League of Ireland 2020

[Bluerover]

Sligo Rovers off to a nightmare start, long season ahead for the bit o'red.

Keep the faith mate!

 

[NeroCeasar]

I'll be back when the shock has worn off

 

[Chozz]

Dundalk a little fortunate to come away from Tolka with all 3 points tonight. Rovers goal difference off to a flyer so far!

Fenn leading the sack race after only two games.

 

[TippEverton]

Some of the most ridiculous weather conditions I've witnessed at the rsc last night.

Luckily Bohs capitalised on it first half and Waterford struggled playing with the wind second half.

Very hard to make judgements on teams in these conditions but think bohs might have made a couple of decent acquisitions in Breslan and Twardek, definitely more confident of another top half finish after watching the game last night.

Still hard to tell who'll struggle this season, normally you can make a fairly optimistic guess but this year it's a bit tougher to.

 

[NeroCeasar]

Some of the most ridiculous weather conditions I've witnessed at the rsc last night.

Luckily Bohs capitalised on it first half and Waterford struggled playing with the wind second half.

Very hard to make judgements on teams in these conditions but think bohs might have made a couple of decent acquisitions in Breslan and Twardek, definitely more confident of another top half finish after watching the game last night.

Still hard to tell who'll struggle this season, normally you can make a fairly optimistic guess but this year it's a bit tougher to.

Twaradek is a fine player in my opinion. Foras meeting in Cork tomorrow where I guess we will be told what the financial situation was before we sold the clauses back to Preston. Lots of rumours etc around but we will know more tomorrow. Fans owned clubs are fine in theory until such time as you realise the fans haven't a clue how to run a club

 

[Sol]

Rory Gaffney meant to be joining Shamrock Rovers tommorow. Hopefully the final piece in the jigsaw in Rovers quest for title.

 

[TippEverton]

Twaradek is a fine player in my opinion. Foras meeting in Cork tomorrow where I guess we will be told what the financial situation was before we sold the clauses back to Preston. Lots of rumours etc around but we will know more tomorrow. Fans owned clubs are fine in theory until such time as you realise the fans haven't a clue how to run a club

Thought he was the best player on the pitch the other night, always looking to take on the full back and done a fair amount of work defensively too, hopefully be a good addition.

Are the clauses in relation to Maguires move, fixture list hasn't been kind to ye either, early days but the Finn Harps game looking fairly important even at this early stage.

 

[TippEverton]

Can anyone fill me in as to why the game at Tolka the other night was a sell out at just over 3k.

I remember going to games there with a near 9k capacity, it was a fair few years ago.

 

[Sol]

Can anyone fill me in as to why the game at Tolka the other night was a sell out at just over 3k.

I remember going to games there with a near 9k capacity, it was a fair few years ago.

A bit like Dalymount, the majority of the ground is not fit for purpose. A pity, was a great stadium back in the day.

 

[TippEverton]

Pity Rte or Eir wouldn't pick up one of these Monday evening fixtures.

Just the three games now, both the games at Finn Harps and Pats called off.

 

[Chozz]

Waterford 0-2 Shamrock Rovers
Bohs 2-0 Sligo
Dundalk 3-0 Cork

Top two pulling away already after only 3 games. Huge game on Friday night in Tallaght.

Cork meanwhile are set for a long hard season ahead.

 

[Bluerover]

Massive game in Tallaght alright.

Should be sellout or close.

If either manages a win it would be a great psychological boost this early.

Bozos keeping up well too.

 

[barneygumble]

What happened to Cork City didn't they win the league a couple of years ago?

 

[NeroCeasar]

Are the clauses in relation to Maguires move, fixture list hasn't been kind to ye either, early days but the Finn Harps game looking fairly important even at this early stage.

Ya Maguire and Alan Browne clauses. Tbf they were the mechanism used to allow Hemmings to get money into the club. He put in a significant amount of money with no return on the table so far bar an agreement that if he comes back with a take over proposal, we are obliged to listen and vote upon it. No proposal currently exists.
Ccfc are 100% the makers of their own issues and we take responsibility for that but a few things went against us here as well that are examples of unfortunate timing. 1) The revenue having proposed a repayment plan of monies owed themselves, then withdrew the proposal when the club agreed to it, limerick screwing them over and a certain politician saying if the fai goes the loi goes too, would have played a large part in this. The revenue demanded everything up front and we needed a tax clearance certificate to obtain a license. 2) The fai had their holes opened by uefa so the first chance the new fai had to show how reformed they were was ccfc license application and man they went to town on us. The bom believed that securing X in funding would ensure we were viable until the seasons end, the fai insisted it needed to be 2X to grant a license. Hemmings gave is the 2X which is a bigger figure then has so far been quoted in the media, by lodging the revenue money in escrow for them and providing the club with the rest, this was facilitated in two ways 1) they bought the sell on clauses and 2) they paid for the right to be heard on a takeover proposal. We were two hours from being done as a club and somehow this bom found a white knight.
These are legacy issues which have had to be dealt with by this bom despite them not causing the issues. Im my opinion the [Poor language removed] the chairman and bom members take on line is horrific from anonymous twitter accounts etc, the bring back JC brigade despite imho the same JC and his stooges on the bom destroying this club, the worst thing that happened us was winning that double. He was given free reign after that and ran us into the ground

 

[Bluerover]

Ya Maguire and Alan Browne clauses. Tbf they were the mechanism used to allow Hemmings to get money into the club. He put in a significant amount of money with no return on the table so far bar an agreement that if he comes back with a take over proposal, we are obliged to listen and vote upon it. No proposal currently exists.
Ccfc are 100% the makers of their own issues and we take responsibility for that but a few things went against us here as well that are examples of unfortunate timing. 1) The revenue having proposed a repayment plan of monies owed themselves, then withdrew the proposal when the club agreed to it, limerick screwing them over and a certain politician saying if the fai goes the loi goes too, would have played a large part in this. The revenue demanded everything up front and we needed a tax clearance certificate to obtain a license. 2) The fai had their holes opened by uefa so the first chance the new fai had to show how reformed they were was ccfc license application and man they went to town on us. The bom believed that securing X in funding would ensure we were viable until the seasons end, the fai insisted it needed to be 2X to grant a license. Hemmings gave is the 2X which is a bigger figure then has so far been quoted in the media, by lodging the revenue money in escrow for them and providing the club with the rest, this was facilitated in two ways 1) they bought the sell on clauses and 2) they paid for the right to be heard on a takeover proposal. We were two hours from being done as a club and somehow this bom found a white knight.
These are legacy issues which have had to be dealt with by this bom despite them not causing the issues. Im my opinion the [Poor language removed] the chairman and bom members take on line is horrific from anonymous twitter accounts etc, the bring back JC brigade despite imho the same JC and his stooges on the bom destroying this club, the worst thing that happened us was winning that double. He was given free reign after that and ran us into the ground

Hope it comes round for ye.

Rovers had their horror days too including purgatory in the First for a season, but DG seem to be very professional in their approach to everything from under 9s to seniors, ladies etc.

A mix of strong supporters shareholding along with people with sports AND business acumen seems to be yielding fruit.

Best of luck Nero.