The fact that you keep record of your mistakes is troubling! Dont flatter yourself. Grudge against you? You have got to be joking.Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
I happily admit when I'm wrong NYH, and can PM you a few other instances from recently on this site if you'd like.
If more people followed the same approach, perhaps you wouldn't have the grudge you have against me ever since I pointed out where you'd got something totally wrong on that whole Wimbledon comparison thread....?
Wimbledon? Thanks for bringing that up again. I can see the comparisons between Rovers and wimbledon alright
KOH
*Switches off laptop, begins rocking back and forth in the corner*The fact that you keep record of your mistakes is troubling! Dont flatter yourself. Grudge against you? You have got to be joking.
Wimbledon? Thanks for bringing that up again. I can see the comparisons between Rovers and wimbledon alright
KOH
Style of football and fanbase are the 2 that immediately spring to mind, what were you thinking of?
Wimbledon? Thanks for bringing that up again. I can see the comparisons between Rovers and wimbledon alright
KOH
Is there some rule that I'm unaware of that every thread on this forum descends into utter ****e?!
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
yeah just as you enter the thread.....
"osarasan" sounds polish
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
I'd follow DCFCsteve's opinion. Every investment that doesn't completely alienate fans from their teams, should be encouraged. Even if a few accents change, the team will remain in Limerick and carrying the city name, not? Guess this always beats seeing the team folded. That is, if their interest is indeed concrete.
In other news, a Jewish consortium is interested in taking over Lazio......I can smell it from here
Japanese.
Very good you WUM.
KOH
well if they do take over we will finally be able to undertstand whats been said
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1114/limerick.html
Sounds like bad news for Limerick FC fans, but good news for football in Limerick.It has emerged that the Limerick FC is the subject of a bid from a Polish business consortium.
Blues chairman Danny Drew revealed yesterday that he had been approached by the consortium at the weekend and they want to take over the beleaguered club.
Both parties will meet again in Limerick tomorrow night.
Drew declined to identify the people concerned, but said that the consortium have made a serious approach and they want to become involved in the eircom League.
It is understood that the consortium consists of at least 10 Polish business men, one of whom has an interest in a Polish First Division club.
The group have their homework done, according to Drew. He reckons that, with the Polish population in Ireland now at over 130,000, their plan makes perfect sense.
He said: 'I met with a group of Polish business men on Sunday and they put forward a very serious business plan to take over the club.
'It could mean that Limerick FC will lose its name and its colours, which is a shame, but these people are very serious about becoming involved in the eircom League.
'From my own perspective, I just want to see Limerick remain in the eircom League and if that means a change of name and colours so be it as long as senior soccer survives in this city.
'They fully understand the position we have been left in because of the lease issue at our ground and I am meeting them again tomorrow for further negotiations.'
He added: 'Their plan makes perfect sense because there is a large Polish population in Ireland and straight away they would have a fan base who will immediately identify with the club.'
At present, Limerick FC have two years left on an agreement with tenants Hill Celtic to play at Hogan Park.
Last week it was revealed that another businessman wants to help develop Hogan Park. However, he will not come on board unless the club are allowed buy the ground, or are granted a long-term lease at the venue.
The Blues future is under threat and Drew has set a 1 December deadline to fold the club.
Drew insists that unless they are granted a lease, or are allowed buy the ground, that they will have no other choice but to become the next Dublin City and go out of business.
Fr Joe Young, ex-Limerick FC chairman and a trustee at the venue, told the Blues in February that he would grant them a 25-year lease at the 14-acre site.
However, Fr Young, who was Limerick's chairman in the early 90s, changed his mind and instead promised the FAI the lease last August.
Hogan Park is owned by Peter Hogan who lives in the USA. He has named his son Martin and Fr Young as the two trustees at the 14-acre stadium.
Drew continued: 'Unless we are granted a lease in our name, or are allowed buy the ground, then we will have no other choice but to fold as we cannot continue as a club like this because it is untenable.
'A prominent Limerick business man wants to become involved and he wants to install a full management team and full-time playing staff.
'And now we have a Polish consortium who are interested. As said, my priority is to ensure that senior soccer survives in this city and if someone puts a serious offer on the table I will listen to it.
'The business man concerned and the Polish consortium both understand the position we have been left in because of the broken promises made in relation to the lease.'
Drew is the majority shareholder in the company JRM Sports Limited, the name Limerick FC trade under.
I, for one, would welcome Poland buying Limerick. I'm sure it'd take a bit of pressure off the gardaí, and no one really likes the place.
You can't spell failure without FAI
bloody nora you cant sell limerick to poland just when the country the price of property will plummet
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
If the Poles do take over here's how things should be handled/
1/ Legia Limerick make their debut in the EL
2/ Away strip should be either all red or white shorts and red shorts
keep the Blue gear for home games.
This would work because there are lots of Polish people living in other parts of Ireland who could become Legia Limerick supporters and bring their Poland scarves and colours with them when the team goes to play away games.
It just requires a bit of planning and investment in translations of club literature. I think it would be great if every club had Nigerians, Polish, Slovakians etc among their support base. A 10% extra support should be capable of being attracted from the immigrant grouping after all non-Irish now make up 10% of the populations!
John
You really do not have a clue about what Polish football fans are like I take it.
I went to the Poland v Ireland friendly in Bydgoszcz in April 2004. And the riot police had to intervene between two groups of Poland fans who attacked each other, bringing their seething club rivalries with them .
Last edited by dahamsta; 18/11/2006 at 8:19 PM.
All the hoolie groups have a league tableJohn
You really do not have a clue about what Polish football fans are like I take it.
I went to the Poland v Ireland friendly in Bydgoszcz in April 2004. And the riot police had to intervene between two groups of Poland fans who attacked each other, bringing their seething club rivalries with them .
Actually, in the Singaporean league the FA deliberately let an immigrants team enter in the premier division, just because they think it will get the immigrants population going to attend more games (the club is named Sporting Afrique by the way).
I have said it before on this very forum (a long while ago) that installing an immigrants team with Chinese or Polish players would make perfect sense in the EL given the amount of Chinese and Eastern European people here.
PS: I am still working on a new club Belgian Rovers FC
Where are people getting this impression that every Pole within 100 miles of Limerick will trundle happily up to Rathbane every second Friday if we wear red shirts and change our name? I would welcome investment from anybody of any nationality, creed or I dunno... gender I guess but anybody that really thinks that it makes sense to target specifically the 4,000 odd Poles living in the city and it's suburbs rather than the 90,000 odd others is living in dreamland. We'd manage a couple of thousand maybe until the novelty wore off but we get that for our rare big games anyway. Afterwards we'd be back down where we are now at best.
It's not like the Polish league draws in huge crowds either, in fact for a country with a population much larger than ours they probably show at least as much apathy for domestic football as the average Irish person does. People talk about the Poles being great lovers of football. I've got news for you though, apparently us Irish love it too. Five figure crowds at your club's last home game I presume so? It would be an experiment for sure (even a worthwhile one I think) to see if an ethnic club takes off in this country but I can't see it flying. Though if it does we can get UCD to cater for the Asian population in Dublin and maybe Galway could become a new home for all the Brazilians that live in Gort.
I'd like to see these Poles on board. But in the 3 Irish, 3 Poles and a seventh public figure board that the club apparently mooted. But not this new name, crest and colours proposal that has insisted it wants to be a100% Polish entity. Limerick should have a club that at least encourages support from every nationality living in the city. If Limerick or any other club in the League announced tomorrow that they were introducing a policy which made them 100% Irish now and forever there would be fupping uproar. Quite rightly so too (this does not apply to Shels, if Shels did it everybody would delightedly use it as a stick to beat them with). But apparently it's ok to do it the other way. If we have a Polish chairman and the same name next season I'll be delighted. I'm not even that attached to the colours, I think we could market ourselves a lot better if we wore green.
We're short a club at the moment if the FAI do want to try the ethnic club thing anyway.
Last edited by sadloserkid; 18/11/2006 at 9:41 PM.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
'A prominent Limerick business man wants to become involved and he wants to install a full management team and full-time playing staff.
'And now we have a Polish consortium who are interested. As said, my priority is to ensure that senior soccer survives in this city and if someone puts a serious offer on the table I will listen to it.
'The business man concerned and the Polish consortium both understand the position we have been left in because of the broken promises made in relation to the lease.'
Everyone sems to have ignored the bit about the Limerick Businessman. Anyone know who he is.
BTW. Polish hooligans are scary.I couldn't be arsed at the moment to search for the link but if you go to youtube and search for Polish Football Hooligans you'll believe our schooligans are pussycats compared to them.
If people do (and some apparently do) they've certainly not told me yet.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
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