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

artanevilla wrote: »

Therein lies the problem of a massive amount of non-LOI fans. All the solutions and none of the input. Proposing solutions costing hundreds of thousands, with their hands firmly outside their pockets. Most clubs are on the breadline. It's all pub talk until you actually do something about it.

Clubs are always trying out new ideas. Take for instance the Bob Marley Bohs jersey, I say you as with all non-LOI supporters (and probably lots of LOI as well) had a good chuckle at that. It is the best selling Bohs jersey of all time, and counting.

Even if you aren't directly clashing with a EPL game you are still competing, it is not that that is stopping people from attending.

BTW my club has just sold out it's 4th game in a row, a team of part-timers. We have seen a huge upturn in support around the team the last couple of years, with a great buzz around the place. All driven by volunteers, community initiatives, a real connection with the local community. Not one Marquee signing in sight.

What's with the weird defensive attitude? Accusing me of laughing at the jersey they released when you know nothing about me. I was a fan of that jersey

I've been to numerous LOI games. Work and family commitments unfortunately prevent me from attending as often as I would like.

You're living up to the poor stereotype of the LOI fan that exists among people who won't support the league. Drop the chip from the shoulder

Niall Quinn spot on in what he's saying. How I wish he was in the role.

Says he won't be applying for the CEO role as he doesn't think the old one has left. Also says he'd worry about the well intentioned person applying for the post with the shadow of the old one around.

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

This is doing the rounds on WhatsApp

Fill the Aviva. Support the team. No protest before the game ends. When the game ends REFUSE TO LEAVE. STAY IN YOUR SEATS. It will cost the FAI a fortune in security, Gardai, maintenance staff all having to be kept past their contracted finish times. The lights will have to be kept on for health and safety reasons. DON'T LEAVE UNTIL THE ENTIRE BOARD RESIGN. Bring the soup and sambos

And posting it here is only making sure JD, Joe McGlue and co all know whats being planned......:rolleyes::rolleyes:


Hope you all have your tennis balls.....that was the FAI cry to the press this morning so that they have an excuse to search fans entering the stadium.



Lads the FAI are posting in and reading this thread....

that deluded man will think its a show of support for him !

chicorytip wrote: »

It's a hell of a lot more boring to watch. The standard of play has declined as has the overall calibre of player. The league of Ireland now would rank, at most, a level below the Nationwide Conference in England. In the eighties the best Irish sides, although all amateur, would be on a par with the best of the old third division.

I suppose that's why we've had two teams qualify for the group stages of the Europa League in the last decade then...

Niall Quinn having his say tonight:

https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1110257152461946880

https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1110262905264582657

https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1110261536344498176

Walters on the tennis balls:

https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1110264866563153920

chicorytip wrote: »

It's a hell of a lot more boring to watch. The standard of play has declined as has the overall calibre of player. The league of Ireland now would rank, at most, a level below the Nationwide Conference in England. In the eighties the best Irish sides, although all amateur, would be on a par with the best of the old third division.

How do you explain Dundalk being ranked 172 in Europe ( ahead of Aberdeen. Rangers, Hibernians. Strum Graz, Panathanaikos etc etc ? )

https://www.footballseeding.com/club-ranking/a2018-2019/

irishgeo wrote: »

A few rte sport staff and lundits were tagging along.

And this is a problem too. The heat usually dissipates over JD as he is cozy with some journalists. The talk about him seems alot more intense then iv ever seen it so hopefully he will cave and quit....along with the board.

joeysoap wrote: »

How do you explain Dundalk being ranked 172 in Europe ( ahead of Aberdeen. Rangers, Hibernians. Strum Graz, Panathanaikos etc etc ? )

https://www.footballseeding.com/club-ranking/a2018-2019/

Shows what good management team, a good team on the pitch, club owners old and new with a vision and a sh1te stadium can do.....Cmon da Town!!!

Fella I used to work with went to one of the agms I think in 2015. Said it was one long piss up. Fellas drank so much they were getting sick in the jacks then went back for more.

The free bar eventually closed at 4 am. Of course JD was in the middle of it all gladhanding everyone. I doubt too many awkward questions were asked of him.

secman wrote: »

Ms Walsh the interim CEO, a qualified solicitor, whom John Delaney said worked closely with the Governance Committee, me thinks too closely, says it all really:(

Was she involved in the decision to bring the attempted injunction against the Sunday Times last week so, is legal advice part of her role with the FAI at present?

Irishmale0399 wrote: »

Being told Fergus O´Dowd and his comittee are doing their homework, speaking to clubs at all levels, Sports Ireland etc.. O´Dowd has already publically said there are a number of members who are gunning for JD and he has already recieved a lot of mail related to the topic.

bit late

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

And therein lies the problem with a massive amount of LOI fans. A refusal to accept that they need to try something different in order to attract people to games. The Marquee player thing is just one element if what I suggested. It might not be the right way to go about things, or could be the thing that drives attendence increases. But you will never know due to the reluctance of so many around the league to change.

While you're correct that bigger leagues are available just a short flight away, that fallsw to acknowledge that the LOI runs a different season to most major leagues, and even the weekends when it does clash, a lot of the fixtures don't directly clash with EPL games.

The clubs are trying things but they get no help from their association and these things cost money one way or another, just looking at Rovers we've tried the marquee players thing, tried going around the local schools, and currently there's free kids season tickets, a polish night, and trying to go at it from getting kids playing for the club but all these things cost money and the FAI just take money from the league don't put any in

Dots1982 wrote: »

Maybe but I’m not sure there’s a viable product there even if it was well run.

The LOI has never really been able to make money or get the public interest it needs.

Now hopefully it can but the fact remains it never has and that’s under Delaney, the FAI or when it ran itself and the likes of shelbourne bankrupted themselves.

The last 30 years the FAI haven't given two ****s about the league completely hamstringing it. Louis ****ing Kilcoyne was allowed to run the FAI for **** sake says it all

chicorytip wrote: »

There is too great a disparity between the haves and have nots. The standard may be better in Dundalk and Cork but these are fully professional clubs very well funded and supported. The rest are nowhere, absolute minnows. This makes things boring. It was a far, far better league back in the days when it's ethos was entirely amateur.

Fact you can only name two clubs says it all about your "knowledge" of lack thereof of the league.

chicorytip wrote: »

It's a hell of a lot more boring to watch. The standard of play has declined as has the overall calibre of player. The league of Ireland now would rank, at most, a level below the Nationwide Conference in England. In the eighties the best Irish sides, although all amateur, would be on a par with the best of the old third division.

You take a knock to the head recently? Cause that's some of the biggest load of ****e I've seen in a while.
You open by basically admitting that you just don't watch the league at all because the standard of play far exceeds even league 1 teams who just hoof it, that's why players from the league struggle when they g to low down clubs but don't when they go to top end clubs, if anything they're too good technically, if you bothered your arse to go watch the games you'd see that the likes of Jack Byrne, Dylan Watts, Brandon Kavanagh, Aaron Bolger, even Lee Grace at centre back play beautiful football and that's just players from my club there's tonnes around the league that are the same. when managers come over to play european games against LOI teams one of the things they all say is that they're shocked by the quality of football because they're expecting english hoof ball but end up chasing shadows until, if they do at all, they cop on. There's a reason that Man City have recently bent over backwards to sign a player from the league and are desperately trying to make a connection with the club not the other way round. Even LOI underage games the ball being played puts english counterparts to shame, and results are showing this.

As for the 80s bull****, players were going to and from the Spanish, English, Belgian, French top tiers in that period.

So pull the other one it's got ****in bells on it.