Gartland Gone

[Maz]

good riddence! another mc govern! bloody defenders, bad attitudes

[gheewhizz]

I can tell you that on Monday after the game I ask Garto will I see you next year & his response was "probably not as I wasn't treated fairly here"! I just looked at him in shock; I answered "yhea right"! As I know for a fact that he was treated very well at LTFC, for the reason's that Longfordian said, plus I know he was already on good money with us.

[Longfordian]

fook him we're better off without "me feiners" like him..deserves any bit of abuse he may get when he returns in my opinion..

[max power]

oh btw pic of gheewhizz to be on one f this weekend......with shiny trophy

[Pauro 76]

thing i dont understand. We have two trophies in the cabinet, European football coming up, hes not leaving us for our lack of ambition. Hes not leaving us for a bigger club. Which means one thing. The ca$h.

[the 12 th man]

Which means one thing. The ca$h.

money is indeed a powerful weapon.
maybe he was made an offer he could'nt refuse.

goint to miss hearing the "shags the cup" song

[Macy]

money is indeed a powerful weapon.
maybe he was made an offer he could'nt refuse.

Ultimately it's his and most players profession. If he was offered silly money (which from what I've heard he was) then you can't blame players taking it. However, when you're getting down to €50 here and there, that makes him a príck imo. (What we were doing trying to match his money from the bottomless cash pit Drogs seem to have is another matter)

[observer]

It could be far worse - it could have been Sean Dillon who would have been irreplacable. As it is we only have to find someone who gets booked regularly for mouthing and is willing to shed his clothes in public and Garto will have been adequatley covered.

[max power]

It could be far worse - it could have been Sean Dillon who would have been irreplacable.

no player is irreplaceable

[Dillo]

no player is irreplaceable

Dillo is.

[TheJamaicanP.M.]

Dillo is.

Have to agree with you there Dillo. We'll never find a player that looks as good on the ball as Dillo.

[Enda M]

yeah he is a deadly player someone told me shels are looking for him to replace crawley hope its bull#hit though.

[Longfordian]

They approached him last year but he signed a new deal, he has another year and we'd be due a good lump of compensation if he does go next year, obviously hope that never happens

[Flea]

So long to Graham Gartland- we only want loyal players at this club. Dillon on the other hand is a massive player for us, the only player capable naturally of the 'big-big' time. We must hang onto him at all costs. I couldn't blame him if he left considering how talented he is. Gartland on the other hand was a two-bit nobody before Matthews picked him up and now obviously has a massive head. The Drog money bubble will soon burst and he'll have egg on his face. Bring back Paul McNally!

[Longfordian]

"Balloon head" I think Mathews said to somebody about Gartland..sums it up really.

[Enda M]

a two-bit nobody

nice one cudnt have put it better meself

[Regaine]

Heard some more on Garto's departure today, it would seem he's going around telling people (Journos in particular) porkies about how he wasn't offered a proper contract by Longford, and how much he would have loved to have stayed but the club weren't treating him well, so I was asked to put forward the club's side of the story..Garto was negotiating a new contract with Alan, he asked for x amount per week which Alan felt was on the high side, but having thought about it decided he wanted to keep Garto so agreed to give him slightly more even than he had originally demanded. Bear in mind, he was already on decent money for a relatively unknown 21 year old defender.

Garto then went to Drogheda and used this figure to negotiate a better offer for himself and then returned and said to Alan, I now want x+50 or whatever, another good jump..Basically the club and Alan felt he showed no loyalty to the manager and club who rescued his career from being stuck getting €50 a week in Pats' U21s and took him to Europe even though he was injured to give him experience, the only injured player to be brought and stuck with him and developed him, and they feel that their side of the story should be given to the fans, but don't want to conduct their affairs through the national media.

All in all he's let a lot of people down. On a brighter note we're pretty close to signing two new players in the next day or so apparently..

If its true--and i'm sure it must be if you say the club asked you to say it--the Longford curse will follow him.Who left Longford and is playing at a decent level--except Stuie who only left by default?

[Longfordian]

Feck it, time to forget about it, this type of stuff happens in football regularly, disappointing but no point getting too worked up over it, whoever comes will do the job just as well im sure

[max power]

well said, lets face it the guy ALWAYS did his best on the pitch and people change jobs the whole time.....spoke to him last and and have to say i hold not ill feelings with him at all after havin a chat bout the move.

best of luck garto and i for one will welcome u back to the flansiro.

[Longfordian]

I think he's making a mistake but it's his decision and as you say he did give his all when he was here, so I wish him well except against us