LOI 2014 Thread

Pinturicchio

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

That'd be some way for Athlone to stay up!

dreamers75

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peteeeed

Pinturicchio wrote: »

That'd be some way for Athlone to stay up!

the players are meeting tonight instead of training to discuss what to do

CrowdedHouse

There was something on the RTE sports news this morning about St Josephs Boys objecting to Brays licence renewal as they're owed €40K

(Linky around 2:54 in http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A20669200%3A48%3A22-10-2014%3A )

Gavin "shels"

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

peteeeed wrote: »

the players are meeting tonight instead of training to discuss what to do

I posted a month ago in this thread that a few weeks wages were owed to players, they had a meeting but nothing seemed to come from it, presuming they haven't been paid still?

gimmick

I hope Bray do something similar to Racing Santander did earlier this year. they were owed months of wages and empty promises were made time after time.

So in a cup match, the game kicked off, the Racing players just all stood in the centre circle and refused to play.

When CCFC were in trouble a few years back it was embarrassing that the players whinged the whole time about not getting paid, yet did nothing about it. No strike, no nothing. Just went about business as usual.

doncarlos

peteeeed wrote: »

hearing the bray wanderers players are going on strike for this fridays game against athlone , hope this gets sorted quickly

Why didn't they do this on last Friday??

anncoates

gimmick wrote: »

I hope Bray do something similar to Racing Santander did earlier this year. they were owed months of wages and empty promises were made time after time.

So in a cup match, the game kicked off, the Racing players just all stood in the centre circle and refused to play.

When CCFC were in trouble a few years back it was embarrassing that the players whinged the whole time about not getting paid, yet did nothing about it. No strike, no nothing. Just went about business as usual.

The cork players refused to travel to the game with us in 2009? I think the FAI guaranteed their wages?

gimmick

Hmm, if thats the case I never heard about it anyway. Not sure how true it is as FORAS actually paid wages on a number of occasions (which for the record I was against as it basically bankrolled Tom Coughlan and left him off the hook to some degree. Had the playrs actually striked I would not have had an issue with it).

peteeeed

doncarlos wrote: »

Why didn't they do this on last Friday??

they were promised an agreed amount of money from the gate from last fridays game which they haven't been given

anncoates

Rumour at the time was that Bohs also put pressure on FAI as well because of the importance of the game in the title race and Cork then beat us when their wages were paid.

CSF

Would be very harsh on UCD if Bray were to do that.

White Horse

If Bray go on strike and fail to fulfil the fixture, they should be demoted and their results expunged.

peteeeed

White Horse wrote: »

If Bray go on strike and fail to fulfil the fixture, they should be demoted and their results expunged.

and i think that's the threat from the players towards the club

CSF

White Horse wrote: »

If Bray go on strike and fail to fulfil the fixture, they should be demoted and their results expunged.

I don't think you can expunge someones results with one games left. You could technically relegate or make a team champions without kicking a ball.

dreamers75

anncoates wrote: »

The cork players refused to travel to the game with us in 2009? I think the FAI guaranteed their wages?

Was it not the bus company refused to bring them unless they were paid money owed?

think it was that anyway.

gimmick

dreamers75 wrote: »

Was it not the bus company refused to bring them unless they were paid money owed?

think it was that anyway.

And the general public paid the bus companies arrears after the players made an appeal on local radio.

But that was for a game against Pats I think.

Cape Clear

gimmick wrote: »

And the general public paid the bus companies arrears after the players made an appeal on local radio.

But that was for a game against Pats I think.

Correct gimmick it was the Pats game that happened. A lot of what was written in the local media at the time painted the players in a poor light.

UnleashTheBeast

Shels fans, will Galway fans be put in the end of the stand again or on the far side under the TV gantry? About 200-250 supporters expected to make the trip.

CSF

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Shels fans, will Galway fans be put in the end of the stand again or on the far side under the TV gantry? About 200-250 supporters expected to make the trip.

Depends entirely on what the board expects to make the trip. Probably the Riverside though if those numbers are accurate.

Pinturicchio

I thought the Riverside stand was closed because it was unsafe? I'd say there'll be closer to 100 of us there.

UnleashTheBeast

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I thought the Riverside stand was closed because it was unsafe? I'd say there'll be closer to 100 of us there.

There is almost 100 on the two buses alone with many more people driving. The very least I could see going is 200.

Also, the Riverside stand was used for their recent Cup game against Pats.

Paz-CCFC

gimmick wrote: »

Hmm, if thats the case I never heard about it anyway. Not sure how true it is as FORAS actually paid wages on a number of occasions (which for the record I was against as it basically bankrolled Tom Coughlan and left him off the hook to some degree. Had the playrs actually striked I would not have had an issue with it).

On no occasion did FORAS pay the players wages. What they did do was setup a hardship fund, allowing players to borrow money if they were genuinely struggling to make end's meet. There was agreement to pay this back in full. The PFAI matched what FORAS agreed to loan. In the end, after TNB was ousted and when we got our club back, the members agreed to write off what the players had taken from the fund (which was not the full amount).

FORAS did pay the costs of printing a programme for a match. Bray Wanderers, I think, on the day that Laffoy J gave CCIFL a late reprieve.

dreamers75 wrote: »

Was it not the bus company refused to bring them unless they were paid money owed?

think it was that anyway.

Both happened. The bus fiasco before Pats was in September 2009. The threatened strike before Rovers away was a month later.

flas

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I can't say I've noticed Doyle, Desmond or Shaw at any stage this season. Jake Keegan has 2 more goals than Shaw, but I suppose players are less likely to vote for a foreigner that they don't know.

Surprised Dylan Connolly isn't up for POTY.

Shaw scored something ridiculous like 11 in the last 13 games,basically when sully went of the boil shaw started scoring,without his goals we would not have won the league, grounds for inclusion alone! Sully has to get it after not getting it last year, top scorer two years in a row!

peteeeed

White Horse wrote: »

If Bray go on strike and fail to fulfil the fixture, they should be demoted and their results expunged.

bray players got sorted last night , full team out tonight

dundalkfc10

Dundalk FC ‏@DundalkFC 34s35 seconds ago
Dundalk FC Player of the Year is @PaHoban10. Well done Patrick.

Horgan won Young Player of the Year

dreamers75

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Dundalk FC ‏@DundalkFC 34s35 seconds ago
Dundalk FC Player of the Year is @PaHoban10. Well done Patrick.

Horgan won Young Player of the Year

jaysis for all the fapping by Dundalk fans expected Towell to be crowned King.

Pighead

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Dundalk FC ‏@DundalkFC 34s35 seconds ago
Dundalk FC Player of the Year is @PaHoban10. Well done Patrick.

Horgan won Young Player of the Year

Shields won the player of the year.

Pighead

dreamers75 wrote: »

jaysis for all the fapping by Dundalk fans expected Towell to be crowned King.

What's wrong with fapping over more than one player. Towell had a good season but didn't reach last season's heights. He seemed to miss O'Donnell a bit this year.

I would have given player of the year to either Hoban or Horgan. Shields was fantastic up until mid July but tailed off a bit since. Excellent turn out today for the victory parade despite the pissing rain. Kenny was in flying form rousing the crowd at the square.

dreamers75

Pighead wrote: »

. Excellent turn out today for the victory parade despite the pissing rain..

its what its all about.

dundalkfc10

Pighead wrote: »

Shields won the player of the year.

Shields won Player of the year as voted by fans/500 club members (their vote was worth 2)

Hoban won Player of the year voted by the coaching staff

Pighead

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Shields won Player of the year as voted by fans/500 club members (their vote was worth 2)

Hoban won Player of the year voted by the coaching staff

Yeah, I know. Shields award is the main one though. Probably a bit more merit in the coaches award but for the purposes of the history books Chris Shields is Dundalk's Player of the Year for 2014.