thats not true. from what i hear keith foy is the highest paid player at the club, 800euro and accomadation and rafs offer was nowhere near that! rafs not the boll*x its the manager!Originally Posted by Redzer
Last edited by Champer; 22/02/2006 at 2:50 PM.
This could seriously damage the relationship between management and fans at the showgrounds.How can we be certain of anything when a couple of weeks after signing a new contract a player leaves.Players like cretaro are the heart and soul of this club.Timing is also shocking with only hours left until the transfer window closes.Its going to be very difficult to get by in the premier with such a small squad.
Some serious questions have to be asked of the manager when so many players leave after winning a league title.
I wonder if Raf will be playing on the right wing for Galway this Saturday and ..... do you think he will be able to skin Foy?????
No a hard question to answer ....
Things look as if Sligo had got relegated last season looking at the amount of exits on this list:
Sligo Rovers
In -
Chris Turner (Derby County)
Keith Foy (Monaghan)
Adam Hughes (Doncaster)
Gavin Peers (Mansfield)
Out -
Rafael Cretaro
Ciarán Foley
Ryan O'Donnell (all Galway)
Philip Gallagher
Christopher Kelly
Alan Flynn (all released)
Stephen O'Donnell (Finn Harps)
Kupono Low (LA Galaxy)
Ian Rossiter
Jim Sheridan (both Athlone)
Tim McCann (Linfield)
Paul Brown (Ballymena)
How do rovers supporters feel about the coming season?
Last edited by Terry; 22/02/2006 at 3:08 PM.
we signed three players today mickensie from hibs brush and judge too
Badly needed, where do they play?
Best of luck next season, and hopefully now, we should be joining ye up there!
raf shook hands on a new full time deal bout 5 weeks. as far as i'm concerned he's the bollo*ks. i hope enjoys playin in front of 300 ppl next season
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I mentioned this sometime ago that connor should have kept o'Donnell, not so sure about Foley though, this is obviously fantastic news for Galway, although what i would say to these negative comments is that SC is the manager and i would leave the negative comments until at least 7 or 8 games into the season, like one of you pointed out Raff was influenced from somebody on the outside i believe this to be true, he was offered a decent contract, is it a wise move signing for Galway, i don't really know, a fans favourite for many years he has been a class act for us, i wish him well!
Who are the three new additions to the four mentioned above.What do you know about them
spot on. i think ppl will have forgotten bout raf by may. sean connor won us the league last year, the cheek of any rovers fans to doubt him
"Even if the sun ceases to rise, Even if the sea ceases to flow, Even if the wind stops to blow, The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning, glinting star in the sky."
yes...but seanie did win us the league and i think we should stick by him but i dont think raff will be forgotten by may
Thats correct Red4Eva. He then went back looking for more. So F*ck him. Sean has said on more than one occasion, that if a player does not want to give Rovers 100% then he doesn't want him.
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I dont think anyone doubts him,its just that im worried that he is making a habit of falling out with people and whos to say the next person wont be the chairman.It would be a disastor were he to end up leaving over some silly dispute.
well maybe not forgotten but we'll get over it
"Even if the sun ceases to rise, Even if the sea ceases to flow, Even if the wind stops to blow, The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning, glinting star in the sky."
Think it's shocking news so near to the start of the season. I don't know who is to blame and there are probably 2 sides to it. Most fans don't really care about the circumstances. They just want a strong team and most would want Raff in it !
I have great time for Sean and it's not a case of doubting him. But when a player who has given so much (even before Sean arrived ) decides for whatever reason that he'd be better off going to Galway then you'd have to wonder.
Part of management is about man management and in the case of Tosh,O'Donnell,Carr and Cretaro it appears SC hasn't mastered that art.
Now maybe we'll be fine and do well in the Premier. But i tell you what i reckon will happen lads....Sooner or later SC will probably pick a fight he can't win (maybe with a committee member ) and he'll head off to the League up North.
He was a great player and gave 100% when he played for us but fu*k him he's now gone. He shook hands on a full time deal at the start of the year. But he was influenced by a certain Sligo person not to take the deal. The last offer that was giving to him was as good as the rest of our top players now he down in Krustyland Park on less then what he'd get with us. Maybe he likes playing in front of 500 or so people.
This had nothing to do with Seán Connor he isn't in charge of how much money he can spend the lad just got greedy
He could well be the final piece: perhaps this frees Murph to start up front with whoever. Now we've effectively options in every outfield position.
I never saw that much of Cretaro but the Rovers fans always seemed to think he was pretty decent. We've now signed two players from Premier Division teams, one of whom was playing for Derry most of the time and the other a certain starter for Rovers.
JW
He'll be playing in front of alot more than that....as you know.
Great signing for us no doubt i just wonder is there unrest in the Sligo camp with all yere exits or is it simply because al yere players have too commit full time.
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Assuming we do as well as I think we'll do this season, you're right: 500 people will be watching Cretaro. And another 500-1000 as well.
Like nearly everyone else I think this is terrible news!To lose arguably our most consistent performer over the last few seasons could turn out to be a real disaster for us. Obviously, there is a long season ahead and whether Raf and some of the other players leaving comes back to haunt us remains to be seen, but it certainly can't make our task any easier!
Sean Connor achieved so much last season and rightly deserves great credit, but questions have to be asked about his man-management skills and his relationship with the players and coaching staff. There are two sides to every story and it is one thing moulding your own team and stamping your authority, but he seems to have fallen out with an awful lot of people and they can't all be wrong! As redrov2005 says, sooner or later he may pick a fight he can't win! I just hope for Sean's sake and that of the supporters that we achieve our goal of Premier Division safety next season, especially with the uncertainty over the new league proposals and the possible dependency on final league positions. Only time will tell.......?
Also, best of luck to Raf!
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