QuoteWhen my league and all Ireland champions what?
Easy joke...
Point I was making was that their obviously won't be a dominating top 3 as the fisrt post suggests as one of them is 5th, but cotinue to miss the main point and take offence at facts
get back to me when your league and all Ireland champions
we looked from Montrose to Swords, from swords to Montrose and from Montrose to Swords again but already it was impossible to spot UCDs right winger
When my league and all Ireland champions what?
Easy joke...
Point I was making was that their obviously won't be a dominating top 3 as the fisrt post suggests as one of them is 5th, but cotinue to miss the main point and take offence at facts
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the facts are that we are 4 off 3rd and 3 off 7th,
the fact is that we are near the top 3,
the fact is that you should have put a full stop (period) after 'fact'.
as for the main point, you are right (with the exception of what I pointed out).
we looked from Montrose to Swords, from swords to Montrose and from Montrose to Swords again but already it was impossible to spot UCDs right winger
Originally Posted by dancinpants
Do I have to explain the word "mostly" to you?
Care to give me more examples in that squad where we used "the money" to buy that league title?
Dont talk ****e, we were big spenders under felix, and almost went to the wire
over it, only for fans going door to door collecting money and doing anything and everything the taxman woukd have shut us down for good.
No way did we do that on the cheap
Dundalk in 1995 would be sooner than that.
Have to agree, Diamond came in and bankrolled us.
Given the wealth invested in the Big 3 at the minute is property driven, I don't think its any more sustainable that previous investments in Derry, Shels (chuckle) and other teams.
Lots of people think they've found the Holy Grail, Shels certainly came closest, but its always ended in tears. No reason to think the current investments are any different.
Kev nobody in the league seems to think we are not spending at present, far from the truth, the wage bill at Derry isnt far off 'the top 3'. Average players at Derry are on a grand a week.
Go lí cúnna ifrinn do thóin bheagmhaitheasach
I agree and our investment is no more sustainable than anybody elses.
There's only so many draw tickets you can sell.
So on the face of it, probably only UCD and maybe Bray are actually operating in a sustainable manner at the moment. This season could yet descend into farce as more and more clubs hit financial bother. At the moment at least one quarter of the clubs in the premier are in some level of trouble.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
Then add what the manager and coaching staff are on!
We've had the top two at the Brandywell in the last week and the crowds have been pathetic. I honestly don't see how we can sustain it.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
A lot of clubs are in bother the 65% rule has been got around by the clubs in was trying to cap and is putting clubs who own their grounds and whos only major ourtlay is wages in bother , i agree with the earlier post that wages for average players are at riduculous levels,some players are demanding moves because certain clubs can treble their existing package yet still operate within the 65% .
Watch it. Any more questions like that and you'll be branded a knocker by posters on dcc.com......Then add what the manager and coaching staff are on!
We've had the top two at the Brandywell in the last week and the crowds have been pathetic. I honestly don't see how we can sustain it.
Which playing staff members were we payin' a fortune to that year? Curran? Higgsy? Pizza? Beckett? R Coyle? Semple? Mohan? Dykes? Who? I'm intrigued now.
I'd say it had more to do with the low Saturday night crowds ,therefore a lack of income. We really were poorly supported that year.Which playing staff members were we payin' a fortune to that year? Curran? Higgsy? Pizza? Beckett? R Coyle? Semple? Mohan? Dykes? Who? I'm intrigued now.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
Our crowds are still much healthier than clubs paying players double the salary though.
Go lí cúnna ifrinn do thóin bheagmhaitheasach
I dont understand why multi-millionaires like him and Phillip O'Doherty dont plough abit of their money into the club and make the club full-time on all levels.
If we had the money we could employ commercial and marketing directors and improve the clubs perception in the city. Money to improve the squad and get to the CL group stages. Its not to say the top teams in the league are a million miles away from it.
With CL group stages comes crowds, merchandise will be sold and the clubs profile will drastically rise. I know it all sounds abit far-fetched but it is possible. This goes for any clubs in the league.
Derry is big enough to attract 15,000 to games if the above all happened. Add in the fact that we get supporters from outside the City, like Strabane, Limavady etc..
Its not to say the above 2 havnt got the money to make this possible.
God it's oh so simple ! Can't see in reason your blueprint won't work.
Could be back to big 2 as the dalymounT developer Liam Carroll is reported to have cashflow problems.
Its a safer bet picking a horse in the Grand National and putting your money on that.
See Shels for an example of what happens when you nearly, but not quite, make the CL.
Should be fun digging up the thread where the Bohs fans repeatedly claimed they can't lose out of that deal.
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