Sean Prunty
According to yesterdays Mirror, cork are on the verge of signing him to replace Liam Kearney.
I thought the club had offered him a new contract?
we are going up
He's been offered a two year contract. It said it in the same article something along the lines of "Longford will not let Prunty go easily and have offered him a new two year contract". Up to him whether he wants to move to Cork. Obviously I hope he doesn't
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Rock, time to take the unhappy face off the post. Sean signs.
Am delighted he is staying but Sean came very close to leave 2 days ago because no movement was made towards him about his contract.
What is with the club and the time it takes to get players to resign or sign contracts? I would have been extremely annoyed if we had lost Sean
Ever get the feelin' you have been cheated?
Convenient that a story leaked to the papers about other interest then, eh?Originally Posted by Maz
btw as a matter of interest was it purely on getting the physical contract, or was he holding out for more money?
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
He was trying to get contact from the club..unreturned calls etc
Ever get the feelin' you have been cheated?
He's not the first player who was left waiting in limbo for a new contract...!!
Look at the younger players who should have been tied down to long term contracts e.g Graham Gartland , Sean Dillon , Barry Ferguson and reports have it that Paisley hasn't put pen to paper just yet...!!
Oh come on there is a difference in waiting for a contract and not having enought cash to keep them here
Ever get the feelin' you have been cheated?
Correct Maz but when gaffer goes around telling papers that deal is done when it's not there's something wrong.He's getting rid of the mail nucleus of the future of Longford Town and bringing in older lads like Vinny Arkins..shocking management as from what I have heard offers were not even made to the players mentioned...they were given permission to talk to other clubs and when they did..all **** hit the fan and Matthews blamed it on the player's when it was in fact of his doing..!! for example how low key was Seanie Dillon's exit from the club...??
Sean Dillon wont renew because we dont have the money. Money is all that matters. We dont have money to match Shels et all
Ever get the feelin' you have been cheated?
The club had the chance to tie down every player that was out of contract during the season and didn't.They dragged their heels and messed players around which gave other clubs the chance to come in and turn their heads.All this dark forces in the dressing crap was just a story to divert the attention away from the real people who were at fault for the situation arising in the first place.Some peope at the club need a kick in the hole and a big one at that.
"At the age of twelve, my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." - Henry Hill
Its a story I have heard from a few people. The only ones that didnt re-sign went to other clubs in favour of full time football and more money.
Ever get the feelin' you have been cheated?
Wiseguy seems to have his head screwed on and knows the inside of the club..correct in exactly what he is saying..Longfordian gone very quiet..!!
New Year's resolution not to indulge people on here..
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
You could do with a sharp one too..Some peope at the club need a kick in the hole and a big one at that.
Golf is not exciting.
Sounds like a good one, might make it my belated one too....
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Not necessarily talking about Sean here, but eL players have the whole Premier Division bled dry...no harm letting them sweat over contracts for a while.
There's only a couple of clubs left willing to pay crazy money for a mediocre return.
Last edited by Nipper; 04/01/2006 at 1:20 PM.
Why exactly?You could do with a sharp one too..
It's like this,i am an LTFC fan and always will be.I will try and make every game possible next season and support the team,the manager and the club but i'm inclined to agree with obwon on some points.Sean Dillon and Graham Gartland are 2 of the best defenders in the league.Given the fact that they are so versatile aswell makes them even more valuable.These players should have been tied down to long term contracts before any chance of them leaving came up.Bringing players like Davy Byrne,Paul Keegan and Shay Kelly to the club is not the way forward.Granted they all did ok but when Mick Dempsey broke his ankle Gary Cassin should have been promoted straight to Diggers sidekick.I understand that money at the club is tight but trimming the squad in a couple of places so we can hold onto our best players makes more sence than letting the good ones go and bringing in players at the end of their career.I can remember so many games that we were chasing last year and looking at the bench thinking to myself that there isn't one player that can be brought on to change this game.Isn't it better having a bench of local youth learning their trade than over paid players who are feck all better.
"At the age of twelve, my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." - Henry Hill
Can I ask how we're expected to match the full time contracts of Drogheda, Shels, Bohs etc? A mixed full time/ part time squad makes no sense, even if we could bloody afford to match the wages. Which we can't. And it all assumes you can get the players to sign them, which is bloody hard in this league. It's not as easy as producing a contract and making them sign it.
On local players, whilst it'd be good to see, I think Matthews is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The fans give him no cerdit and jump on him every poor performance, so I don't really blame him for loading the bench with as he see's it with reliable older pro's. Short termism maybe, but I'm not sure there is the will with the fanbase to support this kind of transition. I personally would, as I think this league and the club is being bled dry by average players, helped by a union who I feel has an even shorter term view than the clubs.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
wow agreeing with macy again, this is scary........
if you only know the silly wages shels etc are offering players, it makes no business sense and at the end of the day that is what football is, business.
dillo wanted full time and he got it and more money on top if that.
wiseguy, do you want us to play all this local players and end up back in division one ???
OR
pay the wages of shels etc and have no club at all, because we could be bankrupt within months.
alan has been givin a certain budget and he has to live with that, he might be happy but who is with a budget......he now has to make the best of it, which i think he wasn't done to bad with in the past.
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
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