Daily Mail January 3rd

**passerrby** · 03/01/2007, 5:28 PM

in the words of the immortal dick emery dodge you are awful but i like you

**SligoBrewer** · 03/01/2007, 5:37 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Hopefully they go bust, leaving Derry into the Champions League, and Pats into the UEFA.

I honstly don't think I'd stop laughing

would we not get into europe cause of our league position?

**Dazzy** · 03/01/2007, 5:44 PM

Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

would we not get into europe cause of our league position?

NO, Pats would take the Cup place.

**passerrby** · 03/01/2007, 6:07 PM

Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

would we not get into europe cause of our league position?

lourdes

**OneRedArmy** · 03/01/2007, 7:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Hopefully they go bust, leaving Derry into the Champions League, and Pats into the UEFA.

I honstly don't think I'd stop laughing

They don't even need to go bust.

They just need not to get a UEFA license, which IIRC, is no longer identical to the FAI Premier License and will not be awarded until April.

**gotaroundbetter** · 03/01/2007, 7:08 PM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Dundalk might get promoted yet!

Yeah right!!! think you need to look at the AIG points.
BLUES at the front of the que, no shoving from the back

**R�iteoir** · 03/01/2007, 7:32 PM

Originally Posted by Philly

What are Shels going to be like in Europe next year? I can see a return too the bad old days of trashings for Irish teams in Europe, at least in the Champions League...

ah sure - it won't be the first time that's happened

Remember the Maltese Ice Cream Sellers a few years ago - and that was when they were chucking cash at the venture...

**TonyD** · 03/01/2007, 7:47 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Hopefully they go bust, leaving Derry into the Champions League, and Pats into the UEFA.

I honstly don't think I'd stop laughing

ooh yeah, I like it.

Can we start a petition (save our co-efficient - Shels out of europe) By the way people, I think its safe to stop using the $ now

**R�iteoir** · 03/01/2007, 8:58 PM

What about "hel"?

As the $'s have seemingly disappeared...

**pete** · 03/01/2007, 9:31 PM

The $ is well & truely gone.

New She₤฿our₦e spelling to fit the financial situation.

**blackholesun** · 03/01/2007, 10:00 PM

> you either build on sound principles or you are defrauding everyone (theres a load more still doing exactly waht shels done) - hopefully an utter collapse of shels will force change on the rest - real change rather than delaney speak PR b�llsh�t

WWS I hope you are including your own club in that list ... hiking up the gates to sign Ndo and ONeill on 1K a week each seems to be a move straight out of the Ollie managament handbook ...

BHS

**Dodge** · 03/01/2007, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by blackholesun

WWS I hope you are including your own club in that list ... hiking up the gates to sign Ndo and ONeill on 1K a week each seems to be a move straight out of the Ollie managament handbook ...

He most definitely is including Pats as a poorly run club

**stann** · 04/01/2007, 1:15 AM

Originally Posted by fbtn

Think you'll find that Harps were 13th.

Eh... no.
15th, ye were, behind Dundalk and ourselves. Galway 649, Waterford 632, Dundalk 595, Harps 593, Cobh 559, that's the way it went. The figures were all on here though I'm too lazy to go linking. But I still have the Mail article.

But you're right, it won't matter anyway, and I actually am looking forward to a good scrap with Dundalk and yourselves. Have to have a look at who else is making moves in the market now, though they don't seem to be signing much yet. Cobh look to be leaking a few players, mostly to us. And McTiernan is a good signing for Athlone I think.
Anyway, back to the topic.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 04/01/2007, 6:41 AM

Shels may well have to field a largely amateur and semi-professional side next season if there is even going to be a SHELBOURNE in 2008!

**stickyjoe** · 04/01/2007, 7:18 AM

Originally Posted by blackholesun

>
... hiking up the gates to sign Ndo and ONeill on 1K a week

is that true. how much have pats put the prices up to? I think Drogheda tried something similar last season and they had to reduce the prices again then.

**Dr.Nightdub** · 04/01/2007, 8:13 AM

Terrace up by a fiver to �15, stand up by a fiver as well I think, to �20. The terrace price represents a 50% increase and the stand a 33% increase. Season tickets up by similar percentages. Everyone will get a free programme, which softens the blow for those who normally buy programmes.

Personally, I can see the need for an increase as the prices haven't gone up since the changeover from old money to the euro, and �15 for the terrace is the same as you pay into nearly every other ground, except Cork and Longford that I can think of. What bugs me is the way it was announced on its own, rather than as part of a wider strategy for improving the club's finances.

**Student Mullet** · 04/01/2007, 8:24 AM

Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub

Everyone will get a free programme, which softens the blow for those who normally buy programmes.

and �15 for the terrace is the same as you pay into nearly every other ground, except Cork and Longford that I can think of.

I'd be sceptical of the program offer. It's happened a few times in this league (Shels and UCD that I can think of) that a free program was used to soften the blow of price increases, only for the free program to be withdrawn a few matches later.

Also, your second point is a bit soft. Most grounds 15 euro gives you a choice of stand or terraces.