Are you a football supporter, Ledge ?
"So what if the name says Salthill Devon"
Picture the same situation in Sligo, Ballybofey, Crewe, Sheffield or Manchester.
Man Utd supporter "So what if the name says Man City"
Sligo Rovers "So what if the name says Sligo Town"
"Strong links" have been at business level only. In the twenty seven years of LOI/EL football in Galway, only one footballer of note has emerged from an area with a population of 10-20,000. Jumbo Brennan. Salthills record at developing players is appalling.
"Better club management". You have to be joking. Salthill Devon have won the Premier Division in Galway, once, yes, once, in their 25 year history.
This clubs football record is non-existent. That is why they want to steal ours.
Training faciltiies in Drum, indeed, are excellent. These days in Galway, however, there are several decent training facilities in the area. Dangan, Mevue, Athenry, Corinthians spring to mind. The '91 team trained at Digital - didn't do them any harm.
If Salthill have ambition, then I'm an international porn star. Ledge, their ambition is to run the club into the ground in order to minimise resistance to a name change. You say that Tony can't achieve the ambitions of the board ?
Well he can now, because his buddies will practically give him the job for life.
He is employed by Salthill Devon, he costs them nothing extra, they have no ambition ergo his job is safe. Expect many more golden years midtable in the First Division.
What seals it for me was the covert nature of the deal. Surely a positive development like this would be highlighted in advance, discussed with stakeholders, supporters etc. We are told, after all, that it is a great opportunity for GUFC.
No, it was done covertly and in an underhand fashion. The Supporters Trust representative on the club executive was deliberately kept out of the loop - an organisation that invested E70,000 + in the club over the past three years.
The board knew that there would be uproar from the supporters. There is now, but with the deal done, we are facing an uphill battle to save our club.
Come on United !
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Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
Promotion would have been disasterous for our Salthill friends as a name change would then have been untenable.
But is that it for Salthill, is it just the name change ? Do they have any desire to excel in the eircom League ?? What have they said when question about their intentions ??
