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No mention of winning anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
You do your club a dis-service not to record the 3 league title wins also achieved over that 30 year period. There's also a first division title and a League Cup win to celebrate - maybe even some Leinster Senior Cup wins?
Dundalk won 2 First division titles from 1996 to 2013. Massively successful since, granted, but for the big clubs like Dundalk, Rovers, and City, things are often cyclical.
Conversation was about clubs structures and physical assets which trophies have nothing to do with but don't worry we've plenty of them too, thanks for your continued concern for all things Shamrock Rovers though EzeikialQuote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Are you serious for a semi pro club in Airtricity league £15 k wont bring you very far ,maybe be good enough for a local junior clubQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Is it possible the Saudis will build up a massive debt, walk away when they get bored, and leave the Galway FC Co op footing the bill?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
We’ve no rivalry with Galway. There’s too far of a distance between the clubs even though there’s always this “Connacht Derby” line thrown out whenever we play. Apologies for commenting on a League of Ireland issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olander
There is a bit of rivalry with Galway (140k away) since Harps (90k away) jilted us to have the NW Derby with Derry instead and to compound it deny there was anything between us ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Assuming the Saudi takeover happens the way it is being suggested, I just can't see them being content with renting a decent ground or a good training facility without wanting to win trophies and achieve European success. The barometer of success for most investors is on getting a return on investment and being successful on the pitch is critical to thisQuote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
You're right on one thing, there is no rivalry. Which is why I find Sligo fans so bewildering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
It's not the commenting, which would be fair enough, it's the holier-than-thou messages. The level of arrogance (towards a club they don't care about supposedly) is quite staggering.
I'm not sure what it is with sligo fans, some of them live in Galway for a few years because they want to attend a proper college facility and suddenly that makes them experts on the area and Galway United as a club.
"Rovers would never do that, it would never even be considered" is the main message and sligo fans seem to love that feeling of superiority and to lord over us about it. It's quite bizarre. If you have a look around twitter and even on here you'll see that and a lot worse. It must make them feel better about themselves or something?!
I don't know where the bitterness comes from. It possibly stems from how shíte Sligo have been in recent years, especially when their large outlay is taken into account (Twice ours last year for example in terms of playing budget and the club lost almost €100,000 in just 2017 alone, which was well publicised).
Your club will do another begging campaign again next year, call it something something with rovers/around the Rovers. (Fair play to sligo fans, that would never happen in Galway or in many other clubs - yes we have been reminded of this many, many times before. You're a football town.)
Galway is not a football town because we actually have other things to compete against, like successful GAA teams, Connacht Rugby, we have large scale events like the Arts Festival, the Galway Races and we are a student county also. Our biggest competitors aren't weekend darts tournaments. Despite all this, even considering the population of the county, our attendances are not so bad and we have a loyal hardcore support, despite experiencing very little on-the-field success over the last 20 years.
Why don't you tell us what you really think Olander!?!!!!!!
That is one hell of a chip on your shoulder to be carrying around
The irony given GUFC beg year on year for a ground, facilities etc. And one of Galway United supporters favourite chants which goes along the lines of, 'We hate Sligo...'Quote:
Originally Posted by Olander
The Co-op was supposed to be the solution to everything was it not? A fan owned club, they'd get the whole of Galway behind them, big gates, lots of sponsorship etc.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that nobody thought that.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayforsam
I'm not talking about €15k getting you through a season. I'm not that naive. I'm talking about having a €15k boost to the start of the season. Quite a number of clubs don't have that luxury. If it's not even a lump sum, rather a monthly membership, having a constant flow of money there is a big help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guitd
I'm only comparing this to Finn Harps, which has a one-off share, no yearly membership fee, no monthly membership fee, smaller crowds for the best part, and still manage to struggle on with the fan owned model.
Without a doubt, I'd say if someone wanted to pump in an initial half a million with a promise of more to come to Harps tomorrow for 75% of the club, it'd be taken gratefully with both arms, but, having 107 active members of a fan owned Galway club is a great start after only a couple of years. Harps co-op has been going since 1996 and is showing serious signs of struggle this past number of years.
I'd fear Galway jumped in a bit quick. The fan owned club should have been given a chance to grow.
To be honest, I couldn't care less about Sligo despite what you might think and actually as a club, don't mind them. I find their know all supporters irritating though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
You're a lurking not so subtle troll/WUM, mervueforsam.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayforsam
The boys on 2FM did a good skit on the takeover with their "giftgrub" crew.
Worth a listen, They sign Messi and Super macs introduce the Messi Burger etc
You can listen on theis listen back facility , its about 65 minutes in
Hows Mervue United getting on ?Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayforsam
They’ve basically admitted they’ve no idea who these lads are or what they are (are they involved with the Saudi regime etc) after what happened at athlone you’d like to think Galway wouldn’t rush into anything, then again when do LOI clubs ever learn?
on loi weekly two galway utd committee members went out to them and had good vibes about it. whether thats enough is another days battle.Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
It was asked on the podcast what it's in for the Saudis. What are they after? There hasn't been a proper answer to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I'll assume it's money. Not that that necessarily a bad thing, mind.