If offered a premier licence should we take it.......No. We don't deserve it based on the season and the stats prove that. Some say we can't afford not to be in premier but the fact is we have no money and would be on another season of embarrasing hidings. That said I hope we can rebuild and will continue supporting the club, in whatever guise it takes.
A huge THANK YOU to the management committee and loyal fans who took on a seemingly impossible task, paid bills to local suppliers left by the previous regime and as Geezer would say 'put the ball in the centre circle' every week.
Had the pleasure to briefly meet some Mons fans in the Menlo park before the game and others afterwards and they are a credit to the club. At the end of the game I went to the Mons fans and applauded them, not one jeer was thrown my way. In fact their humility was amazing.
Feeling gutted today but with the core fan base that is committed to the cause I'm sure we will rise from the ashes and keep the Galway flag flying high.
If YOU are not part of the solution,
YOU ARE part of the problem
Anything but...sang their hearts out from start to finish, and they had any amount of banners in the away section. Scenes of absolute delirium when the final whistle blew. They didn't have to invade the pitch.Originally Posted by LFC-Zulu
Mons have one of the smallest support bases in the league, and have somehow punched amazingly above their weight. Great achievement for them and best of luck to them
I cant really think of any reason why ye wouldnt accept it better chance of sponsorship and better crowds in the prem at the start of the season.
The only thing would be if ye have a weaker team then ye did this year would hiding after hiding drive people away from the club.
Couldnt see any club turning down the chance to stay up.
Best of luck with things in the off season and hopefully ill be seeing ye next season in the 1st division.
Have you forgotten last years play off? Apart from having to approach a wall to invade a pitch they were probably back in Monaghan before they were convinced that nothing could go wrong
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Not necessarily. I think more people might come if we can win the odd match in the First than lose almost every match in the Premier.
Could be a bad thing for ye to stay up so...
I hope it doesnt come to it and no-one goes bust but thats not very likely.
Agreed, and besides its demoralising seeing the team you support get soundly beaten week in week out.
We've never really achieved anything what we'd have liked since we came up to the Premier. Its been a relegation battle year after year since we were promoted.
2007- finished 8th out of 12 teams which wasn't bad given it was our first year back up.
2008- Progress was expected, and there was genuine hopes we could get a top half finish. Season turned into a nightmare early on- Cousins sacked, financial problems, no home win til October. Great escape pulled off on the final night of the season in Belfield. Finished 9th out of 12 teams.
2009- Promising start under Foster, wayward middle. Dropped into the play-off places on the last night of the season. Avoided such scenario owing to Derry's expulsion. Finished 8th out of 10 teams.
2010- Sprinkles of class here and there, poor 2nd half to the season. Beat Bray in the play-off. Finished 8th out of 10 again
2011- Bottom of the pile.
We've been just hanging on year on year. Next season would more than likely be the same. While its great to be in the Premier, struggling year after year inevitably leads to relegation. There's only so much times you can go to the well before it dries up.
why were Galway on the Late Late Mr Maroon?? By the way great talkin to you in the press box!!At least I know what you look like now!
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
yeah spot on oriel ...
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Wasn't it because the interview with the Prez?
but he was in Terryland though??Im sure he stayed the whole game..
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
It was Mario Rosenstock taking the michael?
Yeah; wasn't he interviewed before the game, and then the interview shown on telly after?
Congrats Mons. Commiserations Galway. You'll be back soon, hopefully.
It was good to meet you as well.
That was on the 9 o'clock news.
Yes. He said a poem about GUFC as Michael D.
Just about recovered from a ridiculous drunken night last night and only just got the result now.
Congrats to Mons. Commiserations to to Galway. A season in the FD to get yourselves sorted is what you need.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
OK! But change back your mo' fo' avatar!
I'd tend to agree which is why I asked. Nobody wants to support a hopeless case and from listening to the Galway fans on here yer not likely to have much of a budget next season. Instead of going down and starting the rejuvenation of the club right away, seems staying in the Premier would just be kicking the can down the road. A strange situation that will of course only become real if Bohs do implode
I don't think there's a team in Ireland that would turn down a place in the Premier Division, whether it's Galway United or Raheny United, so you couldn't blame Galway if they did. The FAI should use some discretion if the situation arises because Limerick are clearly the next in line.
Cant turn down a prem place if we get a licence. Absolute madness if we did as the revenue from sponsorship and bigger crowds would be hugely significant. How will playing in front of one man and his dog improve our club. The only thing we had going for us in attracting good local players above Mervue & Salthill is that we were a Premier Team.
We as a club have learned more in the last year than we would learn in 10 years in the first. The elephant in the room is 3 clubs in Galway which means that over €500,000 will be taken out of soccer in Galway to run the clubs without a player being payed absolute madness.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
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