Pat O'Sullivan has stated he wants to stay there.
If it's not financially viable then their hand will be forced, in which case it's off to Jackman Park.
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Pat O'Sullivan has stated he wants to stay there.
If it's not financially viable then their hand will be forced, in which case it's off to Jackman Park.
That's all up in the air as far as I can see. Pat O'Sullivan would obviously want to stay in the Market's Field, but I can't see how the club can afford it as things are. Moving to the cheaper option of Jackman - which despite some people opinions, isn't really all that far off MF's level as far as I can see - as a First Division home would make sense, unless the powers that be behind MF climb down. But new investors/owners would change things.
Do Limerick FC or LEDP own the away stand? If that was placed alongside the current stand in Jackman sure it'd be equally as good as MF.
Jackman is a dreary and miserable place.
Honestly, I don't think Markets Field is a whole lot better. It's got a great main stand, and obviously handy corporate facilities, but the rest of the ground is open and miserable, only with a pop up stand thrown in for good measure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Jackman has the same grassy hill as the Popular side of Markets Field, one main stand, and is really handy for public transport.
It would also be a hell of a lot cheaper to rent.
Market's Field has, as stated, some advantages over Jackman, namely the bigger home stand, bigger away stand (with a separate entrance), the corporate facilities, a paved way across to the grassy bank, better dressing rooms (I think). The pitch has had its ups and downs, but I would say for most of our time there it's been better than the constantly bobbly Jackman equivalent. And the sentimental aspect is not immaterial either.
But there is the cost to consider. The crowds in the First Division will not be great, a separate away entrance is not required. Penny's need to be pinched. And while brinksmanship is a dicey prospect, it might be no bad thing to let those behind the Market's Field to have their stadium without a primary tenant for a while.
I am not sure that is true. I think we were being screwed for rent there also...no love lost between Limerick FC and the local league.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Jackman if I remember right was between €500-700 per match. Markets Field is closer to €2,200 per match.
Jackman now has two entrances and the dressing rooms have been extended.
Oh, fair enough, I got that wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Simple enough - project your likely crowds and see which location best fits financially with the business. I suspect 2,200 rent for a first division game is unrealistic. can think of better ways to spend the cash (like getting players in to win promotion).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Any truth to the idea Sean Connor is being brought in as manager!?
haven't Limerick fans suffered enough ?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Hasn't Sean Connor suffered enough?
The club has announced a "consortium" will back it financially this season, until a "mutually agreeable take over" later in the year. Who knows what that means practically.
Sounds like some positive news. Im assuming that the consortium bankrolling thing for this season will be the same group looking to take control in due course. In practical terms at the very least it should mean no docked points for financial issues. It's certainly better than having an owner who is cutting funding and looking for an out as we experienced at Dundalk no so long ago (and yes hopefully never to happen again!!).
With the LEDP(?) coming to an agreement to continue allowing Limerick use Markets Field what could have been a total disaster for the club, well maybe they have gotten just over the crest of the hill!?!
Why would they not just take it over in the short term? Is O'Sullivan still clinging to control? Hope this works out but its a strange situation.
Main players are Tommy Daly and son Jamie. Don't know much about them myself, aside from them owning a car sale business and being involved in junior football and Moyross community groups.
Hopefully it's a proper turning point and not another false dawn.
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The Town players will be wearing ‘We Love John’ t-shirts for their warm up tonight. Reports of a “John 360k - that’s AOK!” banner also.
That would be brilliant, honestly.
I just want to point out that our underage kids have to pay for their own kit.
Would that not be true at most clubs? Supplying them all would be seriously expensive.
Any statements of support for John Delaney in yet from Denis O'Connor, Eric Mao, Tom Coughlan?
What's solidarity money for?
Bear in mind the teams train in the county until the clocks go back then into Hogan park for the rest of the year.
So that would give an indication of the money spent on facilities in the last couple of years...
Pat makes a virtue of the underage. Id be quietly confident he hasn't spent much more on it in the last couple of years than I have.
So I just wanted to make the point.
Is it really the norm for league of Ireland u19s u17s u15s etc to be paying out for their training gear??
That's actually ****in sad if true. I would have said shameful but then it's Irish football.
I wouldn't think so, socks, shorts, tracksuit top and bottoms at minimum are given to players at most clubs free of charge from what I've heard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
It is as far as I am aware and its a ****ing mockery of being selected for a League of Ireland team... thank you for the honour of billing me 400 eurosQuote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Don't think Harps underage sides pay for their own gear. When the Harps Academy first started up, they had to pay for training gear, but that was a separate entity from the national league clubs. Don't think they pay any more either.
Clubs underage sides have their own sponsors who supply training gear to the teams.
As far as i know all of Athlone's underage players have to pay a €20 a week DD to the club for the privilege of playing for the club. May have changed but it was this way in the past
€20 a week !Quote:
Originally Posted by athloneman
If they are paying that they are off there heads.
My lad played with an inter-league side before we moved away and we paid 80€ a term all-in. I was happy to pay it, and for what he received I think it was worth it.
He got shorts, socks, full tracksuit, training twice a week, and a weekend game every fortnight. That was at under 12's and in Dublin.
Regards the statement O'Sullivan sent, the Blue Army are claiming on FB that they've had at least a few pullouts from their bus to Galway this weekend over it. The whole thing boggles the mind - it's just such a patently unnecessary statement to make. When is he leaving!?
I hope they've made that fact clear to the club through all available channels - including social media, to shame them publicly.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Waterford feel the need to join the JD love in.
All hail Delaney
I am glad that Lee Power and Pat O Sullivan, too people who have invested/given a lot of their money to the LoI, have come out and put on record their support for J. Delaney, hope more will follow.
Just waiting for the Bray statement, and which tinpot dictator Delaney will be compared (favorably?) to.Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
Pretty balance view here from John O'Sullivan: https://www.the42.ie/john-osullivan-...78209-Apr2019/
As he points out, it's easy to understand how he has so much support from individual clubs etc. but it doesn't excuse him from anything.
Some say Pat OSullivan was probably pressured into his Limerick love Delaney statement, hopefully it's that or hopefully he genuinely forgot everything Delaney did to Limerick but I fear Pat wont go at the end of the season as agreed and is just licking Delaneys h0le!!!
Seem to have deleted my post by accident. Limerick players or at least some of them have not been paid in full for at least a couple of weeks. Sounds like major off field issues at the club again. Mike Ahern on Twitter offers a good run down of the latest saga and how it's come about
Disappointing, but not surprising really. Things are in such a state in the club. We need a clean break, even if it means sticking at or near the foot of the FD for a while.
Johnny Ward tweeting to say he's been in touch with Betting companies about the Limerick game the other night and points to some suspect defending in the highlights. I was at the game, nothing seemed overly fishy. Obviously a clear lack of effort from some Limerick players but I wouldn't suggest anymore than that