Galway put entire squad up for sale

**gufct** · 23/06/2011, 10:02 AM

Yes but we wont be all Amateur.We will lose the mercenarys but there are professional that want to stay and as we all have said 2 players are the only ones who caused this the rest of the players have been more than helpful in their dealings with the club.The players have been kept upto date throughout the last 3 weeks and 3 officals met them once again after the Pats Game to pay them what we could after the game but again the 2 individuals were trying to cause friction within the camp.

**Macy** · 23/06/2011, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by gufct

We couldnt go down the Foras route because of the 3 club scenario and we would be burning local businesses which didnt bother Nick but went completely against GUST's Principles.

Not necessarily - I'm pretty sure Derry put in place plans to pay back creditors, even though they didn't have the legal obligation to, to maintain goodwill towards the club. You could pick and choose who to burn in that situation. How much of the debt is "directors loans"?

**bluewhitearmy** · 23/06/2011, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

good analogy, I hope Limerick fans take heed

Great that you just totally ignore the fact he said doing nothing in the background our lads have done tons in the background.

**El-Pietro** · 23/06/2011, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy

Great that you just totally ignore the fact he said doing nothing in the background our lads have done tons in the background.

lets just wait and see shall we, my club has been through this and it all looks very familiar to me. just try and keep a close eye on your club and don't just assume everything is rosy because you are being told so - don't want to take this thread off topic so won't be posting on this subject again in this thread.

hope everything works out for Galway, I don't know how serious it is but it makes sense to cut costs where you can when you are almost certainly getting relegated. Hope they can pull out of this and build a strong sustainable club. The more we have the better the league will be be.

**gufct** · 23/06/2011, 11:06 AM

Directors loans and Bank loans guarenteed by them is over 3/4 of the debt if not more and they are in discussions with the banks involved to try and work out these. GUST have no shareholding in the Company so we arent laible for any of this.

People on here seem to think that the club is beng run by the directors it is not and has not for nearly a year now by the supporters who have actually reduced the debts while trying to keep the show on the road. A lot of people on here read a headline and automatically assume we are going bust well if we have anything to do with we will be here for many years to come but it is going to take many years hard work and we knew this when we agreed to take over the running of the club.

**peadar1987** · 23/06/2011, 12:23 PM

Now that the club is being run sustainably, it does actually make sense for the creditors to make deals with Galway to consolidate the debts. There is at least a chance they'll get some or most of their money back eventually in that case. If they all start acting like the seagulls out of Finding Nemo, the club will go to pieces almost instantly, and none of them will get anything. I think it's a slightly different situation to Sporting Fingal, or Agent Coughlan's time at Cork, and Galway have a better chance of coming out the other end of it at some point.

**Macy** · 23/06/2011, 1:34 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

Directors loans and Bank loans guarenteed by them is over 3/4 of the debt if not more and they are in discussions with the banks involved to try and work out these. GUST have no shareholding in the Company so we arent laible for any of this.

People on here seem to think that the club is beng run by the directors it is not and has not for nearly a year now by the supporters who have actually reduced the debts while trying to keep the show on the road.

It did ring a bell alright that GUST had taken over running the club earlier.

What happens if/when all debts are paid? Have GUST any guarantee's about taking control of the club?

I'm still not sure the GUST approach is right, seems the worst of all worlds to me, but I assume it was a democratic decision.

**gufct** · 23/06/2011, 2:38 PM

It was Macy after an EGM. We looked at all the possibilities and we decided this was the only way feasible of keeping the club going. The FAI dont care because havent Galway got 2 other clubs anyway.

**Lim till i die** · 23/06/2011, 2:41 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

lets just wait and see shall we, my club has been through this and it all looks very familiar to me. just try and keep a close eye on your club and don't just assume everything is rosy because you are being told so - don't want to take this thread off topic so won't be posting on this subject again in this thread.

You actually haven't a bulls notion what you're talking about

Don't worry about us, we're grand for the next two or three years.

the 2 individuals were trying to cause friction within the camp.

All the insinuation abut the Galway two and mercenaries and blah, blah, blah going on is getting tedious.

These aren't megastars, these are working class blokes many with small families I'm sure, if you owe them money pay them and they'll stop cribbing. How would anyone here like it if their boss ghouled them around to the extent gufc have been ghouling their players around?

Also any player that wouldn't give you their tax details shouldn't be signed surely?

**gufct** · 23/06/2011, 3:19 PM

Also any player that wouldn't give you their tax details shouldn't be signed surely?

I dont think the 2 individuals realise the position they have put themselves in.Most of our players were signed right up to 24 hrs before the season kicked off because of the appeal so everything was rushed through and we got all the other players details within a week but the 2 amigos thought they were being smart.

Its amazing that Lims fans hold such bitterness towards GUFC as there has always been a grate comrdeship between both clubs except for a few youn pc warriors who have all forgotten about LOI now that they have copped on and started following Barstoolers.

The present regime in Galway hasnt ghouled anyone and fully intend to pay up whats due except maybe the 2 amigos.

**Lim till i die** · 23/06/2011, 3:35 PM

Originally Posted by gufct

I dont think the 2 individuals realise the position they have put themselves in.Most of our players were signed right up to 24 hrs before the season kicked off because of the appeal so everything was rushed through and we got all the other players details within a week but the 2 amigos thought they were being smart.

Was the club paying them all along without their tax details sorted? How did ye work that out?

Its amazing that Lims fans hold such bitterness towards GUFC as there has always been a grate comrdeship between both clubs except for a few youn pc warriors who have all forgotten about LOI now that they have copped on and started following Barstoolers.

Puzzling.

The present regime in Galway hasnt ghouled anyone and fully intend to pay up whats due except maybe the 2 amigos

EDIT: My 6000th post

Pretty underwhelming in fairness.

**gufct** · 23/06/2011, 3:39 PM

Not puzzling at all with what there on sorting out the tax situation is simple like both of these lads.

**Terry-Lander** · 25/06/2011, 8:06 PM

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**nosebleds** · 25/06/2011, 11:22 PM

[QUOTE=gufct;1501228]Also any player that wouldn't give you their tax details shouldn't be signed surely?

Its amazing that Lims fans hold such bitterness towards GUFC as there has always been a grate comrdeship between both clubs except for a few youn pc warriors who have all forgotten about LOI now that they have copped on and started following Barstoolers.
GUFC.u will bounce back,it may take time but u will come good,V Best of luckin the n
ext few months.

**Red Star** · 26/06/2011, 10:26 AM

Galway are a joke of a club. Board members hanging up all the dirty laundry all over the internet like children. Continually blaming the last board for their problems and crying victim then have the nerve to call footballers who weren't paid mercenaries? You work a honest week you should expect to get paid the players are well in the right to make a issue about it if Galway are messing around with them.

**bullit** · 26/06/2011, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by Red Star

Galway are a joke of a club. Board members hanging up all the dirty laundry all over the internet like children. Continually blaming the last board for their problems and crying victim then have the nerve to call footballers who weren't paid mercenaries? You work a honest week you should expect to get paid the players are well in the right to make a issue about it if Galway are messing around with them.

Yeeee-Haaaa lets get this thread moving !!!

**gufct** · 26/06/2011, 4:12 PM

One star Player who was down to play on Friday Turned up at half time in Oriel on Friday night the self same player who has been trying to instigate all the players to bring the club to its knees.We dont have a board we have a volunteer Managment Commitee who were all on the streets of Galway yesterday in the pouring rain collecting money in our flag day to pay this clowns wages.

**Dodge** · 26/06/2011, 4:15 PM

In all fairness it is a little rich for you to complain about someone who's owed money by your club. whatever the amount. We're not talking about lads of millions a year. They earn less than a working wage and deserve to have whatever contract they signed be honoured

Your constant snipes about then are pathetic

**gufct** · 26/06/2011, 4:22 PM

He is owed €150 and will be paid and the door will be closed behind him.

**Charlie Darwin** · 26/06/2011, 5:06 PM

From the sound of it he won't be particularly upset to hear the door shot. If it's such a small amount of money the club should make it a priority to pay, particularly since, as Dodge pointed out, they're not making a living wage. As a self-employed person I have very little sympathy for companies that withhold relatively small amounts of money.