Limerick 37 accepts Finnin's resignation

**L37Ultra** · 12/01/2008, 9:28 PM

From Rte.ie

Following an operational year-end review, Limerick 37 has accepted Ger Finnin's resignation as interim CEO.
The eircom League of Ireland First Division club has reportedly been financial difficulties recently and has been involved in talks with the FAI about its future.
The club was elected to the league before the start of the 2007 season to replace Limerick FC.

Manager Paul McGee was let go in December and was replaced by former Limerick FC boss Michael Kerley.
The Management Committee of Limerick 37 will take over the day to day running of the club on a temporary basis.

**L37Ultra** · 12/01/2008, 9:30 PM

From Limerick Leader

FOLLOWING a tumultuous week for senior soccer in the city, the Limerick 37 Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of interim CEO Ger Finnin.
This evening (Saturday) the club's Board of Directors released the following statement: "Following an operational year end review, the Board of Directors have accepted Ger Finnin's resignation as interim CEO of Limerick 37 FC. The Management Committee of Limerick 37 will take over the day-to-day running of the club on a temporary basis. Further announcements will be issued in due course" - the statement was signed by the Limerick 37 Board of Directors.
That statement however fails to address a number of issues. The financial health of the club is still unclear, the reasons for Ger Finnin's resignation have not been referred to and it is also unclear whether the club itself will survive this difficult period.
And, while the Limerick soccer community awaits more comprehensive information regarding Limerick 37 rumours concerning the behind-the-scenes state of the club's finances continue to gather momentum.
The Board of Directors are expected to release more information over the coming days.

**gael353** · 13/01/2008, 2:00 AM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

From Limerick Leader

FOLLOWING a tumultuous week for senior soccer in the city, the Limerick 37 Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of interim CEO Ger Finnin.
This evening (Saturday) the club's Board of Directors released the following statement: "Following an operational year end review, the Board of Directors have accepted Ger Finnin's resignation as interim CEO of Limerick 37 FC. The Management Committee of Limerick 37 will take over the day-to-day running of the club on a temporary basis. Further announcements will be issued in due course" - the statement was signed by the Limerick 37 Board of Directors.
That statement however fails to address a number of issues. The financial health of the club is still unclear, the reasons for Ger Finnin's resignation have not been referred to and it is also unclear whether the club itself will survive this difficult period.
And, while the Limerick soccer community awaits more comprehensive information regarding Limerick 37 rumours concerning the behind-the-scenes state of the club's finances continue to gather momentum.
The Board of Directors are expected to release more information over the coming days.

I like the last sentence, a direct copy of the clubs statement class, but about not filling ye in on their rumours, Tough ****!

**GenerationXI** · 13/01/2008, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

From Limerick Leader

That statement however fails to address a number of issues. The financial health of the club is still unclear, the reasons for Ger Finnin's resignation have not been referred to and it is also unclear whether the club itself will survive this difficult period.

The Board of Directors are expected to release more information over the coming days.

I think we may soon get a lesson in the distinction between expectation and hope. There is certainly a mandate for the survival of an EL side in the city/county and it is good to see that there still seems to be some degree of organisation there...but more of a silver lining, I cannot find in all of this.

**Lim till i die** · 13/01/2008, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

From Limerick Leader

FOLLOWING a tumultuous week for senior soccer in the city, the Limerick 37 Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of interim CEO Ger Finnin.
This evening (Saturday) the club's Board of Directors released the following statement: "Following an operational year end review, the Board of Directors have accepted Ger Finnin's resignation as interim CEO of Limerick 37 FC. The Management Committee of Limerick 37 will take over the day-to-day running of the club on a temporary basis. Further announcements will be issued in due course" - the statement was signed by the Limerick 37 Board of Directors.
That statement however fails to address a number of issues. The financial health of the club is still unclear, the reasons for Ger Finnin's resignation have not been referred to and it is also unclear whether the club itself will survive this difficult period.
And, while the Limerick soccer community awaits more comprehensive information regarding Limerick 37 rumours concerning the behind-the-scenes state of the club's finances continue to gather momentum.
The Board of Directors are expected to release more information over the coming days.

What a crass $hit-rag of a paper

**Treaty Gooner** · 13/01/2008, 2:56 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

What a crass $hit-rag of a paper

Jesus LTID, did the Leader not print your letter to Santa this year?

Also, I'd consider a rethink on your username based on your constant criticism of things Limerick-related...til I die indeed...

At least these statements, HOWEVER VAGUE THEY ARE, clear up SOME of the misinformation.

**Lim till i die** · 13/01/2008, 7:01 PM

Originally Posted by Treaty Gooner

Jesus LTID, did the Leader not print your letter to Santa this year?

I genuinely don't know.

I would have had to buy it/ read it to find out

Also, I'd consider a rethink on your username based on your constant criticism of things Limerick-related...til I die indeed...

And I'd consider a rethink of your username because it's crap

Nah nah na nah nah etc etc etc...

clear up SOME of the misinformation.

Misinformation

**GenerationXI** · 14/01/2008, 7:48 AM

...and this thread had so much promise.

**joeSoap** · 14/01/2008, 8:24 AM

it could have if people grew up and stayed on topic before the thread gets closed.

**Treaty Gooner** · 14/01/2008, 9:02 AM

Originally Posted by joeSoap

it could have if people grew up and stayed on topic before the thread gets closed.

You grow up...

**sadloserkid** · 14/01/2008, 4:09 PM

Anybody like to shed any light on why Finnin has done the decent thing and resigned?

**the dazzler** · 14/01/2008, 7:10 PM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

Anybody like to shed any light on why Finnin has done the decent thing and resigned?

caught with hes fingers in cookie jar

**GenerationXI** · 14/01/2008, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

Anybody like to shed any light on why Finnin has done the decent thing and resigned?

Fine, it seems this will be the serious thread then.

I'd imagine, and I really mean this by way of stimulating conversation and not by way of accusation, that the questions being asked of him were unanswerable. IMO the guy realised the inevitible financial status of a club like limerick and the pressure that the person who claims responsibility for said club would have to wear.

A football club should be profitable, or at least show signs of being capable of growing profitable. Let's face it, there was a buzz about limerick football last year, but if it couldn't keep us in the green by way of attracting the necessary crowds then you can't expect much. This, of course, begs the question: Just how many people would it have taken to have made us a profit last year, and can we reasonably expect to attract that number of fans?

The only thing that could truly put L37 on track is an enormously rich investor capable of getting results without expecting or depending on a return until we were the kind of club who played a reasonably sized club in the UEFA Cup. Because, and my Limerick-born co-posters will agree here, Limerick people aren't impressed by much, in fact they are impressed by very little. Even the EPL mainstays get laughed at by Limerick people who'd rather travel to Old Trafford / Anfield / The Emirates4 times a year than to Jackman park pnce a fortnight. In the tiny minds of limerick people, we are a tiny club, in a tiny league, on a tiny little island where everybody hates us and wants to see us fail, so why give them the pleasure of watching us do that?

This seems hard to belive, I know, but I like Limerick and the people there, but they won't support a club that's in the state we're in and TBH who could reasonably ask them to?

**joeSoap** · 14/01/2008, 8:50 PM

Originally Posted by GenerationXI

A football club should be profitable, or at least show signs of being capable of growing profitable. Let's face it, there was a buzz about limerick football last year, but if it couldn't keep us in the green by way of attracting the necessary crowds then you can't expect much. This, of course, begs the question: Just how many people would it have taken to have made us a profit last year, and can we reasonably expect to attract that number of fans?

EL clubs are not profitable. End of. None of them have been since going semi-pro, or fully pro. The expenses, wages and maintenance are way too high to be upkept. If any club could have made money in the past decade it would have been Cork City, and they couldn't do it either and they have a huge fan base and a great professional attitude and set-up. The gates simply can't sustain the expense.

Originally Posted by GenerationXI

The only thing that could truly put L37 on track is an enormously rich investor capable of getting results without expecting or depending on a return until we were the kind of club who played a reasonably sized club in the UEFA Cup. Because, and my Limerick-born co-posters will agree here, Limerick people aren't impressed by much, in fact they are impressed by very little. Even the EPL mainstays get laughed at by Limerick people who'd rather travel to Old Trafford / Anfield / The Emirates4 times a year than to Jackman park pnce a fortnight. In the tiny minds of limerick people, we are a tiny club, in a tiny league, on a tiny little island where everybody hates us and wants to see us fail, so why give them the pleasure of watching us do that?

This seems hard to belive, I know, but I like Limerick and the people there, but they won't support a club that's in the state we're in and TBH who could reasonably ask them to?

The next step for the club, in whatever guise it may take, is simple. I'm sick to the back teeth over the past 24 years of listening to 'investors' such as Pat Grace, Peter Hogan, Danny Drew, Ger Finnin et al who are going to 'put Limerick soccer back where it belongs'. Being honest, since 1984 this club in its various guises has been fit for the toilet, with one idiot after the next trying to get rich quick and win trophies in their first year.

The FAI have to step in and take complete control of the club, and appoint a well paid, commercially minded outsider to get a foundation in place. If the club starts to look and feel like a club for about 5 solid seasons, then let us start to get ambitious and seek on-field success. Until then, and I include myself in this, I suggest we all shut the hell up and start to smell the coffee and accept the situation for the dire farce that it is.

**L37Ultra** · 14/01/2008, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

Anybody like to shed any light on why Finnin has done the decent thing and resigned?

He resigned for health reasons.

**the only 1** · 14/01/2008, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

He resigned for health reasons.

ha ha your having a joke the fai were down twice last week of money owed and gone missing ger was in the middle of it everyone knows it

**L37Ultra** · 15/01/2008, 12:06 AM

Im not having a laugh at all to tell you the truth. Im not going to go into details unless you PM but he was advised by doctors, due to health problems, to leave Limerick. And please dont post that up about missing money without facts because you are suggesting that he robbed money

**KevB76** · 15/01/2008, 8:07 AM

Originally Posted by L37Ultra

he was advised by doctors, due to health problems, to leave Limerick

.... I take it you mean leave Limerick37, not go on the run entirely !

**barryk** · 15/01/2008, 8:42 AM

Originally Posted by GenerationXI

Fine, it seems this will be the serious thread then.

I'd imagine, and I really mean this by way of stimulating conversation and not by way of accusation, that the questions being asked of him were unanswerable. IMO the guy realised the inevitible financial status of a club like limerick and the pressure that the person who claims responsibility for said club would have to wear.

A football club should be profitable, or at least show signs of being capable of growing profitable. Let's face it, there was a buzz about limerick football last year, but if it couldn't keep us in the green by way of attracting the necessary crowds then you can't expect much. This, of course, begs the question: Just how many people would it have taken to have made us a profit last year, and can we reasonably expect to attract that number of fans?

The only thing that could truly put L37 on track is an enormously rich investor capable of getting results without expecting or depending on a return until we were the kind of club who played a reasonably sized club in the UEFA Cup. Because, and my Limerick-born co-posters will agree here, Limerick people aren't impressed by much, in fact they are impressed by very little. Even the EPL mainstays get laughed at by Limerick people who'd rather travel to Old Trafford / Anfield / The Emirates4 times a year than to Jackman park pnce a fortnight. In the tiny minds of limerick people, we are a tiny club, in a tiny league, on a tiny little island where everybody hates us and wants to see us fail, so why give them the pleasure of watching us do that?

This seems hard to belive, I know, but I like Limerick and the people there, but they won't support a club that's in the state we're in and TBH who could reasonably ask them to?

Excellent post.

I think you're right, It's time we have to take an honest look at the situation and ask ourselves if a senior team is at all feasable.
I know all the arguments about the crowds coming if the team is succesful but its a chicken and egg situation and unfortunately we're stuck with the egg.
No doubt the FAI will right things on this occasion but how many more times?

As regards the Ger Finnan situation I think its disgraceful that someone would insinuate he has taken the money.
Anything he did was to progress senior football albeit by methods that were not correct. There was no personal gain for the man.
No its time to lay off.