It almost seems Mr Fenn has the same script writer for dirty underhand tactics as Mr Turner.
As in deny all culpability and tarnish the victimised club with unsubstantiated slander.
As in this case insinuating Dundalk wanted to slash the wage bill and it was sort of mutual agreement.
While with the case with Chris Turner we allegedly recinded on a previous pre-contract agreement or other such nonsense.
Now dont call me crazy but could there possibly be a common denominator in these two controversial cases this season....hmmm.
While most of this is conjecture anyway, I‘m not sure I quite understand why everyone is up in arms at the PFAI when, as a union, it's their job to take the players side, as a lawyer defends his client?
The onus is on Dundalk or the FAI to prove the wrongdoing in this case. I'm not saying Fenn isn't a sneaky, conniving liar (based on what we (sort of) know so far), but it isn't the PFAI's job to prosecute him for it.
Last edited by thischarmingman; 06/08/2010 at 3:40 PM.
Exactly, the PFAI is irrelevant to the debate at hand.Originally Posted by thischarmingman
I'm surprised Dundalk have been so naive in this instance (they appear to have canceled his contract with no strings attached) when they were so ruthless in sacking Dave Rogers last year.
Should they also investigate the dozen or so other LoI players at that game? It was a who's who of LoI players and ex-players.
Stephen McGuinness seemed to find "Neale Fenn oooh Neale Fenn oooh, he'd just hung up his boots, he can't resist the Hoops" chant pretty funny when he was flying home today with the Rovers fans from Bologna
If the PFAI want clubs to honour and respect players contracts then surely they have a duty to ensure players do the same. Otherwise, whats the point in having contracts. Maybe every player in the league could play for shams then!
I'm sure they do in theory but in practice they're never going to come down on the side of the clubs unless their hands are truly forced.
O'Neill quotes RE Fenn in today's Indo. And a little slap for Sean Connor too.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...s-2288029.html
O'Neill has sympathy for Foster, but says the chain of events was a coincidence. "Any conspiracy that I spoke to Neale Fenn and tried to dream up: 'How about retiring Neale? That's a way of getting out of it'.
"I'm not clever enough to do that. I wish I had thought of it, to be honest," he said.
"Neale saw the attraction of Rovers, with the convenience for his family life, us training in the evenings.
"I think all those things were factors in him saying he'd play the rest of the season. I don't think he's done it with any malice or deviousness."
Meanwhile, O'Neill has also hit back at Galway manager Sean Connor, who complained that the Rovers boss hadn't contacted him in relation to a bid for young striker Karl Sheppard.
"It was Nick Leeson that contacted me personally to offer me the player, and another player at Galway," said O'Neill.
"If Sean Connor has a problem with that he should go and speak with his CEO, because, at the end of the day, the conversation me and Nick Leeson had was initiated by Nick Leeson.
"We weren't able to agree a deal for Karl and, with that in mind, the option of signing Neale became available to us. We've done our business in a professional manner."
Michael O´Neill gives us another glimpse of hs warped sense of values
It´s a bit like a Bart Simpson scene - "I didn´t do it, I wasn´t even there, but I wish I did do it"O'Neill has sympathy for Foster, but says the chain of events was a coincidence. "Any conspiracy that I spoke to Neale Fenn and tried to dream up: 'How about retiring Neale? That's a way of getting out of it'.
"I'm not clever enough to do that. I wish I had thought of it, to be honest," he said.
His earlier gem when questioned on the sporting morality of signing Fenn:
The (sporting) morality does not exist on our part.
Terrific Idea!
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
I think you're reading far too much into a pretty obviously tongue-in-cheek remark there.
The Neale Fenn statement probably adds further fuel to the fire. The Dundalk statement indicated that there would be no further comment in the short term
but Fenns comments are likely to evoke a further reaction. I would not be surprised if there is further clarifiction about the "exceptional assistance" given to Fenn earlier this season, referred to in the club statementTo avoid further distraction from the endeavours of the club, management, players, staff and supporters to focus on the crucial remaining games of the season, Dundalk Football Club do not intend to make any further public comment on this matter in the immediate future.
http://dundalkfc.com/news/100805_Board.asp
Dundalk have shown good grace in not getting into the specifics of the "personal reasons" that Fenn gave, but his contention about mutually beneficial reasons may flush out a lot more detail.Given that Dundalk FC had previously provided additional exceptional assistance to the player earlier in the season and the stated reasons for his retirement,
Good grace my arse, hes a rat and should be shown up as one.
As for O'Neill's mickey mouse statement there, what a joke.
In no way adds any further light to proceedings and just clariys what we know already that he will lie and lie until he is nailed to South Dublin County Councils wall but fat chance of that happening when the FAI are heading proceedings.
I simply cannot get over the nerve of Fenn in making his statement, also hiding behind the PFAI when issuing it.
His case reminds me of someone who owes you money, they forget about, then when its raised its you who ends up being the worst in the world for wanting it back.
He hasn't even addressed his own wordings he made himself in his reasons for asking to leave DFC.
If he had come out with his real reasons for wanting to leave ie, he didnt fancy a mid table struggle and couldnt be bothered to see out the remaining 3 mths of his contract he signed for the club who were the only ones in for him in Feb, oh and wanted to earn extra money, maybe I`d have respect for him.
He`s a pure (lying) sumbag, and should never be forgiven for this.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
He's a total ballbag, no question. As is O'Neill.
Fenn is an opportunistic has been.
Shamrock & their manager Michael O'Neill have shown the club is willing to sink to a level low enough that they could parachute out of a snake's arse in their desperate attempts to win the league.
F**k them & "they are a example to the the league" bulls**t you constantly here from FAIlure in Abbotstown.
It would seem Shamrock, PFAI & FAI have decided contracts are not worth the paper they are written on anymore.
Dundalk cancelled his contract though so this has no bearing on the validity of contracts.
Does anyone know if Fenn could have signed for an LSL team if he had 'retired' after the end of the transfer window? Is so, this can be easily avoided in future by clubs holding onto a 'retiring' player's registration until after the transfer window has closed.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Im with Ezekial on this,Dundalk should issue a statement that points out the excact "personal" reasons that Fenn cited to get released from his contract.
Wexfordned,nicely said
He wants to work on his tan.
Cumann Peile Dún Dealgan - Champions 2015 (too many accolades to be typing)
Termonbarry Athletic TID!
How much work exactly do you have to put in to get that nice jaundice glow?
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