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    Fenn Announces his Retirement

    From Extratime: Says "personal reasons".
    Very strange one mid way through the season.

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    Not good for dundalk with the wafer thin squad they have left at the moment.

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    He took that Rico snub a bit too personally I fancy.

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    Is he long term injured? I'd hate to think it's anything more than that - and don't want to hear any conspiracies as he seems a decent sort.

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    He started his own coaching school and wants to concentrate on that. Could be other reasons that we don't know about obviously.

    http://www.dundalkfc.com/news/100729_Fenn.asp
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    could have finished out the season you would think..

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    Strange that he's quit mid-season, after playing 90 minutes in Galway and scoring with his last touch. Good luck to him. Leaves us with an even smaller, weaker squad though!

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    It would certainly have been preferable if he had finished out the season - but he contributed a lot to Dundalk, particularly to the strong early season form.

    Neale obviously has strong personal reasons for retiring at this stage, and by doing this now in the July window is also allowing Ian Foster to free up some budget for new signings. Matthew Tipton is the direct replacement and at least one more is expected.

    A decent guy and a tremendously skillful player.

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    will he be sticking around ireland now i wonder or going back to the uk?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duggie View Post
    will he be sticking around ireland now i wonder or going back to the uk?
    He will probably wait around until he's completed his course of sunbeds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezeikial View Post
    Matthew Tipton is the direct replacement and at least one more is expected.
    and how would you know are you involved in the club or something

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    Joining Rovers now apparently!

    Cant see it happening though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezeikial View Post
    It would certainly have been preferable if he had finished out the season - but he contributed a lot to Dundalk, particularly to the strong early season form.

    Neale obviously has strong personal reasons for retiring at this stage, and by doing this now in the July window is also allowing Ian Foster to free up some budget for new signings. Matthew Tipton is the direct replacement and at least one more is expected.

    A decent guy and a tremendously skillful player.
    Dont want to sound smart but from what i seen of Tipton last night,
    he wouldnt lace Fenns boots. Just doesnt look the part.
    But in fairness to himself and Faz they got little service.

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    Quote Originally Posted by srfc1928 View Post
    Dont want to sound smart but from what i seen of Tipton last night,
    he wouldnt lace Fenns boots. Just doesnt look the part.

    It wouldn't be like a Sligo Rovers fan to totally dismiss the abilities of a player after one viewing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dong View Post

    It wouldn't be like a Sligo Rovers fan to totally dismiss the abilities of a player after one viewing!
    True
    In fairness to the guy it was his first game, but sometimes you can tell after 5 minutes whether a fella is gonna cut it or not.
    But i could be totally wrong.

    In general I was surprised by Dundalk, there was very little fight in them which is unusual for a Dundalk team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dunny View Post
    Joining Rovers now apparently!

    Cant see it happening though.
    There will be uproar if he signs for another club.

    Everybody will be retiring one week and coming of retirement the next week just to break a contract.
    Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
    Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
    Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!

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    He'd have to buy out his contract anyway if he did join another club.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin View Post
    He'd have to buy out his contract anyway if he did join another club.
    Would he?
    He decides to retire - the club accepts his word - the contract is gone - so he then becomes a free agent.
    Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
    Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
    Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!

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    It was canceled on the understanding that he was retiring. Joining another club so soon would indicate that he had dissolved the contract by deception and Dundalk would have an easy ride of suing him for the full value of the contract (probably only a couple of grand), or else they'd just insist they own his registration and that he can't sign for another club.

    Either way, he'd have to be pretty stupid to try it.

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    If Fenn went to Shams it would open up a can of worms that i dont believe has been seen in LOI contractual problems before??
    I cant see it happening though.

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