FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

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This whole issue has tarnished Soccer forever. It seems rotten to the core. Aside from the number of clubs folding and leaving significant debt, the association in charge seems to be the biggest culprit. It's not so much financial mismanagement, it's a deliberate use of the money to line their own pockets. There can be no doubt that lots of people are only involved for the money, much like the players are nowadays.

[Baile Brigín 2]

This whole issue has tarnished Soccer forever. It seems rotten to the core. Aside from the number of clubs folding and leaving significant debt, the association in charge seems to be the biggest culprit. It's not so much financial mismanagement, it's a deliberate use of the money to line their own pockets. There can be no doubt that lots of people are only involved for the money, much like the players are nowadays.

Has the clubs folding thing not stopped?

[mrdeeds]

This whole issue has tarnished Soccer forever. It seems rotten to the core. Aside from the number of clubs folding and leaving significant debt, the association in charge seems to be the biggest culprit. It's not so much financial mismanagement, it's a deliberate use of the money to line their own pockets. There can be no doubt that lots of people are only involved for the money, much like the players are nowadays.

Is this not an Ireland wide issue?

The FAI at the top was always rotten going back to 66 WC qualification and agreeing to play in Paris for money.

[thejuice]

Just catching up on the John Delaney thing. He's perhaps the underlying reason why I stopped caring about Irish football. It became abundantly clear after Saipan that it was a complete waste of time following the team as it was hampered from the beginning. The organization that was supposed to be promoting the team wasn't serious at all. The level of corruption and hypocrisy of the man is at times staggering but for the most part not at all that surprising. I don't know how he could justify it to his colleagues let alone himself what he thought he could award himself with while teams struggled for funds, while staff took pay cuts, retired staff losing pensions. Absolutely disgusting.

[AZOffaly]

Delaney wasn't in charge for Saipan was he? I thought he took over in 2005?

[thejuice]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

[Baile Brigín 2]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

Soccer has twice the playing numbers of Gaelic games. I'd hate to see playing numbers if they ever did get serious...

[imtommygunn]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

Soccer has twice the playing numbers of Gaelic games. I'd hate to see playing numbers if they ever did get serious...

At what level? Every level? Adult level? If you're right fair enough but I'd be surprised if that were true? Where does that stat come from? Are we talking 26 counties or 32 counties?

[Crete Boom]

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0510/962502-report-shows-decline-in-numbers-playing-soccer/

This Sport Ireland report shows soccer as the 5th most popular participation  sport in Ireland in 2017 with Gaelic football  8th and Hurling 12th.

[Baile Brigín 2]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

Soccer has twice the playing numbers of Gaelic games. I'd hate to see playing numbers if they ever did get serious...

At what level? Every level? Adult level? If you're right fair enough but I'd be surprised if that were true? Where does that stat come from? Are we talking 26 counties or 32 counties?

Every level and 26. CSO/Sport Ireland

There is a very foolish notion out there that their grassroots isnt massively improved over the last decade.

[Rossfan]

Back in 1990 after the 26 Co team "won" the Soccer World Cup an excited  Athlone soccer bigot told me "Gah" was finished and no one would be playing or watching it in 15/20  years.

[From the Bunker]

Back in 1990 after the 26 Co team "won" the Soccer World Cup an excited  Athlone soccer bigot told me "Gah" was finished and no one would be playing or watching it in 15/20  years.

He wasn't wrong if he was talking about the Leinster Championship! 

[Main Street]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

Soccer has twice the playing numbers of Gaelic games. I'd hate to see playing numbers if they ever did get serious...

The  fraud speaketh, more nonsense. Only a fraud on the GAA discussion would come up with that bull. Those high soccer participation numbers come from a dubious sports whatever study, and  are inflated by people who play  7 a side, occasional once a week kickabouts in the park with jerseys for goalposts, lunchtime kickabouts.

When participation is defined by playing and being a  member of a club, the soccer figures dwindle and lag far behind the GAA. Baile your Hole, only a dimwit like yourself would think that selecting a gaelic name would fool people into thinking you're someone other than the worm you are.
Others might remember the fraud Myles na gCopaleen, at least he eventually gave up the pretense, well mostly stopped, but he could never shake off the lingering stain of being a duplicitous fraud.

[Baile Brigín 2]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

Soccer has twice the playing numbers of Gaelic games. I'd hate to see playing numbers if they ever did get serious...

The  fraud speaketh, more nonsense. Only a fraud on the GAA discussion would come up with that bull. Those high soccer participation numbers come from a dubious sports whatever study, and  are inflated by people who play  7 a side, occasional once a week kickabouts in the park with jerseys for goalposts, lunchtime kickabouts.

When participation is defined by playing and being a  member of a club, the soccer figures dwindle and lag far behind the GAA. Baile your Hole, only a dimwit like yourself would think that selecting a gaelic name would fool people into thinking you're someone other than the worm you are.
Others might remember the fraud Myles na gCopaleen, at least he eventually gave up the pretense, well mostly stopped, but he could never shake off the lingering stain of being a duplicitous fraud.

Playing numbers are playing numbers. And I dont think you are right in your counter claim of shifting the goalposts. Its exceedingly foolish to claim Gaelic games has more participants than soccer. This came up in the context of an equally foolish claim that nobody takes soccer seriously in Ireland

The rest of your post is just a shyte attempt at bullying.

[spuds]

He was in the FAI already but not at the head of it. Either way it has long appeared to me that those that run the FAI are either incompetent or corrupted. Its not a serious organization and Ireland isn't a serious footballing country despite the high levels of interest there is in the game as a form of entertainment and our national team will never amount to anything for the foreseeable future. Happy to be proven wrong of course but I doubt it.

Soccer has twice the playing numbers of Gaelic games. I'd hate to see playing numbers if they ever did get serious...

The  fraud speaketh, more nonsense. Only a fraud on the GAA discussion would come up with that bull. Those high soccer participation numbers come from a dubious sports whatever study, and  are inflated by people who play  7 a side, occasional once a week kickabouts in the park with jerseys for goalposts, lunchtime kickabouts.

When participation is defined by playing and being a  member of a club, the soccer figures dwindle and lag far behind the GAA. Baile your Hole, only a dimwit like yourself would think that selecting a gaelic name would fool people into thinking you're someone other than the worm you are.
Others might remember the fraud Myles na gCopaleen, at least he eventually gave up the pretense, well mostly stopped, but he could never shake off the lingering stain of being a duplicitous fraud.

Playing numbers are playing numbers. And I dont think you are right in your counter claim of shifting the goalposts. Its exceedingly foolish to claim Gaelic games has more participants than soccer. This came up in the context of an equally foolish claim that nobody takes soccer seriously in Ireland

The rest of your post is just a shyte attempt at bullying.

You call that bullying but are happy to call another poster special needs and Rainman. You are a sham of the highest order.