Fenlon calls for league summit

**outspoken** · 28/08/2014, 3:34 PM

After the fiasco at Dalymount, Tuesday night in tolka and the strong rumours of Friday nights game also being called off I thought now was a great time to throw this interview with Fenlon online where he has called for a league of Ireland summit to discuss and resolve the difficulties that in his eyes are holding back the league and turning away new supporters - http://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer...-30543141.html

Personally I think a LOI committee should be set up with people like Fenlon, Brian Kerr hell even Roddy and Pat Dolan to examine issues within the league and come up with ideas to drive us on as a product.

**Mr A** · 28/08/2014, 4:07 PM

That committee would kill the league in roughly five years.

**outspoken** · 28/08/2014, 5:17 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

That committee would kill the league in roughly five years.

Fenlon and Kerr have experienced management at a higher level, Fenlon always speaks about the club as a whole at Hibs and how he wants to do the same with shaping Rovers future so if every club could adopt that approach it would be an instant improvement. The other two were just names I threw in given their ability to talk things up.

**Mr A** · 28/08/2014, 5:32 PM

Kerr would be worth listening to I think, I'd have said 5 months otherwise. But Fenlon and especially the other two guys have always struck me as guys who'll just demand loads more expenditure with little to back it up. Maybe I'm being a bit unfair to Fenlon there.

**Longfordian** · 28/08/2014, 5:41 PM

What we need to do is to hire expensive consultants to study how Irish football can be improved. They can prepare a report and present their recommendations to the FAI for them to implement. Don't see why that wouldn't work. Give it some kind of biblical title.

**Mr A** · 28/08/2014, 5:43 PM

"The Exodus Report"

**Stuttgart88** · 28/08/2014, 5:48 PM

The idea of a summit in principle is a great idea. The FAI should be behind this though. It's their league and a lot of the related issues are in their remit too. The league can't prosper without the rest of the pyramid being joined up, all vested interests aligned etc. A national game summit is required, not just a League summit.

**outspoken** · 28/08/2014, 5:51 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

The idea of a summit in principle is a great idea. The FAI should be behind this though. It's their league and a lot of the related issues are in their remit too. The league can't prosper without the rest of the pyramid being joined up, all vested interests aligned etc. A national game summit is required, not just a League summit.

Well said.

**gufcfan** · 28/08/2014, 6:49 PM

I like how people think that the administrators of the league give a damn.

This is not what giving a damn looks like.

It's like trying to row upstream, with them lot rowing in the other direction.

**Macy** · 28/08/2014, 7:45 PM

FAI are part of the problem - I don't see them as part of the solution, under the current regime at least.

**Mr A** · 28/08/2014, 8:56 PM

I met a few people in league admin from the FAI and to say they don't care simply isn't accurate. There may be indifference at the top but has certainly been good people in league admin. All too easy to just write them all off.

**Macy** · 28/08/2014, 9:19 PM

Those league admin must have signed off on tomorrow's farcical 5.45 kick off. Should never have got to the point of shels even being allowed propose it at under 24 hours notice, never mind us or the FAI giving it the OK. Doubt anyone "important" was involved.

**GypsyBlackCat** · 29/08/2014, 8:31 AM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

What we need to do is to hire expensive consultants to study how Irish football can be improved. They can prepare a report and present their recommendations to the FAI for them to implement. Don't see why that wouldn't work. Give it some kind of biblical title.

Revelations?

**Macy** · 29/08/2014, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by GypsyBlackCat

Revelations?

(Lack of) Numbers.

**dfx-** · 29/08/2014, 11:19 AM

You wouldn't really need the FAI to be involved if clubs spent more on basic facilities - just even groundsmen or toilets or ticketing facilities - than a midfielder or getting a full back.

**Mr A** · 29/08/2014, 11:23 AM

On the Shelbourne-Longford fixture change- the clubs agreed it so I don't see why the FAI would be expected to veto it. Am genuinely amazed Longford agreed to it although I guess the alternative was probably a postponement.

**disgruntled** · 30/08/2014, 4:30 PM

I like Fenlons idea but its not going to happen because the clubs won't talk to each other & can't get past their own prejudices.

I'd have no problem with the likes of Fenlon, Kerr & Richardson on such a committee but I wouldn't let Dolan anywhere near it.

**seand** · 01/09/2014, 1:28 PM

Just to clarify, is this Pat Fenlon character who wants to sort out the league any relation of the Pat Fenlon who left Shels and Bohs destitute?

**disgruntled** · 01/09/2014, 3:06 PM

Originally Posted by seand

Just to clarify, is this Pat Fenlon character who wants to sort out the league any relation of the Pat Fenlon who left Shels and Bohs destitute?

Fenlon might be disliked by a lot of people but he's not the reason why Bohs & Shels don't have a pot to **** in.
These clubs did have boards of directors & financial controllers if you want to call the likes of Ollie Byrne that.
I have other names in mind