D Day for Shels contracted players

**Dodge** · 17/01/2007, 9:47 AM

Indo:

Heary to learn his fate today
SHELBOURNE captain Owen Heary will learn his fate today when a tribunal sits to decide if he should be classed as a free agent after non-payment of wages by the league champions.

Heary, who is being represented by the PFAI, has been strongly linked with a move to Bohemians but cannot join the Gypsies until his release from Shelbourne is secured.

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If he's allowed go, watch the rest of them fly. Its costing Ollie €5k to challenge this BTW

**dcfcsteve** · 17/01/2007, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Its costing Ollie €5k to challenge this BTW

Last throw of the dice / all his chips on red 32...?

**pete** · 17/01/2007, 10:21 AM

I presume Ollie must have some sort of case if he willing to gamble another 5k?

Do Shels have anyone left that club would pay money for?

**BohsPartisan** · 17/01/2007, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by pete

I presume Ollie must have some sort of case if he willing to gamble another 5k?

No I think its just sheer desperation.

**Dodge** · 17/01/2007, 10:24 AM

IMO, no.

I@ve seen the letter signed by Ollie. If that amounts to a legal guarentee, he's fcked

**dcfcsteve** · 17/01/2007, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

No I think its just sheer desperation.

Agreed. He's a wounded animal, and they rarely think straight....!

He's probably just focusing on the upside for him (i.e. retaining the value and skills of players he'd otherwise lose), and either has convinved himself that he's right (wouldn't be the fuirst time), or is willing to gamble €5k on it anyway out of desperation.

**Student Mullet** · 17/01/2007, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by pete

I presume Ollie must have some sort of case if he willing to gamble another 5k?

By gambling the 5k he's already brought in 100k or so in transfer fees which he wouldn't have gotten had the players been declared free agents.

**BohsPartisan** · 17/01/2007, 10:45 AM

Yeah but he was actually paying Byrne.

**Drumcondra Red** · 17/01/2007, 12:17 PM

Well the 5k paid generated fees for Dillon, Ryan and Byrne, so far the "investment" of €5k has paid off for Ollie Byrne sooooooo...

garyderry · 17/01/2007, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Drumcondra Red

Well the 5k paid generated fees for Dillon, Ryan and Byrne, so far the "investment" of €5k has paid off for Ollie Byrne sooooooo...

Bull****

sure non of the mention players went to arbitration
he sold them as quick as he could for anything he could get,
so he wouldnt lose out

I see some $hel$ fans are still blinded by oillies charm

**pete** · 17/01/2007, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Drumcondra Red

Well the 5k paid generated fees for Dillon, Ryan and Byrne, so far the "investment" of €5k has paid off for Ollie Byrne sooooooo...

I don't believe for a second that any money was paid for Byrne & Ryan.

**Tenderloins** · 17/01/2007, 1:23 PM

Originally Posted by pete

I don't believe for a second that any money was paid for Byrne & Ryan.

So they could have been deals like Shels did when selling Richie Foran?
Dont think they got much for him, but got a decent sell on clause.

**OneRedArmy** · 17/01/2007, 1:41 PM

Originally Posted by Tenderloins

So they could have been deals like Shels did when selling Richie Foran?
Dont think they got much for him, but got a decent sell on clause.

Attaching any value to a sell on clause assumes Shels will be around the next time the player moves on.

**Drumcondra Red** · 17/01/2007, 1:44 PM

Originally Posted by garyderry

Bull****

sure non of the mention players went to arbitration
he sold them as quick as he could for anything he could get,
so he wouldnt lose out

I see some $hel$ fans are still blinded by oillies charm

Thats right, sure we've all got our heads in the sand anyway, we don't know whats going on and we're definiately not doing anything about it...