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Lim till i die
ITT: Some oddly sour Cork fans.
*sighs*
For the last time: The Markets Field project is in this current phase out of Limerick FC's hands.
I would have thought this was fairly easy to understand.
But I'll put it another way for you.
Supposing a local Cork celebrity, say Brendan O'Connor, donates some money to do up the local school. He places the school in a trust saying the building can only ever be used for a school. Excited, you go to the meeting in the old halla and the builder says "Not a bother twill be done by Tuesday". Well you meet Johnny down the pub after and when he asks you how things are going you say "fantastic, not a bother, done next Tuesday."
Next Tuesday arrives and you go down for the unveiling but alas it's not ready. You meet the builder who tells you that at the last minute Mike Murphy has stuck his oar in to give his two cents, he wants a wash pool for the kids of Calcutta, a giant mirror and a throne installed. No bother though says the builder, Thursday week and twill be sorted.
Well when Johnny down the pub asks you now you say "Slight delay Johnny but its all for the best, Thursday week." "Powerful" says Johnny. "Barman, can I have another pint of Beamish, Guinness is pure ****e altogether you know."
Thursday week comes and you run down the road, this school is going to be great. The builders standing there you notice there's only been a tiny bit of work done. The builder explains that just as they were about to turn the sod Fergal Keane arrived in demanding a twenty foot statue of the Queen. Simon Coveney arrived in just after him demanding it be twenty five feet. "We eventually got them to settle at twenty two and a half feet but tis set us back another while" says the builder. "Don't worry about it, Wednesday fortnight you'll have a school fit for a, well, queen."
Later in the pub when Johnny asks you how the new school is you puff your cheeks "I tell you biy the delays are gettin a bit much now, but I've been told Wednesday week, and twill be all sorted. Give us another pint of Beamish there barman, tis just as well we have it with all this going on, i'd be driven mad altogether if I had to drink that Guinness ****e."
But alas, as time goes on the Tuesdays and the Wednesdays and the Thursdays pass, Eddie Hobbs arrives looking to slap apartments on the side of the school, Ronan O'Gara arrives looking for the half erected statue of the queen to be torn down, Mary Kingston arrives looking for a padded cell to be built, Dervla O'Rourke wants a fourth place added to the podium in the school gym, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers rocks up looking for a spare smoke.
Delay, Delay, Delay.
You explain to Johnny in the pub with increasing bewilderment each time.
You know the school is going to be built eventually. Ballsy O'Connor is a powerful man and he's not going to let his donation go to waste.
Despite this full knowledge that the school will be built you cannot give an exact date. Only dates that the builder gives you.
Because its out of your hands.
Sure the builder might make you feel a bit silly sometimes. But that's not the issue. Thanks to Ballsy the long term future is secure.
But in the meantime though the school year is about to start.
So you move into a prefab.
Because it's out of your hands.
That's basically in a nutshell the craic with Limerick. Very simple really.
Luckily our prefab is Thomond Park.
Which takes a lot of pressure off the builder and has gotten Johnny up off his barstool and out to the odd game.
Right, aside from the Markets Field issue, which I hope I've explained above in a way that Cork people can understand, lets look at some other things Limerick have said and how they worked out:
Take on the FAI for the right to host marquee friendlies - Check
Win the First Division - Check
Take our time selecting the right candidate for managers job - Check
Secure a Premier Division Licence - Check
Put together a competitive squad - Check
Improve training facilities - Check
Improve off field structures - Check (CEO position filled with sole intention of causing Cork maximum needle)
Start to grow roots in the community - Check (Reclaim Project, kids from Limerick going to Arsenal, kids from Arsenal coming to Limerick, Prison Project)
Grow the club - Check (Schoolboy setup - 0 teams four years ago. 11 teams this year.)
Football for all - Check (Special Olympics Team competing, thirty strong group within our schoolboy setup as well.)
Was it Meatloaf who sang "Ten Out Of Eleven Aint Bad"??
Are there issues?? Of course there are we're a League Of Ireland Club but overall we're doing alright and I reckon anyone looking for some good old League Of Ireland Disaster Porn (and who among us isn't??) would be much better off looking elsewhere in the medium term.
This danger exists solely in your head.
We had 1700 at a UCD game on a miserable Tuesday night.
In Jackman you can divide that crowd by six.
Limerick FC have absolutely nothing to gain from leaving Thomond Park and moving back to Jackman Park.
Thomond Park Stadium have absolutely nothing to gain from Limerick FC leaving.
Win. Win.
The danger exists solely in your head.
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