The Derry City thread - Derry sign first four players

**SkStu** · 28/08/2009, 5:48 PM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

While the league continues to attract such a medicore audience -10,000 average live attendance in premier division; lukewarm viewership of MSN - there is little of commercial interest to investors.

The moderate to poor print media coverage, the much complained about disinterest of RTE News and Sport, and the cursory coverage from the various radio stations is a very graphic illustration of this. The marketability and image of the league continues its headlong race downward as the media report the successive financial follies.

As regards attracting investors to individual clubs, apart from the responsibility not being the exclusive preserve of the FAI, capital investment is unlikely to happen while the clubs remain a collective financial basketcase, and prospect of financial returns are way lower then spinning a loaded roulette wheel.

Clubs (which should include their respective fans) must take the primary responsibilty for these problems and the solutions.

i cant attract investment cos im screwed and im screwed cos i cant attract investment... FAI needs to step in and offer solutions including demanding the sort of investment that GAA has received or something similar... as i said, im not sure what the answer is but im sure theres an answer out there.

**Umberside** · 28/08/2009, 5:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

Don't know. But if the average attendance is 2,050 in the premier and theres 5 matches each week, the weekly audience is about 10,000 in total.

Ah yes I get ya now. I'd put the figure between 8-12,000, so 10,000 is a good estimate.

**Ezeikial** · 28/08/2009, 5:57 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

i cant attract investment cos im screwed and im screwed cos i cant attract investment... FAI needs to step in and offer solutions including demanding the sort of investment that GAA has received or something similar... as i said, im not sure what the answer is but im sure theres an answer out there.

The starting point is surely very obvious -

If you were a manfacturer and it costs you more to make a product, then consumers are prepared to pay......

Step 1 is surely to get your costs in order, and then to try to make your product more appealing.

By all means appeal to Enterprise Ireland, FAS, Vincent de Paul, the Samaritans or anyone else for help - but if this is the survial strategy.........

**Umberside** · 28/08/2009, 5:59 PM

We all know Bono likes to donate to good causes, maybe he might contribute something to one of the poorest leagues in Europe.

**Calcio Jack** · 28/08/2009, 6:25 PM

Originally Posted by Umberside

Being a Bohs fan that's hardly surprising, though there's some sense in it all right. Why did they sing Chisholm, Mannus and Sullivan when in reality they needed none of them?

A big adavatage of Rovers' is a new, shiny stadium and a huge fanbase and hopefully they won't go down the same route as the rest of us, though it's so tempting...

And something is happening that you don't understand...do you Mr Jones ?????

**Martinho II** · 28/08/2009, 6:47 PM

Originally Posted by Umberside

When was the last time there was 10,000 at a League of Ireland match?

was it the shamrock rovers pats game in the rds in 1990? think there was a crowd of 20000 at it.. it was rovers first game at the RDS I think...

**Umberside** · 28/08/2009, 6:52 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

was it the shamrock rovers pats game in the rds in 1990? think there was a crowd of 20000 at it.. it was rovers first game at the RDS I think...

Surely there's been 10,000 at a game since 1990 though. We had 9,000 for the league decider against Derry in '05.

**Schumi** · 29/08/2009, 9:10 PM

Originally Posted by RoversHead

How clubs react to sanctions is up to them but a no sanctions situation is not good and could allow a club thats run properly to be relegated in the same season in which another club which is run disgracefully is rewarded with prize money to dolly up thier accounts along with a Euro spot.

It'd be a shame if that happened. It's lucky it's never happened before...

Originally Posted by galwayjames

I think the league is very attractive to investors.

Only stupid/insane ones which a considerable contributing factor in many recent finncial blow ups.

**SMorgan** · 29/08/2009, 10:02 PM

On the Derry City situation see;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...st/8226720.stm

**sheao** · 29/08/2009, 10:19 PM

Hope Derry are'nt in too much trouble and that they will sort their problems out. Seems to be a sign of the league as a whole though sadly.

**thischarmingman** · 30/08/2009, 3:39 PM

http://www.derrycityfc.net/cityweb/L...upporters.html

A lot has been said and printed already about our current situation and whilst no one is denying the magnitude of the difficulty in sustaining a full time club its my wholehearted belief that this is the best way forward for us. Whilst cuts certainly need to be made and new income streams developed, it�s my belief that we can continue to operate as a full time club, albeit on a reduced budget.

**RoversHead** · 30/08/2009, 5:53 PM

For my final post on foot.ie I wish all fans of troubled clubs the very best of luck in getting things sorted out, except the forces of darkness of course.Im off to join the hoops boycott of this site.

**SMorgan** · 30/08/2009, 6:04 PM

Originally Posted by RoversHead

For my final post on foot.ie I wish all fans of troubled clubs the very best of luck in getting things sorted out, except the forces of darkness of course.Im off to join the hoops boycott of this site.

Why for?

**R�iteoir** · 30/08/2009, 6:36 PM

Originally Posted by SMorgan

Why for?

Because he's thrown the toys out of the rented pram?

**SkStu** · 30/08/2009, 7:26 PM

Originally Posted by RoversHead

For my final post on foot.ie I wish all fans of troubled clubs the very best of luck in getting things sorted out, except the forces of darkness of course.Im off to join the hoops boycott of this site.

worst boycott ever then.

**MMVIII** · 30/08/2009, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Umberside

We all know Bono likes to donate to good causes, maybe he might contribute something to one of the poorest leagues in Europe.

Bono is a tax dodging pr1ck who no more gives any of his own money to charities than my left testicle does. Rant over.

**Sidefx** · 30/08/2009, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by RoversHead

For my final post on foot.ie I wish all fans of troubled clubs the very best of luck in getting things sorted out, except the forces of darkness of course.Im off to join the hoops boycott of this site.

eh?

Cheerio

**WoodquayBoy** · 31/08/2009, 5:32 PM

Originally Posted by RoversHead

For my final post on foot.ie I wish all fans of troubled clubs the very best of luck in getting things sorted out, except the forces of darkness of course.Im off to join the hoops boycott of this site.

Oh thank God. Now, time to turn our collective attention to Dundalk fans - who's first to leave

**Aaron** · 31/08/2009, 5:48 PM

The latest is Mark McChrystal has been released and Kevin Deery is more than likely to head to Hamilton Accies in the SPL. The rumours of other players are Gray, McManus and O'Brien linked with teams across the water.

Ciaran Martyn and Ger Doherty linked with Portadown, Morrow linked with Linfield, Scullion off on his travels at the end of the season. Add to the fact that one of our prospects has refused to sign a contract and wants to go to Blackburn

**Mr A** · 31/08/2009, 5:50 PM

The more players ye can offload to better. If wages are already going unpaid it's only going to get more difficult between now and the end of the season.