http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rk/6203020.stm
Not sure where they're going to come up with the money. Practically all SPL clubs are restricted to spending next to nothing on transfer fees like eL clubs. I wonder is it the B international or what has alerted Falkirk to eL players.
Quigley's no loss to the league in my opinion.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
The success that Kevin Doyle has achieved at Reading I think is a major reason for more cross-channel clubs being interested in Eircom League players. The B international could have made Falkirk aware of Gamble as it had some sort of media attention over there because Scotland were the opposition. Quigley was probably noticed in U-21 games.
Still feeling bitter after all these months?Originally Posted by sligoman
Last edited by DmanDmythDledge; 03/12/2006 at 2:13 PM.
Nothing to do with our results against ye. Quigley is a cheat, glad to see him go.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
If you want to let one game overshadow his goalkeeping abilities fair enough.
**** off
Or pay lots of money, thats what happens in every other league.**** off
Moving to the SPL (barr top two) is not a step up, there would want to be a serious offer.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
And if you take the top 2 away from our league you're left with...
The SPL is ahead of the Eircom League in every department.
Cork and Drogheda?Whats wrong with that? Shels and Derry didn't exactly run away with it either. Ye could probably throw Bohs into the mix next year too. EL has far more depth of quality.
Well then throw Cork and Drogheda in there too.Cork and Drogheda?
The SPL has more depth in quality. To me it's blantantly obvious.
In fairness to UCD they're a feeder club.
Can't afford to offer players full time contracts, so their best players leave at the end of their contracts.
Falkrik cannot afford Joe Gamble. Our Chairman has already slapped 300k sterling price tag on Roy O'Donovan & cannot see Gamble being sold for anything less than that. The Falkrik manager was at the recent B International & dispite playing out of position on the right side of midfield Gamble was unlucky not to be awarded man of the match.
It must be real embarressing then to see a feeder club finish well ahead of a supposedly big club ! Just remember, Bohs have been in such financial trouble over the past number of seasons they have had to slash there wages and the number of full time contracts they handed out
300,00 for gamble, ha thats funny
Very true.
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Lets be honest here, the guy is quite obviously a decent player to have played well in a B International as well as having been called into a senior squad. He has also won the PFA Player of the Year award last season.300,00 for gamble, ha thats funny
So what exactly is funny about wanting £300k?? If he was playing in the Championship (where I'd imagine he'd be fairly comfortable) his team would be looking for £1m+.
It's high time the EL put realistic price tags on their players and stop being bullied by foreign clubs who take their players on the cheap.
That's why I was delighted to read about Brian Lennox refusing Wolves permission to take O' Donovan on loan. Those days should be gone.
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Well if Cork are going to look for £300,000 he will be staying at Cork City simple as that. Not many teams in the championship are prepared to pay that for anything other than tried and tested players never mind lower spl and the lower leagues in England.
Cork are damn right to slap a decent price on gamble, for too long have british clubs been snapping up our young talent for peanuts, Doyle is an obvious example, another club would have to pay about 6million to get him now
and it must be even more embrassing to finish BELOW us, who finished below them, eh?
I don't really care to be honest, the spoofer wrote off last season.
I'd rather be a feeder club to England than a feeder club to the eL, to be honest. At least this way, we'll be able to attract better quality players to the club in the knowledge that their hopes of a full time career, complete with international appearances, isn't over once they come back to Ireland.
The one issue which I don't think anyone's been able to clarify yet though - if a player (u-23 and with a club for two years) moves abroad when his contract expires, is his old club due compensation? I have a nasty feeling Derry tried to get a few players on the free because of this ruling a couple of years ago. Anyone confirm?
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