Shels in more trouble?

**pineapple stu** · 25/12/2006, 7:36 PM

The Bohs forum reports that the Mirror of yesterday reports that Se�n Dillon has sent a solicitor's letter to the club seeking a cancellation of his contract. Presumably this is to do with non-payment of wages. Interesting to see what comes of this.

**headtheball** · 25/12/2006, 7:57 PM

We have been linked with him too...

**pineapple stu** · 25/12/2006, 8:01 PM

Was he not strongly linked with Dunfermline or Motherwell or someone?

**Dodge** · 25/12/2006, 8:09 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The Bohs forum reports that the Mirror of yesterday reports that Se�n Dillon has sent a solicitor's letter to the club seeking a cancellation of his contract. Presumably this is to do with non-payment of wages. Interesting to see what comes of this.

Happy Christmas to stu

**DmanDmythDledge** · 27/12/2006, 11:18 PM

The plot thickens once again...

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Was he not strongly linked with Dunfermline or Motherwell or someone?

Dundee Utd.

**higgins** · 27/12/2006, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The Bohs forum reports that the Mirror of yesterday reports that Se�n Dillon has sent a solicitor's letter to the club seeking a cancellation of his contract. Presumably this is to do with non-payment of wages. Interesting to see what comes of this.

It was Christmas day and you got excited by the news that the Bohs forum reported that the mirror reported something that may mean a player leaves Shelbourne ?

Is that as good as your christmas got Stu ????

Is this really news ??
Any othe club and it wouldn't be but I suppose everyone like a shels story these days

**pineapple stu** · 28/12/2006, 5:48 AM

Sorry, it's alright, it's alright! Nothing is going wrong in the fairyland world of Shels, and a national newspaper reporting that a player is about to test legal waters which would open the way for the whole squad to depart for free is obviously baloney.

I also don't recall saying I was excited by the news. "Interesting" was the word I used, which it is. I think you're making stuff up again in order to fan the flames of your conspiracy theory theory.

**chippie0001** · 28/12/2006, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by higgins

Is that as good as your christmas got Stu ????

Is this really news ??
Any othe club and it wouldn't be but I suppose everyone like a shels story these days

Actually this is news, whether you choose to spin it or not. When Foley went down this road with Bohs it got loads of attention from here and the media. Its rare a player has to do this in any professional league in Europe to get his wages, let alone the league champions.

**OneRedArmy** · 28/12/2006, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by higgins

It was Christmas day and you got excited by the news that the Bohs forum reported that the mirror reported something that may mean a player leaves Shelbourne ?

Is that as good as your christmas got Stu ????

Is this really news ??
Any othe club and it wouldn't be but I suppose everyone like a shels story these days

Nothing to see here.........move along people....etc.

Higgins, it is newsworthy as it indicates that Shels predicament would appear not to have improved and more crucially a lot of the players have no faith that it will improve in the near future.

I remain disappointed (but not surprised) that there hasn't been any proper investigative journalism done by anyone on the Shels situation.

Nobody, or at least I haven't seen anyone, answer the $64,000 question,
why a club with a highly valuable asset which it can draw down against has had so many cashflow problems recently?

A few sample questions I would be digging into:
Have the option holders stopped the drawdown and if so, why?
Is Tolka not worth as much as people thought it was?
Is it simply that Shels are caught in the vicious circle of not being able to sell Tolka until they have a ground and not being able to get a ground until they sell Tolka?

There are a few nods and winks from the usual suspects on here which seem to indicate they are "in the know" but I'm none the wiser and if I was a Shels fan in the same position (as I understand many are) I would be very worried.

**BohDiddley** · 28/12/2006, 12:24 PM

Is this news? Of course it's news! How often have you seen a championship medal-winning footballer forced to sue his own club to release him?
IMO, Shels have done very well, mediawise, on their failure to pay players, and in particular the galling cutting off of wages following the league win. If it happened anywhere else they'd be hung out to dry by the league and by the press.

PS:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The Bohs forum reports that the Mirror of yesterday reports that Se�n Dillon has sent a solicitor's letter to the club seeking a cancellation of his contract. Presumably this is to do with non-payment of wages. Interesting to see what comes of this.

That should be the Bohs forum reports that Bohsnews reports that the Mirror of yesterday reports...

**higgins** · 28/12/2006, 1:05 PM

It was more to do with the post on Christmas Day getting a UCD fan 'interested' ...
As a Shels fan this issue never crossed my mind Christmas Day. I was pointing out just how much Shels issues 'interest' people these days.

I'd also wait for more information on what is happening before I went down the road of what the outcome may be.

So far we are going on an article from the mirror, right ? It may be true or it may not be true, I don't know but I just didn't think it was that important for a UCD fan. Seems I was wrong, it was that important for Bohs Derry Rovers and UCD fans

If it leads to a massive walk out at Shels then fair enough, I actually think I'd be happy at that outcome.

**OneRedArmy** · 28/12/2006, 1:55 PM

Originally Posted by higgins

I'd also wait for more information on what is happening before I went down the road of what the outcome may be.

You must be very religious to display that amount of blind faith.

The Church needs more people like you.

**passerrby** · 28/12/2006, 2:23 PM

would a player not be a automatic free agent if his wages were not paid for a number of weeks would the terms of his contract not be broken thus ending his committment

**hoopy** · 28/12/2006, 4:57 PM

Originally Posted by higgins

Seems I was wrong, it was that important for Bohs Derry Rovers and UCD fans

What Rovers fans?

**kdjaC** · 28/12/2006, 5:32 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

would a player not be a automatic free agent if his wages were not paid for a number of weeks would the terms of his contract not be broken thus ending his committment

Yes but the club still hold the players registration, im not sure how that works but the player can leave and sign for another club but the non paying club can hold his registration its a Bosman waiting to happen.

kdjac

**SligoBrewer** · 28/12/2006, 5:34 PM

Originally Posted by hoopy

What Rovers fans?

ye're shams, we're rovers

**hoopy** · 28/12/2006, 5:44 PM

Done to death mate, every fan of every other club only think of one club when the name Rovers is mentioned, and it aint you

**higgins** · 28/12/2006, 5:47 PM

Originally Posted by hoopy

What Rovers fans?

Your right, I'm worng...
Just jumped the gun and picked the 4 usual clubs with fans who have a big interest in Shels

**gael353** · 28/12/2006, 5:50 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

would a player not be a automatic free agent if his wages were not paid for a number of weeks would the terms of his contract not be broken thus ending his committment

no as the eircom league and the clubs both hold his papers. he can go and get a release from the league should he wish and any player with a brain would but really theres no rush to find clubs as any player can find a club right up to the last week in Feb

**higgins** · 28/12/2006, 5:52 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

would a player not be a automatic free agent if his wages were not paid for a number of weeks would the terms of his contract not be broken thus ending his committment

It would but there was other dealings that went on at shels over the course of the season...

Dillon is in the same boat as many of the other players and he seems to be the one who has jumped first. Not any great surprise as he would be one of the players who has most to gain from being 'out of contract'.

What happens now is speculation as not many people know what exactly happened between shels and the players over the season regarding wages and what agreements they came to.

This could drag on.................
Stu will have a great few weeks ahead of him