Shelbourne FC Demoted to First Division - All Purpose Thread

**paul_oshea** · 01/02/2007, 10:36 AM

its not bohs, but you did it by analogy, of bringing in supporting the little man in the corner shop, and then throwing the capatlist analogy of enron in there. thats what gets my goat, you having to throw in irrelevant analogies to your ideoligies( idioligies ) when they are of no importance to the issue at hand.

I am a well balanced individual. I have a chip on both shoulders

And ratehr than see the danger the man presented, Shels fans were delighted to have him as Mr Shelbourne. How lonbg have people on here and else well been telling you that Ollie Byrne is a liability, and was unhelathy for your club ? How many times have fans of other clubs pointed out that Shel's financial position was completely untenable ? And in return, how often did you and other Shels fans brush off such comments as mere jealousy, constantly singing Ollie's praises - 'He's saved us before, I have faith in Ollie to do it again'. Well Gareth - you can tell from the festering pile of sh!t currently smothering Tolka that the chickens have finally come home to rest en masse....

ok so how would you get rid of him, assuming here the fans didnt have the money to buy him out?

**BohsPartisan** · 01/02/2007, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

its not bohs, but you did it by analogy, of bringing in supporting the little man in the corner shop, and then throwing the capatlist analogy of enron in there. thats what gets my goat, you having to throw in irrelevant analogies to your ideoligies( idioligies ) when they are of no importance to the issue at hand.

Its not irelevant. Shels achieved great success through fraud and are now reaping what they sewed.
Much like Enron.

PS. I have no interest in your goat.

**NY Hoop** · 01/02/2007, 10:46 AM

Hope shels dont go to the wall as it is bad publicity for the league to have such tradition go.

But I have no sympathy for a club that let a convicted criminal run it into the ground. Relegation to the graveyard should be the solution and I'm glad to see a gentleman like Finbarr Flood restore some class to a club that has been lacking it for a long time.

Someone else mentioned CHF here. They deserved no goodwill at the time of their death simply because they were a franchise, a joke that should have never been foisted on us. No comparison.

Limerick 37 are a welcome replacement for the Rathbane outfit and a genuine football man like Mick Wallace could be a fine advertisment for the league.

KOH

**paul_oshea** · 01/02/2007, 10:46 AM

PS. I have no interest in your goat.

i was going to share its milk with the village, and then make it government property, are you sure about that

Well we covered this already, but the shels fans are much like the 20,000 enron locals who got screwed by a few powerful people. I thought that analogy was obvioius from above!

**BohsPartisan** · 01/02/2007, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

but the shels fans are much like the 20,000 enron locals who got screwed by a few powerful people.

I agree but we've been warning them about it for years and they simply laughed at us and said look how rich we are, look at how successful we are you peasants. Or words to that effect.

**Macy** · 01/02/2007, 10:50 AM

Gareth, I'm still not really sure of the difference between your situation and the Rovers fans. I mean they were in the same position - a club owned/ in debt to property sharks, club sitting on a potentially valuable asset, club on the verge of bankruptancy. Maybe the fans would've been in more of a position of strength if they had fought the regime instead of proping it up?

I do have sympathy for some of the shels fans, unfortuantely they've been defined by Ollie Byrne and those fans that brought his lines hook, line and sinker over the years while all around were saying it wasn't sustainable. They certainly weren't the only club, (my avatar is another club that followed that well trodden path), but they were also largely responsible for the crazy wage inflation in the league as other clubs struggled to remain competitive.

**pete** · 01/02/2007, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

[I]Setanta Cup Regulations 2007:
Entry Process
The Tournament shall be on invitational basis only and invitations shall be issued by
both Associations to four clubs under their jurisdiction taking into account the following sporting criteria listed in order of priority:

Clubs under the jurisdiction of the FAI:
� 2006 season Premier Division League championship winners.
� 2006 season FAI Cup winners. In the event of a club winning the Premier Division League championship and the FAI Cup, then the runner-up club in the FAI Cup shall be invited.
� 2006 season League Cup winners.
� 2006 season Premier Division League championship runners-up.

Where did you find that? The bit in bold seems different that seen previously...

**paul_oshea** · 01/02/2007, 10:53 AM

I agree but we've been warning them about it for years and they simply laughed at us and said look how rich we are, look at how successful we are you peasants. Or words to that effect.

DCFCSTEVE usually takes a good 20 mins to word and correct the grammar and spelling in his responses, I respond straight away without giving much thought, but I have asked him that question previously when I was also responding to your post about flaming. so what would you have proposed? I am not in the know of how you could do this and I would like to see how one ( or many ) would/could?

**Macy** · 01/02/2007, 10:59 AM

Paul_oshea - Your Limerick comparison isn't right, as Limerick 37 are backed by the majority of football people in Limerick from what I can see, and Limerick FC only has the support of one man. To use that as a stick to beat the league does show a fair bit of ignorance to the facts

The shels fans are not like enron workers, as they've been told for years that their club wasn't sustainable but continued to buy in, enron workers were consistently told how great enron was.

Part of what defines football fans imo is who they hate. Some here hate Shels. I don't see this as wrong or surprising or in anyway disappointing, even as someone who hopes they do survive, hopefully as a fans run club (something football world wide needs more of).

**paul_oshea** · 01/02/2007, 11:03 AM

Paul_oshea - Your Limerick comparison isn't right, as Limerick 37 are backed by the majority of football people in Limerick from what I can see, and Limerick FC only has the support of one man. To use that as a stick to beat the league does show a fair bit of ignorance to the facts

Note, in my post i used "for whatever reasons", obviouslly i was trying to point out one team should be there, I wasn't saying which one

. its how people not involved will see it, that "are ignorant to the facts", such as myself I spose, I have only spoken to one fella and read whats been on here so I dont know, fair enough!

not enron workers, small town enron investors. anyhow again that doesn't really matter too much.

I read your last post after I had posted and I have to agree with this point:
". Maybe the fans would've been in more of a position of strength if they had fought the regime instead of proping it up?"

If that were the case, then my previous question is irrelevant as there was NOBODY there to do what dcfcsteve was proposing.

**BohsPartisan** · 01/02/2007, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Macy

hopefully as a fans run club (something football world wide needs more of).

If that happened I would say fair play to them and I wouldn't mind them surviving (once it took them a few years to recover). Can't see it happening as there doesn't seem to be the will. I'm also not sure if the Schooligans junior cert business studies will prepare them for running a major football club

Paul, what people were proposing was that they do what the rovers fans did and take over the club as above. Which reminds me of another example of EL good will. Rovers, our fiercest rivals had a battle on their hands against the GAA to secure their home in Tallaght. More or less everyone including Bohs fans supported them. If we were just being small minded and petty we'd have been supporting the GAA.

**wws** · 01/02/2007, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

When these people see ( who your clubs need to be attracting ) the "best club in the EL" folding, it will confirm in their minds how badly run and sh1te the league and standard of football really is!!!

how do you equate the badly run part with the "standard of football"

players dont run clubs - they are of a standard which is already quantifiable by objective measurements via performance in UEFA competition and the increased fees that their services command. I take your point in the last paragraph - all bar the last 6 words - which is not connected and related.

**WeAreRovers** · 01/02/2007, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Macy

Gareth, I'm still not really sure of the difference between your situation and the Rovers fans. I mean they were in the same position - a club owned/ in debt to property sharks, club sitting on a potentially valuable asset, club on the verge of bankruptancy. Maybe the fans would've been in more of a position of strength if they had fought the regime instead of proping it up?

That sums it up for me. I don't want Shels to go to the wall but the fans sat back and watched Ollie lie and cheat his way to the top and did nothing.

Why didn't you do something about it? It truly baffles me and I'm left with very little sympathy for you.

Someone on Shelsweb even berated me when I suggested that you should have demanded the club off Ollie. That attitude explains why you're fooked.

To put it simply, when the crap hit the fan at Rovers I and countless others were incandescent with rage and we used that rage to make positive changes. I've seen no anger from Shels fans. You made your bed....

KOH

**khoop** · 01/02/2007, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Macy

Gareth, I'm still not really sure of the difference between your situation and the Rovers fans. I mean they were in the same position - a club owned/ in debt to property sharks, club sitting on a potentially valuable asset, club on the verge of bankruptancy. Maybe the fans would've been in more of a position of strength if they had fought the regime instead of proping it up?

The 400C was set up to build up Rovers and make the club successful again.

When it became clear that the old regime under Magoo was raiding the 400C coffers to pay for day-to-day expenses instead of doing their job properly and creating normal revenue - the 400C first withdrew their cooperation with the Rovers board - and then changed the rules to ensure that Magoo couldn't get his hands on the 400C money anymore.

That's when Rovers starting turning the corner.

**paul_oshea** · 01/02/2007, 11:20 AM

how do you equate the badly run part with the "standard of football"

I didn't think I had to explain everypost in detail, I thought people were astute enough to read and understand what I was saying. If you were to ask the average soccer supporterer in ireland ( that doesnt attend EL matches ) that would be what they would say about the EL. that given along with the other 2 things they would probably say directly relates to seeing shels folding!! Mr pedant

As I say I dont need to think about my posts for 10 or 15 mins before I reply.

**wws** · 01/02/2007, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I didn't think I had to explain everypost in detail, I thought people were astute enough to read and understand what I was saying. If you were to ask the average soccer supporterer in ireland ( that doesnt attend EL matches ) that would be what they would say about the EL.

look, i'm pulling you up here, because you are talking fluent arce.
The standard of football played is in no way connected with the issue of how Ollie Byrne ran SFC into debt and destruction. The financial strategy is not connected to the football issue - if anything it led to the creation of the greatest pool of full time players available to one Irish club - thereby increasing the footballing standard.

Now you've made a demonstrably incorrect point here. So lose the smart alec tone it just paints you in an even more ignorant light.

**pete** · 01/02/2007, 11:28 AM

I think the vast majority of eL fans here want Shels to survive. Theres obviously some dublin rivalry but thats to be expected.

The main reason Shels have & were hated is Ollie Byrne. Everything he did & said encouraged others to hate him. I remember when groups of eL fans from the JW message board went to Shels european games but then Ollie p!ssed on the goodwill & most stopped going...

It now looks like he has destroyed Shels as evidenced by the completely realistic way Finbar Flood has run the club since he took over.

**BohsPartisan** · 01/02/2007, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by pete

I remember when groups of eL fans from the JW message board went to Shels european games but then Ollie p!ssed on the goodwill & most stopped going...

.

Yep, I was that soldier

**Dodge** · 01/02/2007, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by pete

It now looks like he has destroyed Shels as evidenced by the completely realistic way Finbar Flood has run the club since he took over.

Finbar was Shels chairman until last March, so he's hardly blameless in the whole mess.

**paul_oshea** · 01/02/2007, 11:36 AM

look, i'm pulling you up here, because you are talking fluent arce.
The standard of football played is in no way connected with the issue of how Ollie Byrne ran SFC into debt and destruction. The financial strategy is not connected to the football issue - if anything it led to the creation of the greatest pool of full time players available to one Irish club - thereby increasing the footballing standard.

i never said it did, are you really that ignorant that you cna't understand what i am saying, to the outside circles of the EL, those average soccer supporters supporting english teams, that is what they beleive of EL soccer so when they see the "best" club in EL going down, what do you think they will think? That is what I am getting at, I never once tried to directly infer that the "crap" standard of football and ollie byrne running shels were directly related!!! come on wws, that wumin doesnt work with me, your points are never valid to what I am trying to get across either because:
a) you dont understand what I am trying to say
or
b) you dont know how to respond in any informed way and therefore pull out a phrase and take it completely out of context to the point a( the ) post was achieving to make. End of please leave it there.