will shamrock rovers go onto dominate the league for the forseable future?

**irishultra** · 28/08/2011, 1:16 PM

what do people think the implications of rovers qualifying for europa. will they become the irish version of rosenburg in the 90's?
will we see a higher quality player playing for them?

**BohsPartisan** · 28/08/2011, 1:22 PM

Yes. The rest of us are screwed unfortunately.

**irishultra** · 28/08/2011, 1:31 PM

yeah but at the moment a lot of people overrate the team, there alright but i think the champions league teams that shels and drogheda had, and even the cork city 2005/2006 team was better. so they need better players

**BohsPartisan** · 28/08/2011, 1:46 PM

Originally Posted by irishultra

yeah but at the moment a lot of people overrate the team, there alright but i think the champions league teams that shels and drogheda had, and even the cork city 2005/2006 team was better. so they need better players

I agree with that and also our 2008 and 2009 sides were better but they'll be able to mop up all the best talent from now on.

**irishultra** · 28/08/2011, 1:47 PM

ye agreed bohs as well.

**sheao** · 28/08/2011, 1:51 PM

Yeah given the way the league is at right now, this European campaign should put Rovers in a much stonger position on and off the pitch compared to other LOI clubs.

**irishultra** · 28/08/2011, 1:54 PM

they shouldnt become obsessed now with qualifying for champions league with spending on average loi players, if it happens it happens, their goal should be to make the last round of champions league qualifers and hope to get into europa group stages regularly.

**HulaHoop** · 28/08/2011, 2:25 PM

We might have an advantage over the next few years but no team dominates forever. We may not win the league this year even. To put the money we will receive in perspective, it's not as much as Bohs, Cork, Pats, Drogs and Shels spent on wages during the boom of the last 10 years. Each of those teams spent millions on players and didn't dominate for years on end.

**sullanefc** · 28/08/2011, 2:40 PM

No would be my answer. Yes they can mop up the best talent in the league with their euro prize money. But they can still only put 11 players out on the pitch, and if they assemble a big squad, then that €1 m won't last long. Also, if they are going to fork out big money for marginally better players, then that won't last long either. People are going ott about Shamrock going on to dominate.

Now if they qualify for the CL group stage, then it might be a different story.

**superfrank** · 28/08/2011, 3:08 PM

The money coming in isn't going to be that much, maybe two or three million, at best.

They should pay off their outstanding debt, then reinvest in the squad.

They have the best squad in the league at the moment and they're not dominating it. Even with more money, I don't see that changing. The only way they'd go onto dominate is if they could afford to bring in better players from outside the league but even then, the money isn't going to last that long and if they don't make it back into the group stages next year, they'd be struggling to hold onto those players.

**SPXcyan** · 28/08/2011, 3:45 PM

It really depends on what they do with the money though right?? if they spend the majority of it on players then they'll be grand out for the next few seasons maybe, maybe they'll use it on infrastructure which I would think is the best option, it'll ensure better quality players and better training facilities and spectator facilities, that'll surely ensure they'll always have quality in the club.

**sullanefc** · 28/08/2011, 3:50 PM

For the record, I think Shamrock won't be foolish enough to blow the money on the wage bill. They'll keep things tight and stick to their wage structure.

**irishultra** · 28/08/2011, 3:51 PM

ye best way for it, no point signing dross for the sake of it.

**Acornvilla** · 28/08/2011, 3:56 PM

Any decent players available on a free transfer they could nab now because there screwed squad wise for this season?

**irishultra** · 28/08/2011, 4:01 PM

they should try get a few good young players on loan from english clubs like liverpool/man u and say players will have chance of playing in europe

**placid casual** · 28/08/2011, 4:07 PM

Dont tar other clubs like Derry,Sligo, Pats et al, with the same $hit stained brush the imbeciles running your club have left you with.
Rovers have shown those self same clubs that it is possible to achieve success within a certain budget, not held to ransom like the farce we saw at pats a few weeks ago, and in a relatively short space of time.
If it proves anything, it proves that bohs and shels deserve to be where they are now. struggling.
the best of luck to youse ,
From the Champions.

**dfx-** · 28/08/2011, 5:13 PM

Rovers can, but whether they will is not necessarily a foregone conclusion or anything like it...

**Spudulika** · 28/08/2011, 5:37 PM

Rovers won't, because a rising tide will lift all boats. Only if they became unimaginably stupid and overspend on wages will they go bang - no way will the people who continue to financially back the club through thick and thin allow that to happen. There are alot of intelligent people there, with foresight and know how, they'll invest in their youth structures, build further on their fan base and get the facilities right. They won't make a fortune from this campaign, and they know that.

What will happen is a couple of clubs will get some backers who will now see euro signs in supporting local clubs and try to make a run for it. Monaghan anybody? But seriously, they will be top 3 for the next decade unless they lose their minds, which they won't, but they don't have the structure that Rosenborg had/have. They're nowhere near that level yet, but in 4-5 years they will be, by which time Cork will be back in the Premier, Derry will be moving along and Pats, Sligo and Bohs will be chasing hard.

**nigel-harps1954** · 28/08/2011, 6:45 PM

The problem here is at the end of the season any of their quality players will be snapped up by English teams after seeing them in European action. They need to have some way of keeping hold of their quality players, spending their money wisely and not getting too egotistic. Then they will dominate.

**legendz** · 28/08/2011, 7:00 PM

Derry made good money from the McClean sale. Sligo were in a decent position after their first leg but unfortunately missed out on the EL play-offs. Sligo and Derry from what I've seen are capable of making the EL play-offs.