You talking about Feely? maybe he's offered expenses by Pats or €50 by Bohs. Evan McMillan isn't signing for Pats this year because of work commitments. He's signing for Bohs because that suits.
Its similar to the argument over on boards.ie about Pats and Shels competing with each other for players. Its about who values the players more. Pats might have a budget of, say, 6.5k, and Shels say, 5k. Both managers like Kevin Dawson. Buckley's willing to spend €300 p/w, but Matthews is willing to spend €350 p/w. Add in he's comfortable there etc and he's going to stay there. Just because someone has a bigger budget, doesn't mean they'll outbid everyone with a lower budget for all players.
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