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Taito;
So have you signed for C.I then?
Also heard that barry cooper has left carrickfergus for CI, thats no longer a rumour though i think thats all done and dusted after missing out on james hall.
Peter, you are backing up what i said, thanks, yes i was happy to take money from CI which supports what i said who cares who pays who what these days. Cheers mate.
Stevo, yeah i take the point about developing grounds, having good facilities and wickets should be a priority for clubs also, and bringing on home grown talent.
I think although that a lot of the guys who do get paid do a lot of work to develop the playing standards of the club, and help with coaching etc.
This topic will always have those who support people getting paid and those who dont. Both sides have good arguments i just think it should be up to the clubs as to what they do with their money.
Taito..
The issue surrounds "development". Are clubs really spending as you say to develop themselves or is this money wasted?
Should clubs not for example be investing in QUALITY wickets to encourage home grown talent to develop instead of forking out 5 figure sums to all and sundry ?
Taito as I recall you were only too happy to take money off CI
From what I hear CIYMS are lucky to have 30p never mind 30k after the Inland Revenue had paid them a visit!
stevo: who cares who gets paid what these days, i think it has become part and parcel of the ncu game that people are going to get paid , whther they be from overseas or from here. Some clubs will do it, some wont, its each clubs call, so why are so many peple hung up on clubs that want to spend money. If they have it why shouldnt they spend it to develop their club.
i think a lot of clubs are jealous of the spending power od some clubs, and other clubs just dont want to go down that route and fair play to them.
at the end of the day its eleven versus eleven and as every cricketer knows it only takes one ball to get any player out no matter how good they are or ho much they are getting paid.
re James - he again falls into the myopic trap that the word "success" relates solely to section 1 of the NCU, of which by the way I made no mention. Has he forgotten many postings a couple of years ago when Derriaghy and CI were being castigated for their methods in winning Section 2?
On the question of payments we had better be careful - there's an Inland Revenue out there!! I can recall the "handlin" that some Irish League football teams got into a few yeras ago over their "books".!!
Re price tags.
I have to say that I wouldn't have a notion about who pays players for their services. There may well have been rumours about CIYMS and Laurelvale and others I'm sure, but who can say what those figures are apart from the club treasurers and the guys who are lucky enough to be getting paid.
Re Gareth
Exactly..although Im sure a number of section 2 pros have hired guns..such as Laurelvale ?
Would be an interesting list..your top 3 spenders ?
30k?! R u living on the moon big lad?!
Re Stevo and his price tags
What about the other clubs where all the players pay to play the game? Do they get minus values?
Club spending...
Lets compile a "rich list" ? Premier League style and count clubs paying players for no return ie. non-coaching.
CIYMS with 30K to be at the top ?
James - how could anyone confirm or deny what clubs pay or do not pay in comparison to one another and why would they? It is a private relationship between a club and the individuals involved the same way my employment contract is.
Anyways, I think we are singing from the same hymn sheet. We are lucky at Stormont as we are somewhat spoilt with the facilities and work put in by Phil and his team. Let's hope this summer is better weather wise than last year to give grounds a chance.
Wayne
I will happily make it clear now that my last post was based totally on assumptions, but I haven’t seen a lot of denials that they were pretty close to the mark…
I couldn’t agree more that clubs should be allowed to spend their money on whatever they want, but I think that the grounds criteria should be an awful lot tougher, so that clubs must have very good facilities before they can spend their money on players. If they still have some left over then you’re right, good luck to them!
The clubs with the right idea will continue to benefit in the long run…
J
You're right Jack and there are plenty of them around these days!
