Kevin Doyle and Pat Dolan

You're a fool if you belive Dolan gets no payment for his dealins with Doyle.

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Originally Posted by Dodge

You're a fool if you belive Dolan gets no payment for his dealins with Doyle.

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After Dolan left Pat's there was a story going around in some football circles regarding Doyle's alleged contract (or 2) with Pat's. The one Doyle and Dolan signed and the one the Board saw. If true Pat's were really stitched up.

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Originally Posted by onceahoop

After Dolan left Pat's there was a story going around in some football circles regarding Doyle's alleged contract (or 2) with Pat's. The one Doyle and Dolan signed and the one the Board saw. If true Pat's were really stitched up.

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His initial contract was on amateur terms (He received an "allowance" not wages...). He had agreed to a full time professional contract with chairman etc, then Dolan (knowing he was about to be sacked, told him not to sign it) 2 months later Dolan is sacked, brings Doyle to Cork (where he inserts the sell on clause himself)

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Originally Posted by Dodge

His initial contract was on amateur terms (He received an "allowance" not wages...). He had agreed to a full time professional contract with chairman etc, then Dolan (knowing he was about to be sacked, told him not to sign it) 2 months later Dolan is sacked, brings Doyle to Cork (where he inserts the sell on clause himself)

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Shhhhhhh Colm will get upset!

We all know Dolan had an involvement in the Doyle transfer.

People forget the Shane Long Deal too though he scored again last night for Reading in the FA cup

Another robbery of talent

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Originally Posted by Colm

No it was over 3 years. Hence, why its up now. Don't think it included O'Neills, it did included the Echo and RedFM but trust me that doesn't make much of a dent in it.


I dont know Pete. Don't think Dolan would have done any better in 2005 season but certainly would have done the same. I think it's better to judge on 2006 season though when the knock on effects of players leaving and so on can truly be seen.

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Nope...it was/is a four year deal. It's only "up" now because Nissan have wanted out since Dolan got the sack and saw the Hibernian deal as a way out.

I think we most likely would have won the league with Dolan in 2005 (if he had managed to figure out how to actually beat Shels) but we would not have played football the way we did. The ball would have spent a lot more time in the air.

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Originally Posted by Colm

I dont know Pete. Don't think Dolan would have done any better in 2005 season but certainly would have done the same. I think it's better to judge on 2006 season though when the knock on effects of players leaving and so on can truly be seen.

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Interestingly had Dolan achieved the same average points per game in 2004 (as there was different number of games) that Richardson achieved in 2006 then CCFC would have pipped Shels to the title on goal difference (+22 to +20). So Damien's worst result surpasses Dolan's best even with a much reduced squad. Add to that an unbeaten home record, a new club record scoreline and the meanest defence in the league for the second season running. All in a season that was massively disappointing.

So I really don't understand your belief that Dolan would certainly have done the same as Richardson in '05. The league was won on a record amount of points and City under Dolan leaked a lot of goals.

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Originally Posted by derm

Interestingly had Dolan achieved the same average points per game in 2004 (as there was different number of games) that Richardson achieved in 2006 then CCFC would have pipped Shels to the title on goal difference (+22 to +20). So Damien's worst result surpasses Dolan's best even with a much reduced squad. Add to that an unbeaten home record, a new club record scoreline and the meanest defence in the league for the second season running. All in a season that was massively disappointing.

So I really don't understand your belief that Dolan would certainly have done the same as Richardson in '05. The league was won on a record amount of points and City under Dolan leaked a lot of goals.

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But sure who cares about all of that, Dolan talked about passion and cried in the pub and walked off camera mid-sentence and was on stage singing karaoke. Willie Byrne is his hero y'know !! :eek:

Who cares about winning the league playing the best football the club has ever seen.

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