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Its happened before where Englishclubs have come in and offered feck all thinking the attraction of football across the water is enough only to be turned down.
If Limerick offered him enough Im sure he's consider it. A good wage that's guarenteed every week, premier division football etc
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Originally Posted by outspoken
Name the players? Maybe if his only offer was Morecambe or Gateshead he might consider but if any decent club comes in and offered full time football and a chance to develop himself, you honestly think he'll be considering staying in Ireland. Smarten up.
Ronan Finn turned down Crystal Palace.Quote:
Originally Posted by qwertyger
What a surprise that you commented on this. Link/proof please?Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
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Originally Posted by qwertyger
Only seen it in a newspaper he said that he would rather stay in Ireland and play in Europe then go to lower leagues England. If i find any link ill throw it up.
There is no hope whatsoever of Maguire turning down the likes of Bristol City and that for Limerick though he would want to be mental.
Dermot Keely - Glasgow CelticQuote:
Originally Posted by qwertyger
Edit: Link - http://www.dundalkfc.com/history/lil...ely-interview/
Paul Corry turned down Burnley a couple of years ago.
Paddy Madden turned down TNS... :/
http://www.tnsfc.co.uk:7080/news/630...out-paddy.html
;)
One of the town players (can't say who) turned down a championship club a year or two ago as they only offered him 100 pound a week And he would have to pay his own way over there so he decided to stay at home.
Hey - when he was with Fingal he 'turned down Crystal Palace' too...Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
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Originally Posted by born2bwild
I thought it was when he was at Fingal he has the chance to go on trial at Palace and then at Rovers they wanted him properly and he said no again i could easily be mistaken though.
Actually Dave Mooney turned down Palace too when he signed for us back in 2008, though those were crazy times.
Who says Maguire has to sign for Limerick? OR IS IT WRITTEN?? !!
James Chambers and Jason McGuinness have signed for Shamrock Rovers.
Not one single person on this anyway. It's just been rumoured we are on to him at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by bullit
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35...double-signingQuote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Huge loss for us. Player of the year in my eyes.
Taxi drivers of Tallaght beware.;)
All the best Jason.
Pretty sure McGuinness left for the money as (a) the Luas goes out to Tallaght so you don't get fleeced by taxis and (b) he's going to save a few bob by not having to renew his passport next year.
Huge loss is right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Very disappointing but sure what can you do, they have more money than us and thats basically what it comes down to.
Two great signings for Rovers now.
Can we assume more Pats players will be switching over?
The rumours are Kenna, Bermo, Soccy, Russell, Fagan and Barry MurphyQuote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Of them Bermo looks a certainty to be going, we will find out about the rest in the next 2 weeks I'd imagine
Or the fact yous didn't offer Jay a new contract and his missus wanted to move back home has a part to play in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by srfc1928
We offered him a new contract
Heard a few months back that Jay was looking to get back to Dublin. Big loss for Sligo. There is always the risk that clubs holding off issuing new contracts (as has been suggested at Sligo) will lose out. Question for each club of balance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Sligo offered him a deal. Rovers offered him a better deal
In Chambers case Rovers offered him a deal. He came back to Pats and said 'match that and I'll stay', and Pats couldn't match it
No big conspiracies or anything. The majority of players move for money
Well it's good to see that Pats weren't trying to stretch themselves to match Shams offer.
McGuinness has always been saying how hard he's found it being away from Dublin. Even after we won the league he tweeted about it had made it worth all the travelling and occasions he had missed out.
I don't expect to see Quigley playing for us either next season.
I think our MC have handled it all pretty well. They did sign a few players up to next season during the summer and then waited till the end of the season to see see how much money we have to play with next season before approaching the rest with new contracts. I'd rather lose a few players then lose the club as we handed out a rake of contracts presuming we'd win the league and get champions league money.
Just proves the point (and i think u have mentioned this in the past), champs league qualifiers are not important to players, all that matters is the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
In fairness to them we've never even come close to winning a round in Europe so I wouldn't expect it to hold much sway
Some see Europe as a hassle. Particularly if part time (realise both those lads aren't BTW).
They realise its good for the clubs and the they clerly give their all at the games, but there's nothing glamarous about fligths to iceland or Lithuania, staying in a crap hotel and playing a game of ball in front of a a lower than LOI crowd.
Of course I'm generalising a good bit here, but I don't belileve that any established LOI player makes a decision ona move based on European football
What the champs league does is gives Rovers a bit more financial leverage to be able to compete with Shams. The talk in Sligo that we are now attractive for players because of the lure of champs league qualifiers is as i expected proving to be rubbish.
If Sligo are prudent they should resist the temptation to offer higher wages to players based on Europe. Another dark day will come around in the future (it is the LOI after all) and they will be glad to have a little spare in the bank for it.
Maybe it helps sway young players (looking to be in a shop window of sorts) or players who haven't played in Europe before.
In fairness to the club, they are not doing this and have said they will not be held to ransom. I hope all clubs, not just Rovers, have learnt from the mistakes of the past by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by GCdfc
I'm not sure if you meant this to sound as judgemental as it comes across, but the players' first loyalty has to be to their families. It's not like any of them make a great living.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie Dean
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
No I didnt, they are absolutely entitled to get the best deal for themselves and their family as any of us would in our jobs. I was making the point that in this league football reasons such as champs league qualifiers are not as high up the priority list as some would think.
Ah right, yeah. Sure Mannus left in the middle of the Europa League qualifying campaign, in between the two legs of a game we were winning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie Dean
What about Shams game at White Hart Lane - this is all part of the gamble? Best of luck to Jayo, nice guy and quality player - but do not mention BlackCabs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
What do you do when signing up a load of LoI journeymen fails to win you the title?
Sign up even more of them and hope that things will be different.
It would be interesting to hear in percentage terms how much extra Sligo offered McGuinness, also I am sure he was on well over 1k per week, so I'm split between who did best. I admire Sligo for not over extending themselves, but with 40 week contracts players will always go for the money, plus the travel over to the west coast is a fair old spin, compared to say up the M1 to Drogs or Duns (not that he would have for one minute considered this)
Dublin players moving outside Dublin will always be a risk, they generally will want to move home and then to the club with the best offer.
So is Quigley waiting for his offer next ? If he moves to Rovers that will surely be a record, 5 different PD clubs 5 years in a row.
Rovers starting line up next season in the Premier Division:
Rogers
Conneely, Peers, McGuinness, Gaynor
Cretaro, Ventre, Lynch, Millien
Quigley, North
1st Division Team:
Murphy
O'Brien, Browne, Kenna, Bermingham
O'Connor, Russell, Chambers, Forrester
Faherty, Fagan
Should be decent in fairness.
The LSL side should be handy with the likes of Pat Sullivan, Conor McCormick and Ciaran Kilduff in there.