QuoteThat was a long game.Originally Posted by A.Dolan
Ah, for fecks sake, don't say we're signing Pat Dolan. A.Dolan is bad enough.
That was a long game.
Heard from a good source that Raf is keen to stay, if rovers offer a reasonable contract he's going nowhere, Dublin dosent suit his circumstances and would cost him €'s on travel etc. I'm sure he'd love the chance to win the league though & good luck to him either way.
Depends what Rovers version of reasonable and Rafs' version is.
Money to travel? For gods sake no matter what I'm pretty sure Bohs or Shams would give him travelling expenses
I must say I'm very happy to hear what Kevin said about us keeping within the budget rather then losing the run of ourselves
He is hardly going to commute from Sligo to training and matches every day.
Bohs and Shams wouldn't accept that.
No matter what the Club comes first.
If his wage demands dont fit into the budget I dont want to run up a debt for the sake of keeping one or two one or two players.
When they retire or leave we will still be the ones going to the Showgies for years to come.
Whats the story with Keane an Brush?
Iv heard they were both offered bad deals...not by them themselves.
If we lose them pair over a few hundred euro we can kiss goodbye to the whole core of the club...Rumour has it the people that give them the offers are acting up, ALOT
Shedzer,
Keane and Brushie have been made offers.
Everybody's budget including our own has been reduced.
This year we will have no money from Europe or Seamus Coleman.
If our budget is reduced, then as a knock on effect, players wages will be reduced not increased.
Have a look around, the majority of people I know have taken pay cuts, are on a 3 day week or have even lost their job.
Approx 450 jobs have gone in Sligo town in the last few weeks.
Let's put things into perspective here.
I could also turn around and say that if we had won the cup our budget wouldn't have been cut as much or at all. Maybe if Seamus Coleman was a twin, we could have got double the money from Everton.
If,If,If - the bottom line is our budget is agreed and we have to keep within it. Everybody has their favourite players and we are all managers who think we know best but if we were to pay everybodys favourite player what they wanted, we might manage 1 or 2 weeks wages and end up with no club.
Then you could turn around and say the the lads are not doing a good job but at the minute I think they are.
bottom line is keep things in order financially and i think the club are doing that at the moment. morrison, camano, r.turner, probably raff, boco and cash all gone, say about 2500+ from last seasons weekly wage bill gone, we need to spend that well now
I have no great interest in the situation in Sligo, if we cant afford to give our best players a contract that is on par with their prior contract then it is worthless.
Keane and Brush were not on high wages as is, you know that right?
We have cut speding already, by losing an estimate of 6-7 players.
(Morrison, Camanho, Boco, Raf, Rafter, Kendrick, R.Turner )
That is a cut of €4000 roughly already.. Bottom line, including signing Turner and Almond, we can afford to keep the two mentioned players...core players to any success we have had.
Dont talk about favorite players here, talk about common sense. Neither Keane nor Brush are my favourite players.
Why bring in Almond on a 2 year contract when you cannot sign a player like say Keane, who is already at the club (priority no?) and performed brilliant as the season went on. He would get a contract on merit.
Where are the priorities?
Why bring in Almond on a 2 year contract when you cannot sign a player like say Keane, who is already at the club (priority no?) and performed brilliant as the season went on. He would get a contract on merit.
Where are the priorities?[/QUOTE]
Probably a question for Cookie that one.
The maths are not adding up though and the logic even less so.
Unless Cook doesnt want the players at the club (possible but unlikely), i would have though it was a given to sign up already known and fairly good players as first priority?
Maybe there is some masterplan behin this, but i am a sceptic as of yet.
I didnt know 2 year contracts where still 'feasible' given the current economic climate.
Depends on the player. A 200 year contract for Gavin Peers seems very feasible even in the current economic climate.
And btw, it's Amond.
I just heard he was a bit of a nut
Id sign Peers at all possible costs but id still sign up the tried and trusted Keane and Brush too asap.
As would I, but I don't know the full extent of the situation so I won't go blaming club/players for once.I just heard he was a bit of a nut
Id sign Peers at all possible costs but id still sign up the tried and trusted Keane and Brush too asap.
thats a silly comment to make.
keane was offered a contract. pointless post
If the contract was such that the player would be as well of on the dole per se, how can he accept it?
Do you know what Keane was offered?
NO.
Get back in your box so.
I reckon a spine of Murray, Turner and Amond would be the foundation of a serious team. Excellent news if we've secured all three and are within budget.
"Even if the wind stops to blow
Even if the sea ceases to flow
Even if the sun ceases to rise
The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning star glittering in the sky."
I know for fact that Gavin Peers is a Sligo player for next season. Signed yesterday. Have it on very good authority.
You just read it here, didn't you
http://www.sligorovers.com/index.php...ews&Itemid=246
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