Shamrock Rovers ask RTÉ to stay away from Tallaght to boost crowds

**Nesta99** · 19/09/2015, 7:59 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Nothing to do with Fenlon - simply an act of desperation by a dysfunctional board under whose stewardship the club is near to being broke

Going on previous experiences Fenlon's definitely the man you want in charge not to finish off the cash reserve and provide a brand of football that people want to come out and pay to watch, TV cameras or not! Is the board not selected by the members and if so a block of the alienated members could vote their nominee to the board?

**outspoken** · 19/09/2015, 8:41 PM

Awful game

**redarmyfaction** · 19/09/2015, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Nothing to do with Fenlon - simply an act of desperation by a dysfunctional board under whose stewardship the club is near to being broke

Its been looking that way for a while, from this distance anyways.

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/09/2015, 11:33 PM

The club isn't near to being broke, jesus. I don't know where Rovers find these people.

**Dalymountrower** · 20/09/2015, 6:02 AM

The mismanagement of international manager of the year , MON, national manager of the year SK, and some bizarre decisions around spending it's Europe league profits, has pulled Rovers back into the funding levels of Cork, Sligo and now well behind Dundalk.Going nowhere with the squad they have but enough funding to challenge for 2nd/3rd most years
Fen lon would be mad not to take the under 20's offer from Celtic as they will turn on him soon enough

**White Horse** · 20/09/2015, 8:46 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

The club isn't near to being broke, jesus. I don't know where Rovers find these people.

I believe you.

Any side with two Brennans is unlikely to be overspending. Yellow pack players.

**Calcio Jack** · 20/09/2015, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

The club isn't near to being broke, jesus. I don't know where Rovers find these people.

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

The mismanagement of international manager of the year , MON, national manager of the year SK, and some bizarre decisions around spending it's Europe league profits, has pulled Rovers back into the funding levels of Cork, Sligo and now well behind Dundalk.Going nowhere with the squad they have but enough funding to challenge for 2nd/3rd most years
Fen lon would be mad not to take the under 20's offer from Celtic as they will turn on him soon enough

Moving from cash reserves of over a million Euro at end of 2011 to a position of nil cash reserves and the playing budget greatly reduced may not mean we're broke but we're in a very precarious position in terms of cash flow- hence the pressure to qualify for Europa and the ultimate responsibility for that rests solely with the board- and Dalymountrower articulates the boards errors perfectly.

So not broke but above is how many of ' these people' feel.

**Nesta99** · 20/09/2015, 3:18 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

hence the pressure to qualify for Europa.

Come on St Pats!

**Ezeikial** · 20/09/2015, 8:18 PM

Broke, near broke, squandering cash reserves? It's always great fun to watch the fur flying when the Hoops are in distress

**PartySaint** · 21/09/2015, 9:56 AM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Come on St Pats!

You'll need Dundalk to sacrifice the Cup win tho

**Dalymountrower** · 21/09/2015, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

Broke, near broke, squandering cash reserves? It's always great fun to watch the fur flying when the Hoops are in distress

Not too long since Dundalk were in that position, I wouldn't tempt fate if I were you given the precarious position of your home ground.

**White Horse** · 21/09/2015, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Not too long since Dundalk were in that position, I wouldn't tempt fate if I were you given the precarious position of your home ground.

The situation with Oriel Park is not "precarious". That is hyperbole.

**Ezeikial** · 21/09/2015, 2:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Not too long since Dundalk were in that position, I wouldn't tempt fate if I were you given the precarious position of your home ground.

It is always a great source of comfort and humour to be able to have a laugh at the models clubs expense.

It used to be the same with Bohs too.

**colonelwest** · 21/09/2015, 6:09 PM

Maybe one day the corpo/ county council can buy us all grounds to play in!

**Acornvilla** · 21/09/2015, 7:41 PM

I can't wait until about 50 years time when Longford are randomly good, so I can be an arse to everyone on internet forums.

**placid casual** · 21/09/2015, 8:58 PM

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.

**Nesta99** · 22/09/2015, 1:08 AM

Its tongue in cheek with Dundalk fans obviously!

**redobit** · 22/09/2015, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Moving from cash reserves of over a million Euro at end of 2011 to a position of nil cash reserves and the playing budget greatly reduced may not mean we're broke but we're in a very precarious position in terms of cash flow- hence the pressure to qualify for Europa and the ultimate responsibility for that rests solely with the board- and Dalymountrower articulates the boards errors perfectly.

So not broke but above is how many of ' these people' feel.

Did Shams not build a training ground with the Europa money.

**Macy** · 24/09/2015, 11:09 AM

Going back on topic - back in the early 2000's, there were payments for TV, weren't there? Seem to remember it being £4,000 for the home team, £2,000 for the away team. Or was that only in the cup? We've had so few live league games it hasn't come up a whole lot... £4,000 in 2001 would be the equivalent of over €7000 now I reckon.