And the completely non-faux ignorance on here by people who think that any club would hamstring THEMSELVES financially just to spite Shels is beyond paranoia...Quote:
Originally Posted by Maynard
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And the completely non-faux ignorance on here by people who think that any club would hamstring THEMSELVES financially just to spite Shels is beyond paranoia...Quote:
Originally Posted by Maynard
Never a truer word spoken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Harps are up the left financially. I'm sure the last thing they wanted was to miss out on a gate - probably one of their bigger ones of the season.
Harps are just guilty of trying to repair their pitch on the cheap by buying a job-lot of sand & gravel instead of the proper sand, and then trying to cover it up by pretending there was nothing wrong in having a dangerous pitch covered in parts with gravel.
Incompetance and denial.
Should I put another LOL in here Fintan?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne
All clubs have made (and will make) massive mistakes. Time to move on from this, surely?
You were cheering against them a short while ago :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maynard
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Originally Posted by Dodge
There's a bigger picture here.
The FAI/Licencing people are cracking down on clubs more firmly now in relation to finances and the wage cap. They've introduced regular in-season checks to monitor and flag more promptly any developing problems.
The whole idea of Licensing is to raise the standards in all areas of the game.
One of the major loopholes in relation to infrastructure, is that where you have plans to move to / construct a new stadium or radically overhaul your existing stadium, then they tend to overlook major deficiencies in your current ground. It's no secret that the pitch at Finn Park has had major problems over the years because of it's proximity to the river and I understand that it's one of the main reasons Harps want to move.
Fair enough - but in the meantime they were given a Premier Div licence even though their pitch is sub-standard. Likewise with Drogheda whose stadium is also below the required standard.
My point is that if we're trying to move the League on, away from such farcical & embarrassing last minute postponements which have happened over the years.
Either a pitch or stadium is up to the required standard or it's not.
Also, like the finances, a pitch may be patched up to pass muster during the close season, but short-term fixes can come undone as the season progresses. Maybe the pitches/stadia should also be assessed on an on-going basis through the season, and if not then sanctions should also be applied?
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Originally Posted by Dodge
It doesnt bother me at all if a game is called off at short notice what gets up my nose is the likes of five years ago when we played shels a week after the 2004 cup final and our game was called off an hour into the game due to flooding on the pitch.I know what I would prefer.
Flooding happens and matches are called off. Thats all fair enough and I don`t think anyone has problems with that. But when stones are put on a pitch days beforehand and a problem is only realised upon a pitch inspection an hour before the game when teams and fans have travelled for 4 hours and taken time off work is a totally different story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
You wouldn`t see this lack of respect and carry on at junior level:o
Shels -v- Fingal last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
British or Irish?Quote:
Originally Posted by pól-dcfc
For the third time in three days, yawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raheny Red
Why on earth would it be the British Government? Unless they now have jurisdiction in the South. I don't see why they would get involved in a dispute between Pats and Bohs.
I can't understand what ye were doing taking 4 hours to get to Donegal, it usually only takes me 2 and a half to 3 hours to get to Tolka. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stickyjoe
Your car must go faster than a coach full of fans so. Or clearly does if you thought about it.
For the record I never, even once, suggested this as even a possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Gross negligence? Certainly.
Self-inflicted? Yep.
On purpose? No.
Still hardly makes it acceptable IMHO. And could lead to a dangerous precedent if not dealt with appropriately.
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Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
I see this A League game played last Saturday, was shifted to Curragh Athletics Oaktree sports complex.
http://www.finnharps.com/009MatchReports/0510ASligo.htm
Is the water still lying?
Will Finn Park be playable this coming weekend?
It was all Paul Hegarty's fault!
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Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne
Nope water not lying but the alternative venue was already set.
I knew it, I knew it all along. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by corkharps
do you know sammy if any work has been carried out since the cancellation or will it be a problem for our matchQuote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
A layer of the sand was taken off the pitch and the pitch brushed, it should be in mint condition for Saturday night.Quote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
Finn Park was passed last night and it was actually said to be one of the top pitches in the LOI at present now :eek:
So, barring unmerciful weather conditions we have the go ahead for the Monaghan game.
I have to say the pitch is the best I have seen it in years, so hopefully the debacle over Finn Park is over and we can get on with climbing to the heady heights of mid table in the first division :D
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Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
By who ?
By who ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
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Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne
1. Passed by John Duffy and Terence Moyne on behlaf of the FAI.
2. FAI officials who looked at the pitch lately.
3. Suck it up.
the lying water?
Yes, thats it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne
I find it staggering that some fans of a certain club on here are sticking the knife into Harps - whilst conveniently forgetting the whole Tolka Park pitch debacle which led to a fixture being moved to Whitehall whilst their abysmal excuse for a pitch underwent emergency repairs - stones, glasshouses, throwing, etc.
And I wager the floodlight pylons at Finn Park are a damn sight safer and don't rock about under even the slightest breeze...
There was no debacle.
The pitch was unplayable.
One fixture was relocated well in advance with no disruption to the visiting team or no postponement,
Tolka was repaired.
End of.
Except they're not really sticking it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
They're trying to, but Harps keep sort of twisting out of the way. Pesky critters just won't keep still! :D
I find a lot of things staggering in this league, some of which i could go into but it would descend into a slagging match but the fact is that if you want to make up lies about a so called "debacle" then prove it. Where was the debacle? Who was put out by what happened in Tolka?Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
Heard that the groundsman from terryland park was up to ye last sat to give ye a hand out and some good advise ,it must have helpedQuote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
:)