumstances would certainly have acceptable,a point away v 10 men for over an hour not so sure,2 points out of twelve,11 goals conceded,some awful football on show,players mental and physical condition questionable,being content can take many forms.Pats and Dundalk next up,Russell has a real job on his hands here so lets hope he rises to the challenge and gets the max out of this squad.in terms of improving all i,ve seen is that we are now 2 games unbeaten,thats a positive.
Reason to be optimistic anyway lads, I figure Russell will be able to eek a little more out of Limerick over the season then Matthews will with Bray, he plays negative football even with a decent squad..
I'm a little more convinced that you can at least nab a playoff berth. The next couple of matches might be a very steep learning curve thou. You currently have 2 more points that myself and a lot of other people would have expected at this stage of the season, it's a pity 3 points weren't gotten at Drogs all the same, they seem to be weak enough outside of the two main men.
I wouldnt think that having two points from 4 games is a great return even with all the crap thats going on with the club.was at the longford game last week and it reminded me of first division football.cant see them getting any points from the next two games.i think that they will be just above bray this year in the relegation battle.big let down from the last two seasonsi dont know how the club is going to get people through the gate for the season with such a poor standard on show.some of the lads are trying hard but i dont think it will draw the crowds.
In fairness to Russell he can only do so much with what he has at his disposal.Bray on paper have a lot stronger squad dont think they'll be rockbottom for too long.Lims need to hang on the Longfords and maybe Galways coat tails.Drogs will get stronger too id imagine.Cant see Lims getting much stronger with the situation the clubs in at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by da bishop
Would agree with you that russell can only do so much.looking at Dundalk last night on tv they are a class side playing lovely football.where has it all gone wrong for limerick.this thing with banning the group of supporters is madness.they should all sit down and forget what has gone on and try get the club moving in the right direction.its not helping anybody.from the first few games staying up is what the club seem to be about this year.cant see them getting any result from the next two home games and getting bad beatings wont help either.
Info for the banned supporters:
If you paid for the season tickets by credit card you can claim a chargeback. Credit companies don't hand over all the money up front to the clubs, they release the money on a per game basis. That means if you are barred from entering the ground you can very easily claim it back as they don't have to recover it from the club.
Local business man has given the group of lads banned money to cover a 50 seater bus. Its a pity he said it would have went to the club only for the situation but a great gesture.
Why don't the banned lads commit to the club they will improve the language/behaviour? I would be surprised if they weren't welcome back as long as they stuck to it. Simple question, not trying to upset anyone.
Pretty sure they have. In saying that there was plenty of effing and blinding at the match last Saturday and the lads weren't even in the ground so I don't know what the club are going to do about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by fieldofmarkets
Yep we have done that. Could quite possibly be light at the end of the tunnel with all of this soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by fieldofmarkets
Great news
About time,a shabby,unprofessional effort all through this by the clubQuote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
I wonder if O'Sullivan would make the same pledge.
Fixtures against Galway are going to be massive. A loss of that magnitude to Bray is a sure sign that current team should be playing a league lower.
Didn't expect that result at all. Tought we were getting better. Would like to hear from anyone that was at the game. Bray have got two great results now since the change in management, perhaps they are not going to be as weak and as you say it is Galway we will need to finish above. If we don't win next week it is looking very bleak.
We were the better team in the first half, created some decent chances (Dean Clarke skied over from about 6 yards), Bray looked very limited indeed. 0-0 at half time but we looked like going on to win.
2nd half we collapsed. 1st goal was from our corner. It was cleared to our half-way line where Harding tried to take two touches when he shouldn't have, leaving a two-on-two, which become two-on-one when another defender slid in and missed everything. They almost messed it up but it rebounded kindly for them and the striker smashed it in.
2nd goal was a misplaced pass the edge of our own area - Onwubiko was on it like a flash. O Donnell saved the first effort but he knocked in the rebound.
3rd was another calamity - Cassidy just walked through the defence. O Donnell saved but he got the rebound and had an age to control and poke it home.
4th was a ball into our box from Onwubiko that we never cleared. Bobbled round for a while and finally laid off to the edge of the area and somebody fired home through a bunch of players.
Defensively we were a total shambles - we still try to pass and play football in silly areas. The first and 3rd goals came from this.
In attack we are so so limited - we have absolutely nothing else than a ball over the top for a forward to run on to. We pass and pass and pass in the middle of the field (occasionally losing possession) but it will always end up with a hopeful ball over the top. Deliveries from corners were terrible - Russell failed to beat the first defender almost every time.
Dean Clarke finally got in behind the defence at the very end and completely misfired, to cap it all off.
any time we get it wide to a position where every team in the world would send in a cross, we feel the need to play it back to midfield. Usually Duggan, then Williams maybe, and finally, a long hopeful hoof from a much worse position than the earlier position we had. We've done that countless times over the first 6 games.
Russell, O Connor in midfield, Rainsford, offered very little at all.
It's one thing getting hammered by Cork - they are just a better team. Bray were noting special at all - in fact they were woeful in the first half, but we just fell apart against them. If we lose against Galway next week (and if we defend so badly again, we will lose) we are in serious trouble.
The two good home results must have been a false dawn?they need to beat Galway next friday or its going to be a long season at the bottom and a return to the first div isnt far away.
Reality check yesterday. You have to keep up the intensity shown against Dundalk if you want to stay up. Not just do it against the bigger teams.
Agree with your summation,Clarke really should have scored poor miss from a player of his quality.imo the team changed approach from the Dundalk game and paid the price in the second half,i have said previously we do not have the players to play from the back,russell reverted to type v Bray and it cost big time.Bray look like a team very much together which is a poor reflection on Matthews reign in charge,its worth noting no player has broken ranks to support him not even Cassidy who was very good yesterday.some of our fellas looked leggy especially second half,so big week ahead for the team with with Galway next.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
in the first half Bray played quite deep, which meant our back four had plenty of space to pass the ball around, and they looked quite confident doing it. Our midfield were receiving the ball in good areas, and were able to set up decent attacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by da bishop
In the second half Bray played much higher up the pitch, pressed the back four a lot more, and all the passing fell apart instantly, with any semblance of an attacking platform disappearing also. The goals arrived in fairly quick succession, but there was good reason for Jason Hughes to come onto that pitch much much earlier than he did.
We were the better of 2 poor teams in a poor 1st half then we just never came back out for 2nd half.
What was most worrying for me was the complete lack of effort from some of our lot when we went behind, if we are still in a relegation battle with these players near the end of the season I wouldn't trust them to have the stomach for the fight.
Blue Army Boys are gone for good (or at least until a new chairman arrives) according to bookface. :good:
I for one would like to commend the club on the thought process that has seen 200 Limerick people turn up to recent games against St Pats and Longford Town and an avalanche of bad publicity that a Fr. Joe Young/Danny Drew tag team could only have dreamed of. :good:
I have no doubt in my mind that sponsors will now flock to the club now that the only person that can be heard audibly swearing in the ground is the chairman. :good:
Can't wait for the opening of the silent stand in the Markets Field. All people wanting to make any bit of noise could they please make their way over the the opposite side of the ground and get soaked in the lashing rain while the away fans enjoy the comfort of a covered stand.
Was at the Drogheda game a couple of weeks back, with the extra man I thought ye would go and end that game but creating and finishing chances seemed to be a problem that night. Result have picked up since but was very surprised to see Bray put 4 past with no reply.
Vinny Flaherty isn't featuring much or is he injured? Saw him play quite a bit for Pat's when they were challenging for the league and cup and he scored quite a few for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn2z9XiJ2mY courtsey of youtube :ball: :p
It's a pathetic situation. I think this was a kneejerk decision the club heads regretted, they wanted to reverse it but just had to try and attach some ridiculous terms so they could claim not to have lost face. Jackman Park and the Market's Field will be home games for visiting teams soon enough.