QuoteI speak for all rovers fans when i say.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rovers for Europe!
Just received the press release now. 10 points just like Cork.
Text of statement reads:
A meeting of the Independent Club Licensing committee was convened tonight and they deducted 10 points from Drogheda United FC for being involved in an examinership process as per section 3.1.2 of the club licensing manual. This sanction is effective immediately. The Committee reiterated the fact that it is imperative for all clubs to adhere to sound financial policies.
BTW, as this materially affects the Premier Division table as well as Drogheda that's why it's been posted in the Premier & First Division forum.
Last edited by stann; 03/11/2008 at 9:01 PM. Reason: tuppence added
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I speak for all rovers fans when i say.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rovers for Europe!
Makes for an interesting game Friday night at TC, Inside Man.
I'm sure they would never speculate about such but, do you think that comment is a nod towards more deductions very, very soon, not necessarily Drogs now either.Originally Posted by stann
This sort of positive news about the league is usually top story on good aul' RTÉ.ie by now... What gives?
Made my day
Pretty sad outlook. Your own club aren't too healthy at the moment, yet nobody sneers at them. Pathetic.Made my day
With the way they're playing at the moment, I'd say we'd overtake them on the pitch regardless.
Why? They get deducted 10 points for completely overpaying players and now we have a chance of getting to europe. Take for example faz. If we had him this season we would be ahead of drogs even without the deduction but they offered him huge wages that we couldn't match. What makes it even worse is that we are still waiting on half the transfer fee and will never get the full amount of this. Of course sligo rovers fans are gonna be happy,it's not as if we have heard drogs have gone bust,they got a 10 point deduction,like cork,which they deserved.Pretty sad outlook. Your own club aren't too healthy at the moment, yet nobody sneers at them. Pathetic.
I just don't think its funny to sneer at the misfortune of others. A few months ago you lot were crying like babies aboiut going out of business of ye didn't raise 130k, yet nobody posted here that they were looking forward to the demise of Sligo Rovers. I can understand your joy at the outside chance of European football, and thats fine, but to be sneering at another club over financial matters is a bit rich coming from Sligo Rovers, just as it would be from most other clubs.
They're appealing! They think they're a unique case.
Seriously, what is wrong with that club? Over on the Drogs forum, they're sending e-mails to Meath County Councillors to keep pressure up on the new stadium, and at a launch meeting for their new trust, they let Hoey waffle on about his hopes and dreams and then forgot to mention the trust at all!
Drogheda fans would want to forget the new ground, forget any "unique" aspects, forget anything Hoey did for them in the past and get some money together to launch a Cork or Rovers-style takeover of the club to allow it to come out of examinership. If Hoey et al remain as they say they want to, I can only see the club being wound up.
Meanwhile, the Drogheda fans complain that they're getting no information from the club and that they can't do anything until they get info. It's like everyone is Hoey's puppet.
The scene from Life of Brian where the PFJ sit around passing motions all day and not doing anything until it's way too late springs to mind.
Apologies for that rant, but the last thing the league needs is a club going out of existence, and contrary to popular belief, I don't want any club going out of business (cutting back to their normal level is fine by me). But the entire of Drogheda seems to be fiddling while the club burns, and it's quite incredible how no-one up there seems to have any sort of cop on.
so we should be sad that we're gonna be playing in europa league and setanta next year?
Last edited by Red4Eva; 04/11/2008 at 11:21 AM.
"Even if the sun ceases to rise, Even if the sea ceases to flow, Even if the wind stops to blow, The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning, glinting star in the sky."
It's generally not funny to sneer at others' misfortune.
But when that misfortune is of their own doing, was avoidable, and had been predicted by some - then I guess it's kinda hard not to sneer...
Someone's a sensitive boy? pleanty of drogs fans on there forums and others like it sneered at us. Also i'll laugh at the two players who had a good thing at rovers but left in anything but the best of terms and now for what? Tap our players up and then expect me to feel saddened?Pretty sad outlook. Your own club aren't too healthy at the moment, yet nobody sneers at them. Pathetic.
Secondly i meant it made my day as there was uncertainty would this happen and our european hopes depended on this happening. Therefore the fact our european dreams are still alive that made my day. i never sneered at them going out of busines just the fact that they had finally gotten points rightfully taken off them.
I don't like laughing at an irish club struggle but there are some clubs who gamble there future and lose, there fall from grace won't upset me.
Last edited by celticV3; 04/11/2008 at 11:13 AM.
what makes you so certain you will be in the setanta?
because we're gonna finish 4th in the league
"Even if the sun ceases to rise, Even if the sea ceases to flow, Even if the wind stops to blow, The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning, glinting star in the sky."
Thats funny. I thought you had to finish fourth in the leage or higher to guarantee qualification for Europe. I'd say Cork will finish fourth by the looks of things given their game in hand on ye and the fact that they've got ye at Turners Cross on Friday. Given that Bohs and Derry are going to win both domestic cups, ye'll probably qualify for Setanta ok. Congratulations.
Last edited by joeSoap; 04/11/2008 at 11:32 AM.
By no means a certainty...Corks game in hand tonight, and the fact that ye gotta go to Turners Cross on Friday will sort that out for ye.
Being deducted 10 points won't have any impact on the survival of the club, that's down to raising money and coming up with a sustainable business plan. I don't see anything wrong with Sligo fans being happy about Drogheda dropping below them in the league. I doubt Drogs fans were shedding any tears when Cork's deduction dropped them below Drogheda earlier in the season.
Last edited by Schumi; 04/11/2008 at 11:37 AM.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
To be fair Setanta cup is an invitaational tournement so no matter where you finish it does guarantee you a place in the tourement. I would annoyed if we got 4th that we did not get a place in it or even 5th as Cork have already won the right to be asked back. I think it would good to see a provincial team from the south in it this year as well.
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