Another off season exodus awaits

[micls]

Danny murphy has signed for motherwell http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/cgi/49vtres.pl?record=654

[Kingdom]

Danny murphy has signed for motherwell http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/cgi/49vtres.pl?record=654

Why weren't they able to sign him in the Summer? Was it down to murphy or Cork? Will Cork get any money for him?

[dcfcsteve]

I amn't arguing that the eL is on a par with the Premiership or Championship. I am simply saying it is frustrating that Irish clubs have a defeatist attitude to players leaving our shores and that has to change. UCD will never be able to hold on to top players as they won't have the finance to do so. However, you won't see Bohs or Shels or Cork trying to sign Dicker or players like him who are being chased by British clubs. They should at least try to sign such players, rather than living off the players that British clubs crap out, basically.

How can they compete ???

Put yourself in Dicker's shoes in this imaginary situation.

Offer A is to go and play for a mid-table English Championship crowd, with a modern stadium, excellent training facilities, and an average attendance of c. 20,000. If he secures a first team place, he would be on c. £2,000 a week to start with - rising if he proves himself a bigger asset to the team. All going well, a bigger club will come in and sign him. If not, he's still on £2k a week, and probably a well-known hero locally.

Offer B is to go and play for Cork or Bohs. Neither have modern stadiums or good training facilities, and they attract 2-3,000 to their games. If he secures a first team place, he might at best be able to be on £1,000 a week. That is unlikely to rise by much though, as the clubs don't have much money and it would cause rucks in the dressing room. All going well, an English club will come in and sign him. If not, he'd still be on c. £1k a week, although few people locally would have a clue who he is.

Which option would you take ?

And can't you see that, even if he took Option B - his ultimate goal would be Option A ?

[Macy]

I knew they paid €50000 for somebody!

Depending on who you believe, that also included the transfer fee they owed for Gartland or they were made to pay that on top of the €50k before Barretts transfer went through.