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**Westside** · 10/01/2006, 2:08 AM

Originally Posted by Kerry Blue

Major improvements must be made by him this year otherwise he'll be finding it very hard to get money back on his investment.

Thats fair enough but I do think he is trying to get this long term lease sorted out, if he succeeds then at least he can tap in the money that has been granted to them (subject to getting this all important licence) and make Hogan Park what he said it is going to be in a few years. I don't blame him for not starting any of the work yet, would you, only to be then thrown out, it would be crazy, he may not be the wise to fotball matters yet but I would imagine he is a shrewd businessman. Also the only one who has left as confirmed by the club is McGrath, no one else, so all the speculation about everyone else leaving is only causing friction on this site. Wait and see who we have for the Shels game and then talk.............

**thelimerick** · 10/01/2006, 7:20 AM

I doubt if anybody seriously wants a return to the days at pike. That should not detract from whats happening today. Limerick FC in Irelands third largest city SHOULD be in a much better situation than it has been over the last few years, but it hasn't. The truth of the matter is that is was not run properly, the potential was always there with a city of our size and the popularity of football at all levels in Limerick. Yet this was squandered repeatedly and no real vision existed at any time that could have seen its potential realised, in footballing terms for us the fans, and finacially for its owners.
With news of DD's arival there was reason to be hopefull that we could achieve both in a relatively short period of time without getting carried away. Of course it would take time to turn a club like ours into a successfully run football club on and off the pitch. Yet it was a possibility and everyone was aware of that. That is why Hogan park was mobbed at the start of the season, expectation was high and there were plenty of people willing to back our club.
Where this potential has failed in my opinion rests with our chairman. His conduct has been a disgrace throughout the entire season, with one disaster following another. I could document each and every single one, though we are all very aware of these already. His promotion of the club has been lazy at best, his decisions eratic and his temprement disruptive. He has talked a good talk without delivering. If you think for one moment i sit back and celebrate his failures your absolutely wrong. Had he come in and not act like a demented lunatic and instead followed through on his "vision" and provided this city a club and ground we could all be proud of, despite the results i would have been delighted for him.
Instead our team has been falling apart as the season has gone on, we've lost our coaches, his talk about developing the ground was not properly thought through, his complete lack of respect for people has been severely disruptive, his playing of the media has backfired, i could go on and on. No the pike days weren't a joy to behold but neither is this false dawn. Yes we need an alternative to both situations, thats the point, we need something else at this club, something other than the current situation, BECAUSE its just not good enough. Its simply more of the same incompetance that has plagued this club for too long now.

**LFC in Exile** · 10/01/2006, 9:44 AM

I absolutely agree with the first two paragraphs thelimerick. Very well put.

Thinking about this away from the screen I think the critical mistake here was not making fans aware or not fessing up about the lack of a long-term lease. It is clear that the development mooted at the start of the season (which was the cause of a lot of the positive feeling) could not go ahead while the lease was unsorted. Westside is right when he says that nobody would undertake ground development before the current trustees of the ground sign a long term lease for the club. But a lot of grief would have been spared if we had been told this at the start of the season. If DD has said "This is what I want to do and I will do when I get a long term lease" we would have accepted that, whereas now it is being used as a stick to beat him with (ie false dawn etc etc).

In his other 'escapades' he ahs reminded me of Ollie Byrne and Ronan Seery. Not people to aspire to - but Limerick is not alone in having a chairman that may go off on one. That can be very difficult to deal with.

I know the frustrations come out of a genuine love for the club but speaking for myself I might moan or groan about certain players, manager or chairman but come kick-off time I support the blues, and so would find it hard to boycott .

**gael353** · 11/01/2006, 11:53 PM

I agree with LFC on this one

i think that with no long term lease secured i think it would be foolish of DD to invest vast sums of his money in Limerick FC at this time. Now i know some basic work will have to be done on the ground to get/retain a first division licence but running off and building stands at the moment would be a non runner. Also it has come to my attention that one of us has a VHS copy of Fr Joe giving an interview in the early 90's shortly after the purchase of Hogan park for limerick fc (not the locals of southill) is there anyone here who can copy onto a dvd and post it on this as link so we can put this mans (and john o wafflacies) mental termoil at ease?

we can sell it everywhere then to show up the clown for going back on his word.

**Nempton** · 12/01/2006, 4:08 PM

Originally by Lim Abroad
have to feel sorry for noel,i know the man and know about how much of the donkey work he did for this club,just shows what sort of cowards are running the club these days.sacking a man by fax...give me a break

Could someone please tell me what contribution Noel made to Limerick FC because as far as I'm concerned its certainly been over-exaggerated. I can't recall one worthwhile contribution he made to the club. With Noel only one club ever came first and that was Corbally as he so poignantly pointed out in the Leader. I can understand the furore over how he got sacked, it's certainly not pleasant nor am I entirely happy to see Michael O'Sullivan back in the fold. But in reality Noel benefitted from the club whereas we got nothing in return from him.