LOI 2014 Thread

legendary.xix

Bohemians 1-3 Shamrock Rovers
Cork 3-1 Bray
UCD 2-1 Athlone
Drogheda 1-1 Derry

Captain Havoc

On the Indo site there that Liverpool may play Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva, three days after the end of the EPL season.

doncarlos

Captain Havoc wrote: »

On the Indo site there that Liverpool may play Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva, three days after the end of the EPL season.

Got an email today from the FAI that there would be a glamour friendly announced tomorrow at midday. With pre-release tickets for season ticket holders and vantage members.

miroslavklose

doncarlos wrote: »

Got an email today from the FAI that there would be a glamour friendly announced tomorrow at midday. With pre-release tickets for season ticket holders and vantage members.

Liverpool against Aston Villa it is so.

dreamers75

Thought all tickets were 20 quid for Rovers Pool

Seems they are 20/30/40/50 that is shocking.

Hope rovers make a ****ing mint out of the other teams fans.

Madworld

dreamers75 wrote: »

Thought all tickets were 20 quid for Rovers Pool

Seems they are 20/30/40/50 that is shocking.

Hope rovers make a ****ing mint out of the other teams fans.

I hope they don't. They already get enough help from the FAI as it is.

uch

dreamers75 wrote: »

Thought all tickets were 20 quid for Rovers Pool

Seems they are 20/30/40/50 that is shocking.

Hope rovers make a ****ing mint out of the other teams fans.

From what I've been told by the Club, tickets are €30 & €15 for kids, but kids tickets are limited

uch

Madworld wrote: »

I hope they don't. They already get enough help from the FAI as it is.

Hahahaha, Jaysus you're Gas

djpbarry

Madworld wrote: »

I hope they don't. They already get enough help from the FAI as it is.

If it is the case that Rovers have organised this themselves, then I say fair play to them for showing some initiative - they're taking the Irish obsession with the EPL and using it to their advantage.

Gavin "shels"

djpbarry wrote: »

If it is the case that Rovers have organised this themselves, then I say fair play to them for showing some initiative - they're taking the Irish obsession with the EPL and using it to their advantage.

Limerick - Barca...........

miroslavklose

Gavin shels wrote: »

Limerick - Barca...........

They played City a year later as the FAI changed their tack.

dreamers75

uch wrote: »

From what I've been told by the Club, tickets are €30 & €15 for kids, but kids tickets are limited

Theres 50 quid tickets on ticketmaster, obviously not for you lot.

overshoot

made a soccer forum harps thread
update on the stadium in it if anyones interested
nice change these photo updates and not pointing out about red tape!

Vision of Disorder

miroslavklose wrote: »

They played City a year later as the FAI changed their tack.

The FAI didn't exactly change their direction out of the goodness of their hearts either in that instance.

miroslavklose

Vision of Disorder wrote: »

The FAI didn't exactly change their direction out of the goodness of their hearts either in that instance.

Well obviously, yeah, but they've still been forced to change their outlook. I don't know what the status of the Kentaro deal is now.

anncoates

On the way to selling out, according to the rags:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/hoops-to-hit-jackpot-from-liverpool-feelgood-factor-30143084.html

geeky

miroslavklose wrote: »

They played City a year later as the FAI changed their tack.

And more power to them!

Madworld

Madworld wrote: »

I hope they don't. They already get enough help from the FAI as it is.

uch wrote: »

Hahahaha, Jaysus you're Gas

I know, I am gas. Silly old me for ever suggesting something untoward occurring. I mean Fran Gavin, the supposedly objective head of the domestic league, would never call Shamrock Rovers the model club? Furthermore, the FAI would never clear this model club of racist abuse, despite seemingly audible, video evidence to the contrary. Finally, Shamrock Rovers definitely aren't given oppertunities that are seemingly unavailable to other clubs.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/hoops-to-hit-jackpot-from-liverpool-feelgood-factor-30143084.html
"This game came about as a result of a tri-party agreement between Rovers, Liverpool and the FAI................... Rovers will earn a six figure sum from this high-profile exercise, which will compensate the LOI side for the absence of European football revenue from this years budget"

I know my club, and every other club who missed out on Europe this year will be looking forward to their six figure compensation too. I mean surely the FAI' will have to follow their own laws stating, "An Administrator must be committed to fairness in dealing with all involved in the game".

dfx-

I think you're looking a bit far and wishfully into the journalist's term of compensation there..

djpbarry

dfx- wrote: »

I think you're looking a bit far and wishfully into the journalist's term of compensation there..

But it obviously smacks of favouritism if the FAI brokered the deal.

anncoates

I think the latitude afforded by the FAI to a number of Dublin clubs in the last decade to bend rules and nearly extinct themselves possibly amounts to a kind of favouritism that many smaller clubs wouldn't get.

Do you think Shels and Bohs were worrying about the rest of the clubs in the league when they were financially doping the league with wage bills in the millions?

Don't see what's to stop other clubs doing what Rovers did and actively seek out these opportunities. Like it or not, if a certain recent profile or anything (for example Europa league a few years ago or potential fan base) makes Rovers a bit more attractive for these things, what are the club supposed to do? Say no?

For example, Pats or Sligo are in a position to attract far bigger sponsorship than, say, Finn Harps or Bray, should the sponsorship money be limited or pooled with the latter clubs?

Or if Pats or Sligo hunted down a game like this through hard work and were offered it, they'd say, ah no, we don't want it unless you split the money with everybody else.

GLaDOS

Must be a kick in the teeth for Limerick fans seeing as the FAI turned down their request to play Barcelona.

Bohs had a request to play united turned down as well, because they don't allow testimonials for amateur players.

dfx-

djpbarry wrote: »

But it obviously smacks of favouritism if the FAI brokered the deal.

FAI might have nothing to do with Rovers' remuneration, moreso making sure they get their cut for allowing the game at the Aviva.

anncoates

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Bohs had a request to play united turned down as well, because they don't allow testimonials for amateur players.

Bohs did get a friendly with "Liverpool" 5 years ago.

Given their current financial woes, the FAI are going to muscle in on big friendlies now, especially any in Landsdowne.

djpbarry

anncoates wrote: »

Don't see what's to stop other clubs doing what Rovers did and actively seek out these opportunities. Like it or not, if a certain recent profile or anything (for example Europa league a few years ago or potential fan base) makes Rovers a bit more attractive for these things, what are the club supposed to do? Say no?

I already said earlier in the tread that if this came about entirely as a result of Shams using their own initiative, then fair play to them.

However, it now appears that the FAI were involved in some capacity.

dfx- wrote: »

FAI might have nothing to do with Rovers' remuneration, moreso making sure they get their cut for allowing the game at the Aviva.

Which still potentially represents a conflict of interest.

anncoates

djpbarry wrote: »

Which still potentially represents a conflict of interest.

Nobody cared when they were reputedly pressured to guarantee Cork's wages in 2009, effectively influencing the title race, or consistently overlooked SCP anomalies giving some clubs an unfair advantage.

Like Bucko gave a shite about B teams 2 years ago, Or anybody else bothered to see if they could work with their local authority during the boom.

That's because the LOI model is wait until somebody else does it and then whine for a cut.

djpbarry

anncoates wrote: »

Nobody cared when they were reputedly pressured to guarantee Cork's wages in 2009...

Who's "nobody" in that sentence?

anncoates wrote: »

Like Bucko gave a shite about B teams 2 years ago...

It's been fairly well documented that both Pats and Sligo floated the idea of B teams in the past but both were knocked back.

You're not honestly trying to suggest that nobody has thought to question the FAI's handling of affairs in the past? People are just having a go in this instance just because it involves Shams? Seriously?

I'd be questioning FAI involvement every bit as much if it were Sligo or Cork or whoever.

anncoates

djpbarry wrote: »

People are just having a go in this instance just because it involves Shams? Seriously?

It would certainly seem that way.

Are people honestly saying in this instance - or in terms of the B Team - that Delaney sat down and thought how can we expressly do Shamrock Rovers a favour here?

uch

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Must be a kick in the teeth for Limerick fans seeing as the FAI turned down their request to play Barcelona.

Bohs had a request to play united turned down as well, because they don't allow testimonials for amateur players.

These are the main & only gripes IMO, If the FAI had anything to do with the organisation of this friendly, which I've yet to see any evidence that they have.

uch

anncoates wrote: »

Are people honestly saying in this instance - or in terms of the B Team - that Delaney sat down and thought how can we expressly do Shamrock Rovers a favour here?

Sadly ann, thats what most think alright