Seemingly nothing in the Liam Miller to Cork rumour after all.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...578db2b36a7a8f
Signing for Sarawak in Malaysia according to the above article.
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Seemingly nothing in the Liam Miller to Cork rumour after all.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...578db2b36a7a8f
Signing for Sarawak in Malaysia according to the above article.
This was a rumour that started on our forum, spread mysteriously to the local Echo and to the nationals from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
wasn't even a rumour, was speculation on the forum based on the fact that he was available and from Cork. Lazy journalism then on top of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
There are some seriously lazy journalists giving good ones a bad name and that is across all boards. Have seen it with Limerick where a few Limerick fans made up rumours about a possible manager and it got national press. It's happening over on munsterfans.com as well where fans are chatting about possible situations going on and the papers are then printing it as fact. You then have all these online sites that post articles about what people are tweeting.
Dylan Connolly going to Ipswich from Shels according to today's Star. They offered him a deal in July apparently but Shels wanted to keep him for the rest of the season apparently. He's out of contract so it'll just be compensation. Cracking player.
Ipswich got the square root of **** all for Adam McDonnell from Ipswich, so fair play to them for telling them to get the **** on Connolly. I wouldn't be too confident about them paying compensation for Connolly - most English clubs won't unless brought to court.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
WTF?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
If compensation is clearly established under UEFA regulations, English clubs have no option but pay up. It does not need a law court to enforce it - the FA under a UEFA directive is the enforcing body
Plenty of them don't believe the rules apply to them. See: Newcastle with Stephen Folan, Manchester City with Greg Cunningham. Both eventually resolved through the courts. I would wager plenty of them just disappear as the club can't afford to pursue the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Woah, dodgy ground here- according to my understanding, Man City did pay for Cunningham but not necessarily all to the correct club. They may have got it wrong but may have been misinformed by people on this side of the water.
In cases like that it should just be a matter of bringing it to the attention of UEFA. Once you have the relevant documentation to prove a player is of the right age and you are due compensation it should be a no brainer. They are clamping down on fair play wih wages, it should be the same with compensation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
City did a deal with Mervue for less than their training compensation would have cost, but left Claregalway out of it completely. They paid money alright, but it was more or less to prevent any sort of formal claim and was far less than they were required to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
I'm open to correction, but as far as I know the buying club (City) pay all monies owed to the selling club (Mervue), and it is then up to the selling club to pass on any compo owed to other clubs (in this case, Cregmore/Claregalway FC). So if Cregmore were waiting for money, it was from Mervue, not City.
Horgan has re signed for us. Great to keep him on board.
http://www.dundalkfc.com/horgan-pens-new-deal/
The issue was that City didn't pay all moneys owed. They negotiated a lesser fee with Mervue.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
Rovers are monitoring Derek Riordan, who was at Hibs shortly before Fenlon took over. His career has taken a bit of a nosedive since but he was a decent player in his day.
We were linked to him when Taylor fisrt came. Pretty sure there was an article at the time about how he would do anything to get back playing football, even play for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
This article says 2014 but it was definitely when Taylor first got here.
http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/25754631
Got himself in a bit of trouble too and a few spells in clubs after Hibs also.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc...triker-3546017
Any else hear that Roddy might be taking over in Drogheda. The club can't agree a budget with Richardson.
This can't be true. Surely no more clubs in the league will entertain the Roddy circus?Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Who's driving him to the interview?
Haven't heard of him since, but would be a great move over if only for the pronunciation of his name, in Scotland it was 'Rye-aaar-don', here it would have to be Reearr-don'Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
It'll be James McClean all over again, right down to the fact 50% of all people will never spell it correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Drogheda in trouble. Richardson just after being on local radio LMFM (read from bottom up)
Rico set to have a meeting with chairman tomorrow but doesn't know if that will still go ahead as he doesn't know if chairman is still there
Rico: "This club can not afford to get relegated at this moment in its history. It is vital we are a part of the Premier Division."
Rico: "These are dark & desperate days for this football club."
Rico: "We need that leadership (of the chairman & board) now, more than any other time in the history of this football club." #Drogs
Rico: "It's now a time for anyone who has any interest in Drogheda United, to come together, to help the club survive & do the best we can."
Rico: "The next week will be vital, not just for the team but for the football club itself."
Rico: "Everything is in place, the only thing is, there is a serious shortage of money."
Rico: "The budget is small, the budget in Drogheda United is based essentially on gate receipts."
Rico: "I don't want to walk away from the club in the state that it is in at the moment."
Rico: "Schlingermann, Brennan, Daly have been speaking to other clubs."
Rico: Says he can not confirm that Ben Clarke has resigned as chairman.
Drogs' attendances have been very poor the last few seasons, it's amazing they've managed to keep the show on the road so far.
Well it was said Richardson has been pushing for a bigger budget. To me it seems like he is trying to put the pressure on the board. Seems like a bad way to do it in fairness. The last few managers have managed to keep the club in the premier without massive budgets and I don't see why that would change.
He says the club are reliant on gate receipts but that's with a lot of clubs.
Is there a Board? I understand that there is only one member and that is insufficient to all Drogheda United to make decisions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
I could be wrong but this is my understanding from talking to a lifelong Drog last night.
Four or five board members resigned recently. A new board member was then appointed (and make Chairman) and now he has resigned. A public meeting to get people involved has been met with no response.
At this moment Drogheda United have one board member, no manager, and no players.
Genuine question here- what is Drogheda's ownership structure? I usually know this for almost every club but for some reason, possibly lack of sleep, Drogheda's completely eludes me.
I think he meant there is virtually no other income steams coming in. For eg they didn't renew the license on that fine clubhouse for some time now I believe. I used to love going there back in the day,great spot to watch if you were shooting up that end in the second half. I'm not sure what their shirt sponsorship takes in or match day same,but I would imagine it is possibly very limited.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Dundalk have a two bars in full flow on match days, and the bigger one opens most nights I think, and is booked regularly fri and sat night parties, and sun night is a big weekly night for senior supporters. Also our sponsorship for matches, ball, advertising, programme sales, merchandise, (shop is accessible most days) and the pitch rental all add to decent steams coming in. All of this didn't just happen this year. It was slowly built up over time.
It seems a pity what is going on at Drogs, but they have been here many times before and the people of that town really need to come out and show their support now, they have done really well to maintain their PD status with tiny budgets, but it appears the entire structure needs to be revamped now.
I wouldn't like to see them go, always a great atmosphere and such a short trip for us for away games, (20 mins now), so hopefully they can sort things out.
Oh and just back on topic!!! Are there any strong rumours today?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Drogheda United is owned by a number of fans who were able to afford the €1,000 share price following transfer of ownership from the previous regime.
Perhaps, Drogheda fans can shed light on how many fans own these €1,000 shares.
I think he is talking about something entirely different.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
I think he is referring to additional investment from the shareholders of the club.
Don't post here often, but if there is any truth to this, than that would be a cracking signing, and he'd shoot the lights out over here. Hopefully it would be some more positive press for Rovers/ the league too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Had him in my manager thing in FIFA05. Great man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Can we leave discussion of the development of the Camac stand to the stadium update thread please?Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Cold, that's just Cold....tbh that's what I thought he was suggesting on first reading too... but no, not quite.Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
Local papers jounalist on twitter confirmed
Kenny has offered Hoban a 2yr deal
Cherrie will not be offered a deal
Murphy will be announced this week
Which Murphy?Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
Is that a surprise about Cherrie not being offered a contract?
According to lads on Facebook it is Rogers to be confirmed as new keeper.
Murphy? I think he means Rogers
Yeah bit of a surprise he is prone to the odd mistake but normally gets away with it. Great shot stopper but decision making can be suspect at times. Don't think Rogers is a massive improvement and I probably would have kept him
I was under the impression Cherrie had planned to go back to Scotland all along, Kenny having already persuaded him to extend his stay by one season.
Sorry meant Rodgers
yeh Charlie that seemed to be it but rumours around town are Cherrie wanted to stay
Rogers is an upgrade on Cherrie if you ask me. Cherrie doesn't command his area and he can be indecisive when coming out of goal. He's been a good player for us but I think Rogers is better and will improve the team.