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It may surprise you but players dont peak at sligo! Derek has improved hand over hand since his desperate days playing for the sligs. You dont rate a player who derry, pats and cork were chasing? A player who got on the EL team of the year last year?
If your going to play poorly friday night, your right, theres no need to apologise.
Kick off is at 7.45.
OK so I wasnt at the match but I listened to the commentary near the end on gbfm and both mike raftery and derek rodgers both said they battled well and IMO a team with so much disruption going on around it (nevermind lying at the bottom of the league) did very well to take on a team that is at the top end of the league and on a rollQuote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
I just wish you would stop your own brand of preaching, it is getting a little boring at this stage. Fine, you don't like the CEO and some members of the board. We get it. Were you on the disbanded management committee, because you sure come across as bitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
I am not preaching, I am just saying time to stop stoking the rumour fires. You still haven't come out and said where you are getting the info that everyone is leaving, and where they are going to.
Lets all focus our energies on Friday night, promoting the game, trying to bring someone along with us, and stop bit.ching at each other.
So who is at fault up in Dublin for not posting the news on the Pats website that he has signed for them?Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
All right here we go as of yesterday Lester & Fitzgerald to Harps, Reggi to Drogheda, Deego to Rovers & Wes to Sporting Fingal. That might be the end of it but i wouldnt hold my breath. Jeff is meeting Nick and John Fallon tomorrow and there is a press conference scheduled for Wednesday when the white flag will be officialy unfurled.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
The sad thing is we still have a chance to stay up Jeff and the players are battling hard against all the odds but you can only kick something so many times before it dies. Im not bitter im heartbroken that something i have worked for over 20 years to keep alive is being allowed die without a fight.
If those RUMOURS are true then yes, the white flag has been raised. I, like you, am disgusted with what is happening at my beloved club, and really, you have to ask who is running the show with regards to players, the manager (as it shouild be) or the CEO (as it probably is). But they are still rumours, and you haven't given a source, so (maybe stupidly) I'll wait until official word before I believe it.
If the players desert the sinking ship, then the ship will go down. Crazy to let them go, we are in the semi-finals of one cup competition, waiting to find out opponents in last 16 of the other (draw on Monday) and with Harps getting a pasting tonight, still 'only' 7 points off safety.
So who is going to shout 'STOP', and how will we be heard?
closure? Gufct that post of yours really worries me it suggests that the club could be wound up but talking to others in the know the info they are getting is that the purge stops after the players mostly brought in by cousins are gone. Fitzy and lester shouldve been sent a long long time ago. I have heard infact the management committee is being re-instated this week.
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Originally Posted by gufct
If what gufct says is true it can't get much worse - the whole club has been destroyed. Now there may be valid business reasons for the decisions the CEO and/or Board are taking but the least we deserve is to be told what's going on and the "real" reasons why.
Does anyone have the Mayor Padraic Conneely's number - maybe he can ask the straight questions and try get some straight answers. He's a supporter like the rest of us....and he won't take some of the bullsh*t that's been doing the rounds.
dont know geezer do you expect anyone to know the way things are happening at the moment.Give me a call if you want ill tell you as much as I know. The management commitee might be reinstated but its no good if the club is being run as it is now. There has to be total transparency and accountabillity before any commitee is reinstated.
he rarely misses a game to be fair to him, the roundabouts, the boat near lough atalia and sean mulvoy road are brimming with flowers in fact the city looks fab since he took his mayoral chain.
we need answers at least keep the life support on and give the supporters a chance to keep it alive. As i said before its one thing losing the queen her bank but i pray to god utd doesnt go the same way its one of the most important reasons i get up in the mornings
Thats why i wake up to and have done every day ive been following them and im damned if ill give up for anyone. Jimmy Kelly will be turning in his grave.
Surely on Wednesday its not "IT" is it??Its so frustrating because as someone said we ARE only 7 points behind and im still convinced we can stay up,but with all those going its near impossible now.
I see Nick once a week where i work and plan to give him a piece of my dam mind next time i see him.Actually come to think of it he hasnt been around the last 2 weeks.
These two paragraphs seem contradictoryQuote:
If you knew the true pressure Derek was put under and what was going on at the club you would understand that Derek had to go to secure his family's future.
The club have that much respect for Derek they havent even posted the news on the website yet and thats not down to the people who look after it its down to one person.
Surely if the club had so much respect for him they would not have "forced" him out of the club and put him under so much pressure?
At the end of the day he chose to leave the club, whatever the reasons he had, he didnt have to go anywhere
He was being sarcastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRDoc
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The club have that much respect for Derek they havent even posted the news on the website yet
Don't believe all what you read here, some of it is true, a lot of it is rubbish.
If any poster here has an issue with someone involved with the club, they should contact the individual directly. The phone number of the office is (091) 767336.
But what alternative do the GUFC board currently have? They have to shed players as the club are on course for very large loss for the season, possibly one that could see GUFC fold. What's the alternative to offloading players to balance the books?Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
Heres a few, I'm sure others can add some more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
1.Tell the fans the truth about the current situation.
Last I heard from the club was that we weren't in major financial trouble. The main problem was getting below the wage cap, which the wage cut was supposed to solve. This was obviously a lie. If we were told the truth instead of the usual spin, the city and county might rally behind the club.
2. Promote the games.
Promotion of games has been non existent. Mistakes were made in the pricing of tickets at the start of the season, goodwill should be shown to the thousands of fans deterred from attending games by the price increases.
3. Representation for supporters at club level
GUST should be recognised by the club and given meaningful representation on the Board.
4. Give the players a chance
It seems like every couple of days the club drops another bombshell, usually right before games or after positive results. We have not been able to build any momentum because of this.
5. Fight to avoid relegation.
With our best players being offloaded we have no chance of avoiding relegation. Rebuilding the club would be a lot easier in The Premier Division. United fans need no reminder about how hard it can be to get out of the First Division without a good DVD.
6. Cut out unneeded extra expenses
How many more "Jimmy Norman" type payments are going on. Could cheaper training facilities be found, cheaper away game transport? A cheaper brand of apres-match Pizza?
7. Concentrate on increasing revenue streams.
Sell some player sponsors ffs
8. Get the Mayor to sort it out
An "At the Scene of the Crime" photo in The Advertiser featuring our new Mayor couldn't do any harm:rolleyes:
In fairness most of those, while good in themselves, will do little if anything to stave of a major financial problem.
Perhaps the reason for my bemusement at so much of the discussion about what's going on at GUFC is that I have always presumed that this was a very major financial crisis- I think I read in one of the local papers that a loss of a quarter of a million appeared likley. The club seems to be sending very mixed messages, so what the actual situation is needs to be made clear- i.e. 'If we don't cut the squad we are likely to lose €x'.
The chances of being told the truth Aidan are 2 Slim and f all. Its the total disregard for everyone involved in the club by the CEO and his henchmen who have gotten us in this mess but its going to take everyone working together to get us out of it.
People have to come clean with the fans and lets move on.
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Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
there ya go http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/events/...d-support.html
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Originally Posted by KBurke
Wasnt Nick one of the main men for the Tedfest well Dermot Morgan god rest him couldnt write a script as ludicrous as whats going on . I see we couldnt still even bother to say Derek is gone and thank him for his outstanding service yet we can have the Mayor doing Nicks work.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
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Originally Posted by gufct
Fitz - no pace no loss
reggi- gone backwards this year and we have cover for him. we will get over losing him.
wes- to old and very prone to errors. No loss
lester- hoofer. no loss
Deego- Decent player but seems to have a bit of a yellow belly. Robson is decent cover.
If we can only get someone to take Rogers and McCulloch off our hands we might end up playing our best team by default. We will need to keep some defenders however so we need to keep one of either Lester Reggi or Fitz
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ENOUGH!Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
Previously you say we need to move on together and now this. Is there no pleasing you? You have done great work for the club in the past don't ruin it all by being remembered as the guy who couldn't be pleased who spread rumour and conjecture and who moaned about the club at every opportunity. Put your passion for the club back where it belongs, into SUPPORTING the club.
I plead to everyone to put our differences to one side in order to support Jeff and those players proud to wear our jersey. NO more moaning and negativity. Let's get the results right on the field and then look at the rest.
Ive answered you on the other forum .Ive never stopped supporting the team and was in Cork last friday doing exactly that. As for the club (nick & friends) if they had left a forum in place where people could air their views and find out exactly what the f is going on there would be no need for any of the posts on here.
If you are willing to stand over whats happening at the moment and not question it then your some supporter.
I will also be working at the game on friday so i think you questioning my support is rich.
save money by not flying to games and hiring out private planes.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
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Originally Posted by forza rovers
Sligwegian wit? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
Just wondering what would you best team be? I don't see how we can lose all these players without seriously affecting performances on the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by gordongekko
do you honestly think replacing the following will make us stronger:Quote:
Originally Posted by gordongekko
Reggi - Conneelly
Rogers - Geraghty
McCulloch - McDonagh
Deegan - Robson
Charles - Sinnott
Fitz - ammmmm???
We don't even have cover for all of these players ffs and in positions we do they are only young lads with very little (some none) senior experience. Hardly what you want for a relegation battle.
Maybe we have to lose these players to keep the club afloat but please don't insult us by saying we will be better off for it in any other way than financial.
Most of the players i mentioned will still be at the club once the transfer window closes as a lot me clubs are stuck for money and wont waste it on our player . The point im making is that the players at our disposal are all of similar quality and losing a few of them wont be the end me the world. From the limited knowledge that i have of the situation the only 2 that look like getting new clubs so far are deegan and mc culloch ggQuote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
you are wrong about them being similar quality. Perhaps some have potential but the others (those listed) are much further along in their development and/or far more experienced. We are definitely a weaker squad without them.Quote:
Originally Posted by gordongekko
You insinuated earlier that we had better players available - not of similar standard like you back track to in this last post. Regardless of whether the players are here are not at the end of the month that first statement is totally untrue. If we were to lose the players listed in the earlier post, far from being just as strong, we would be much much weaker and far more likely to be relegated.
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Originally Posted by galwayhoop
We have Ian foster and Jeff Kenna who are of better quality than those listed and if it means losing two or three of the above mentioned players to bring theses lads in then i am all for it. If the rumour of both Mc Culloch and Rogers dropping down to the first division are true it proves my point as neither of them have the quality required to play in the top division.
We have to many average players some of whom should not be playing full time football but we have tc to blame for that and we wont be any weaker by losing 2 or 3 of them. If we can get under the 65% cap and bring in jeff ian and Alan Murphy on a part time contract then well then i am happy to lose some of the average players that we currently have.
gg
I said you have done great work for the club........that is NOT questioning your support. I hate to see someone as dedicated as you become so negative, that's all.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
At no point anywhere did I say I was willing to stand over what's happening at the moment. I don't but rather than have a go at the club here I have made my feelings known directly to the CEO and board.
I am simply saying that all the negativity is not doing anyone any favours. I believe we all need to co-operate and move forward together even though that will not be easy but is there a better alternative?
Where does Jeff stand now? He's got only half a squad, cant see him staying next season? If stories are true we have no sub goalkeeper. Its like a sinking ship. It is obviously not just a simple case of sorting out the wage cap.
Full time football is not sustainable in Ireland nor is charging €20 into a game.
The board started off so very well and are to be commended for there professional approach but somewhere along the line its seems the wheels were loosened, with the loss of supporters input, now it seems the wheels are falling off.
It appears the club are preparing for first division football. It will be a semi pro set up and there will be no room for a CEO.
say they realize the dream is over. Risks were took cant really fault the board on that and there is no choice but to cut the cloth. Its time to reduce prices as well and recognise the new circumstances Ireland Inc is facing including LOI footie. The appointment of TC was truly disastrous. An oderly wind down into semi professional football is the best option and seems to be the new strategy. We will know tomorrow i hope. Small crumbs but its better than the nuclear option
Fair play to you if you can find the board seeing as bar Nick all the rest of the decision makers are out of the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry-Lander
Running away are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
to add ths crisis is a lot more than a 65% wage cap issue, anyone who knows anything about football knows you cant lose 8 players, bad and all as they are, and not be affected. Practically a full new team is required for friday. We the supporters do deserve a better explanation tomorrow. Just honesty thats all
Holidays. To the best of my knowledge, no-one involved with the club has yet fled the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Maroon