John Delaney at the FAI Thread - (Mod Notes in OP)

Lads I have to be Jonest now....I have a few beers in me. Tonight was the first Irish international I have not watched in nearly 20 years, spent it instead playing ball with the kids and having a BBQ in the garden. After hearing JD being moved from A to B within the FAI to try and get fans back on side I must admit I am not closer to returning to games, home or away. It all kinda resembles the SK - Mick situation.

The move tonight only shows how corrupt the FAI really is. They have given JD the position to ensure he can continue to sit on UEFA comittees thus ensuring he still earns a health penny from football and he no longer has to answer to the press as he no longer runs the FAI.

I will be writing a mail to Fergus O´Dowd tomorrw expressing my concern at the workings of the FAI......something major has to happen and he has to ask the questions on the 10 April.

JD, Finance Director, Treasurer, head of press department and most of all head of security have to be grilled and if needed removed from office. These people have been facilitating gross misconduct within the organisation for some time.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Perhaps encourage fans who do go to games not to wear green, but red colours instead, as a symbol of how they're bleeding the game dry. Broadcasters would surely be forced to explain why on camera shots of the crowd so many fans aren't wearing the team's colours.

Saw another idea that fans should bring red cards into the stadium and wave them through the game.

I agree a boycott is the most powerful and effective strategy.

I don't expect anything to happen though. It will blow over eventualy like always and Delaney will probably return to his original post.

The best fan protests I have seen this year were in the Bundesliga against Monday night games...
- Black tennis balls pelted onto the field from 1 block
- Empty (Ultras) block for the first and last 10 minutes of a game


Alternatives

- 5 minutes silence and them loud shouts of FAI open the books/We are the FAI
- Your idea is great but then black...everyone waving white tissues....chants of Football is ill, Football is dieing.


- Most effective...complete boycott of home and away games (if I am correctly informed the FAI have been giving away more than 50% of match tickets recently)

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Would Niall Quinn being in charge be favoured by Irish fans?

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Fans should organise a protest in stadium

Twitter
Fan boards

Has to be something simple

Just after national anthem

All in stadium
Delaney out
Clap
Delaney out
Clap

Alternative....blow the roof of the Aviva singing the Anthem....
then all walk out with chants of......Delany Out...more changes needed.


Return 10-15 minutes later...chants of "We paid your wages"

Francie Barrett wrote: »

The problem I have is that the people who are asking for protests aren't bothered to do it themselves, at the same time, they are happy to castigate others for not doing so.

It's hypocrisy.

How do you know they haven't been protesting? As pointed out there are many ways to protest. Personally I haven't given the FAI a cent in years and actively take part in protests against the FAI at LOI games.

People should mass exit the game on Thursday 14 minutes before the final whistle. One minute for every year he's been in charge. That's the biggest visual impact that fans can make.

It worked for Liverpool when they tried to raise ticket prices.

The biggest problem with Ireland fans and mass protests is that the "Superfans" won't engage. There should have been a mass boycott years ago but these folks want to be able to say "I haven't missed a home game since nineteen dickety dix" or "I'll never leave a game early".

The only way to truly effect the FAI is not buying tickets but people will still end up buying their season tickets and won't damage their chances of tickets to away games.

It's very similar to Newcastle. They'll whinge and whinge about Mike Ashley but they still buy season tickets and the new Jersey, therefore nothing happens

The new position came about as part of a strategic review which began a while ago and led by some dude who is formerly of the English FA. He recommended, among other things, that they create the role of vice president. So the timing was quite nice for them to create the role and hand it to Delaney, obviously hoping that we'd all be chuffed that he's not CEO anymore. I assume they had hoped to be doing it off the back of a strong win for the the team in Gibraltar too but they got that sh!t show instead.

Onto the pitch and stop the game like they used to do it

Can't see that happening

.G. wrote: »

The new position came about as part of a strategic review which began a while ago and led by some dude who is formerly of the English FA. He recommended, among other things, that they create the role of vice president. So the timing was quite nice for them to create the role and hand it to Delaney, obviously hoping that we'd all be chuffed that he's not CEO anymore. I assume they had hoped to be doing it off the back of a strong win for the the team in Gibraltar too but they got that sh!t show instead.

from what Richie Sadlier said on the news tonight, he can't take his position on UEFA without being president or vice president of a national organisation, so this new position was created specifically for that. absolute shambles.

dreamers75 wrote: »

Seems the Family Court thing is true and JD was "hiding" his money in the FAI whilst in family court. Also seems the FAI were paying the rent on his fancy gaff.

Most importantly if any of the 2 items are true, that is fraud and a criminal offence. His wife is going to sue the **** of him and the FAI.

Seems the whistleblower is the ex head of finance in the FAI.

Oh please let this all be true. Most of us knew his day of reckoning would come but for it to potentially bring the walls in on that entire cess pool of a board would be beyond sweet.

Imagine this story coming out in any other civilized country in Europe. Now imagine the guy involved getting to remain within the organisation just in another capacity.

We're such a shambles.