A.Partridge
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Well, Stan has been axed and John Delaney retains his position. Yes, I think that the state of Irish international football will go from strength to strength now.
By all accounts Delaney is doing a good job - just because the manager didn't work out is not reason enough for Delaney to go - there is much more to his job than just the senior team manager position - and as he said even that is not down to him alone. .
Yes I that's a fair point. Granted I believe administrative improvements have been made in the FAI recently.
Unfortunately, the appointment of Steve Staunton and his back room team cost the Association well over €1 million to escape from last night. This is money down the drain. Problem is...this is the second time Mr Delaney & Co have done this (remember Brian Kerr?). Do you feel that Mr Delaney is not in any way accountable for the losses involved in paying off these managers before their contracts ended?
From breakingnews.ie...Delaney stated last night that:
“I think by moving to a process where we will appoint people who are vested in the game in a professional capacity to make the next appointment, it is recognition that that’s the way forward for the association at this stage.”
Sounds like Bertie!The FAI 'leadership' remind me of the old Soviet politburo - mostly anonymous, ruled until death, accountable to no-one but with total power over the organisation.
Sounds like Bertie!
As for Brian Kerr, please - talk about a bitter bitter man, let it go Brian, ye were crap as a manager so please have the good grace to stop making yerself look like someone with a massive chip on your shoulder. I cringed when I heard him on The Last Word with Matt last week where he pleaded that he wasn't bitter and then went on to gripe about how Stan got treated so much better than him. It's in the past Brian - move on! So any talk from him regarding the FAI now I take with a big pinch of salt.
Why not find out by getting involved if you're so interested?According to Brian Kerr on the radio this morning all these 'improvements' in the FAI at grassroots etc are just spin. I'd like to hear the opinion of people involved with the FAI at grassroots level, as it seems rather surprisingly that you can't believe what you read in the papers
In other words, "we'd like someone outside the FAI to take the rap for any future cock-ups".
In summary I dont think its quite the scandal people make it out to be, just a sad turn of events.
One thing that I get sick of is the constant bleating about "hard earned money", "travelling from Cork or Galway", "a family of 12 with twins on the way"
If its too much trouble or expense, or bad value, to go then stay at home and watch on tv. Everyone wants a medal for being part of the attendance - or commentators make them out to be martyrs.
Bit like the GPA & their argument - all they go through to play - if youre not happy to go through it then dont play, problem solved. Plenty more will take your jersey.
Why not find out by getting involved if you're so interested?
Bit like the GPA & their argument - all they go through to play - if youre not happy to go through it then dont play, problem solved. Plenty more will take your jersey.