Connor declares war on the League of Ireland (especially Bohs!!)

[Celdrog]

However, he hasn't used his full budget and Dundalk are spending 49% of its income on players wages.

So he hasn't used his full budget. Lets say he has used €11,999 of it.
49% of this is €5879.
Take out employers PRSI. That leaves €5247
16 full time players, is it?
An average of €328 per week per player. No wonder they don't give a toss.
Georgie on €328 per week. Wouldn't keep him in taxis.

Alternatively let's assume each player is on €1000 per week.
That's €1100 per player its costing Craptown.
Annualised thats €923,000.
If that is 49% then Craptown have an income of €1.8M

We won the league with that being pumped in

SMorgan - are you Sean Connor because you are living on a different planet if you think we believe you. Give us your source please.

[Nesta99]

Lest assume more realistically €600pw on average per player, annualised that is just shy of €500,000

[SMorgan]

So he hasn't used his full budget. Lets say he has used €11,999 of it.
49% of this is £5879

My goodness have you got the wrong end of the stick. Dundalk are spending 49%. of the club's income on players wages as per FAI wage cap, so the first part of your maths exercise is bull. Also do me a favour in relation to what Drogheda spent in winning the league!! Drogheda's league title cost 8m over a 3 year period and was bought on the never-never or should I say bought using a combination of players wages and money due to many hard pressed Drogheda businesses. Did you ever listen to what Mr Hoey was telling you?

Also what is it with you guys and Craptown. What age are you guys? Is it meant to be a put-down?

[holidaysong]

And if you're looking for a source, that 49% figure comes from our match day programme.

[Mr A]

Agreed

That's Connor all over. First team is all that matters to him.

If infrastructure and youth set-ups are what Matthews want then Connor is not the man for him.

In his defence here- managers live and die by the results of the first team. If you're waiting on your first team manager to develop the club's structures then you'll be waiting a long time. That stuff is the responsibility of the club, not the manager.

[Dalymountrower]

And if you're looking for a source, that 49% figure comes from our match day programme.

Given that Connors Churchillian propaganda also appears in said organ, could we be forgiven some scepticism on the figure quoted.?
By the way I hope Connor doesn`t doesn`t destroy your club and that the Board have him on a short leash.....doesn`t look like it though.

[Schumi]

So he hasn't used his full budget. Lets say he has used €11,999 of it.
49% of this is €5879.

I assume the 12k per week was the wage budget rather than the overall budget.

[mediahack]

His call for hostility towards away teams should be reported to the FAI.

There's enough messing going on inside and around EL grounds without encouraging it in the match programme.

I think it could be construed as being incitement to hatred and could attract a legal action!

In any event, such comments do nothing to help the game or Dundalk!

[Derry]

Knowing the absolute bias that is shown against teams outside of Dubland, i have to say i concur with most of his points.

[CMcC]

Oh dear !!

[pól-dcfc]

Knowing the absolute bias that is shown against teams outside of Dubland, i have to say i concur with most of his points.

Don't do it to yourself. Connor is a deluded arsehole.

[wexfordned]

Knowing the absolute bias that is shown against teams outside of Dubland, i have to say i concur with most of his points.

But I'm sure like all Derry fans you're not bitter.

[pól-dcfc]

But I'm sure like all Derry fans you're not bitter.

Way to tar 3000 people with the same brush.

[Ezeikial]

The stark absence of objectivity (with some notable exceptions) on this forum in relation to Sean Connor continues to astound me

While I can understand that Sligo and Bohemians fans have reasons to be blinkered (he took a lot of good players with him from Sligo, and of course he took a lot of good money with him from Bohs), I wonder about the lack of perspective from others.

So what did Sean Connor say, and what was his purpose?

Its pretty clear that the fundamental objective of his article is to galvanise support from the local supporters at a time when Dundalk are 2nd from bottom, face a crises of injuries and suspensions, and have four crucial games imminent. Whether this “siege mentality” call has the desired effect remains to be seen – I suspect that it may be of help in deflecting the growing dissatisfaction among some Dundalk supporters with the current league position.

So, apart from this rallying call for all the clubs supporters to get behind their team, what did he say that was so objectionable to so many foot.ie posters?

Referee's decisions in the Bohs game
The reality is that referee was abysmal. His failure to award even a free kick in either of the Paul Keegan fouls was beyond belief. Sean Connor reaches the conclusion it is part of a bias (Buttimer also gave a wrong decision against Simon Kelly for a penalty against Bray), while others might suggest that it is a grossly incompetent referee who is consistent in his ineptitude

Hostile atmosphere for visiting teams / Nastier approach in games

There is nothing wrong with the aspiration of creating an intimidating or daunting environment for opposition teams on the pitch, once the game is played fairly.

His “nastier approach” is simply advocating more resilience, toughness or physicality.

Naturally some here have chosen to interpret these aspects in a more sinister way - Sean Connor could have (should have) chosen better language. But then I doubt if he is particularly concerned about others intentionally misinterpreting them.

The test is if his comments have the desired impact on the pitch against Galway on Friday (and in Drogheda, Pats & Sligo games to follow).

The next few weeks should certainly be interesting!

[Rovers1]

He's still an absolute ****bag though

[BohDiddley]

The test is if his comments have the desired impact on the pitch against Galway on Friday

Galway certainly should be up for it anyway!
Incidentally, who's Dundalk's Mr Nasty going to be? One might have expected Chris Turner to play the role to some degree, but that didn't work out too well in Dalymount.

[forza rovers]

Galway certainly should be up for it anyway!
Incidentally, who's Dundalk's Mr Nasty going to be? One might have expected Chris Turner to play the role to some degree, but that didn't work out too well in Dalymount.

he keeps that for off the field with his gloves

[ndrog]

The stark absence of objectivity (with some notable exceptions) on this forum in relation to Sean Connor continues to astound me

While I can understand that Sligo and Bohemians fans have reasons to be blinkered (he took a lot of good players with him from Sligo, and of course he took a lot of good money with him from Bohs), I wonder about the lack of perspective from others.

So what did Sean Connor say, and what was his purpose?

Its pretty clear that the fundamental objective of his article is to galvanise support from the local supporters at a time when Dundalk are 2nd from bottom, face a crises of injuries and suspensions, and have four crucial games imminent. Whether this “siege mentality” call has the desired effect remains to be seen – I suspect that it may be of help in deflecting the growing dissatisfaction among some Dundalk supporters with the current league position.

So, apart from this rallying call for all the clubs supporters to get behind their team, what did he say that was so objectionable to so many foot.ie posters?

Referee's decisions in the Bohs game
The reality is that referee was abysmal. His failure to award even a free kick in either of the Paul Keegan fouls was beyond belief. Sean Connor reaches the conclusion it is part of a bias (Buttimer also gave a wrong decision against Simon Kelly for a penalty against Bray), while others might suggest that it is a grossly incompetent referee who is consistent in his ineptitude

Hostile atmosphere for visiting teams / Nastier approach in games

There is nothing wrong with the aspiration of creating an intimidating or daunting environment for opposition teams on the pitch, once the game is played fairly.

His “nastier approach” is simply advocating more resilience, toughness or physicality.

Naturally some here have chosen to interpret these aspects in a more sinister way - Sean Connor could have (should have) chosen better language. But then I doubt if he is particularly concerned about others intentionally misinterpreting them.

The test is if his comments have the desired impact on the pitch against Galway on Friday (and in Drogheda, Pats & Sligo games to follow).

The next few weeks should certainly be interesting!

The reason most fans have a problem with this is that it comes across like a load of moaning nonsense .Every club in the leauge could name countless decisions that have gone against them .All teams in the country think they are hard done by , we all have certain ref,s who screw us over .Alan Kelly take a bow .Its a very transparent atempt by connor to deflect the feeling in dundalk at the min .The natives are getting restless and hes starting to crap himself .Nothing more nothing less .

[Celdrog]

Fabio must be on decent money anyway if he can go on the lash a few days before the Bohs game. Maybe Connor should look closer to home before blaming everyone else.
http://www.orielweb.com/dundalktalk/...php?f=1&t=6347
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.js...Id=10701484895

[Black and White]

Good man Celdrog, was waiting to see who would be the first sad individual to go looking at Bebo for this. You obviously have no life if this is the all only dirt you can get on our team atm. scoruign the socialising networks, what next maybe a piece and photo in the Drogheda Leader or what ever its called next week?