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If you know of a better way to talk about the general public in an area.Originally Posted by SeanDrog
I reckon quite a few would make a decent fist of it if push came to shove.wonder how many other clubs can raise 100k in a week from its uncaring supporters.
I'd not sure how many Limerick folk would be queing up to hand money over hand over fist to an old fool mind.
Are you really that dense that you can't see the difference between Drogheda people in general and Drogheda United fansDrogs should be ashamed of their uncaring selves.
There are at least a half dozen clubs in this town not including Limerick FC that would be bigger than Monaghan or Kildare for example.Intersting coming from a supporter of a club based in a city but has been plagued with money issues over the years and can gather no real substantial support from a CITY based population.
There are eight AIL clubs in and around the city.
Limerick is a county that actually has GAA teams.
Oh and there's this little outfit called Munster Rugby playing out of the cities northside.
Couple that with literally dozens of financial scandals within senior football in the last twenty years in the city and you get the idea. Limerick people arent fools and will gradually need coaxing back.
But of course if Fr. Joe Young or Pat Grace or Danny Drew et al were running the show up in Drogheda all your Tiny Tims would probably be forming an orderly line with their piggybacks.
Jesus wept.Glass houses my friend and stones don't mix.
But while I'm here I'd just like to point out how pathetic Drogs crowds have consistently been despite your on field success.
There is zero football tradition in Drogheda when compared to places like Dundalk, Sligo, Limerick.
Before Hoey and his gangster mates came along and helped to destroy the league by paying out money you could never possiby afford you lot were Monaghans baby cousins. Now that the money is gone (if you're very very lucky) you can go back to being Monaghans baby cousins.
That article is a disgrace, the worst kind of heartstring tugging pap and I always thought Malone had more brains than that. Robbing pensioners and widowers to feed money into the gaping chasm left by a man who at best is a complete and utter idiot is nothing short of sick and you should be ashamed of yourselves.Also Emmett Malone was at the public meeting last week and wrote an article about it here - might change your opinion (then again maybe it wont as some people can't change)
I find that very hard to believe
45k should hardly be club ruiningSeven weeks into the season a sponsor pulled out for economic reasons and that deal was worth 35k a season. In July we had another sponsor pull out and that was worth 10k a season
Find this very hard to believe aswell and even if it is true your players went weeks without paying which isn't onIt is payment of past debt that is killing us we are totally up to date with the revenue (this season), league fees, referess fees etc
If that's according to the FAI's definition of profit my only reply isWe are one of the clubs running in profit this current season even with the sponsorship problems we have had..
If it isn't then you're obviously running a fantastically tight ship so where's the big problem??
A problem of course exclusively confined to the Midlands area..............................We expect sponsorship to be down at least 70% next season in the midlands area.
No need to ask my commitee champ, I keep my ear fairly close to the ground and am fairly handy at the oul basic addition and subtraction.LTID: Maybe have a look closer to home and ask your own committee where you would be without Jack McCarthys money this current season
The last couple of seasons you pinched clubs from other teams offering them money you could never afford to pay therefore scoruge on the division.without judging someone elses club that you know nothing about.
Now the chickens are coming home to roost it's the credit crunches fault.
Shur everything has always been hunky dory according to yourself and you're now on here questioning me about my knowledge of my club?!?!
What do you mean what's my point??
The league is on its fcukin knees and it's not the FAI's fault, it's not the Premierships fault, it's not the medias fault, it's the clubs, THE CLUBS who are at fault.
Whatever about the likes of Dublin City, or even Drogheda going to the wall, an institution like Athlone Town?!?!
It's fuppin depressing lads.
And the sooner people get their heads out of their holes the better.
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