Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

topmanamillion wrote: »

According to Daniel McDonnell clubs were shocked to find how little the league was generating when the books were opened and it was laid out in front of them.
About €1.5 million in revenue from sponsorship, TV money and UEFA solidarity money. Desperately low stuff.

Do you believe any educated club finance officer will accept figures put down by the FAI??? They have been cooking books for years to ensure JD and his merry men could stay in power. Solidarity payments are not for the FAI and should be distributed amongst clubs to invest in their youth setups, its not part of league/FAI income....again something the FAI forgot to do. The simple fact that TV money was not explicitly for the LOI makes it is extremely hard to see what was paid for the LOIs share, again a wonderful thing to allow JD keep the money inhouse. All in all €1.5 million is a figure...reality is something different.

wadacrack wrote: »

Clubs should just be happy with the free exposure. The league needs to improve drastically for TV money to become an issue.

https://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/news/sse-airtricity-league-tv-pilot-launched/id-2751


The Pilot scheme for LOI failed with Cork and Dundalk last season. The standard in the league this season doesnot seem good to me. Was at two Premier Division games and thought both were of quite poor quality

Free exposure would be fine, however the FAI were cashing in behind clubs backs for years by hiding the LOI deal behind the national teams TV deal.
As for the pilot failing....for this we have no proof. Any money is better than no money.......again I am lead to believe that the fact that RTE sold the international rights and hold the national rights to the LOI mean without their OK no streaming pilot can be continued.

topmanamillion wrote: »

The TV money figure was €250,000.
UEFA solidarity money is given to every league in Europe that doesn't have a club in the group stages.
UEFA youth money is a separate figure.
It's about €800,000 or €40,000 per club here which doesn't go far in running four youth teams.
Again according to Daniel McDonnell clubs accepted these figures.

Do you think the league is turning over more than €1.5 million per year?

I don't and the clubs don't either.

Again how much of the €250k TV money was ever seen by LOI clubs??? Where did it go??
€40k is better than a kick in the jacksies if you are running a club in a league where the champions get €100k. Has this money been recieved by clubs in full yet, as the FAI had a habbit of holding onto it for a very long time if at all paying it out???
Clubs had to accept the figures.....however dont forget that the FAI and co are still undergoing investigations for financial issues....therefore I would say if you had a clever club they would accept the figure subject to the outcome of investigations.
€1.5 million turnover.....I doubt they were turning over €500k, they did nothing to promote the brand or product. I dont trust the people who ran the FAI, have dealth with them on a professional level on more than one occasion and the company I currently work for ran a mile and invested their money in Irish Rugby, my previous employer made a very lucrative offer to the FAI only to be told.....sorry JD has no time to talk, he only deals with company X when it comes to your offer.

MD1990 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/jamesdundalk/status/1232007681457692674

What is Vinny Perth on about?

LOI doesn't get much media & I have seen little criticism of their squad

The local (so called journalist) was Gerry Malone...had a pop at Peak6, the model and claimed fans were not renewing season tickets due to Oriel being dated. As ever he wants his bread buttered on both sides does good ould Gerry.



Age related comments......no idea who the so called pundit is and in which context they were made. However it seems they have hit a note with Vinny.

Dolan the agent/"journo"?

wadacrack wrote: »

I am surprised he is taking offence with that journalist tbf. He seems extremely outdated on a number of issues , judging by his twitter account

He is indeed outdated.....however he is such a fool that he could be dangerous for the club. Writing one week negative about the club in local papers and then at the first game of the season doing interviews telling them how wonderful they are.

Watched Burkes 5 goals on the telly and amazing how many of them were rubbish or ropey finishes.

But I suppose It doesn't matter how they go in.

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Cork City are going be relegated .

Fan owned club means no financial trouble my bollox.

Hold your horses. You haven't seen Sligo Rovers yet. At least 2 of the teams you've lost to so far have been ones expected to be at the top of the league. We've lost to Pat's & Harps and looked hopeless in both games.

It's a big matchday for both of us this weekend. You're home to Harps and we are home to Waterford. Another loss will be a big blow.

Caufield has a bit to answer.
They signed far too many players for the 2018 season. 3 RB's among others.
Sheppard probably on a big contract as well after Dundalk were interested.

Oat23 wrote: »

Hold your horses. You haven't seen Sligo Rovers yet. At least 2 of the teams you've lost to so far have been ones expected to be at the top of the league. We've lost to Pat's & Harps and looked hopeless in both games.

It's a big matchday for both of us this weekend. You're home to Harps and we are home to Waterford. Another loss will be a big blow.

How has Garry Buckley played so far?

Re CCFC - I see no green shoots whatsoever. We are a desperately poor side. Lose to Harps Friday and the atmosphere goes toxic.

For some reason our current board are beyond reproach. They are as much to blame as anyone for the mess we are in.

Chuck Noland wrote: »

The current board are doing a brilliant job! The previous board is too blame not the current! After the mess the old board left us in the current board saved the club with just 2 hours too spare. We’re paying revenue bills from 2017 still so I fail to see how people that weren’t on the board are too blame?

Hopefully the Grovemore Ltd take over happens sooner rather then later

I’m not sure how much “the board” had to do with it.

These guys have been at the helm for a year and our chairman was on this much vilified previous board.

Why did the current lot allow it come within hours of the abyss?

Fact is their hands are filthy too. But for some reason they are seen as the whitest of knights.

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

What's the general mood among some Cork fans regarding a possible takeover bid, only one I've seen come out against it is John O'Sullivan, or at least he was before Sundays meeting

Hard to say. Some seem to think the club is worth €1m and think any takeover should be at least this.

Others seem to be happy with us just existing as long as we are fan owned. The problem I see with that is we will cease to even exist as a 1st division club.

Then there are those who feel the gamble of the takeover had to be done.

Personally I’m for option 3. But foras must still continue to exist for when the plug is pulled and some other investor is not found. Perhaps if a success is made of this another guy is easier to find.

One way or other there will be plenty classic ccfc fan I fighting along the way.

bot43 wrote: »

I’m not sure how much “the board” had to do with it.

These guys have been at the helm for a year and our chairman was on this much vilified previous board.

Why did the current lot allow it come within hours of the abyss?

Fact is their hands are filthy too. But for some reason they are seen as the whitest of knights.

Problems go back a few years, the current board aren't responsible at all and they have been 100 times more transparent than the previous one. It was within 'hours' of the abyss because it's debt that was always being chased. It's funny how it's supposedly classic to have ccfc infighting but it's also 'classic' that a lot of it comes from misplaced anger. Saying the current board are as much to blame as anyone is total nonsense in fairness. The facts about the tax are there to see. Who would want to serve on a board with stuff like this?

artanevilla wrote: »

Sligo fairly poor, think they could be in trouble, need to beef up the midfield, caught in possession a lot. Bohs should have put it to bed earlier.

We're in serious trouble.
Just signed De Vires from the Japanese second tier. Had a decent goal scoring record.
Didn't work out for him in Japan. Those kinds of hail Mary's are where we are at.
Just need to be solid at the back. Forget about 5-3-2. We need 4 banks of two and be hard to break down.
Hopefully we start picking up points soon.
Waterford at home next is massive.